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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15989. | tstats[sweetapple6911] (swe... | 76.54 | 97.7% | 2023-10-21 |
| 15990. | PYTHON (_chuyuehan) | 76.54 | 96% | 2023-07-12 |
| 15991. | Samuel (bradenluvzlax) | 76.54 | 98% | 2022-06-07 |
| 15992. | Jecht (dark_juice) | 76.54 | 98% | 2012-05-11 |
| 15993. | Topre (glados) | 76.54 | 95% | 2011-07-03 |
| 15994. | Armaan (valkyrie1547) | 76.54 | 96% | 2019-07-19 |
| 15995. | Ethan (prohibitable) | 76.54 | 96% | 2018-10-23 |
| 15996. | Michael (linik123) | 76.54 | 94% | 2015-09-07 |
| 15997. | (shaun022) | 76.54 | 97% | 2020-03-08 |
| 15998. | Anna (rabbitpickles69) | 76.54 | 96% | 2020-09-05 |
| 15999. | shipshop (shipshop) | 76.54 | 96% | 2023-04-25 |
| 16000. | Kaden (kaden_1) | 76.52 | 95% | 2023-06-17 |
| 16001. | Joseph (jonas223xc) | 76.52 | 95% | 2014-08-14 |
| 16002. | KraZy_KiLLa (krazy_killa) | 76.52 | 97% | 2014-05-20 |
| 16003. | cL (cynibro) | 76.52 | 97% | 2019-05-28 |
| 16004. | Eddy (razaberry) | 76.52 | 93% | 2015-01-24 |
| 16005. | amalia (chowdergirl) | 76.51 | 95% | 2021-04-25 |
| 16006. | Ulrich (ulrichji) | 76.51 | 98% | 2021-10-24 |
| 16007. | Hessi (hessijames) | 76.51 | 98% | 2017-07-22 |
| 16008. | Paul Bunyan (paulbunyansmut) | 76.51 | 98% | 2021-03-14 |
| 16009. | random (myrandomusername) | 76.51 | 97% | 2021-06-09 |
| 16010. | Ahmed (ahmedkotb) | 76.51 | 97% | 2011-11-08 |
| 16011. | Wasim (golden_horse) | 76.51 | 96% | 2014-07-02 |
| 16012. | Grag (rob3r) | 76.51 | 96% | 2018-08-20 |
| 16013. | unpr0gr4mm3d (unpr0gr4mm3d) | 76.50 | 97% | 2013-11-09 |
| 16014. | Workman (dagl200) | 76.50 | 96% | 2021-11-23 |
| 16015. | Dr. Typist (dr_typist) | 76.50 | 97% | 2014-05-27 |
| 16016. | Anh (anhakin) | 76.49 | 97% | 2014-12-04 |
| 16017. | Thompson (tommymachine) | 76.49 | 97% | 2020-08-05 |
| 16018. | jess (softballchick127) | 76.49 | — | 2009-07-01 |
| 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 |