Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times reported on a typing demonstration given the previous day in Brooklyn by a Thomas Osborne of Rochester, New York. The Times reported that Mr. Osborne "holds the championship for fast typing, having accomplished 126 words a minute at Toronto August 13, 1888."
—from Famous Fables of Economics, Chapter 4: Fable of the Keys, a book by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis
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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17100. | Yivo (yivo) | 57.01 | 92% | 2012-10-16 |
| 17101. | Ice (ice_relentless) | 57.01 | 92% | 2016-12-31 |
| 17102. | Vince (vincentsneed) | 57.01 | 92% | 2016-02-25 |
| 17103. | Riyaz (riyaz11) | 57.01 | — | 2009-11-03 |
| 17104. | Rachit (rc13gamr) | 57.00 | 94% | 2022-12-04 |
| 17105. | Mohammed (bujasem) | 57.00 | 92% | 2012-05-27 |
| 17106. | salem (salem_coder) | 57.00 | 94.2% | 2023-07-04 |
| 17107. | Misi (imadoki87) | 57.00 | — | 2009-02-23 |
| 17108. | Francis (ufo19900518) | 57.00 | — | 2010-02-22 |
| 17109. | Chris (emrick) | 57.00 | — | 2011-03-14 |
| 17110. | Vincent (macdoc77) | 56.99 | 94% | 2022-06-12 |
| 17111. | zitsy (zitsy) | 56.99 | 93% | 2022-11-05 |
| 17112. | Tahiti (sbattula) | 56.99 | 93% | 2011-06-08 |
| 17113. | Sergej (nbafan) | 56.99 | 96% | 2011-12-17 |
| 17114. | Keyser Söze (johnomaha) | 56.99 | 98% | 2019-12-06 |
| 17115. | Matti (d3_aston) | 56.99 | 96% | 2017-08-29 |
| 17116. | Daniel (dani_the_typer) | 56.98 | 94% | 2021-10-27 |
| 17117. | Marc0 (marc0yt) | 56.98 | 96% | 2023-07-24 |
| 17118. | epic (densehelium) | 56.98 | 96% | 2022-11-27 |
| 17119. | Binh (binhvt) | 56.98 | — | 2011-04-26 |
| 17120. | (logonoff) | 56.98 | 94% | 2017-06-28 |
| 17121. | Haraldur (patli) | 56.98 | 90% | 2017-04-21 |
| 17122. | Sean (sean33333) | 56.97 | 97% | 2018-11-11 |
| 17123. | karakavak (karakavak) | 56.97 | 95% | 2011-06-08 |
| 17124. | Tomasz (benoh2o) | 56.97 | 87% | 2016-07-10 |
| 17125. | Mark (surgery) | 56.97 | 85% | 2012-12-07 |
| 17126. | Jacob (horenzo) | 56.97 | 88% | 2016-09-02 |
| 17127. | Scott (rowlo) | 56.96 | — | 2009-10-09 |
| 17128. | Bence (bszollosi) | 56.96 | 98% | 2019-05-09 |
| 17129. | hugh (spoop) | 56.96 | 93.3% | 2021-02-15 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default (English) | 78,663 | 61.98 | September 30, 2008 |
| Instant Death Mode | 85 | 61.75 | March 31, 2010 |
| ##typeracer | 4 | 55.64 | May 1, 2021 |
| TypeRacer Classic | 3 | 58.73 | May 18, 2021 |
| Mrs. Wunschel's TypeRacer Universe | 1 | 43.44 | December 18, 2012 |
| Riverside Middle School | 1 | 28.86 | February 10, 2011 |