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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9796. | aleppo (samahitha) | 90.37 | 98% | 2025-03-18 |
| 9797. | s (whatevr) | 90.37 | 96% | 2019-07-26 |
| 9798. | tstats[orbitaltowel] (orbit... | 90.37 | 95% | 2021-08-03 |
| 9799. | Nevi39 (yoshoki) | 90.37 | 96.6% | 2024-02-21 |
| 9800. | osquar (osquar) | 90.36 | 98% | 2025-01-10 |
| 9801. | agent324 (agent324) | 90.36 | 96.2% | 2024-01-01 |
| 9802. | Secret (secretshinobi) | 90.36 | 98% | 2021-09-09 |
| 9803. | tstats[sinkingecstasies] (s... | 90.36 | 98% | 2020-01-12 |
| 9804. | _(:3) ∠) (neco36) | 90.36 | 96% | 2016-11-23 |
| 9805. | ☄ (strongly_typed_comet) | 90.35 | 97% | 2024-09-26 |
| 9806. | Apathos (apathosss) | 90.35 | 97.3% | 2024-10-04 |
| 9807. | Trenton (ragefast) | 90.35 | 95% | 2015-03-16 |
| 9808. | Jusuf (kz99) | 90.35 | 98.8% | 2024-03-01 |
| 9809. | Heather (feedtheflames) | 90.35 | 94% | 2014-11-01 |
| 9810. | edisondotme (annuit02) | 90.35 | 97% | 2020-04-09 |
| 9811. | A (yarly) | 90.35 | 96% | 2012-02-01 |
| 9812. | Elemental (elementalscar) | 90.34 | 98% | 2024-10-12 |
| 9813. | Charts (charizardpotato) | 90.34 | 98% | 2022-03-27 |
| 9814. | Josh (h3hat3m3) | 90.34 | 97% | 2022-02-20 |
| 9815. | Anubhav (etra_567) | 90.34 | 97% | 2023-09-25 |
| 9816. | Josh (jxtu) | 90.34 | 93% | 2014-09-02 |
| 9817. | david (davidthetyper101) | 90.33 | 96% | 2022-07-26 |
| 9818. | Danish (danishamir) | 90.33 | 97% | 2021-08-20 |
| 9819. | Jack (vaqxination) | 90.33 | 93% | 2013-02-11 |
| 9820. | Kasper (salared) | 90.33 | 95% | 2015-01-16 |
| 9821. | Cesar (firer) | 90.33 | 93% | 2011-10-24 |
| 9822. | Genghis (genghisrex) | 90.32 | 91% | 2015-04-13 |
| 9823. | Applequestria (applequestria) | 90.32 | 87% | 2013-12-13 |
| 9824. | Dan (wrightdp) | 90.32 | 96% | 2016-04-20 |
| 9825. | eminem (victormorph) | 90.32 | 98% | 2011-11-25 |
| 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 |