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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9974. | Glass (glass_crys) | 87.08 | 97% | 2021-10-21 |
| 9975. | (6kg_rat) | 87.08 | 98.2% | 2025-05-09 |
| 9976. | uohk (uohk) | 87.08 | 97% | 2019-06-26 |
| 9977. | Shubby (shubby) | 87.08 | 94% | 2015-06-08 |
| 9978. | Sven (sfonxs) | 87.08 | 95% | 2016-10-10 |
| 9979. | Nick (nickelodeon_diesel) | 87.07 | 97% | 2018-04-23 |
| 9980. | Sean (esea) | 87.07 | 97% | 2022-03-15 |
| 9981. | melmerp (melmerp) | 87.07 | 97% | 2022-10-13 |
| 9982. | Ryan (ranksy) | 87.07 | 99% | 2020-10-09 |
| 9983. | Appe (appe) | 87.07 | — | 2009-04-21 |
| 9984. | Peter (pann) | 87.06 | 97% | 2016-03-07 |
| 9985. | Zyune (spacebarhops) | 87.06 | 97% | 2015-10-13 |
| 9986. | MUPH (muphine) | 87.06 | 98% | 2023-03-03 |
| 9987. | huzzyboii (huzzyboii) | 87.06 | 98% | 2023-07-06 |
| 9988. | Heufy (heufy) | 87.06 | 96% | 2022-06-14 |
| 9989. | Randy (shinkuryu) | 87.06 | — | 2008-08-28 |
| 9990. | Cody (cody12397) | 87.05 | 96% | 2016-02-01 |
| 9991. | jerry (jxu98) | 87.05 | 92% | 2016-01-05 |
| 9992. | Chaim (sermiahc) | 87.05 | 98% | 2017-06-22 |
| 9993. | Poodle (poodleskirt) | 87.04 | 98% | 2012-08-31 |
| 9994. | Tony (beatleboy1091) | 87.04 | 89% | 2011-12-22 |
| 9995. | Patrick (pawal001) | 87.04 | 94% | 2017-04-19 |
| 9996. | Vo (hixplsslowndown) | 87.03 | 96.6% | 2023-09-30 |
| 9997. | Kameron (kammunist) | 87.03 | 96% | 2019-12-16 |
| 9998. | Will (kingofpie22) | 87.02 | 97% | 2022-11-07 |
| 9999. | Damien (fetus_mcgee) | 87.02 | 95% | 2019-08-08 |
| 10000. | Zhao (zhaox) | 87.02 | — | 2010-06-23 |
| 10001. | Anthony (xeorem) | 87.02 | 96% | 2011-07-05 |
| 10002. | sam (monster319) | 87.02 | 95% | 2015-01-20 |
| 10003. | Renaldy (renaldy) | 87.02 | 94% | 2012-09-17 |
| 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 |