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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18191. | Sarah (sarahmae123) | 79.22 | 97% | 2021-05-25 |
| 18192. | Piotr (piotros) | 79.22 | 96.4% | 2024-07-24 |
| 18193. | Margaret (kangroos) | 79.22 | 91% | 2013-08-13 |
| 18194. | Knut (knutesten) | 79.22 | 95% | 2012-02-02 |
| 18195. | nguyen (nguyenmy) | 79.22 | 97% | 2013-04-10 |
| 18196. | dee (deeda) | 79.21 | 97.5% | 2025-05-25 |
| 18197. | Johann Wolfgang (feeder0120) | 79.21 | 96% | 2025-03-17 |
| 18198. | Trashy (trashyn00b) | 79.21 | 95.9% | 2024-08-08 |
| 18199. | Robert (rezegnated) | 79.21 | 96% | 2024-10-19 |
| 18200. | Kim (kimabarca123) | 79.21 | 97% | 2024-07-06 |
| 18201. | 1asdf (posijab) | 79.21 | 97.4% | 2023-12-04 |
| 18202. | PMC (pmcc) | 79.21 | 97.2% | 2024-12-03 |
| 18203. | tapos (mykdspyk) | 79.21 | — | 2010-12-10 |
| 18204. | perimetro (perimetro20) | 79.21 | 93% | 2017-02-04 |
| 18205. | Lưu (luuanh) | 79.21 | 98% | 2013-03-06 |
| 18206. | Fernando (fermu) | 79.21 | 96% | 2015-11-13 |
| 18207. | Havn (havn) | 79.20 | 94% | 2025-03-04 |
| 18208. | Maddy (maddy_23) | 79.20 | 97.2% | 2025-04-11 |
| 18209. | Samuel (1hotd0gplz) | 79.20 | 96% | 2024-07-26 |
| 18210. | TheKing (theking69) | 79.20 | 98.1% | 2024-01-13 |
| 18211. | Jesse (shadow_typer_monarch) | 79.20 | 97% | 2024-03-25 |
| 18212. | guest_user9 (guest_user9) | 79.20 | 98.1% | 2024-02-25 |
| 18213. | Mark (qwedas09) | 79.20 | 97% | 2019-06-07 |
| 18214. | matt (takatoasti) | 79.20 | 97% | 2019-06-04 |
| 18215. | Francis (francis430) | 79.20 | 97.9% | 2025-02-27 |
| 18216. | shubham (shubham0007) | 79.20 | 97% | 2015-11-10 |
| 18217. | dude (udead1) | 79.20 | 96% | 2020-07-12 |
| 18218. | D-Hunter (xzabuzax) | 79.20 | 97% | 2018-04-05 |
| 18219. | Neil Adrian (destroyer_46) | 79.20 | 96% | 2017-10-07 |
| 18220. | Scrub (scrubfn) | 79.19 | 97% | 2022-06-14 |
| 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 |