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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27001. | Shafaqat (shafaqatali) | 59.86 | 97% | 2013-01-05 |
| 27002. | Jay (rabidgoose) | 59.86 | 89% | 2013-10-25 |
| 27003. | Thomas (ctrlbadger) | 59.85 | 94% | 2017-12-24 |
| 27004. | Elliot (elliotp) | 59.85 | 97% | 2012-03-21 |
| 27005. | Hanz Andrew (hansoy) | 59.85 | 93% | 2021-01-13 |
| 27006. | Taufik (thd_1994) | 59.85 | 96% | 2019-03-24 |
| 27007. | Joshua (zonazone95) | 59.85 | 97% | 2018-03-21 |
| 27008. | Carl (splayhoppkins) | 59.85 | 95% | 2019-03-04 |
| 27009. | ATIF (atifsld) | 59.85 | 94% | 2017-06-06 |
| 27010. | Ezar (ejarr) | 59.84 | 96% | 2021-09-07 |
| 27011. | Nick (cosmictroll) | 59.84 | 93% | 2016-06-08 |
| 27012. | Samuel (samuelyun_sh) | 59.84 | 96% | 2020-10-30 |
| 27013. | Dan (danezu) | 59.84 | 97% | 2021-04-29 |
| 27014. | Ahmed (ahmedabdou) | 59.84 | 94% | 2014-10-21 |
| 27015. | Chien (xuanchien) | 59.84 | — | 2010-04-25 |
| 27016. | Jany (janyk) | 59.84 | — | 2009-10-25 |
| 27017. | Varwyn (varwyn) | 59.83 | 92% | 2016-04-27 |
| 27018. | Slowtyyper101 (slowtyyper_101) | 59.83 | 96% | 2023-09-09 |
| 27019. | Kenway (kenway316) | 59.83 | 96% | 2021-09-13 |
| 27020. | tstats[yam] (yammagar) | 59.83 | 96% | 2021-12-16 |
| 27021. | Chat (chat_ro) | 59.83 | 94.6% | 2023-08-30 |
| 27022. | Berserker101 (berserker101) | 59.83 | 98% | 2021-03-06 |
| 27023. | raymund (raymund_jerk) | 59.83 | 94% | 2011-11-07 |
| 27024. | Dillan (djearls) | 59.83 | 96% | 2013-03-07 |
| 27025. | sharaf (sharaf_makk) | 59.82 | 95% | 2022-05-26 |
| 27026. | tstats[anku__] (anku__) | 59.82 | 96% | 2022-10-26 |
| 27027. | DZ (o_o_of) | 59.82 | 95.9% | 2021-02-21 |
| 27028. | tang (tangngng) | 59.82 | 96% | 2020-05-24 |
| 27029. | Gareth (mrmlg081) | 59.82 | 95% | 2021-03-01 |
| 27030. | Eva (lem0ncyw) | 59.82 | — | 2011-02-03 |
| 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 |