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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27294. | Shane (smokedbread) | 68.78 | 96% | 2022-08-04 |
| 27295. | amanda (mandaburnette) | 68.78 | — | 2010-07-12 |
| 27296. | POPOPO (terqer) | 68.78 | 90% | 2012-04-22 |
| 27297. | Thatchapon (guidearm) | 68.78 | 97% | 2014-01-06 |
| 27298. | Ready (wwillia4) | 68.78 | 90% | 2011-06-29 |
| 27299. | km385 (km385) | 68.77 | 98% | 2025-02-13 |
| 27300. | Charles (cwayne) | 68.77 | 98% | 2022-04-22 |
| 27301. | Mino (minot) | 68.77 | 97.9% | 2024-07-01 |
| 27302. | Tsui (tsui0221) | 68.77 | 96% | 2024-03-22 |
| 27303. | Jon (garnitrex) | 68.77 | 95% | 2012-09-08 |
| 27304. | King (kingmaverick07) | 68.77 | 96% | 2024-12-15 |
| 27305. | Shubham (bhendi1234) | 68.77 | 97% | 2021-09-27 |
| 27306. | Ken (kenchoi777) | 68.77 | 97% | 2018-12-09 |
| 27307. | Socrates (socratesbatis) | 68.77 | 95% | 2021-05-25 |
| 27308. | Ehrick (ehrick_rhed) | 68.77 | 97% | 2022-06-05 |
| 27309. | skog (skogaern) | 68.77 | 91% | 2016-02-16 |
| 27310. | Muhammad Emon (emonsojib) | 68.76 | 97% | 2023-04-24 |
| 27311. | Cody (supercoolguy_321) | 68.76 | 95.9% | 2024-09-24 |
| 27312. | kamekame (wdakwdakdcw) | 68.76 | 93.4% | 2024-06-07 |
| 27313. | G0og (acoostic) | 68.76 | 96% | 2021-09-25 |
| 27314. | Sudo (sudo_009) | 68.76 | 97% | 2024-08-11 |
| 27315. | Ethan (skxrtyy) | 68.76 | 97.5% | 2024-05-21 |
| 27316. | Jake (worldscolide) | 68.76 | 98% | 2016-08-22 |
| 27317. | bum (gusta) | 68.76 | — | 2010-07-16 |
| 27318. | peter (ack7) | 68.76 | 98% | 2011-07-28 |
| 27319. | elliot (teapott) | 68.76 | 92% | 2014-01-21 |
| 27320. | Abhijit (abhijit86) | 68.76 | — | 2010-11-05 |
| 27321. | sanaa (typewriter10002) | 68.75 | 96.7% | 2025-02-01 |
| 27322. | keikurono (keikurono) | 68.75 | 96% | 2024-09-20 |
| 27323. | Astro (astro1234) | 68.75 | 96% | 2024-10-07 |
| 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 |