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
Active since August 3, 2008.
267 total characters in this text.
View Pit Stop page for this text
| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11996. | Alex (snowmen777) | 83.09 | 96% | 2014-06-17 |
| 11997. | Allegro1321 (allegro1321) | 83.09 | 92% | 2012-08-07 |
| 11998. | Homer (cowmonger) | 83.09 | 93% | 2017-05-16 |
| 11999. | Herro (mkir) | 83.08 | — | 2010-04-24 |
| 12000. | Matoyas (matoyas) | 83.08 | 95% | 2013-02-05 |
| 12001. | tstats[wimbleimble] (wimble... | 83.08 | 97% | 2021-04-21 |
| 12002. | JP (jpuppey) | 83.08 | 98% | 2020-09-15 |
| 12003. | Sophie (sophieloaf) | 83.08 | 98% | 2018-08-26 |
| 12004. | Stephen (bloodwineskg) | 83.08 | 92% | 2016-01-15 |
| 12005. | Bo (cheeseburger) | 83.08 | — | 2008-11-29 |
| 12006. | cowbot (peedir) | 83.08 | 97% | 2015-09-27 |
| 12007. | Pradipta (proydu) | 83.08 | 99% | 2015-08-14 |
| 12008. | Sho (katand) | 83.07 | — | 2010-11-30 |
| 12009. | Carlzanity. (carlzanity_02) | 83.07 | 98% | 2022-11-28 |
| 12010. | krishna (krishnasai3cks) | 83.07 | 97% | 2021-05-08 |
| 12011. | A (airci12) | 83.07 | 89% | 2017-01-08 |
| 12012. | Chel (14white145) | 83.06 | 97% | 2023-02-20 |
| 12013. | Guest (insi) | 83.06 | 96% | 2016-11-21 |
| 12014. | Oleg (olaprelikov) | 83.06 | 99% | 2020-04-01 |
| 12015. | Imhotep (marcus_aurelius) | 83.06 | 97% | 2017-08-22 |
| 12016. | Robert (rob256) | 83.06 | 96% | 2014-06-02 |
| 12017. | Kristin (tchncolorcupcake) | 83.05 | 98% | 2020-01-13 |
| 12018. | Abelardo (kirin47) | 83.05 | 97% | 2021-08-24 |
| 12019. | Fatnot (fatnot) | 83.05 | 96.7% | 2023-08-04 |
| 12020. | Corso (cportinari) | 83.05 | — | 2010-11-09 |
| 12021. | Ry (lucios) | 83.05 | 88% | 2014-12-09 |
| 12022. | Dávila (davilachencho) | 83.04 | 97% | 2014-11-12 |
| 12023. | Tad (trashtofu) | 83.04 | 96% | 2019-06-28 |
| 12024. | Spanner (spanner77) | 83.04 | 97% | 2019-12-08 |
| 12025. | Avash (avasz) | 83.04 | 95% | 2013-07-11 |
| 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 |