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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39118. | Niranjan (sorima) | 55.99 | 95% | 2020-08-24 |
| 39119. | Rahul (rkd11) | 55.99 | 97% | 2025-06-24 |
| 39120. | suzayy99 (suzzay99) | 55.99 | 97.4% | 2024-08-30 |
| 39121. | Jonathan (jonathanbcook) | 55.99 | 97% | 2011-09-25 |
| 39122. | Artemii (skylimittypes) | 55.99 | 93% | 2021-03-22 |
| 39123. | 180scorer (180scorer) | 55.99 | 95.5% | 2024-04-16 |
| 39124. | Rick (rick_200wpm) | 55.99 | 94.8% | 2024-02-16 |
| 39125. | Probeta (_probeta_) | 55.99 | 95% | 2023-11-14 |
| 39126. | Juan (juanesdiago) | 55.99 | 94% | 2018-03-13 |
| 39127. | Nurymzhan (nurym99) | 55.99 | 96% | 2018-02-01 |
| 39128. | Tormentor (captain_tormentor) | 55.98 | 97% | 2025-07-01 |
| 39129. | makram badreldin (makram3553) | 55.98 | 96% | 2023-06-16 |
| 39130. | Rohit Kumar (khallaas) | 55.98 | 95% | 2024-12-09 |
| 39131. | Alice Winter (typelike_alice) | 55.98 | 97% | 2025-06-05 |
| 39132. | Escher (escher8) | 55.98 | 96% | 2016-04-07 |
| 39133. | Andrew (andrew4ever) | 55.98 | 94% | 2020-04-05 |
| 39134. | Otto (keymosabe) | 55.97 | 97% | 2025-02-27 |
| 39135. | Rachel (rachelracer97) | 55.97 | 95.1% | 2024-09-21 |
| 39136. | Ginshi (ginshi) | 55.97 | 94% | 2023-05-09 |
| 39137. | Cleve (cyberbullyslayer) | 55.97 | 96% | 2024-07-25 |
| 39138. | swetha (swethaesp) | 55.97 | 96.7% | 2024-11-12 |
| 39139. | yun (genuak) | 55.97 | 93.2% | 2025-02-08 |
| 39140. | Ivo (izomorphius) | 55.97 | 95% | 2022-03-21 |
| 39141. | KEN (ken_54069) | 55.97 | 96% | 2023-11-19 |
| 39142. | Tornado (dual_deadly_dagger) | 55.97 | 97% | 2021-03-16 |
| 39143. | rjey (rjey) | 55.97 | 96% | 2020-09-24 |
| 39144. | Rupesh (rupeshmor) | 55.97 | 92% | 2012-09-22 |
| 39145. | Black witch (santeriawitch1... | 55.96 | 98% | 2025-02-01 |
| 39146. | Ben (jastas) | 55.96 | 92% | 2011-09-09 |
| 39147. | biias (ishaq2002) | 55.96 | 94% | 2023-09-25 |
| 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 |