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The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on it, and the type bars banged into one another and got stuck. The solution to that problem resulted in the keyboard we know today.

—from The Greatest Stories Never Told, a book by Rick Beyer

Active since October 1, 2008.
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Rank Username WPM Accuracy Date
1. (joshua728) 247.13 100% 2021-09-28
2. Sean Wrona (arenasnow) 220.61 100% 2019-02-22
3. chillin (slekap) 216.21 99.5% 2024-12-23
4. nightingale (add4line) 211.29 99% 2023-06-20
5. Kathy (florentine) 209.48 95% 2017-06-01
6. (xanderec) 198.60 99.5% 2024-09-11
7. discord.gg/typeracer (landa... 198.21 99% 2020-09-24
8. Sean Wrona (arenasnow2) 193.75 98% 2016-05-21
9. taran (slowaccount) 192.11 100% 2020-05-20
10. Influensane - nonquit main/... 189.21 99% 2024-01-04
11. r (deroche1) 188.41 98% 2015-03-16
12. B4CK (ayeyuhskuh) 187.79 99.5% 2024-09-16
13. xKµkKain- (tsvukk) 183.81 99% 2013-01-26
14. . (hurst) 182.40 84% 2011-09-14
15. Shoemaker-Levy 9 (atthetop) 181.41 99% 2020-10-19
16. zetria (primalknight) 181.33 100% 2023-04-16
17. Fyda (fyda) 179.46 97% 2013-11-04
18. twitch.tv/mcasoooo (mcaso123) 177.23 99% 2017-09-05
19. i'd buy that for a dollar! ... 176.85 99% 2019-12-28
20. (shazman) 176.27 98.1% 2023-10-26
21. Noah (licahfox) 174.83 100% 2018-01-21
22. hi (newkeyboardlove) 174.31 100% 2017-10-02
23. eiko (eikomaniac) 174.11 100% 2017-12-11
24. 🌹 Black Rose 🌹 (typi... 173.69 100% 2013-08-15
25. thumb space for fun (supere... 173.21 97% 2016-04-05
26. alsdkjfljsdfjjkdfj (alsdkjf... 172.39 100% 2016-07-20
27. (sidd_) 171.78 98% 2019-02-01
28. Ern (erniechiew) 171.00 100% 2017-02-26
29. derusting (paradoxpigeon) 169.92 99% 2022-03-02
30. YouTube: 8shaz8 (treiderik) 169.83 98% 2016-09-03

Universes

Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 16,944 46.14 October 1, 2008
Instant Death Mode 93 57.69 April 1, 2010
Riverside Middle School 32 32.04 February 4, 2011
TypeRacer Classic 1 40.87 March 3, 2022