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Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac. Sputnik, Zhou Enlai, Bridge on the River Kwai. Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball. Starkweather homicide, children of Thalidomide. Buddy Holly, Ben-Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia. Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go. U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola, and Kennedy. Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo.

—from We Didn't Start the Fire, a song by Billy Joel

Active since October 7, 2017.
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Leaders

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Rank Username WPM Accuracy Date
1. (joshua728) 203.92 100% 2023-11-06
2. chillin (slekap) 179.75 100% 2021-08-31
3. hi (helloimnotgood1) 179.17 99.7% 2025-04-06
4. realboot (sahibprime) 171.48 99.2% 2023-09-09
5. (flaneur) 170.88 100% 2023-04-15
6. Jammie (typos_z) 164.05 99% 2021-05-25
7. Sean Wrona (arenasnow) 163.04 100% 2019-02-17
8. saerith (arabianghosthaunting) 161.83 100% 2021-11-23
9. r (deroche1) 161.63 99% 2018-12-28
10. Influensane - nonquit main/... 160.40 99.2% 2024-06-28
11. im liquid smooth (chakk) 156.40 99% 2018-10-27
12. Shoemaker-Levy 9 (atthetop) 155.56 99% 2019-12-06
13. (shazman) 154.72 99.2% 2023-10-27
14. eiko (eikomaniac) 154.33 99% 2020-04-04
15. Sean Wrona (arenasnow2) 150.29 99% 2018-04-05
16. (mononym_jisoo) 148.31 100% 2021-03-29
17. Vielle (arc_sec) 148.15 99% 2021-03-26
18. (poke1) 148.07 99.2% 2024-07-18
19. Noah (licahfox) 145.67 100% 2018-07-07
20. locked in (g1_petroleum) 144.91 99.7% 2024-07-01
21. discord.gg/typeracer (landa... 144.20 99% 2021-03-30
22. (e6f4e37l) 142.51 99.7% 2024-11-27
23. Kathy (florentine) 142.37 99% 2019-03-06
24. (keegant) 142.04 98.9% 2024-07-02
25. lavé (traben) 141.15 99% 2022-08-12
26. (delirious) 140.63 100% 2019-04-08
27. (sidd_) 140.49 100% 2018-12-31
28. Aaron (aaronadams) 139.67 99% 2020-02-16
29. taran (slowaccount) 138.99 99% 2019-05-23
30. jse (dragoncityjose) 138.46 98.7% 2023-12-01

Universes

Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 5,368 65.84 October 7, 2017
Instant Death Mode 4 90.60 January 20, 2019
ᗜ Stenography 3 48.59 May 15, 2022
Sean Wrona's Universe 1 138.60 April 15, 2017