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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12146. | Sammy (smedina) | 82.63 | 96% | 2011-10-14 |
| 12147. | Sean (sho01) | 82.63 | 97% | 2015-05-13 |
| 12148. | rayra (rayra24) | 82.63 | 96% | 2016-08-03 |
| 12149. | Muko (muko) | 82.63 | — | 2009-03-06 |
| 12150. | ctrl_bkspace (cynjin) | 82.62 | 97% | 2020-09-21 |
| 12151. | Paul (paulwhoisaghost) | 82.62 | 97% | 2019-06-06 |
| 12152. | ICON (_icon_) | 82.62 | 98% | 2022-11-15 |
| 12153. | Lưu (luuanh) | 82.62 | 99% | 2017-11-23 |
| 12154. | Sahara (sahara37) | 82.62 | 99% | 2020-09-04 |
| 12155. | m (ogtong) | 82.62 | 98% | 2019-03-22 |
| 12156. | Nguyen (rainfall1611) | 82.62 | 98% | 2015-03-04 |
| 12157. | wobba (wobba) | 82.61 | 98% | 2022-01-13 |
| 12158. | Mark (mark_exel) | 82.61 | 96% | 2020-05-03 |
| 12159. | Ben (azraled) | 82.61 | 96% | 2023-03-15 |
| 12160. | Dan (dangtheman) | 82.61 | 96% | 2022-03-17 |
| 12161. | Jack (falryx) | 82.61 | — | 2010-09-23 |
| 12162. | Uday (itsuday) | 82.60 | 97% | 2022-12-01 |
| 12163. | Newman (newmanhere) | 82.60 | 99% | 2021-03-27 |
| 12164. | tstats[timtam420] (timtam420) | 82.60 | 95.4% | 2023-10-12 |
| 12165. | T (riptidestorm) | 82.60 | 95% | 2022-05-24 |
| 12166. | Antonio (antonio_2086) | 82.60 | 97% | 2021-03-24 |
| 12167. | aldrigon (aldrigon) | 82.60 | 97% | 2021-01-21 |
| 12168. | Smarmy (smarmyraptor) | 82.60 | 96% | 2017-08-10 |
| 12169. | Kalo (kalo) | 82.60 | 93% | 2015-10-23 |
| 12170. | Nörfire (norfire) | 82.59 | 96% | 2013-10-16 |
| 12171. | Brennan (brennanminns) | 82.59 | 98% | 2020-02-26 |
| 12172. | Kevin (superuser_) | 82.59 | 97% | 2021-09-24 |
| 12173. | Matthew (fryzigg) | 82.59 | 95% | 2022-05-06 |
| 12174. | Gilbert (gilberto47831) | 82.59 | 97% | 2020-04-28 |
| 12175. | Anthony (100real) | 82.59 | 94% | 2016-10-12 |
| 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 |