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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38076. | mark0741 (mark0741) | 57.13 | 96.3% | 2024-12-26 |
| 38077. | sukhoi su-57 (shezy) | 57.13 | 96.5% | 2024-03-04 |
| 38078. | It's me! (tuppence) | 57.13 | 93% | 2016-04-30 |
| 38079. | Muhammad (donnyutsman) | 57.13 | 96% | 2021-04-24 |
| 38080. | Thinh (superthor1999) | 57.13 | 92% | 2020-08-24 |
| 38081. | Saul (sburman) | 57.13 | 96% | 2016-05-04 |
| 38082. | Steffen (fellroy) | 57.13 | 96% | 2018-12-30 |
| 38083. | Sarath (arrahman) | 57.13 | 95% | 2018-06-01 |
| 38084. | TYPORACIST (macacop) | 57.12 | 97% | 2024-11-14 |
| 38085. | Anthony (infinity_falls) | 57.12 | 92% | 2024-05-01 |
| 38086. | alv_08 (alv_08) | 57.12 | 97% | 2023-10-01 |
| 38087. | Devansh (ansoo) | 57.12 | 96.9% | 2023-12-10 |
| 38088. | Ellis (ibraaaaaaaam) | 57.12 | 99% | 2025-06-02 |
| 38089. | Jakob (tehurn) | 57.12 | 96% | 2015-02-10 |
| 38090. | Nelu (neluspaima) | 57.12 | 95% | 2011-05-11 |
| 38091. | Igor (iligor) | 57.12 | 98% | 2014-04-29 |
| 38092. | ppthebird (xiebin) | 57.11 | 96% | 2024-09-19 |
| 38093. | axl (comaderchips) | 57.11 | 96% | 2024-04-15 |
| 38094. | bunbun (bunkeybabau) | 57.11 | 95% | 2024-03-09 |
| 38095. | Shabylkhan (saken03) | 57.11 | 96% | 2022-05-17 |
| 38096. | Mridul (dot_0) | 57.11 | 95.8% | 2024-12-25 |
| 38097. | Ghayth (ghayth2003) | 57.11 | 94.4% | 2021-02-04 |
| 38098. | Athan (weareone380) | 57.11 | 97% | 2019-05-31 |
| 38099. | khurram (khurram123) | 57.11 | 91% | 2013-06-29 |
| 38100. | Jacob (banjomonster) | 57.11 | 97% | 2014-08-07 |
| 38101. | Homer (aerowang) | 57.11 | 99% | 2017-11-15 |
| 38102. | veda (veda_9cpa) | 57.10 | 95% | 2025-06-03 |
| 38103. | zai (za14s) | 57.10 | 95% | 2025-02-07 |
| 38104. | Emil (heisenb) | 57.10 | 96% | 2023-09-08 |
| 38105. | sabrina (shvtin) | 57.10 | 94% | 2024-01-31 |
| 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 |