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At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all, they were not absolutely sure it was an extraterrestrial message. A premature or mistaken announcement would be a public relations disaster.

—from Contact, a book by Carl Sagan

Active since September 30, 2008.
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Leaders

Rank	Username	WPM	Accuracy	Date
1.	(joshua728)	240.19	100%	2021-06-23
2.	rocket (mythicalrocket)	202.37	100%	2023-04-09
3.	Sean Wrona (arenasnow)	190.72	100%	2019-02-20
4.	(xanderec)	182.00	99.5%	2024-08-04
5.	(sidd_)	178.97	100%	2019-02-01
6.	Shoemaker-Levy 9 (atthetop)	176.11	99%	2020-09-14
7.	B4CK (ayeyuhskuh)	174.82	100%	2024-09-15
8.	r (deroche1)	174.79	98%	2017-05-26
9.	Fyda (fyda)	171.98	100%	2013-10-21
10.	Sean Wrona (arenasnow2)	170.63	—	2010-08-27
11.	Berny (syrupsandwich)	169.07	99.5%	2024-11-24
12.	taran (slowaccount)	168.74	98%	2019-09-09
13.	i'd buy that for a dollar! ...	168.59	100%	2018-01-14
14.	Noah (licahfox)	168.24	100%	2018-01-21
15.	lavé (traben)	168.12	100%	2023-05-08
16.	(evestay)	165.69	99.5%	2024-01-02
17.	. (hurst)	163.22	83%	2011-08-01
18.	mako (mako640)	163.20	99%	2019-01-13
19.	Aaron (aaronadams)	161.97	100%	2019-02-06
20.	🌹 Black Rose 🌹 (rosew...	161.77	96%	2020-03-29
21.	🌹 Black Rose 🌹 (typi...	161.54	100%	2013-08-27
22.	Pasta (pastashapes)	161.49	100%	2023-04-13
23.	vishE (actuallynonquitforlife)	160.40	100%	2019-03-08
24.	ye (modest_ked)	159.21	99%	2019-03-22
25.	Ｖｏｌｈｏｓｉｓ (v...	158.56	98.1%	2019-03-11
26.	c4c (firewolfrain)	158.49	99%	2020-04-17
27.	discord.gg/typeracer (landa...	157.63	98%	2021-07-26
28.	Influensane - nonquit main/...	157.47	97.6%	2024-01-04
29.	it rains it pours (despot)	157.45	100%	2020-08-01
30.	🍃 (andreaak)	154.26	99%	2018-05-14

Universes

Universe	Races	Average WPM	First Race
Default (English)	13,089	41.49	September 30, 2008
Instant Death Mode	94	55.10	January 1, 2011
Riverside Middle School	27	33.84	January 25, 2011
##typeracer	3	31.88	January 12, 2021
TypeRacer Classic	2	52.83	June 9, 2021