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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16301. | Breen (gajuwakaghajini) | 80.80 | 92% | 2013-04-05 |
| 16302. | majxo (majxo) | 80.79 | 96% | 2023-04-27 |
| 16303. | skelly (skellyjonut) | 80.79 | 98% | 2024-05-08 |
| 16304. | Hoàng (hoang_dk) | 80.79 | 99% | 2024-04-23 |
| 16305. | Ziyad (jayzee123456789) | 80.79 | 97% | 2023-11-29 |
| 16306. | Marcy (izliando) | 80.79 | 98.6% | 2024-02-25 |
| 16307. | squall (squalllionheart) | 80.79 | 99% | 2023-12-14 |
| 16308. | Alex (raize) | 80.79 | — | 2011-04-20 |
| 16309. | Lemon (stealthdude) | 80.79 | 95% | 2022-03-31 |
| 16310. | aNicePlayer (aniceplayer) | 80.78 | 97% | 2022-04-10 |
| 16311. | constant (undeadconstant) | 80.78 | 98% | 2023-12-14 |
| 16312. | Declan Jones (expiredberry) | 80.78 | 96% | 2023-12-19 |
| 16313. | Armando (mandy1339) | 80.78 | 99.3% | 2024-01-30 |
| 16314. | lhdk2712 (lhdk2712) | 80.78 | 97% | 2022-03-29 |
| 16315. | Sreshta Kamya (nikitha) | 80.78 | 98% | 2019-12-04 |
| 16316. | cake (xsysi) | 80.78 | 97% | 2017-09-05 |
| 16317. | GAKUSEI (9420nfzg9zgh) | 80.77 | 98.4% | 2024-08-26 |
| 16318. | Araina (discobroccoli) | 80.77 | 98% | 2020-05-22 |
| 16319. | Cindy (cinisterly) | 80.77 | 96.7% | 2024-09-09 |
| 16320. | jacob (jacoby31) | 80.77 | 97% | 2024-08-21 |
| 16321. | Erythrocyte (erythrocyte) | 80.77 | 97% | 2024-02-02 |
| 16322. | chaitanya (chaitunirf) | 80.77 | 98% | 2023-04-06 |
| 16323. | Harald (updatin) | 80.77 | 97% | 2021-11-01 |
| 16324. | cegprakash (cegprakash) | 80.77 | 94% | 2015-10-06 |
| 16325. | 🍁 (kaspars) | 80.77 | 88% | 2015-02-10 |
| 16326. | William (spartan308) | 80.77 | 97% | 2019-02-07 |
| 16327. | me_irl (powderer) | 80.77 | 98% | 2017-08-26 |
| 16328. | Jammydodgacrazy (jammydodga... | 80.76 | 97% | 2025-04-13 |
| 16329. | Taldan (taldan) | 80.76 | 98% | 2018-09-26 |
| 16330. | Dinkey (dinkeyxd) | 80.76 | 97% | 2022-08-03 |
| 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 |