Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times reported on a typing demonstration given the previous day in Brooklyn by a Thomas Osborne of Rochester, New York. The Times reported that Mr. Osborne "holds the championship for fast typing, having accomplished 126 words a minute at Toronto August 13, 1888."
—from Famous Fables of Economics, Chapter 4: Fable of the Keys, a book by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis
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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17953. | type (typeracer21st) | 55.26 | 92% | 2013-09-09 |
| 17954. | Pakistani Sher (successful_... | 55.26 | 97% | 2018-12-06 |
| 17955. | md. yeasin (shovan642) | 55.26 | 98% | 2017-02-26 |
| 17956. | Seven (keishinn_mikel) | 55.26 | 90% | 2016-10-31 |
| 17957. | benny (benefactor) | 55.26 | 95% | 2012-02-02 |
| 17958. | fthe (fthe) | 55.25 | 96% | 2022-07-23 |
| 17959. | Rasul (rasul07) | 55.25 | 94% | 2022-09-11 |
| 17960. | Billy (billychan1988) | 55.25 | 93% | 2014-08-25 |
| 17961. | Hamfin (thumbfist) | 55.25 | 95% | 2022-11-27 |
| 17962. | Hendrik (badbossy) | 55.25 | 89% | 2013-07-22 |
| 17963. | Owad (m00cha) | 55.25 | — | 2011-02-06 |
| 17964. | Matthew (matt15151) | 55.25 | 90% | 2016-03-07 |
| 17965. | stl (stl74) | 55.25 | — | 2010-06-02 |
| 17966. | Alice (alice_guo) | 55.24 | 95% | 2015-03-04 |
| 17967. | Lyadde (lyadde) | 55.24 | 95% | 2018-09-06 |
| 17968. | Denis (1nadequacy) | 55.24 | 95% | 2015-03-17 |
| 17969. | Jonathan (drsteam) | 55.23 | 93% | 2019-03-19 |
| 17970. | Bolt (boltxd) | 55.23 | 94% | 2021-12-17 |
| 17971. | Mars (ninurex) | 55.23 | — | 2009-11-14 |
| 17972. | Rino (rino_gitu_loh) | 55.23 | — | 2009-07-27 |
| 17973. | Dominik (aeniwon) | 55.23 | 93% | 2015-06-12 |
| 17974. | Adarsh (adarsh1001) | 55.23 | 97% | 2018-09-10 |
| 17975. | Fugacity (fugacity) | 55.22 | 88% | 2016-11-23 |
| 17976. | Leon (leonhh) | 55.22 | — | 2011-04-14 |
| 17977. | bhanu (codingbegginer) | 55.21 | 95% | 2023-07-24 |
| 17978. | Alberto (staku) | 55.21 | 87% | 2013-05-30 |
| 17979. | Vincent (vminjares) | 55.21 | 87% | 2011-06-28 |
| 17980. | n00b (monil) | 55.21 | 95% | 2011-07-18 |
| 17981. | meos (meos) | 55.21 | 91% | 2014-10-12 |
| 17982. | Dashboard (dashboard) | 55.21 | 98% | 2011-12-08 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default (English) | 78,663 | 61.98 | September 30, 2008 |
| Instant Death Mode | 85 | 61.75 | March 31, 2010 |
| ##typeracer | 4 | 55.64 | May 1, 2021 |
| TypeRacer Classic | 3 | 58.73 | May 18, 2021 |
| Mrs. Wunschel's TypeRacer Universe | 1 | 43.44 | December 18, 2012 |
| Riverside Middle School | 1 | 28.86 | February 10, 2011 |