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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116. | paulamirada (4beth_esda) | 63.48 | 100% | 2017-12-12 |
| 117. | PaleBlueDot (kendingling) | 63.24 | 100% | 2025-05-04 |
| 118. | 妮拉莫莫 (aniket_j) | 63.23 | 100% | 2024-08-25 |
| 119. | Sri (lulu25) | 63.04 | 100% | 2012-03-18 |
| 120. | Jeff (charsapoo) | 62.81 | — | 2010-10-07 |
| 121. | Guest (riotjune) | 62.80 | 100% | 2021-08-02 |
| 122. | (sputype) | 61.91 | 100% | 2018-05-24 |
| 123. | Biscuit (biscuit_12) | 61.78 | 100% | 2019-05-14 |
| 124. | Bobby (mully21) | 61.72 | 100% | 2014-03-13 |
| 125. | Andrew (andrewtdunn) | 61.16 | 100% | 2024-11-16 |
| 126. | dftba (_dftba_) | 61.15 | 100% | 2020-12-22 |
| 127. | Jatin (techiejatin) | 60.65 | 100% | 2024-03-18 |
| 128. | Steve (steves) | 60.48 | — | 2010-04-05 |
| 129. | Walnut (mr_walnut) | 60.13 | 100% | 2024-05-12 |
| 130. | abhnv (abhnv) | 60.02 | 100% | 2020-04-01 |
| 131. | Ibrahim (hrnjcvc) | 59.92 | 100% | 2023-11-25 |
| 132. | Nils (n1l5) | 59.70 | 100% | 2025-05-13 |
| 133. | Richelieu (craigp) | 59.67 | 100% | 2025-03-02 |
| 134. | elakstein (elakstein) | 59.29 | 100% | 2024-02-13 |
| 135. | Heryanto Lee (heryantoleeio) | 59.14 | 100% | 2025-03-14 |
| 136. | LilliVanilli (lillivanilli) | 57.76 | 100% | 2024-01-05 |
| 137. | Raj (raaj2rad) | 57.74 | 100% | 2017-07-07 |
| 138. | a (cmdhk) | 57.40 | 100% | 2025-02-15 |
| 139. | David (davidabdelnour) | 57.31 | 100% | 2024-02-07 |
| 140. | racer (aurelius_14) | 57.30 | 100% | 2023-02-16 |
| 141. | Petersoon (peterson_brasil) | 56.77 | 100% | 2024-04-26 |
| 142. | John (no_typeracer) | 56.62 | 100% | 2012-09-16 |
| 143. | Topre (glados) | 56.27 | — | 2010-11-20 |
| 144. | daniel (vamosramos) | 55.68 | 100% | 2013-04-08 |
| 145. | chilli_rice (friedrice1) | 55.61 | 100% | 2023-09-25 |
| 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 |