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The first notes on the clarinet are simply a rising scale, but it is split down the middle: the first half belongs to C-sharp major, the second half to G major. This is an unsettling opening, for several reasons.

—from The Rest is Noise: Listening to Music in the Twentieth Century, a book by Alex Ross

Active since July 25, 2017.
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Leaders

Rank	Username	WPM	Accuracy	Date
1.	(joshua728)	231.44	100%	2021-09-04
2.	chillin (slekap)	213.63	99.5%	2024-12-27
3.	Sean Wrona (arenasnow)	210.60	100%	2019-04-11
4.	(flaneur)	198.81	100%	2022-05-08
5.	Vielle (arc_sec)	194.82	100%	2019-02-10
6.	whomsts mans (afterbreakonly)	193.15	100%	2019-05-14
7.	r (deroche1)	192.70	100%	2018-11-17
8.	B4CK (ayeyuhskuh)	192.22	100%	2023-10-04
9.	twitch.tv/mcasoooo (mcaso123)	191.48	99%	2017-09-22
10.	(shazman)	190.08	100%	2020-11-06
11.	(krivos)	188.31	98.7%	2024-03-23
12.	Kathy (kathyacc)	188.29	100%	2018-01-20
13.	free skin (goldjet30)	186.95	100%	2020-10-04
14.	🌹 Black Rose 🌹 (rosew...	186.83	100%	2019-08-16
15.	f16, she/her/hers (ap02)	186.06	100%	2020-09-07
16.	mako (mako640)	180.18	100%	2018-08-27
17.	burger flipper (melikepi)	179.64	100%	2018-10-16
18.	Xeogran (xeogran)	178.71	100%	2020-02-29
19.	(alpha_panda)	177.00	100%	2018-02-07
20.	rain (rainnonquit)	176.38	99%	2020-12-05
21.	lavé (traben)	176.30	100%	2021-11-10
22.	PEAR (enscarr)	175.53	99.5%	2024-10-27
23.	Viper (xayiver)	175.39	99%	2019-09-25
24.	J (iwantmedals)	174.81	99%	2019-09-13
25.	quitting = cringe (angeio)	174.56	98%	2019-09-03
26.	(nonquit)	174.06	98%	2019-04-19
27.	Andrey (schizo_guy)	172.76	100%	2018-09-12
28.	Shoemaker-Levy 9 (atthetop)	172.11	100%	2019-01-07
29.	Psylo (lysergico)	171.94	100%	2020-05-27
30.	E (weihceinre)	171.23	100%	2018-06-10

Universes

Universe	Races	Average WPM	First Race
Default (English)	12,011	80.90	July 25, 2017
Instant Death Mode	17	98.85	February 14, 2019
ᗜ Stenography	15	61.66	January 29, 2024
All TypeRacer Texts	1	29.72	December 5, 2021