It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produce a calorie of food. From the standpoint of industrial efficiency, it's too bad we can't simply drink the petroleum directly, because there's a lot less energy in a bushel of corn (measured in calories) than there is in the half gallon or so of oil required to produce it. Ecologically this is a fabulously expensive way to produce food.
—from The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, a book by Michael Pollan
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44856. | Neemita (minti) | 50.26 | 91% | 2013-11-10 |
| 44857. | Latnamo (shadz111) | 50.25 | 94% | 2025-03-07 |
| 44858. | b (bmv3502) | 50.25 | 93% | 2011-10-21 |
| 44859. | papa chocolate (jkreddeu) | 50.24 | 96% | 2024-05-15 |
| 44860. | TALHA IQBAL (talhaiqbal) | 50.24 | 93% | 2024-06-03 |
| 44861. | Ziraeus (hiteshpatil237) | 50.24 | 95% | 2024-03-04 |
| 44862. | Luke (luketorti) | 50.24 | 95% | 2018-07-11 |
| 44863. | Kamal (kamalm) | 50.24 | 90% | 2015-02-25 |
| 44864. | tetramethod (tetramethod) | 50.24 | 93% | 2016-08-07 |
| 44865. | Pri (prisci_ii1) | 50.23 | 94.9% | 2024-12-05 |
| 44866. | ABHISHEK KUMAR (abhi_nitian... | 50.23 | 93% | 2024-06-14 |
| 44867. | Arun Kumar (immortaltype) | 50.23 | 94.9% | 2024-08-16 |
| 44868. | Aj (aizaj) | 50.23 | 98% | 2024-05-29 |
| 44869. | Dustio (dustio) | 50.23 | 84% | 2015-04-04 |
| 44870. | Maxim (mista7) | 50.23 | 93% | 2022-03-07 |
| 44871. | TrầnN.Thoan (tranngocthoan) | 50.23 | — | 2011-03-12 |
| 44872. | Laki (lakiupdown) | 50.22 | 95.1% | 2025-04-07 |
| 44873. | Afrina Nazifa (afrynazz) | 50.22 | 97.4% | 2024-07-30 |
| 44874. | ?? (form30to100) | 50.21 | 96% | 2024-01-31 |
| 44875. | md (mdrafeeq22) | 50.21 | 91% | 2012-10-07 |
| 44876. | Sandip Kumar Sah (sandipsah) | 50.20 | 93.8% | 2024-09-17 |
| 44877. | Carmen (aslimchance) | 50.20 | 94% | 2024-05-14 |
| 44878. | Abin (yowai_mo) | 50.20 | 96% | 2023-02-22 |
| 44879. | Ulfat Jan (ulfat1234) | 50.20 | 96% | 2024-05-13 |
| 44880. | Ashley (ashleycho) | 50.20 | 91% | 2014-03-29 |
| 44881. | taimoor (taimoorhassan) | 50.20 | 96% | 2022-05-21 |
| 44882. | duyhung (duyhung123abc) | 50.20 | 91% | 2012-03-25 |
| 44883. | Christopher (price4124) | 50.19 | 91% | 2016-11-04 |
| 44884. | Ramsudhan (sudhanlee) | 50.19 | 94% | 2021-12-27 |
| 44885. | Non (nonnb) | 50.19 | 95% | 2024-09-18 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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| Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
| Long Texts | 153 | 84.32 | December 30, 2016 |
| Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
| Smoke Rise Prep | 12 | 71.91 | January 1, 2024 |
| ##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |