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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37334. | Manny (mannyc70) | 55.38 | 93% | 2014-03-28 |
| 37335. | Derp (bandchick101) | 55.38 | 88% | 2013-12-02 |
| 37336. | Hieu (lehieu76) | 55.38 | — | 2010-09-30 |
| 37337. | peekabo (ahyongyeo) | 55.37 | 98% | 2024-08-02 |
| 37338. | Andrew (drewvirya) | 55.37 | 95.3% | 2024-09-26 |
| 37339. | Sajjad Ali (a_sajjad_72) | 55.37 | 97% | 2024-04-18 |
| 37340. | Youssef (iiyusuf) | 55.37 | 94.5% | 2023-12-28 |
| 37341. | Louis (marstosirius) | 55.37 | 97.1% | 2023-12-08 |
| 37342. | Zhengyang (mmm_jerome) | 55.37 | 95% | 2023-06-01 |
| 37343. | Michael (tomisfat) | 55.37 | 92% | 2012-08-23 |
| 37344. | jasmine (chandani) | 55.37 | 97% | 2014-02-10 |
| 37345. | Bryce (bp1044) | 55.36 | 97% | 2024-09-25 |
| 37346. | Carl (imcarll) | 55.36 | 93% | 2023-12-09 |
| 37347. | bigwayv (bigwayv) | 55.36 | 97% | 2020-07-01 |
| 37348. | fahis (fahis) | 55.36 | 96.8% | 2023-12-24 |
| 37349. | Bishal (subbabishalfrombhutan) | 55.36 | 99.5% | 2024-01-05 |
| 37350. | aju (aju_chacko) | 55.35 | 95.4% | 2025-03-09 |
| 37351. | wxxstd (wxxstd) | 55.35 | 94% | 2024-09-21 |
| 37352. | Aathi (aathi_b) | 55.35 | 93.7% | 2024-08-26 |
| 37353. | One (oneagain) | 55.35 | 96% | 2024-05-03 |
| 37354. | Jkyl (jkyl) | 55.35 | 95.2% | 2023-11-25 |
| 37355. | Andrew (android2102) | 55.35 | 92% | 2015-04-27 |
| 37356. | kyandiman (kyandiman) | 55.34 | 95% | 2024-02-17 |
| 37357. | LastSlice (cezara) | 55.34 | 97% | 2021-08-11 |
| 37358. | harsh_pro (andhbhakth) | 55.33 | 95% | 2024-10-11 |
| 37359. | Oleksii (langallef) | 55.33 | 95.8% | 2024-12-29 |
| 37360. | ARK (arkt1c) | 55.33 | 97.4% | 2024-01-03 |
| 37361. | Andrew (atwilson0729) | 55.33 | 93% | 2015-05-15 |
| 37362. | TurtlePoopie123 (turtlepoop... | 55.32 | 95.2% | 2024-06-25 |
| 37363. | christian (christmarku) | 55.32 | 95% | 2023-12-30 |
| 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 |