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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38184. | Em (cadetemma) | 57.98 | 97% | 2025-01-08 |
| 38185. | Viktor (vik_tor) | 57.98 | 96.8% | 2024-07-29 |
| 38186. | Majed (ice770) | 57.98 | 94.4% | 2024-04-23 |
| 38187. | Tyler (tyler_face) | 57.98 | 96.8% | 2023-11-13 |
| 38188. | Shatrunjai (shatru) | 57.98 | 98% | 2023-04-19 |
| 38189. | Ayush (aluminiumnavigator) | 57.98 | 94% | 2022-02-21 |
| 38190. | Ivy (riccia) | 57.98 | 91% | 2014-05-06 |
| 38191. | Paris (parwon) | 57.98 | 95% | 2021-01-24 |
| 38192. | Faizan (thesuaveguy) | 57.97 | 96% | 2025-06-28 |
| 38193. | Tuguldur (tugulduruuu) | 57.97 | 96% | 2021-06-18 |
| 38194. | Wayne (wayne_jiang) | 57.97 | 95% | 2013-06-13 |
| 38195. | Chubbadiah (chubbadiah) | 57.96 | 95% | 2024-04-04 |
| 38196. | Humanbeen (free_palestine_313) | 57.96 | 95.1% | 2024-12-09 |
| 38197. | PoopSnake (jeremythegant) | 57.96 | 97% | 2024-02-27 |
| 38198. | Yerzhan (venusbroken) | 57.96 | 94% | 2023-01-12 |
| 38199. | reed (reed1) | 57.96 | 93% | 2012-05-18 |
| 38200. | duckcoder1 (duckcoder1) | 57.95 | 95% | 2025-09-08 |
| 38201. | Devin (devngoat) | 57.95 | 95% | 2025-04-08 |
| 38202. | Athereus (athereus_) | 57.95 | 94.2% | 2025-01-24 |
| 38203. | Rajagopal (rajagopal_kumar) | 57.95 | 88% | 2015-12-17 |
| 38204. | Andrew (bloodzure) | 57.95 | 92.9% | 2024-02-27 |
| 38205. | Stephanie (snbtower2) | 57.95 | 93% | 2016-09-01 |
| 38206. | Zach (manfromthemoon) | 57.95 | 95.3% | 2024-04-01 |
| 38207. | Genzer (genzer) | 57.95 | 92% | 2012-03-02 |
| 38208. | Zann (buttocksenpai) | 57.95 | 96% | 2019-11-06 |
| 38209. | Kevin (kevant_7) | 57.95 | 88% | 2016-09-22 |
| 38210. | Nancy (error_200) | 57.95 | 93% | 2015-10-29 |
| 38211. | Shamun Sadman (inateo_13) | 57.94 | 94% | 2025-03-03 |
| 38212. | David (jdwalston) | 57.94 | 94% | 2016-07-18 |
| 38213. | ChaoticMlem (chaoticmlem) | 57.94 | 97.9% | 2025-03-11 |
| 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 |