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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38601. | maaeab (moemenahmed) | 40.44 | 91% | 2015-04-19 |
| 38602. | Dark (ishrath) | 40.43 | 94% | 2017-09-29 |
| 38603. | Kado (kadosakaeru) | 40.43 | 92% | 2011-09-02 |
| 38604. | HongGo (jlin0315) | 40.43 | 97% | 2015-11-11 |
| 38605. | Milan (m_i_n_o) | 40.43 | 95% | 2020-11-23 |
| 38606. | Oeyy (oey26) | 40.43 | 96% | 2021-05-04 |
| 38607. | Terry (123sammy) | 40.42 | 97% | 2012-09-25 |
| 38608. | Linda (lsnyder) | 40.42 | — | 2010-08-10 |
| 38609. | Cmrprgn (christynenangin) | 40.41 | 85% | 2016-07-22 |
| 38610. | Lalith Sharma (lalith_sharma7) | 40.41 | 91% | 2022-05-03 |
| 38611. | Apicha (first011) | 40.41 | 87% | 2011-08-03 |
| 38612. | Maciek (roxko) | 40.41 | 86% | 2016-12-31 |
| 38613. | Tommygun0509 (tommygun0509) | 40.41 | 91% | 2013-05-18 |
| 38614. | Madiha (madi_) | 40.41 | 93% | 2015-10-11 |
| 38615. | parker (pduck77) | 40.41 | 93% | 2021-03-24 |
| 38616. | 🤑 (liljasonmoney) | 40.41 | 94% | 2020-05-04 |
| 38617. | ASNR (asnr_alpha) | 40.40 | 95% | 2017-07-04 |
| 38618. | Dawn (breakingofdawn) | 40.40 | 97% | 2018-08-12 |
| 38619. | QKhjZtXFyxmvF (qkhjztxfyxmvf) | 40.40 | 99% | 2017-11-21 |
| 38620. | Danial (taisun) | 40.40 | 93% | 2020-07-09 |
| 38621. | Milan Pansuriya (milan_p) | 40.40 | 97% | 2023-04-13 |
| 38622. | saam4 (saam4) | 40.39 | 92% | 2020-10-10 |
| 38623. | Nima (nimaabedi) | 40.39 | 94% | 2022-05-07 |
| 38624. | Brandon (central) | 40.39 | — | 2010-04-16 |
| 38625. | Azog (mrhunter) | 40.38 | 91% | 2016-01-17 |
| 38626. | stream (stream_cipher) | 40.38 | 92% | 2021-03-12 |
| 38627. | haku (wasspu) | 40.38 | 94% | 2021-05-19 |
| 38628. | Froilan (froiii) | 40.38 | 94% | 2023-03-29 |
| 38629. | Xavier (rustcaptainx) | 40.37 | 96% | 2013-03-26 |
| 38630. | dina (learner2505) | 40.37 | 94% | 2023-08-11 |
| 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 |