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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17340. | cpprulez (toncheto) | 74.48 | 97% | 2021-03-04 |
| 17341. | Jason (jayjayghetto) | 74.48 | 91% | 2015-05-12 |
| 17342. | Long (ndlong) | 74.48 | 94% | 2011-11-11 |
| 17343. | Vegard (vegberg) | 74.48 | 100% | 2015-07-10 |
| 17344. | Boon Chuan (nitrolego) | 74.48 | 96% | 2019-03-23 |
| 17345. | Brett (honeyvengeance) | 74.47 | 96% | 2022-11-15 |
| 17346. | Clinton (eastwoodaussie) | 74.47 | 96% | 2013-01-05 |
| 17347. | Daryl (draguer) | 74.47 | — | 2009-04-27 |
| 17348. | Tanya (globalgourmand) | 74.46 | 94% | 2011-11-28 |
| 17349. | rkalak (rkalak) | 74.46 | 95% | 2022-03-18 |
| 17350. | Sid (sid9437) | 74.46 | 97.3% | 2023-05-27 |
| 17351. | James (jjhertz) | 74.46 | 97% | 2022-10-18 |
| 17352. | L (avidbiscuit_5905) | 74.46 | 95% | 2021-03-20 |
| 17353. | sam (bbreaker) | 74.46 | — | 2010-12-04 |
| 17354. | Emily (snowserpent) | 74.46 | 93% | 2015-08-17 |
| 17355. | Mai (itsmemai) | 74.46 | 96% | 2017-03-30 |
| 17356. | Badger (badger00k) | 74.45 | 98% | 2022-10-20 |
| 17357. | andrei5 (mute_6) | 74.45 | 97% | 2022-04-06 |
| 17358. | David (lilchuck) | 74.45 | 97% | 2020-01-23 |
| 17359. | Jeffrey (jsb9942) | 74.45 | 96% | 2013-11-30 |
| 17360. | Alex (alexruben) | 74.45 | 97% | 2015-11-13 |
| 17361. | Lam (probottler) | 74.44 | 98% | 2023-02-12 |
| 17362. | Big (bigpepenochill) | 74.44 | 96% | 2021-09-28 |
| 17363. | Ed (ed841) | 74.44 | 96% | 2022-08-07 |
| 17364. | Frederick (fredericknotw) | 74.44 | 98% | 2015-07-07 |
| 17365. | c (asiandued) | 74.43 | 95% | 2018-09-23 |
| 17366. | Gabriel (gabbigum) | 74.43 | 95% | 2019-12-09 |
| 17367. | Calaeb (pawwz) | 74.43 | 95% | 2021-02-28 |
| 17368. | john (racer520) | 74.43 | 95% | 2015-04-29 |
| 17369. | Tim (tronlol) | 74.43 | — | 2011-04-25 |
| 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 |