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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6995. | Mamali (mamali78) | 97.30 | 98% | 2025-05-11 |
| 6996. | mynarchist (mynarchist) | 97.30 | 97% | 2025-05-18 |
| 6997. | Michael (meta1) | 97.30 | 97% | 2023-05-27 |
| 6998. | michael (banane_1) | 97.30 | 96% | 2021-11-06 |
| 6999. | Diego (daggo145) | 97.30 | 96% | 2014-11-05 |
| 7000. | Yifan J (yifinitybeyond) | 97.29 | 99% | 2025-02-24 |
| 7001. | deceptive (sergisreal) | 97.29 | 99% | 2022-09-26 |
| 7002. | Ghassan (classicalguss) | 97.29 | 98.6% | 2024-01-27 |
| 7003. | piconeeks (piconeeks) | 97.29 | 99% | 2022-04-19 |
| 7004. | Gaurav (hisdudeness) | 97.29 | 97% | 2021-08-10 |
| 7005. | C (3eid) | 97.29 | 94% | 2012-03-09 |
| 7006. | Ari (adogcalledspot) | 97.28 | 96% | 2021-12-20 |
| 7007. | k_otey (k_otey) | 97.28 | 97.4% | 2024-06-29 |
| 7008. | twitch.tv/blademasterrush (... | 97.28 | 99% | 2019-11-23 |
| 7009. | Trevor (yogurtlulz) | 97.28 | 95% | 2012-10-29 |
| 7010. | 🆂🅷🅰🅳🆁 (nyeshyo) | 97.28 | 92% | 2013-05-09 |
| 7011. | saucey (truongsauce) | 97.27 | 98.3% | 2024-12-29 |
| 7012. | Matthew (matt_daemond) | 97.27 | 98% | 2022-01-12 |
| 7013. | Peter (calibre) | 97.27 | 95% | 2011-10-10 |
| 7014. | guest (er8852852) | 97.27 | 96% | 2013-03-17 |
| 7015. | Bryan.. XD (bryan_xd) | 97.26 | 98.4% | 2024-09-19 |
| 7016. | KnowItAll (bookworm1) | 97.26 | 98% | 2018-09-27 |
| 7017. | Hazem (hazemhmh) | 97.25 | 96.3% | 2024-07-18 |
| 7018. | buynaa (kamikaze0612) | 97.25 | 97.8% | 2024-07-21 |
| 7019. | Sam David (samdavidd) | 97.25 | 95.6% | 2024-01-03 |
| 7020. | jero (jero32) | 97.25 | 96% | 2013-08-03 |
| 7021. | Brennen (brennenscott) | 97.25 | 96% | 2012-04-07 |
| 7022. | kaipham.jr (kaipham) | 97.24 | 97% | 2025-05-13 |
| 7023. | Jesse (jesseyay) | 97.24 | 96% | 2017-01-24 |
| 7024. | Eric (rickby) | 97.24 | 96% | 2014-08-14 |
| 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 |