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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12985. | Doordarshan (slow_as_snail) | 81.13 | 97% | 2014-09-21 |
| 12986. | SkellX (skellx) | 81.12 | 96% | 2022-12-19 |
| 12987. | Jesse (jesseyay) | 81.12 | 90% | 2017-01-24 |
| 12988. | Ameen (ameen_a21) | 81.12 | 97% | 2022-12-16 |
| 12989. | Tonasky (tonasky) | 81.12 | 96% | 2022-03-10 |
| 12990. | typedo (typedo) | 81.12 | — | 2008-08-26 |
| 12991. | Amogh (msamogh) | 81.12 | 86% | 2016-08-03 |
| 12992. | Ron (ronnyron) | 81.12 | 96% | 2015-01-02 |
| 12993. | lebum (lebum) | 81.12 | 96% | 2015-02-25 |
| 12994. | d haze (dhays116) | 81.11 | 98% | 2020-08-04 |
| 12995. | Brin (pbrianq) | 81.11 | 82% | 2014-08-31 |
| 12996. | Whorehey (whorehey) | 81.11 | 94% | 2021-04-27 |
| 12997. | Daniel (degtrdg) | 81.11 | 99% | 2021-12-08 |
| 12998. | Simon (qoull) | 81.11 | 93% | 2012-12-08 |
| 12999. | Liron (liron) | 81.11 | 95% | 2014-07-05 |
| 13000. | mrjeff (hoodiesd) | 81.11 | 96% | 2016-10-07 |
| 13001. | Wojciech (wojtekhp) | 81.10 | 99% | 2019-07-12 |
| 13002. | Nick (typeguy) | 81.10 | — | 2009-08-10 |
| 13003. | Jeydon (ijeydon) | 81.10 | 95% | 2015-08-17 |
| 13004. | LaDy (satthuthongdit) | 81.10 | 96% | 2013-08-21 |
| 13005. | kane (kane_0) | 81.09 | 97% | 2022-03-20 |
| 13006. | qTiP (qtipster) | 81.09 | 96% | 2021-02-21 |
| 13007. | Vince (kavden_v) | 81.09 | 97% | 2020-07-10 |
| 13008. | Murat (denizaykin) | 81.09 | 95% | 2015-07-18 |
| 13009. | Missy (lovelydy) | 81.09 | 97% | 2016-12-15 |
| 13010. | Nikhil (nikhiljain) | 81.09 | 99% | 2014-03-23 |
| 13011. | Dan (dam121594) | 81.09 | 96% | 2014-11-20 |
| 13012. | Amy (amy159) | 81.09 | 95% | 2014-07-16 |
| 13013. | Jonathan (flooffa) | 81.08 | 92% | 2013-09-11 |
| 13014. | June (paul1582) | 81.08 | — | 2008-12-13 |
| 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 |