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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40257. | Learning Dvorak (dvorakdude) | 35.33 | 93% | 2014-07-07 |
| 40258. | Halista (halista) | 35.33 | 87% | 2011-12-18 |
| 40259. | cprise (cprise) | 35.33 | 89% | 2012-03-28 |
| 40260. | Rere (rereamran) | 35.32 | 80% | 2016-03-18 |
| 40261. | Kurtis (thekurtkiller) | 35.32 | 82% | 2012-11-26 |
| 40262. | Jibon (ninja0x) | 35.32 | 96% | 2021-07-25 |
| 40263. | Zidan (zidan) | 35.32 | — | 2009-05-15 |
| 40264. | izzat (vxbass) | 35.31 | 94% | 2011-08-23 |
| 40265. | Ankush (calm_ankush) | 35.31 | 89% | 2015-05-15 |
| 40266. | eren (hangiceren) | 35.31 | 95% | 2015-09-09 |
| 40267. | edward (edx3241) | 35.31 | 90% | 2015-03-15 |
| 40268. | zan (crklan) | 35.31 | 86% | 2011-06-05 |
| 40269. | Kevin (thebatman) | 35.31 | 95% | 2011-05-05 |
| 40270. | Tristan (tristanpatina2) | 35.30 | 84% | 2012-05-15 |
| 40271. | Franco (wolfman) | 35.30 | — | 2009-05-23 |
| 40272. | typebaaz (nayan___143143) | 35.30 | 96% | 2023-08-30 |
| 40273. | NICK (black_adam) | 35.29 | 95% | 2023-07-22 |
| 40274. | rak (rock007.m3@gmail.com) | 35.29 | 97% | 2013-08-02 |
| 40275. | Butter (shivam_34) | 35.29 | 91% | 2020-08-25 |
| 40276. | kaylee (lambo) | 35.29 | — | 2008-11-10 |
| 40277. | Ilan (idude13) | 35.26 | — | 2009-12-21 |
| 40278. | mosharaf (mosharaf) | 35.26 | 93% | 2016-08-15 |
| 40279. | flexxer (flexxer) | 35.25 | 92% | 2021-02-23 |
| 40280. | anil (anil) | 35.25 | — | 2008-10-13 |
| 40281. | tstats[meiyu1988] (meiyu1988) | 35.25 | — | 2010-05-15 |
| 40282. | Kailash (kailashverma) | 35.25 | 93% | 2017-09-17 |
| 40283. | hpen514 (hpen514) | 35.25 | 97% | 2012-08-03 |
| 40284. | Tee (javascanner) | 35.24 | 95% | 2013-07-26 |
| 40285. | David (bmh_organics369) | 35.24 | 96.6% | 2023-10-14 |
| 40286. | BlackDevil (alok8899) | 35.24 | 90% | 2015-08-06 |
| 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 |