It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial atmosphere for the right sort of unruliness - that it is a home not just for the smart, but for the smart-alecks. And hackers are invariably smart-alecks. If we had a national holiday, it would be April 1st.
—from Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, a book by Paul Graham
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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6279. | geras (gerastv) | 95.89 | 95% | 2021-09-30 |
| 6280. | RamEatsCow (sddhrthrt) | 95.88 | 98% | 2023-01-06 |
| 6281. | Alex (zackron) | 95.88 | — | 2010-06-20 |
| 6282. | Alan (senseichen) | 95.88 | 97% | 2023-07-27 |
| 6283. | account deleted (concurrent) | 95.88 | 98% | 2020-06-12 |
| 6284. | Slow (insys) | 95.88 | — | 2010-10-27 |
| 6285. | Guy (feller) | 95.87 | 97% | 2023-09-06 |
| 6286. | Will (bigmac1time) | 95.87 | 98% | 2021-01-05 |
| 6287. | Dill (dillcapote) | 95.87 | 97% | 2016-04-26 |
| 6288. | Stuji (stu_ji) | 95.86 | 97% | 2021-03-15 |
| 6289. | Bojack (runninginthe90s) | 95.85 | 95% | 2015-12-03 |
| 6290. | anT (gregorpingic) | 95.85 | 98% | 2019-01-12 |
| 6291. | Special Guest (ssguest) | 95.85 | 100% | 2015-06-19 |
| 6292. | Zale (zllee) | 95.85 | 96.8% | 2023-10-12 |
| 6293. | Johan (fraught) | 95.85 | — | 2010-09-13 |
| 6294. | 😀 (brettkavanaughcj) | 95.85 | 98.9% | 2021-01-28 |
| 6295. | Ghassan (lightbeam) | 95.84 | 100% | 2013-10-16 |
| 6296. | Eugene (eugeneteoh) | 95.84 | 98% | 2021-01-25 |
| 6297. | Slug (iwilltypefastoneday) | 95.84 | 98.6% | 2021-02-13 |
| 6298. | absolute elsewhere (bibux) | 95.84 | 97% | 2014-01-19 |
| 6299. | Dana (joyblack) | 95.84 | — | 2008-08-10 |
| 6300. | aldrnn (trullama) | 95.84 | 98% | 2021-05-10 |
| 6301. | Ryan Smith (chickenhelmet) | 95.84 | 98% | 2023-03-03 |
| 6302. | twitch.tv/YasuoNA (denigratez) | 95.84 | 98% | 2020-10-25 |
| 6303. | xerb (xerb) | 95.84 | 96% | 2022-09-03 |
| 6304. | John (holcombmania) | 95.83 | 88% | 2014-12-09 |
| 6305. | FlameFrost (flamefrost) | 95.83 | 99% | 2022-07-16 |
| 6306. | Cdawg2 (cdawg2) | 95.83 | — | 2010-03-18 |
| 6307. | shouldBeStudying (wolfrem) | 95.83 | 97% | 2023-01-24 |
| 6308. | Sean (sat75) | 95.83 | 95% | 2014-03-28 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default (English) | 116,426 | 71.57 | August 3, 2008 |
| Instant Death Mode | 229 | 70.03 | April 1, 2010 |
| Riverside Middle School | 19 | 33.91 | January 24, 2011 |
| ##typeracer | 4 | 82.66 | February 14, 2021 |
| TypeRacer Classic | 2 | 54.09 | June 1, 2021 |
| All TypeRacer Texts | 1 | 38.66 | June 12, 2021 |