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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12784. | (`_`) (man_of_steel) | 81.80 | 94% | 2013-01-11 |
| 12785. | Michael (finmike3) | 81.80 | 95.3% | 2021-02-02 |
| 12786. | Miguel (kaparik9) | 81.79 | 94% | 2017-02-17 |
| 12787. | Denis (denis_dev) | 81.79 | 97% | 2023-08-07 |
| 12788. | Jacob (author_) | 81.79 | 87% | 2016-05-30 |
| 12789. | Justin (colbaman) | 81.79 | 94% | 2014-05-25 |
| 12790. | Bryan (iduhowpeopledo150wpm) | 81.79 | 96% | 2019-05-30 |
| 12791. | Kevin (xenephoid) | 81.79 | 97% | 2019-02-26 |
| 12792. | Jeld (jeld) | 81.78 | 97% | 2016-03-02 |
| 12793. | Maverick (maverickblitz) | 81.78 | 98% | 2022-07-16 |
| 12794. | Bruno (brunoyb) | 81.78 | 98% | 2022-09-26 |
| 12795. | velkrow (velkrow) | 81.78 | 99.3% | 2021-02-04 |
| 12796. | Brian (bfitz88) | 81.78 | 95% | 2015-12-01 |
| 12797. | Tu (doangiangyen) | 81.78 | — | 2009-08-12 |
| 12798. | Dustin (dustywusty) | 81.78 | 89% | 2012-12-02 |
| 12799. | Hoppy (crunchydog) | 81.78 | 98% | 2020-04-13 |
| 12800. | Simon (siarnt) | 81.77 | 99% | 2021-10-28 |
| 12801. | RaspberryPi (don_bartolome) | 81.77 | 98% | 2021-04-18 |
| 12802. | Loc (cocacolaloc) | 81.77 | 98% | 2020-10-26 |
| 12803. | Sameer (sameersadiq1) | 81.77 | 98% | 2018-09-19 |
| 12804. | Typo (fingooli) | 81.76 | 95% | 2015-10-12 |
| 12805. | Eddie (smasharoo) | 81.75 | 92% | 2015-03-30 |
| 12806. | keruya (keruya) | 81.75 | 94% | 2015-10-07 |
| 12807. | Guest (bryce51202) | 81.75 | — | 2011-01-15 |
| 12808. | Marnier (grandxmarnier) | 81.75 | 94% | 2017-01-14 |
| 12809. | Alexander (offbeat5024) | 81.75 | 96% | 2017-01-13 |
| 12810. | Kyle (kuronkuu) | 81.75 | 96% | 2021-08-01 |
| 12811. | Sam (sam77777) | 81.74 | 98% | 2022-06-16 |
| 12812. | Kev (cheeseyum) | 81.74 | 95.4% | 2021-02-14 |
| 12813. | J (jellyfiszh) | 81.74 | 99% | 2021-11-06 |
| 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 |