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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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27317. | thax (argothian) | 69.67 | 98% | 2012-05-13 |
| 27318. | Elyas (ela_man13) | 69.67 | 93.9% | 2024-04-22 |
| 27319. | Matthew (thefinchler) | 69.67 | 98% | 2022-02-24 |
| 27320. | luxtr (luxtr) | 69.67 | 96% | 2012-08-17 |
| 27321. | truc (tructxn) | 69.67 | 96% | 2016-02-03 |
| 27322. | OKSATA (oksata) | 69.66 | 97.1% | 2025-03-28 |
| 27323. | Slackjaw (slackjaw_the_first) | 69.66 | 95% | 2024-03-20 |
| 27324. | Adwait (azatshtru) | 69.66 | 96% | 2024-08-27 |
| 27325. | Arron (greenarron) | 69.66 | 96% | 2024-11-18 |
| 27326. | Aditya Sharma (emperor_00200) | 69.66 | 95.7% | 2025-01-31 |
| 27327. | Kostas (koala215) | 69.66 | 98% | 2024-09-28 |
| 27328. | sourabh (datikas) | 69.66 | 98.3% | 2025-05-18 |
| 27329. | Uki (marzukiberg) | 69.66 | 96.5% | 2024-01-24 |
| 27330. | Research Power Lifting Afte... | 69.66 | 97% | 2024-04-16 |
| 27331. | Riley (0wned21) | 69.66 | 96% | 2023-02-19 |
| 27332. | geogeo3 (geogeo3) | 69.66 | 96% | 2025-10-25 |
| 27333. | LivJP (livjp) | 69.65 | 97% | 2023-05-22 |
| 27334. | Free Palestine (anas150khan) | 69.65 | 99% | 2024-07-15 |
| 27335. | Rohit (simplecrow11) | 69.65 | 98% | 2024-05-03 |
| 27336. | Jude (jbetz) | 69.65 | 96.9% | 2024-01-29 |
| 27337. | Kevin (kevingandhi1431) | 69.65 | 95.3% | 2023-11-17 |
| 27338. | Ollie (oham) | 69.65 | 97% | 2018-02-22 |
| 27339. | Guilherme (gui_szk) | 69.65 | 97% | 2020-11-07 |
| 27340. | Alah (allahblah) | 69.65 | 93% | 2015-06-18 |
| 27341. | darwin (dlintag) | 69.65 | 95% | 2013-11-28 |
| 27342. | BermudaTriangle (fastesttri... | 69.64 | 95.4% | 2024-09-30 |
| 27343. | Siddartha Gautama (siddarth... | 69.64 | 96.7% | 2025-03-13 |
| 27344. | Endomou (endomou) | 69.64 | 94% | 2024-03-08 |
| 27345. | Pratty (prattysis) | 69.64 | 95% | 2024-01-03 |
| 27346. | shanky (shankyk) | 69.64 | 99% | 2025-06-22 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |