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 |
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25069. | Chelsea (oxfordkarma) | 71.54 | 96.8% | 2024-01-15 |
25070. | Sujash (sujash03) | 71.54 | 98% | 2024-02-13 |
25071. | t (tvctft) | 71.54 | 97% | 2014-03-15 |
25072. | ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (sarsippius) | 71.54 | 96% | 2017-08-01 |
25073. | Gary (serialvelocity9) | 71.53 | 99% | 2024-12-23 |
25074. | typeracerverstrappen (typer... | 71.53 | 96% | 2024-09-15 |
25075. | Le Hoang (gampingbua) | 71.53 | 96.5% | 2024-05-24 |
25076. | Jeremy (jbathan24) | 71.53 | 95% | 2024-02-22 |
25077. | Evan (eh30) | 71.53 | 96.6% | 2024-05-18 |
25078. | Mejoren papus (prron2021) | 71.53 | 98% | 2025-06-22 |
25079. | z1nk (z1nkz1nk) | 71.53 | 97.6% | 2023-12-29 |
25080. | Kimss (kimhanxd) | 71.53 | 97% | 2025-06-05 |
25081. | Redon (redon1998) | 71.53 | 96.6% | 2024-10-31 |
25082. | Bob (bobderbauer) | 71.53 | 96% | 2021-03-01 |
25083. | A (sd_era) | 71.53 | 96% | 2024-02-07 |
25084. | Stevens (typa) | 71.53 | 94% | 2012-06-02 |
25085. | smokindatveed (howtfwegothere) | 71.52 | 96% | 2023-04-01 |
25086. | JP (isnotjp) | 71.52 | 96.7% | 2025-03-19 |
25087. | Christian Kale (leskochrist... | 71.52 | 99% | 2024-08-26 |
25088. | Tim (tstepro) | 71.52 | 99% | 2024-08-05 |
25089. | Brandon (brandontvan) | 71.52 | 97% | 2024-01-25 |
25090. | Suppakorn (guearth) | 71.52 | 96% | 2022-11-22 |
25091. | dannyb (dannybthewhore) | 71.52 | 94% | 2015-10-27 |
25092. | Hue (zinaclye) | 71.52 | 79% | 2013-05-22 |
25093. | Alireza (sakura1987) | 71.52 | 95% | 2014-11-16 |
25094. | Nikola (nikola_joker) | 71.52 | 93% | 2012-04-13 |
25095. | Acke (ackehjarn) | 71.51 | 95.6% | 2021-02-15 |
25096. | haerin (nwjns) | 71.51 | 97% | 2024-09-16 |
25097. | Man (manontheway54) | 71.51 | 98% | 2016-11-18 |
25098. | Erfan (erfan_hedayati) | 71.51 | 96% | 2021-06-14 |
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 |