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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14197. | Matthew (matthewpchoy) | 79.44 | 96% | 2017-10-30 |
| 14198. | S (omniron) | 79.44 | 98% | 2018-07-03 |
| 14199. | akhil (hailk11) | 79.44 | 98% | 2022-04-21 |
| 14200. | Kasparovsky (kasparovsky) | 79.44 | 95% | 2012-10-01 |
| 14201. | Kieran (reptunia) | 79.44 | 98% | 2016-07-14 |
| 14202. | André (kreuzfeld) | 79.44 | 96% | 2014-10-07 |
| 14203. | pwr (pwr00) | 79.44 | 97% | 2013-07-17 |
| 14204. | LR (lenko) | 79.44 | 98% | 2017-02-15 |
| 14205. | Stafford (staffordv) | 79.43 | 96% | 2021-11-10 |
| 14206. | Josiah (itmejosiah) | 79.43 | 96% | 2020-01-16 |
| 14207. | hoangnam75 (hoagnnam75) | 79.43 | 96% | 2021-08-08 |
| 14208. | Manmit (manny_the_potato) | 79.43 | 96% | 2022-03-18 |
| 14209. | Steven (mianosm) | 79.43 | 97% | 2014-07-25 |
| 14210. | Jimmy (wanderingai) | 79.43 | 86% | 2013-03-13 |
| 14211. | salahaddin (mr3alah) | 79.43 | 95% | 2015-08-20 |
| 14212. | Drey (ellendren) | 79.43 | 96% | 2019-11-19 |
| 14213. | Balmorax (balmorax) | 79.42 | 98.2% | 2023-08-15 |
| 14214. | Halston (hhartley2) | 79.42 | 96% | 2022-07-24 |
| 14215. | Qwerty___ (qwertywpm) | 79.42 | 94.9% | 2021-01-29 |
| 14216. | Samuel (sambg) | 79.42 | 96% | 2020-05-12 |
| 14217. | pauld09797 (pauld09797) | 79.41 | 95% | 2023-08-21 |
| 14218. | k9cb (k9cb) | 79.41 | 97% | 2015-12-14 |
| 14219. | JeffCheers (cheersjeff) | 79.41 | 96% | 2023-05-07 |
| 14220. | onel (onel11) | 79.41 | 94.9% | 2023-07-05 |
| 14221. | Long (longn5) | 79.41 | 95% | 2016-09-03 |
| 14222. | Satkay (satkay) | 79.41 | — | 2010-04-30 |
| 14223. | Doug (napster1) | 79.41 | 98% | 2013-07-12 |
| 14224. | Maria (mirroreddreamz) | 79.40 | 99% | 2022-03-14 |
| 14225. | banana (bananacat72) | 79.40 | 98% | 2022-06-23 |
| 14226. | Cooper (cooperlouth90) | 79.40 | 95% | 2021-02-27 |
| 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 |