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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11676. | christopher "crash" (christ... | 83.47 | 97% | 2012-05-26 |
| 11677. | mohsye (mohsye) | 83.46 | 96% | 2013-07-11 |
| 11678. | Ethan (sweethan) | 83.46 | 97% | 2022-09-01 |
| 11679. | Turi (haditoori) | 83.46 | 98% | 2022-08-22 |
| 11680. | Adrian (dragoadrian) | 83.45 | 98% | 2022-04-15 |
| 11681. | Thanos (d3bsy_j) | 83.45 | 97% | 2021-09-04 |
| 11682. | Ian (shaavin) | 83.45 | 90% | 2014-02-17 |
| 11683. | root (chroot) | 83.45 | 98% | 2023-10-01 |
| 11684. | Jackaboi (jdgremlin) | 83.45 | 96.1% | 2021-02-12 |
| 11685. | Colemakn00b (colemakn00b) | 83.45 | 98% | 2012-09-26 |
| 11686. | Reza (bananagholem) | 83.45 | 91% | 2016-03-10 |
| 11687. | samuel (samuelga1) | 83.44 | 95% | 2020-10-06 |
| 11688. | John (gummyii) | 83.44 | 94% | 2020-06-17 |
| 11689. | Fenix (isaac.hermens@gmail.... | 83.44 | 95% | 2014-06-03 |
| 11690. | Jorge (jquiroz728) | 83.44 | 97% | 2018-09-14 |
| 11691. | Nathaniel (natfx7) | 83.44 | 98% | 2017-10-16 |
| 11692. | OddlySerious (oddlyserious) | 83.43 | 97.6% | 2023-10-16 |
| 11693. | Trent (tdavis23540) | 83.43 | 98% | 2023-05-25 |
| 11694. | Prototype (sckraker) | 83.43 | 96% | 2020-08-25 |
| 11695. | Darcy (fart_dog_walter) | 83.43 | — | 2011-03-15 |
| 11696. | HD (hdcodecj) | 83.42 | 97% | 2022-04-18 |
| 11697. | Shnippy (shnippy) | 83.42 | 97% | 2023-06-24 |
| 11698. | RonaldosKeyboard (ronaldos_... | 83.42 | 97% | 2023-07-27 |
| 11699. | Sirah (sirrah) | 83.42 | 97% | 2013-06-03 |
| 11700. | Cootsynanus (a_yellow_evan) | 83.42 | 96% | 2022-06-17 |
| 11701. | gustr (gustrbepo) | 83.42 | 98% | 2014-04-11 |
| 11702. | Basil (basil_abs) | 83.42 | 97% | 2015-01-11 |
| 11703. | MeHdi (mehdi_kazemi8) | 83.42 | 97% | 2011-11-02 |
| 11704. | 🇮🇱💜LEAN💜🇮ðŸ‡... | 83.41 | 96% | 2023-01-29 |
| 11705. | Dylan (dylanv67) | 83.41 | 93% | 2014-03-20 |
| 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 |