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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5601. | Nietzsche (christianlange196) | 98.02 | 98% | 2023-05-18 |
| 5602. | LikeABoss (jlikeaboss) | 98.01 | 97% | 2012-03-01 |
| 5603. | bell (bellflower) | 98.01 | 95% | 2015-07-27 |
| 5604. | Diego (daggo145) | 98.01 | 97% | 2014-10-30 |
| 5605. | HTT (diamond99007) | 98.00 | 93% | 2013-08-15 |
| 5606. | Jameel (jameelo25) | 98.00 | 96% | 2021-03-25 |
| 5607. | Neodymium (neodytrium) | 97.99 | 97% | 2021-05-19 |
| 5608. | Ramon (lepokez) | 97.99 | 97% | 2016-03-16 |
| 5609. | crap racer (stevesu) | 97.99 | 97% | 2019-04-08 |
| 5610. | Trey (trey87) | 97.98 | 95% | 2013-12-01 |
| 5611. | jteef (jteef) | 97.98 | — | 2011-04-30 |
| 5612. | Lol (fatsug) | 97.98 | 94% | 2014-05-09 |
| 5613. | Linh VED (linhtruong) | 97.98 | 96% | 2012-03-08 |
| 5614. | APN (apn341) | 97.97 | — | 2009-08-15 |
| 5615. | James (skittlz12) | 97.97 | 98% | 2011-10-23 |
| 5616. | Henry (matrixial) | 97.95 | 96% | 2022-04-26 |
| 5617. | You (chimmey) | 97.94 | 95% | 2014-01-26 |
| 5618. | Nathan (nate_k_) | 97.94 | 95% | 2014-06-17 |
| 5619. | Bam (phoenixthestral) | 97.92 | 99% | 2021-03-11 |
| 5620. | Away From Keyboard (AFK) (d... | 97.92 | 99% | 2023-06-09 |
| 5621. | Rick (codeblock) | 97.92 | 94% | 2016-05-30 |
| 5622. | Nicolas (nicovercesi) | 97.92 | 100% | 2019-08-23 |
| 5623. | Noam (tsnoam) | 97.92 | 98% | 2015-04-20 |
| 5624. | Peter (avezan) | 97.90 | 98% | 2021-06-15 |
| 5625. | Cheuk (cheuk2160) | 97.90 | 98.3% | 2023-10-01 |
| 5626. | Zethrian (zethrian) | 97.89 | 98% | 2021-08-28 |
| 5627. | Kingsnake (kingsnake) | 97.89 | — | 2009-11-08 |
| 5628. | alex (kyra) | 97.89 | — | 2009-07-16 |
| 5629. | Oliver (pastapower05) | 97.89 | 98% | 2022-04-02 |
| 5630. | Geeky (yashwantkrishna) | 97.89 | 98% | 2023-08-18 |
| 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 |