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The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on it, and the type bars banged into one another and got stuck. The solution to that problem resulted in the keyboard we know today.

—from The Greatest Stories Never Told, a book by Rick Beyer

Active since October 1, 2008.
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Leaders

Rank	Username	WPM	Accuracy	Date
3960.	coc (maquangtri)	42.32	—	2010-04-11
3961.	5ak0 (skanafin)	42.32	91%	2016-03-10
3962.	Hannah (drawmaster07)	42.32	—	2010-11-04
3963.	b2 (bittumon)	42.31	84%	2011-05-27
3964.	Norman (nlviands)	42.31	92%	2013-11-21
3965.	Zamira (zamira89)	42.31	96%	2023-10-01
3966.	rajveer singh rana (raaz_d_...	42.31	96%	2023-06-14
3967.	haxvious (haxvious)	42.31	96%	2022-01-22
3968.	Ashish (grubbyrival)	42.31	95%	2021-09-17
3969.	Ankur (slownsteady108)	42.31	96%	2021-10-06
3970.	Abdelrahman (abdulrahman2004)	42.30	95%	2023-04-18
3971.	OGCJN (ogcjn)	42.30	90%	2016-06-08
3972.	Scott (sportsjenkins)	42.30	89%	2015-02-27
3973.	SRINATH (vssrinath)	42.30	88%	2013-07-03
3974.	manthan (manthan123)	42.30	94%	2021-01-19
3975.	aron razaele (aronrazaelevv...	42.29	—	2009-06-19
3976.	tuyen (anhtuyennt)	42.28	—	2010-01-18
3977.	kazan189 (kazan189)	42.28	—	2010-12-16
3978.	Shraven (shravenkumar)	42.28	91%	2012-09-27
3979.	anmer john (raijin)	42.28	93%	2011-07-26
3980.	De (devos)	42.28	95%	2014-10-13
3981.	Sandy28 (citojunior23)	42.27	95%	2016-05-07
3982.	tarun (fighter_tarun)	42.27	90%	2014-01-11
3983.	Louis (lsgwiz)	42.27	—	2011-03-08
3984.	Mahmudul (mahmudul_hhh)	42.27	96%	2021-03-07
3985.	The Stig (the_veldt)	42.27	95%	2015-07-14
3986.	balu (balu_80)	42.26	—	2009-08-13
3987.	Caroline (groovis82)	42.26	—	2010-12-22
3988.	Camille (camillezajac)	42.26	98%	2017-11-14
3989.	erick (take8slow)	42.26	—	2009-08-26

Universes

Universe	Races	Average WPM	First Race
Default (English)	16,944	46.14	October 1, 2008
Instant Death Mode	93	57.69	April 1, 2010
Riverside Middle School	32	32.04	February 4, 2011
TypeRacer Classic	1	40.87	March 3, 2022