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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19029. | grass (grasschong_) | 78.58 | 97% | 2024-07-19 |
| 19030. | Eli (elewint) | 78.58 | 87% | 2016-02-19 |
| 19031. | Brad (lclp) | 78.58 | 98% | 2024-06-29 |
| 19032. | Nimrod (nimrodm) | 78.58 | 94% | 2025-05-21 |
| 19033. | FATBUTTERYFINGERDS12312 (be... | 78.58 | 96% | 2021-08-11 |
| 19034. | Fourlamas (fourlamas) | 78.58 | 96% | 2018-02-27 |
| 19035. | Godlike (godlike228) | 78.58 | 92% | 2013-12-03 |
| 19036. | Chronotic (anexus) | 78.57 | 95% | 2025-09-14 |
| 19037. | Ifar (mabrrrrr) | 78.57 | 96% | 2022-12-10 |
| 19038. | Ravindra (ravinder9090) | 78.57 | 99% | 2016-01-24 |
| 19039. | Shikhraj (shikhrajsingh) | 78.57 | 96% | 2021-06-28 |
| 19040. | Jacob (emptypaintbrush) | 78.57 | 98% | 2021-10-01 |
| 19041. | Mic (mku7) | 78.57 | 97% | 2013-07-29 |
| 19042. | Zach (fearxthis) | 78.57 | 93% | 2014-09-19 |
| 19043. | elnino (elnio2803) | 78.57 | 98% | 2025-07-05 |
| 19044. | bidens dog (spacerider93) | 78.57 | 93% | 2012-03-18 |
| 19045. | Hopp (461am) | 78.56 | 99% | 2022-09-07 |
| 19046. | Christian (nivelheim) | 78.56 | 94% | 2012-10-01 |
| 19047. | Jimmy (jmtgr100) | 78.56 | 96.6% | 2025-02-25 |
| 19048. | Hugo (roborhugo) | 78.56 | 95% | 2024-03-24 |
| 19049. | Kapil (kapiltype) | 78.56 | 97.1% | 2024-03-30 |
| 19050. | Densetsu (densetsunobattousai) | 78.56 | 98% | 2025-07-15 |
| 19051. | Sarah (tiff801) | 78.56 | 93% | 2012-11-20 |
| 19052. | Emma (emabel) | 78.56 | 96% | 2012-11-01 |
| 19053. | Bruno (brunoi171) | 78.56 | 97% | 2016-12-05 |
| 19054. | Tage (sabonater) | 78.56 | 94% | 2013-09-17 |
| 19055. | Trevor (crimsonsky) | 78.56 | 97% | 2018-03-06 |
| 19056. | Prasanth (gprasanth) | 78.56 | 98% | 2015-06-08 |
| 19057. | username16-- (admin_nistrator) | 78.55 | 96.4% | 2024-10-14 |
| 19058. | niitsel (nitsel_) | 78.55 | 95% | 2024-05-17 |
| 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 |