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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37311. | cargo (cargoishere) | 58.06 | 94% | 2021-03-15 |
| 37312. | Imran (improvemyskills) | 58.06 | — | 2010-12-06 |
| 37313. | awd (wads) | 58.06 | 85% | 2015-04-10 |
| 37314. | Rahul (gautamrahul) | 58.06 | 94% | 2012-06-02 |
| 37315. | Bu (buyongtatt) | 58.06 | 96% | 2017-02-17 |
| 37316. | James (blinkerfluid) | 58.06 | 95% | 2014-08-06 |
| 37317. | charles (abru) | 58.06 | 92% | 2015-04-02 |
| 37318. | Turbo Maikol (turbo_maikol) | 58.05 | 94% | 2025-04-21 |
| 37319. | SSLizzy (sslizzy) | 58.05 | 94.9% | 2025-01-27 |
| 37320. | Michael (michael0206) | 58.05 | 96% | 2025-06-24 |
| 37321. | Fouad Azad (lalamez) | 58.05 | 94.8% | 2024-12-25 |
| 37322. | llc21 (nigwardchungus) | 58.05 | 95.2% | 2024-05-31 |
| 37323. | Apurb (apurb77) | 58.05 | 96.4% | 2024-10-07 |
| 37324. | Kevin Anderson (casper_prep) | 58.05 | 95% | 2024-10-02 |
| 37325. | Gunnar (rs_gunny) | 58.05 | 83% | 2016-01-23 |
| 37326. | elpresador (el_presador) | 58.05 | 89% | 2011-11-11 |
| 37327. | macchiato (unknown_1080) | 58.04 | 96% | 2025-04-04 |
| 37328. | Hakim Khalid Jibran (khalid38) | 58.04 | 98% | 2025-07-13 |
| 37329. | nmd (nmd17) | 58.04 | 97% | 2024-03-04 |
| 37330. | Mohsen (nirari) | 58.04 | 97% | 2024-05-12 |
| 37331. | Albert (ag100) | 58.04 | 98% | 2025-03-05 |
| 37332. | Ben (threefx) | 58.04 | 94% | 2016-05-20 |
| 37333. | Fvck Me! (faspitch) | 58.04 | 93% | 2016-04-02 |
| 37334. | Dominic (unoriginaldom) | 58.04 | 94% | 2012-10-22 |
| 37335. | tair (sohhab_001) | 58.04 | 95% | 2016-08-18 |
| 37336. | Brett (bpoole00@gmail.com) | 58.04 | 90% | 2016-09-03 |
| 37337. | Ahmed (_ahmed2001youssef) | 58.03 | 95% | 2021-01-05 |
| 37338. | Janiah (loveyethate) | 58.03 | 97.5% | 2024-09-13 |
| 37339. | Jeremy (urshr) | 58.03 | 95% | 2019-02-19 |
| 37340. | Matty (doyoufeelluckypunk) | 58.03 | 91% | 2012-08-07 |
| 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 |