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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20112. | Ignorant (ignoruntt) | 70.26 | 92% | 2013-08-28 |
| 20113. | Cam (thecampingcam) | 70.26 | 96% | 2016-11-25 |
| 20114. | Game (game_instructor) | 70.26 | 96% | 2018-02-14 |
| 20115. | Ryan (glasses928) | 70.26 | 95% | 2017-10-23 |
| 20116. | Mindy (msheard) | 70.26 | — | 2010-05-28 |
| 20117. | Michael (fourstats) | 70.26 | 95% | 2022-08-02 |
| 20118. | Oscar (nacl322) | 70.26 | 91% | 2016-04-03 |
| 20119. | Thomas (stwiltz) | 70.26 | 94% | 2011-11-02 |
| 20120. | eeao (eeao) | 70.25 | 94% | 2021-05-20 |
| 20121. | Wobbly (receives__) | 70.25 | 95% | 2021-03-10 |
| 20122. | Andrew (zmeya26) | 70.25 | 92% | 2015-02-19 |
| 20123. | Harold (sofedeas) | 70.25 | 92% | 2012-12-16 |
| 20124. | Natalie (paintingflowers) | 70.25 | — | 2010-05-16 |
| 20125. | Marco (biomean) | 70.25 | 96% | 2022-01-09 |
| 20126. | Not_in_their_name (deth_let... | 70.25 | 96% | 2023-02-23 |
| 20127. | Dave (davet) | 70.25 | 95% | 2016-08-26 |
| 20128. | ♫ (_ag_) | 70.24 | 88% | 2016-07-15 |
| 20129. | Richard (stalinjr) | 70.24 | 96% | 2023-05-04 |
| 20130. | Gallantino (gallantinogoldy) | 70.24 | 97% | 2023-10-20 |
| 20131. | grerple (grerple) | 70.24 | — | 2010-02-28 |
| 20132. | Anthony (disappear) | 70.23 | — | 2008-08-16 |
| 20133. | Evan (evanjmckenna) | 70.23 | 89% | 2017-01-07 |
| 20134. | Typosauras Rex (tapping111) | 70.23 | 99% | 2013-09-25 |
| 20135. | Pyrinne (pyrinne) | 70.23 | 96% | 2020-12-29 |
| 20136. | Steve (mehniacal) | 70.22 | 94% | 2012-11-02 |
| 20137. | Robert (brorrobert) | 70.22 | 92% | 2016-07-24 |
| 20138. | Mark (markxing) | 70.22 | — | 2008-11-09 |
| 20139. | paperpack (paperpack) | 70.22 | — | 2009-01-31 |
| 20140. | ಠ▄ಠ (bettermichael) | 70.22 | 96% | 2015-08-25 |
| 20141. | Jonas (thewonder) | 70.21 | 96% | 2018-11-09 |
| 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 |