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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32598. | Thomas (slain_at_dawn) | 51.88 | 94% | 2021-04-14 |
| 32599. | Negzi (negzi) | 51.88 | 96% | 2018-03-07 |
| 32600. | rus (russellf) | 51.88 | 90% | 2015-03-20 |
| 32601. | ak (itsak) | 51.88 | 95% | 2023-09-29 |
| 32602. | Vhagar's (fasterlater) | 51.87 | 95% | 2022-03-13 |
| 32603. | Abdullah (moquim) | 51.87 | 95% | 2023-08-28 |
| 32604. | Iftekharul (_sayeed) | 51.87 | 97% | 2021-02-01 |
| 32605. | AMM (gamesplaytest) | 51.87 | 96% | 2021-05-01 |
| 32606. | K (ivory_lagi) | 51.87 | 95% | 2023-06-22 |
| 32607. | Sitipankaj (sitipankaj_5) | 51.87 | 94% | 2021-12-20 |
| 32608. | Anurag (pogopogo) | 51.87 | 99% | 2023-03-30 |
| 32609. | Derek (derekbrock) | 51.87 | 90% | 2017-06-02 |
| 32610. | Rishi_ (upsehu) | 51.87 | 99% | 2018-03-01 |
| 32611. | Hi (hime_) | 51.86 | 94% | 2020-04-10 |
| 32612. | Increasespeed (increasespeed) | 51.86 | 95% | 2012-07-15 |
| 32613. | WIll (llinedpaper) | 51.86 | 95% | 2023-04-10 |
| 32614. | Blair (typerblair) | 51.85 | 96% | 2017-12-27 |
| 32615. | Tyvek (tyvek) | 51.85 | 98% | 2022-02-23 |
| 32616. | Chase (thecheesening) | 51.85 | 96% | 2021-06-29 |
| 32617. | Daniel (samsungsosa) | 51.85 | 95% | 2022-08-07 |
| 32618. | Dawa Sherpa (da_wa) | 51.85 | 96% | 2023-08-24 |
| 32619. | Kevin (chips1337) | 51.85 | 93% | 2021-03-04 |
| 32620. | Kris (xfwk) | 51.85 | 94% | 2014-02-24 |
| 32621. | Kareem (kareemshehata) | 51.85 | 94% | 2022-04-02 |
| 32622. | Budder40 (budder40) | 51.85 | 94% | 2021-11-30 |
| 32623. | Shiv (shivsimsh) | 51.85 | 96% | 2016-08-11 |
| 32624. | cark (cark10) | 51.85 | 92% | 2016-07-21 |
| 32625. | LucHa (lucha) | 51.85 | — | 2009-02-01 |
| 32626. | darsh0106 (mynamekaa) | 51.85 | 95% | 2021-04-06 |
| 32627. | Ahmed (ahemd1982) | 51.84 | 95% | 2023-05-03 |
| 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 |