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The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional writes three times what's needed, rewrites, discards, rewrites some more, then finally settles on the twenty which work best for that specific audience.

—from Comedy Writing Secrets, a book by Mel Helitzer and Mark Shatz

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Leaders

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Rank Username WPM Accuracy Date
1. izanagi (iamaccuracy) 230.49 100% 2023-08-09
2. (joshua728) 226.56 100% 2023-08-09
3. Sean Wrona (arenasnow) 213.43 100% 2019-04-19
4. Sean Wrona (arenasnow2) 210.72 100% 2012-09-05
5. f16, she/her/hers (ap02) 208.79 100% 2020-09-17
6. Jammie (typos_z) 198.76 99% 2021-11-06
7. איזי (iamtyperacer) 198.15 99% 2023-01-14
8. wrm (languidness) 196.92 95% 2014-08-27
9. chillin (slekap) 196.77 100% 2021-03-02
10. nightingale (trollaccount_xd) 196.08 99% 2022-04-16
11. (flaneur) 196.01 100% 2022-10-01
12. PhilliesMagic (fightin_phils) 195.72 100% 2012-08-31
13. joshu (joshunq) 194.22 100% 2020-12-07
14. r (deroche1) 193.91 100% 2015-03-14
15. (dominatio) 193.10 99.1% 2025-03-07
16. stained (fartunderwear) 191.01 100% 2022-12-24
17. Fyda (fyda) 190.94 99% 2016-03-30
18. Xeogran (xeogran) 190.69 100% 2021-05-13
19. taran (slowaccount) 189.18 100% 2019-12-08
20. the ë (inconsistency) 187.67 99% 2021-11-14
21. t (dlhivqulibrsfsirfg) 187.53 100% 2022-01-10
22. free skin (goldjet30) 183.55 99% 2020-10-13
23. Rrraptor (megaextremist) 183.09 99% 2021-08-04
24. Kathy (florentine) 182.61 98% 2017-02-24
25. Jelani (minilek) 182.03 — 2009-02-15
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27. c (cmalmquist) 181.73 98% 2012-08-28
28. . (oh_hai) 181.31 99% 2018-03-04
29. im liquid smooth (chakk) 181.27 99% 2018-09-30
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Universes

Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 135,998 76.58 September 30, 2008
Instant Death Mode 466 76.30 March 29, 2010
Riverside Middle School 45 33.09 January 25, 2011
Smoke Rise Prep 31 62.65 December 29, 2016
##typeracer 7 54.03 February 2, 2021
TypeRacer Classic 1 48.69 November 26, 2021
Mrs. Wunschel's TypeRacer Universe 1 23.64 January 17, 2013