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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41964. | Adam (dvorak) (ruddy_dvorak) | 23.90 | 84% | 2014-03-29 |
| 41965. | atanu (atanu801) | 23.89 | 91% | 2013-07-24 |
| 41966. | Satria (satriapanca) | 23.88 | 92% | 2017-07-13 |
| 41967. | ching (chow) | 23.88 | — | 2008-12-14 |
| 41968. | LesoĊ (leson.korenac@gmail... | 23.86 | 88% | 2014-09-20 |
| 41969. | mahdi (mahdiaghli) | 23.84 | 93% | 2023-08-29 |
| 41970. | Why (whyare) | 23.82 | 97% | 2021-05-25 |
| 41971. | Alexi (okina_koneko) | 23.80 | 93% | 2023-09-17 |
| 41972. | judy (zhu512824) | 23.80 | 84% | 2012-02-20 |
| 41973. | Julien (longvillage) | 23.78 | 78% | 2016-11-25 |
| 41974. | Zack (zacklingaming) | 23.78 | 96% | 2018-11-09 |
| 41975. | girlie (girlay) | 23.78 | 93% | 2013-03-15 |
| 41976. | kim (kimm) | 23.76 | — | 2009-09-19 |
| 41977. | Taimur (jonikhan) | 23.76 | 74% | 2015-09-09 |
| 41978. | Sonu (kash33) | 23.75 | 95% | 2013-01-28 |
| 41979. | huynh-tien (monks) | 23.75 | — | 2009-09-04 |
| 41980. | Melo (melo2brotha_4life) | 23.68 | 95% | 2023-07-13 |
| 41981. | jjane (jjane) | 23.65 | — | 2009-09-16 |
| 41982. | Nick (nurzhan_abdi) | 23.64 | 93% | 2021-03-24 |
| 41983. | Ryan (rhino) | 23.63 | — | 2008-12-01 |
| 41984. | Kibutsuji (muzankyoo) | 23.62 | 93% | 2020-04-11 |
| 41985. | Brian (dcst_bri) | 23.62 | 83% | 2013-07-29 |
| 41986. | tstats[aidanboy] (aidanboy) | 23.57 | 94% | 2023-09-22 |
| 41987. | vhin (marvin1) | 23.57 | 78% | 2014-02-08 |
| 41988. | Neil (neilfoley) | 23.54 | 84% | 2011-07-20 |
| 41989. | Fabricio (fabrox) | 23.53 | 91.4% | 2021-03-03 |
| 41990. | Dimash (dimash19) | 23.52 | 95% | 2014-11-23 |
| 41991. | Sunnyhnh (sunnyhnh) | 23.52 | — | 2009-01-24 |
| 41992. | silly (mahnoor) | 23.50 | 89% | 2013-03-17 |
| 41993. | Anton (anton_krutoi) | 23.49 | 92.1% | 2023-10-07 |
| 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 |