It wasn't that I had anything against the movies, but they had never been very important to me, and not once in more than fifteen years of teaching and writing had I felt the urge to talk about them. I liked them as everyone else did - as diversions, as animated wallpaper, as fluff. No matter how beautiful or hypnotic the images sometimes were, they never satisfied me as powerfully as words did. Too much was given, I felt, not enough was left to the viewer's imagination, and the paradox was that the closer movies came to simulating reality, the worse they failed at representing the world - which is in us as much as it is around us.
—from The Book of Illusions, a book by Paul Auster
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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968. | Kaminari (kaminarisama) | 111.55 | 98% | 2023-10-03 |
| 1969. | MINH (shinmyou) | 111.55 | 98.6% | 2023-08-31 |
| 1970. | qwerty (kevinralshkin) | 111.54 | 98% | 2021-09-20 |
| 1971. | fastjohnny72 (soggylemon) | 111.53 | 97% | 2022-01-25 |
| 1972. | wing (edg3o) | 111.52 | 98% | 2022-07-11 |
| 1973. | Diego (divarela) | 111.50 | 98.4% | 2024-11-07 |
| 1974. | Ovius (crosswind) | 111.49 | 98% | 2021-06-28 |
| 1975. | Lily (lilell) | 111.47 | 99% | 2021-05-29 |
| 1976. | Sarao Jeepney (kingoftheroad) | 111.47 | 98.2% | 2021-02-24 |
| 1977. | maxwelljones14 (maxwelljones) | 111.41 | 97.1% | 2024-02-28 |
| 1978. | Haxwhy (haxwhy) | 111.41 | 98% | 2023-04-11 |
| 1979. | Adolo (foca248) | 111.38 | 98.1% | 2023-11-23 |
| 1980. | adsf (max_m7) | 111.38 | 97% | 2021-11-04 |
| 1981. | criasier (criasier) | 111.38 | 98% | 2022-03-07 |
| 1982. | Juan (gopleaseeasy) | 111.38 | 99% | 2021-04-09 |
| 1983. | Suxry (suxry) | 111.37 | 97.6% | 2024-02-16 |
| 1984. | Andre (smallchicken) | 111.35 | 99.1% | 2023-07-18 |
| 1985. | (nalyd_on_colemak) | 111.35 | 98% | 2022-08-21 |
| 1986. | Finn (finnark) | 111.35 | 97% | 2019-09-25 |
| 1987. | Sapient (sapient) | 111.33 | 98.7% | 2024-06-04 |
| 1988. | lae (laenahtan) | 111.33 | 95.6% | 2023-12-31 |
| 1989. | Azaro (azaroarazenka) | 111.32 | 96% | 2022-07-29 |
| 1990. | Injustice (inj5) | 111.28 | 98% | 2022-11-12 |
| 1991. | Adam (azonite) | 111.27 | 97% | 2022-01-28 |
| 1992. | William (willmase) | 111.25 | 98% | 2020-07-03 |
| 1993. | zoozs (axu8888) | 111.24 | 97% | 2020-10-04 |
| 1994. | Kai (squirtapika) | 111.23 | 97% | 2021-10-11 |
| 1995. | amebda (fookusa) | 111.23 | 98% | 2021-01-20 |
| 1996. | Max (maxbyl) | 111.22 | 97% | 2025-08-09 |
| 1997. | janis (janisimo) | 111.22 | 100% | 2025-01-29 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default (English) | 15,716 | 100.40 | September 12, 2019 |
| Instant Death Mode | 4 | 122.99 | June 27, 2021 |
| ᗜ Stenography | 3 | 101.48 | August 13, 2021 |
| All TypeRacer Texts | 1 | 103.17 | May 27, 2022 |