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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11010. | JanBa (pythonbyte) | 84.88 | 96% | 2021-12-23 |
| 11011. | Squeak (oweozz) | 84.88 | 97% | 2021-04-15 |
| 11012. | Bonnie (bonnieb1999) | 84.88 | — | 2008-09-25 |
| 11013. | Tina (teenytina) | 84.88 | 92% | 2013-01-12 |
| 11014. | Jonathan (the_mechanical) | 84.87 | 98% | 2019-05-03 |
| 11015. | Raja Amer (rakhan01) | 84.87 | 94% | 2012-10-13 |
| 11016. | JJ (japie4life) | 84.87 | 89% | 2016-09-26 |
| 11017. | Prasant (man_iac) | 84.86 | 97% | 2021-08-26 |
| 11018. | Joshua (joshnah) | 84.86 | 96% | 2021-11-10 |
| 11019. | Ked (kedaro) | 84.86 | 95% | 2022-03-23 |
| 11020. | MonkeyKing (m0nkeyking) | 84.86 | 92% | 2016-11-06 |
| 11021. | Shannon (shannon8605) | 84.86 | 95% | 2011-12-15 |
| 11022. | benjals (absolutetrashcan) | 84.86 | 97% | 2018-03-12 |
| 11023. | Max (fallacy) | 84.85 | 92% | 2013-06-18 |
| 11024. | Blue (blueberkeley) | 84.85 | 96% | 2023-06-04 |
| 11025. | Existential Explorer (natmac4) | 84.85 | 93% | 2017-02-20 |
| 11026. | sparkles (sparkles9367) | 84.84 | 97% | 2023-08-26 |
| 11027. | John (02johnerickson) | 84.84 | 92% | 2017-01-27 |
| 11028. | Kaleb (cappyton) | 84.84 | 96% | 2023-05-12 |
| 11029. | Gus (v1per41) | 84.84 | 98% | 2018-09-08 |
| 11030. | Corey (corstar97) | 84.84 | 99% | 2019-10-23 |
| 11031. | Minh (minhnguyen156) | 84.84 | 97% | 2019-07-16 |
| 11032. | peter (hlelsmh) | 84.83 | 96% | 2022-03-08 |
| 11033. | Pavan (pavantyperacer) | 84.83 | 99% | 2021-07-11 |
| 11034. | Ethan (ethanjb98) | 84.83 | 98% | 2021-03-06 |
| 11035. | Alex (revl8er) | 84.83 | 96% | 2012-03-04 |
| 11036. | lorenzo (lorenzo2131) | 84.82 | 95% | 2016-01-11 |
| 11037. | Desdemona (desdemona) | 84.81 | — | 2009-12-01 |
| 11038. | Shivam Rai (shivamrai162) | 84.81 | 96.9% | 2023-09-06 |
| 11039. | John (johnsimer2) | 84.81 | 94% | 2015-11-01 |
| 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 |