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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29616. | qwerty (thombastic) | 56.50 | 96.7% | 2023-10-03 |
| 29617. | anurag tara (fastest_racer) | 56.50 | 98% | 2021-12-15 |
| 29618. | Jack (fundamental) | 56.50 | — | 2009-11-30 |
| 29619. | Jacob (phlid) | 56.50 | 92% | 2012-03-29 |
| 29620. | Weisrache (weisdrache) | 56.50 | 95% | 2019-12-14 |
| 29621. | Jiawei (jiaweilin) | 56.50 | 95% | 2017-03-07 |
| 29622. | Roi (roi1255) | 56.50 | 95.1% | 2021-02-22 |
| 29623. | Max (macksx) | 56.49 | 94% | 2021-01-06 |
| 29624. | Irfan (irfanrobot) | 56.49 | 80% | 2016-10-06 |
| 29625. | Rob (posture) | 56.49 | 91% | 2011-12-09 |
| 29626. | L (laumann) | 56.48 | — | 2010-06-09 |
| 29627. | Anish (mrznanes) | 56.48 | 93% | 2015-11-29 |
| 29628. | Mamaafrica (mamaafrica) | 56.48 | 94.4% | 2023-10-22 |
| 29629. | Liam (ljackstar) | 56.48 | 93% | 2014-10-09 |
| 29630. | vikas (vikas22) | 56.48 | 96% | 2011-04-06 |
| 29631. | Jami (jranta) | 56.48 | 92% | 2016-09-23 |
| 29632. | Timo (ustimoger) | 56.47 | 94% | 2021-10-21 |
| 29633. | Raeid (rudds1231) | 56.47 | 94% | 2018-05-21 |
| 29634. | Keven (kevenater) | 56.47 | 97% | 2015-09-06 |
| 29635. | Chino (chinotorres_142) | 56.47 | 95% | 2022-01-24 |
| 29636. | potter (mrpotter) | 56.47 | — | 2010-10-20 |
| 29637. | rajiv (satyamevajayathe) | 56.47 | 92% | 2011-08-17 |
| 29638. | smegg (smeggbrain) | 56.47 | 93% | 2012-04-21 |
| 29639. | zech (zechariah) | 56.47 | — | 2008-09-17 |
| 29640. | Josh (jshearer34) | 56.47 | 94% | 2021-10-03 |
| 29641. | Othman (othmanaldefer) | 56.47 | 98% | 2022-07-12 |
| 29642. | Caleb (cal3b) | 56.47 | 95% | 2023-09-03 |
| 29643. | sloom (sloom_) | 56.46 | 95% | 2021-02-10 |
| 29644. | Ahmed (uproo) | 56.46 | 98% | 2022-09-05 |
| 29645. | Niraj (nirajkumar) | 56.46 | 90% | 2012-06-07 |
| 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 |