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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17821. | sonderr (battery_sr) | 79.67 | 95% | 2019-11-14 |
| 17822. | James (jgray56) | 79.67 | 96% | 2018-09-19 |
| 17823. | Michael (mcassedy) | 79.67 | 92% | 2017-04-22 |
| 17824. | Jimmyâ™” (wujt) | 79.67 | 95% | 2014-06-19 |
| 17825. | Sohrab (ss_sohrab) | 79.67 | 95% | 2013-11-24 |
| 17826. | ronald (roclus) | 79.67 | — | 2010-09-29 |
| 17827. | Thomas (cephalopode) | 79.67 | 97% | 2014-02-15 |
| 17828. | Julien (pigie) | 79.66 | 97% | 2025-06-06 |
| 17829. | King (kingmaverick07) | 79.66 | 98% | 2025-09-07 |
| 17830. | Shashank (same_lame_name) | 79.66 | 97.9% | 2024-12-26 |
| 17831. | txbklyn (txbklyn) | 79.66 | 98% | 2019-03-19 |
| 17832. | idk (tooezzz) | 79.66 | 98% | 2022-07-15 |
| 17833. | Steven (steventheplayer) | 79.66 | 97% | 2025-09-11 |
| 17834. | Paxton (pswongaa) | 79.66 | 98.3% | 2023-11-16 |
| 17835. | rime (zeliboid8) | 79.66 | 94% | 2013-05-19 |
| 17836. | singhvaibhav100@gmail.com (... | 79.66 | 98% | 2014-08-03 |
| 17837. | akashah (type_akashah) | 79.65 | 98% | 2024-06-17 |
| 17838. | Shallan Davar (shallan_davar) | 79.65 | 97.9% | 2024-10-15 |
| 17839. | Jan (acpehalus) | 79.65 | 97.2% | 2024-09-18 |
| 17840. | kt (ktwizfan) | 79.65 | 88% | 2017-02-08 |
| 17841. | Kotaro (kotaro_qwerty) | 79.65 | 97% | 2022-01-31 |
| 17842. | Duckytype-8 (dummy_2) | 79.65 | 97% | 2021-03-26 |
| 17843. | . (offoff) | 79.65 | 91% | 2014-01-27 |
| 17844. | Vincent (vminjares) | 79.65 | 95% | 2012-03-25 |
| 17845. | sunny (sunxuz) | 79.65 | — | 2010-12-15 |
| 17846. | Mark (markxing) | 79.65 | 91% | 2011-06-23 |
| 17847. | Magical Panda (magical_panda) | 79.64 | 97% | 2025-06-16 |
| 17848. | kramton (kramnot) | 79.64 | 96.6% | 2024-09-25 |
| 17849. | vladyslav (supercoldv) | 79.64 | 97% | 2025-02-28 |
| 17850. | Siddhartha (gravito12345) | 79.64 | 94.6% | 2023-12-08 |
| 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 |