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The thing about a story is that you dream it as you tell it, hoping that others might then dream along with you, and in this way memory and imagination and language combine to make spirits in the head. There is the illusion of aliveness.

—from The Things They Carried, a book by Tim O'Brien

Active since April 19, 2019.
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45. WatchDominion.org (lithox2) 206.25 100% 2022-03-12
46. (landarian) 205.70 99.2% 2025-05-16
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48. mako (mako640) 205.46 100% 2019-05-01
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50. burger flipper (melikepi) 205.18 100% 2022-12-19
51. decompose (decompose) 204.84 99% 2021-06-26
52. p (poke1) 204.00 99.2% 2024-02-03
53. Ibexus (ibexus) 203.68 100% 2023-08-11
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55. (poop) 202.77 99% 2023-07-10
56. asdfjkl; (deskripper) 202.15 99.6% 2023-12-29
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61. (delirious) 200.11 100% 2019-07-10
62. rocket (mythicalrocket) 199.94 99% 2022-06-18
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64. i talk to the wind (pastash... 199.66 99.6% 2025-04-14
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Universes

Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 42,818 95.84 April 19, 2019
Instant Death Mode 132 98.68 February 3, 2020
แ—œ Stenography 1 32.88 September 14, 2022
All TypeRacer Texts 1 42.42 August 6, 2021