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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3688. | Shirley (shirley56) | 105.30 | 100% | 2013-07-12 |
| 3689. | leodore (rxalityy) | 105.30 | 97% | 2017-06-13 |
| 3690. | Stan (peppawutz) | 105.29 | 98.2% | 2023-10-16 |
| 3691. | Jan (janmkraemer) | 105.29 | 100% | 2013-06-22 |
| 3692. | Vincent (filtertype) | 105.27 | 97% | 2022-10-25 |
| 3693. | JUSJUSJUS (justinlaw) | 105.27 | 97% | 2015-01-23 |
| 3694. | Olrepth (olrepth) | 105.27 | 95% | 2015-02-01 |
| 3695. | sam (samchez) | 105.26 | 89% | 2014-11-21 |
| 3696. | Twinkie (shellyshells) | 105.25 | 97% | 2023-04-10 |
| 3697. | Tay (abacadaea) | 105.25 | 97% | 2013-07-01 |
| 3698. | ncf (broccoli_) | 105.25 | 94% | 2014-04-24 |
| 3699. | failtime (failtime) | 105.24 | 98% | 2014-11-27 |
| 3700. | Drew (stupiddrew9) | 105.24 | 97% | 2019-01-10 |
| 3701. | Chris (big_z) | 105.24 | 100% | 2014-04-09 |
| 3702. | James (w1s3b0y) | 105.24 | — | 2010-05-11 |
| 3703. | Jaren (hubbington) | 105.24 | 97% | 2013-02-23 |
| 3704. | Boncho (bochl1n) | 105.23 | 98% | 2023-07-09 |
| 3705. | Allen (randomtask) | 105.23 | — | 2010-04-13 |
| 3706. | Sheldon (shelbirm) | 105.23 | 99% | 2011-09-28 |
| 3707. | Gaurav (silverlightning) | 105.23 | — | 2010-08-14 |
| 3708. | Rak B3id Bezaf (ibrahim_al... | 105.23 | 93% | 2014-09-18 |
| 3709. | Chris (christrilling) | 105.22 | 99% | 2020-05-05 |
| 3710. | FL (trumpetrockslol) | 105.22 | 98% | 2022-09-25 |
| 3711. | quipo (quipo) | 105.22 | 97% | 2021-09-12 |
| 3712. | Jasmine (jasminefc) | 105.21 | 97% | 2018-08-23 |
| 3713. | Jacob (jaykablooey27) | 105.21 | 92% | 2011-08-17 |
| 3714. | Dum Dumb (dumdumbrulz) | 105.20 | 98% | 2014-03-23 |
| 3715. | Koos (koos) | 105.20 | 98% | 2012-10-26 |
| 3716. | Rex (rexsauce) | 105.19 | 98% | 2018-08-17 |
| 3717. | adish (adish123) | 105.19 | 97% | 2015-11-16 |
| 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 |