Jsmith4492

**Smithy** (username: **jsmith4492**) is a racer on Nitro Type. Smithy is best known for having frequently being on the leaderboard and for his number of races. At one point, he was second in total races, behind iloveshoes2. Unfortunately, Smithy retired in July of 2018 to focus on university, just shy of having 200,000 races. Smithy won seven seasons, tied for most of all-time with Wildflower, with whom Smithy had a long-standing rivalry on the leaderboards for about a year.

## History

### Rivalry with Moises

#### Season 0.5

Smithy created his account on 7 Oct 2016, around two weeks into the four-month Season 0.5, which was also the least-competitive season. He placed second on the leaderboard to Moises, who won the season easily with around 2.9 million points to Smithy's 1.9 million.

#### Season 1

Smithy won the next season, Season 1, with around 2.85 million points; Moises was second with around 2.22 million. Wildflower, with whom he would later have a more major rivalry, placed 38th.

#### Season 2

Smithy also won Season 2 over Moises; Moises had about 700 races more but Smithy still narrowly won over him due to greater point efficiency. Both once again easily outpaced the competition. Wildflower placed ninth in the season but was not yet a serious competitor.

### Rivalry with Wildflower

#### Season 3

Wildflower, rather surprisingly, won Season 3 very easily. Smithy, also surprisingly, placed tenth, having not raced nearly as much as in the previous two seasons. (Moises, for the record, placed 14th.)

#### Season 4

But it was not until Season 4 that their rivalry truly began. In that season, Smithy narrowly won, with around 4.1 million points to Wildflower's 3.9 million. This was a record that would last until Season 21, a span of two years. Wildflower actually had nearly 4,000 more races than Smithy, but Smithy again won due to greater point efficiency. As always, they far outpaced the competition.

#### Season 5

Wildflower won Season 5, with about twice as many races as Smithy, who placed second.

#### Season 6

In Season 6 and Season 7, Wildflower appeared to take a break from racing, as she did not place in the top 100 in either season. However Smithy did not win Season 6; Moises, his previous rival, did, with about 2 million points to Smithy's 1.4 million. The next five players were all botters.

#### Season 7

Smithy won Season 7, with about 1.86 million to the second-place racer's 1.5 million. Moises placed third.

#### Season 8

Smithy won Season 8 with around 3.86 million points, just beating out Wildflower with 3.66 million.

#### Season 9-10

Smithy would finally take his own break in Season 9-10, similar to Wildflower in Season 6-7. As expected, Wildflower won both seasons handily. Interestingly, a new racer, Typemefantastic, placed second both seasons but had many fewer points than Wildflower and was thus not considered a serious competitor.

#### Season 11

Smithy returned in Season 11. However, given that the competitive part of Nitro Type had grown significantly, he did not manage to easily place first or second. He placed third, with around 1.92 million points, which was just edged out by 3Crossz at 2 million. Wildflower won with 3.2 million.

#### Season 12

In Season 12, Smithy and Wildflower once again went head-to-head. They maintained the greatest level of activity they had ever had to that point, each doing over 700 races a day. Despite Wildflower completing more than 2,000 more races, Smithy still won.

#### Season 13

Season 13 was the shortest season on Nitro Type at just two weeks. It was also the last season Smithy won, narrowly beating out Wildflower.

### Decline and retirement

Season 14 marked a sharp downward turn in Smithy's activity. Once again, Wildflower won the season, but Smithy finished far down the leaderboard at 80th. It was the lowest-ranked season he had ever placed in. In Season 15, his activity went up slightly; he placed 40th. However, he was no longer a serious competitor. He decided to leave the game and retire to focus on university. His last race occurred in June-July 2018; he finished just shy of 200,000 races, with 199,757.

## Season rankings

Season 0.5: 2nd

**Season 1: 1st**

**Season 2: 1st**

Season 3: 10th

**Season 4: 1st**

Season 5: 2nd

Season 6: 2nd

**Season 7: 1st**

**Season 8: 1st**

Season 9: Unranked

Season 10: Unranked

Season 11: 3rd

**Season 12: 1st**

**Season 13: 1st**

Season 14: 80th

Season 15: 40th

## Trivia

* It was once rumored that "Smithy" was actually Nitro Type admin Kristen Smith; this was not the case.

## Notes

1. ↑ Another racer, Nightmare, was second on the leaderboards before his points were wiped by the admins for guest racer abuse; he had 2.78 million points at the time, just below Smithy's 2.85 million.