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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12953. | kian (kianyang) | 81.18 | 96% | 2011-09-05 |
| 12954. | Antonio (senny22) | 81.18 | 96% | 2019-07-01 |
| 12955. | Finn (finnark) | 81.18 | 96% | 2018-03-09 |
| 12956. | aoki (ice273) | 81.18 | 96% | 2012-10-25 |
| 12957. | Breen (gajuwakaghajini) | 81.18 | 95% | 2013-01-19 |
| 12958. | 5 second headstart (haxi) | 81.17 | 97% | 2013-01-08 |
| 12959. | Anmol (anmol_up70) | 81.17 | 98% | 2022-03-21 |
| 12960. | Sriram (sriram1994) | 81.17 | 99% | 2023-02-02 |
| 12961. | Jared (angrybadger) | 81.17 | 97% | 2023-11-01 |
| 12962. | nmsl (luciferpan88) | 81.17 | 97% | 2023-06-04 |
| 12963. | T (raket124) | 81.17 | 99% | 2023-08-05 |
| 12964. | Hailee (haileeshower) | 81.17 | 97% | 2016-07-27 |
| 12965. | sunny (sunxuz) | 81.17 | — | 2010-03-22 |
| 12966. | Matti (djveslemoy) | 81.17 | 95% | 2012-07-23 |
| 12967. | Joash Emmanuel (wawashie) | 81.16 | 97% | 2012-06-26 |
| 12968. | ph (phmi) | 81.16 | 100% | 2019-08-30 |
| 12969. | pedro (febronio) | 81.15 | 97% | 2023-10-20 |
| 12970. | Ilovegays (smintz) | 81.15 | 97% | 2021-09-02 |
| 12971. | Naveed Haider Khan (naveedh... | 81.15 | 97% | 2013-08-26 |
| 12972. | Kushal (mack_spicyhunks) | 81.15 | 98% | 2012-10-14 |
| 12973. | Florian (thunderstorm) | 81.15 | — | 2009-02-27 |
| 12974. | Praveen (kprav33n) | 81.15 | 99% | 2012-09-06 |
| 12975. | Dharma (cdharmateja) | 81.14 | 99% | 2019-11-10 |
| 12976. | M (kolk) | 81.14 | 90% | 2011-08-08 |
| 12977. | (kloodah) | 81.14 | 96% | 2021-05-22 |
| 12978. | Yoh (frozenprakash) | 81.14 | 99% | 2016-07-02 |
| 12979. | Matthieu (demiliard) | 81.14 | 95% | 2014-09-13 |
| 12980. | John (johnishere) | 81.14 | 97% | 2011-08-28 |
| 12981. | Pape (pape) | 81.14 | 96% | 2013-02-05 |
| 12982. | L (omar91089) | 81.14 | 96% | 2011-06-22 |
| 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 |