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To be fair, English is full of booby traps for the unwary foreigner. Any language where the unassuming word "fly" signifies an annoying insect, a means of travel, and a critical part of a gentleman's apparel is clearly asking to be mangled.

—from The Mother Tongue, English and How It Got That Way, a book by Bill Bryson

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Rank Username WPM Accuracy Date
4223. Asto (ukikunz) 95.18 97% 2024-09-15
4224. Logic (logicop14) 95.18 85% 2015-07-23
4225. John (qui505092) 95.17 96% 2023-02-24
4226. REAL (truerealgoku237) 95.16 98% 2023-01-20
4227. |)are2|_eap (cepetir) 95.16 98% 2023-01-23
4228. Dal (astronerd) 95.16 98% 2022-08-19
4229. Will (w1llmcl) 95.15 97% 2022-07-30
4230. Allen (allen135190) 95.14 98% 2023-02-26
4231. Tolunay (trontino) 95.13 97.7% 2025-03-14
4232. Li (libung) 95.13 97% 2021-06-30
4233. J-Money (jacobbeaudway) 95.13 97% 2023-09-01
4234. Nyyo (nyyo) 95.12 99% 2017-12-13
4235. Stephanie (stephk005) 95.12 96% 2019-05-27
4236. 我亲爱的甜橙树 (mosae) 95.12 97% 2023-03-02
4237. Jenna (malefikh) 95.12 100% 2016-01-17
4238. Mirko (slavkovskim) 95.12 94% 2017-04-29
4239. Mmm coffee (orchdork7926) 95.11 97% 2020-03-07
4240. Asd (asdecw) 95.09 98% 2022-02-24
4241. Hutsie (telekiwi) 95.09 98% 2020-07-31
4242. TheEverwise (theeverwise) 95.08 99% 2024-03-02
4243. Miccalo (miccalo_dv) 95.08 97% 2024-03-07
4244. Harry (pinerd) 95.08 96% 2020-07-21
4245. Leon (bluesunset) 95.08 98% 2017-06-19
4246. Anthony (carllimcarl) 95.07 98% 2017-12-31
4247. Joni (jonijiya) 95.07 97% 2016-01-13
4248. Julian (coroin123) 95.07 96% 2021-06-22
4249. (nonquitwarrior) 95.07 95% 2021-07-09
4250. catfree (catfree) 95.07 96% 2021-01-26
4251. SingMingKing (singmingking) 95.06 97% 2023-09-18
4252. Vãi Trí (minhtrihard) 95.06 99% 2019-03-15

Universes

Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 51,986 74.12 April 3, 2015
Instant Death Mode 56 80.85 December 26, 2018
New Texts Proving Ground 1 114.77 March 22, 2015
ᗜ Stenography 1 59.70 August 7, 2022