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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29077. | Lan Huong (my_own_way2012) | 57.23 | — | 2009-10-30 |
| 29078. | Dan (dansheme) | 57.22 | 96% | 2019-09-11 |
| 29079. | . (4n0nym0us_h4ck3r) | 57.22 | 96% | 2021-07-14 |
| 29080. | Dale (bladetype) | 57.22 | 91% | 2016-03-27 |
| 29081. | Michael (mhmadhatter) | 57.21 | 98% | 2018-10-24 |
| 29082. | Joe (joesnives) | 57.21 | 97% | 2022-05-25 |
| 29083. | Dendimon (j_a_e_t) | 57.21 | 88% | 2015-02-26 |
| 29084. | venkat (venkatvb) | 57.21 | 92% | 2015-08-29 |
| 29085. | Vicente (vicenteteo) | 57.21 | 99% | 2018-04-26 |
| 29086. | Anika (goose_nik) | 57.21 | 97% | 2021-09-07 |
| 29087. | Mustakim (winterflew) | 57.21 | 94% | 2021-06-17 |
| 29088. | naisa (naisa_) | 57.21 | 94.7% | 2021-02-04 |
| 29089. | rachel (rchlwg) | 57.21 | 96% | 2020-10-06 |
| 29090. | elios (luvlios) | 57.21 | 97% | 2021-02-10 |
| 29091. | naveen (naveenii1991) | 57.21 | 97% | 2015-09-14 |
| 29092. | Rustem (miracle2100) | 57.21 | 95% | 2019-04-03 |
| 29093. | Thao Nguyen (silverscorp) | 57.20 | — | 2009-03-25 |
| 29094. | Peter (novipi) | 57.20 | 97% | 2012-10-17 |
| 29095. | Kirubel (kirubelt) | 57.20 | 97% | 2022-03-11 |
| 29096. | LaGigantuts (isxcreamus) | 57.20 | 96% | 2014-02-17 |
| 29097. | TiMMsY (ctimmsy) | 57.20 | 94% | 2023-02-10 |
| 29098. | Kamol (danny_13) | 57.19 | 95% | 2023-09-11 |
| 29099. | Theo (theoo) | 57.19 | 91% | 2016-12-06 |
| 29100. | Farkas (wolfh) | 57.19 | 94% | 2021-01-25 |
| 29101. | Joe (u_vsold) | 57.19 | 94% | 2018-11-12 |
| 29102. | Ivandro (bigivel) | 57.19 | — | 2010-09-24 |
| 29103. | Agnes (lem123) | 57.19 | 97% | 2018-08-03 |
| 29104. | nguyen xuan (nxkien) | 57.19 | — | 2009-02-12 |
| 29105. | Hayden (1001101) | 57.18 | 97% | 2022-07-05 |
| 29106. | Phill (oldmanmarns) | 57.18 | — | 2010-04-22 |
| 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 |