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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8638. | Antonius (instanton) | 89.91 | 94% | 2014-03-16 |
| 8639. | Harold (mrmime) | 89.91 | 91% | 2014-09-17 |
| 8640. | Laura (bluswirll) | 89.90 | 95% | 2016-05-11 |
| 8641. | Spyros (soulis) | 89.90 | 97% | 2015-07-06 |
| 8642. | Jose (zapa666) | 89.90 | 97% | 2023-04-23 |
| 8643. | buynaa (kamikaze0612) | 89.90 | 97% | 2022-04-20 |
| 8644. | Amateur Hacker (st26042004) | 89.89 | 97% | 2023-03-09 |
| 8645. | Kagan (saladin92) | 89.89 | 95% | 2015-10-22 |
| 8646. | Alex (fluffehpander) | 89.89 | 98% | 2021-09-27 |
| 8647. | Nicolas (papanico) | 89.89 | 93% | 2011-10-04 |
| 8648. | James (defused) | 89.89 | — | 2010-03-09 |
| 8649. | Chad (balphagor) | 89.89 | 98% | 2022-06-12 |
| 8650. | Garrett (kendralys) | 89.89 | 92% | 2014-10-16 |
| 8651. | Erik (erla1012) | 89.89 | 93% | 2012-11-13 |
| 8652. | Simon (smeagols) | 89.89 | — | 2010-11-22 |
| 8653. | jr (jrinthecut) | 89.89 | 98% | 2021-08-20 |
| 8654. | Thomas (sokt2929) | 89.88 | 97% | 2022-11-16 |
| 8655. | Sadge (sadge_da_amateur) | 89.88 | 96.7% | 2023-08-09 |
| 8656. | lettel (lettel) | 89.88 | 97.9% | 2023-09-23 |
| 8657. | Albert (hsabove) | 89.88 | 97% | 2021-08-27 |
| 8658. | Scott (girardls199) | 89.88 | 91% | 2011-06-17 |
| 8659. | Nicole (nicole813) | 89.88 | 98% | 2011-11-19 |
| 8660. | Brisco County (briscocounty) | 89.87 | — | 2009-03-23 |
| 8661. | Norm (dwagner8) | 89.87 | — | 2011-04-03 |
| 8662. | Tobias (laaaveri) | 89.87 | — | 2009-07-27 |
| 8663. | Pew (prettypls) | 89.87 | 96% | 2019-04-22 |
| 8664. | Andrew (sq_leonhart) | 89.87 | 97% | 2021-04-30 |
| 8665. | Ang (bumbleberry) | 89.87 | 95% | 2023-08-21 |
| 8666. | iChoke@TheEnd (vidivinci) | 89.87 | 99% | 2022-06-28 |
| 8667. | Gabriel (xevrcn) | 89.87 | 98% | 2020-08-26 |
| 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 |