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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 408. | Ylf (ylfo) | 136.01 | — | 2009-07-28 |
| 409. | Derek (derekc5475) | 135.96 | 94% | 2014-12-15 |
| 410. | 🏎️Zermist (90wpmomg) | 135.95 | 99% | 2019-09-22 |
| 411. | (thesuperiorvenacava) | 135.89 | 97% | 2014-03-11 |
| 412. | hello (triplehhh) | 135.87 | — | 2010-06-28 |
| 413. | old theme setting removed ... | 135.86 | 96% | 2025-05-31 |
| 414. | (mothball_p) | 135.86 | — | 2009-04-28 |
| 415. | (languor) | 135.79 | 99% | 2017-07-19 |
| 416. | dumbosity (dumbosity) | 135.68 | 99% | 2021-11-17 |
| 417. | Connor (connormgs) | 135.58 | 98% | 2019-06-09 |
| 418. | smrou (smrou) | 135.55 | — | 2009-05-31 |
| 419. | (realf0rce) | 135.53 | 100% | 2017-11-30 |
| 420. | Andrew (bigfatsnoozy) | 135.51 | 81% | 2017-03-06 |
| 421. | rain (rainnonquit) | 135.50 | 97% | 2020-04-04 |
| 422. | Random (lower_typer) | 135.48 | 100% | 2017-01-07 |
| 423. | Savaroni (savaroni) | 135.44 | 99% | 2023-04-29 |
| 424. | TuringMachine (turingmachine) | 135.38 | 97% | 2014-03-02 |
| 425. | (kingsam118) | 135.34 | 96% | 2015-05-30 |
| 426. | promtk (marspotato) | 135.33 | 99% | 2022-11-12 |
| 427. | J (erby) | 135.29 | — | 2008-12-31 |
| 428. | Lance (derpex) | 135.19 | 100% | 2022-08-21 |
| 429. | (eacarlson) | 135.09 | 97% | 2012-11-17 |
| 430. | neogeosg (robloxplayer71499) | 135.05 | 98% | 2020-07-12 |
| 431. | (darkolin123) | 135.04 | 99% | 2019-02-11 |
| 432. | (kingemly) | 135.04 | 96% | 2013-07-19 |
| 433. | wy (randumbtyper) | 134.95 | 99% | 2018-08-17 |
| 434. | (baccupacc) | 134.91 | 99% | 2022-06-28 |
| 435. | (dawwid) | 134.91 | — | 2009-12-23 |
| 436. | Ahmed (nesbmido) | 134.88 | 99.6% | 2023-07-14 |
| 437. | RIP Byron (charlielawl) | 134.85 | 94% | 2013-02-03 |
| 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 |