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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17674. | Antoine (frenchtwan) | 73.92 | 98% | 2016-09-02 |
| 17675. | Hillary (hillary_c) | 73.92 | 89% | 2012-10-30 |
| 17676. | nader (iamnotnader) | 73.92 | 99% | 2020-07-02 |
| 17677. | temp (80wpm) | 73.91 | 90% | 2013-06-26 |
| 17678. | Lucas (maxicalcio) | 73.91 | — | 2009-08-04 |
| 17679. | SH (heissler) | 73.91 | 95% | 2013-06-08 |
| 17680. | Hoang (hoangbv15) | 73.91 | — | 2010-12-07 |
| 17681. | Rick Astley (artistry) | 73.91 | 89% | 2016-01-22 |
| 17682. | I really suk (cornmaster0411) | 73.90 | 98% | 2021-08-03 |
| 17683. | Intertial (yuvi_birdi) | 73.90 | 97% | 2023-01-13 |
| 17684. | squeakyspider (squeakyspider) | 73.90 | 95% | 2023-09-29 |
| 17685. | kjres5 (kjres5) | 73.90 | 94% | 2019-03-30 |
| 17686. | Ryan (ryanhuman) | 73.90 | 97% | 2012-06-08 |
| 17687. | Shyam (s4shyam95) | 73.89 | 94% | 2021-05-20 |
| 17688. | Taylor (boombox93) | 73.89 | 98% | 2012-10-01 |
| 17689. | bobby (bobby7564) | 73.89 | 98.5% | 2023-10-05 |
| 17690. | gg (ggab) | 73.88 | 91% | 2016-03-18 |
| 17691. | Neo (jaroneemo) | 73.88 | 98% | 2019-03-03 |
| 17692. | Stefan (stephen27) | 73.88 | 98% | 2020-01-10 |
| 17693. | George (g_unit88) | 73.88 | 95% | 2023-01-12 |
| 17694. | A.S.M.777 (a_s_m_777) | 73.88 | 93% | 2021-07-26 |
| 17695. | Mac (pyrodon) | 73.88 | 99% | 2013-10-03 |
| 17696. | Jason (altaria13) | 73.88 | 98% | 2019-08-11 |
| 17697. | Peter (portiz121803) | 73.88 | 96% | 2020-12-02 |
| 17698. | Roland (radambc) | 73.88 | 99% | 2022-09-07 |
| 17699. | Jonathan (jontheprinter) | 73.88 | 97% | 2021-06-14 |
| 17700. | sukudo299 (sukudo299) | 73.88 | 98% | 2012-06-18 |
| 17701. | silvis08 (silvis08) | 73.87 | 99% | 2013-06-02 |
| 17702. | arjun22 (arjun22) | 73.87 | 96% | 2015-10-30 |
| 17703. | speedyqwertalez (i_am_a_nooby) | 73.87 | 95.9% | 2023-09-05 |
| 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 |