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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1477. | Trying (sakurya) | 119.36 | 98% | 2021-11-05 |
| 1478. | Mura (mur4mas4) | 119.34 | 95% | 2017-01-30 |
| 1479. | Paulo (vulas) | 119.34 | 97% | 2016-05-26 |
| 1480. | Nina (ninalam) | 119.33 | — | 2010-12-04 |
| 1481. | Kristina (pt_cpt) | 119.33 | — | 2008-12-16 |
| 1482. | Kelsey (lkelseyd) | 119.32 | 96% | 2012-08-08 |
| 1483. | Ich (dvoraklearner) | 119.29 | 79% | 2012-04-29 |
| 1484. | Darryl (darriotheg123) | 119.28 | 99% | 2021-01-17 |
| 1485. | Gordon (tacocheeze) | 119.27 | 99% | 2020-01-24 |
| 1486. | Kowala Bear (gaverpro) | 119.27 | 97% | 2021-09-12 |
| 1487. | WhiteAlien.com (whitealien_... | 119.27 | 100% | 2014-05-24 |
| 1488. | johnny (stopbeatingme) | 119.27 | 99% | 2017-06-23 |
| 1489. | asdf (bakedchicken) | 119.27 | 100% | 2017-06-14 |
| 1490. | Steve (mynameisdot) | 119.26 | 99% | 2018-09-30 |
| 1491. | Ditto (xcrafters) | 119.25 | 99% | 2021-10-21 |
| 1492. | Paul (dakuzo) | 119.25 | 99% | 2014-04-17 |
| 1493. | Joe (kingtoad) | 119.24 | — | 2009-03-26 |
| 1494. | saucy (saucysemite) | 119.24 | 98% | 2011-09-22 |
| 1495. | C (cwany) | 119.22 | 99% | 2012-11-19 |
| 1496. | Makoto (mk234) | 119.22 | — | 2009-03-06 |
| 1497. | Typos (silent26) | 119.20 | — | 2009-02-13 |
| 1498. | Shutaro (w_h_) | 119.20 | 96% | 2012-02-11 |
| 1499. | Michael (mwong95) | 119.20 | 99% | 2022-06-13 |
| 1500. | Crono (ddrcrono) | 119.19 | 96% | 2011-11-03 |
| 1501. | Tranquility (secondarily) | 119.19 | 99% | 2013-03-09 |
| 1502. | pol (polll) | 119.17 | 98% | 2016-08-17 |
| 1503. | Brendan (wikiplaystyperacer) | 119.17 | 99% | 2016-03-04 |
| 1504. | helle (helleruhe) | 119.16 | — | 2010-02-03 |
| 1505. | Adrian (adrian) | 119.15 | — | 2008-08-29 |
| 1506. | Darvin (nivrad00) | 119.15 | 98% | 2017-11-07 |
| 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 |