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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19792. | Pyrinne (pyrinne) | 70.23 | 96% | 2020-12-29 |
| 19793. | Typosauras Rex (tapping111) | 70.23 | 99% | 2013-09-25 |
| 19794. | Evan (evanjmckenna) | 70.23 | 89% | 2017-01-07 |
| 19795. | Anthony (disappear) | 70.23 | — | 2008-08-16 |
| 19796. | Steve (mehniacal) | 70.22 | 94% | 2012-11-02 |
| 19797. | ಠ▄ಠ (bettermichael) | 70.22 | 96% | 2015-08-25 |
| 19798. | paperpack (paperpack) | 70.22 | — | 2009-01-31 |
| 19799. | Mark (markxing) | 70.22 | — | 2008-11-09 |
| 19800. | Robert (brorrobert) | 70.22 | 92% | 2016-07-24 |
| 19801. | akki (akki67) | 70.21 | 95.7% | 2021-02-19 |
| 19802. | hhesenjan (hhesenjan) | 70.21 | 96% | 2023-08-04 |
| 19803. | loli_toucher (loli_toucher) | 70.21 | 97% | 2022-05-23 |
| 19804. | Holden (nevermore_7182) | 70.21 | 98% | 2023-08-14 |
| 19805. | Christian (cardonacx) | 70.21 | 96% | 2022-03-03 |
| 19806. | Bread (breadtyperacer) | 70.21 | 95% | 2019-05-03 |
| 19807. | Jonas (thewonder) | 70.21 | 96% | 2018-11-09 |
| 19808. | Daniel (childz) | 70.20 | 90% | 2013-05-23 |
| 19809. | Robert (roberty579) | 70.20 | 96% | 2021-01-11 |
| 19810. | Cool (lordmash) | 70.20 | 95% | 2017-10-26 |
| 19811. | Sujan (suzanshakya) | 70.20 | — | 2010-12-26 |
| 19812. | ⛈️ (xinan) | 70.20 | 93% | 2015-12-02 |
| 19813. | ParagOGG (pavellum) | 70.20 | 96% | 2014-05-08 |
| 19814. | Rizos (rizos) | 70.19 | 96% | 2022-02-23 |
| 19815. | Katie (zippolighter) | 70.19 | 97% | 2020-11-17 |
| 19816. | Artoghrul (artogahr) | 70.19 | 95% | 2020-12-28 |
| 19817. | BonBon (_bonbon_) | 70.19 | 89% | 2014-04-23 |
| 19818. | Professor (professorprotons) | 70.18 | 96% | 2021-06-23 |
| 19819. | covidgotmehere (covidgotmeh... | 70.18 | 95% | 2021-03-16 |
| 19820. | Filip (hummelur) | 70.18 | 99% | 2019-03-05 |
| 19821. | Tina (benzgrl90) | 70.18 | 94% | 2016-06-30 |
| 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 |