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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14739. | ks (sempiedram) | 83.32 | 98.3% | 2025-04-30 |
| 14740. | ⊂( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀)つ (sch... | 83.32 | 98% | 2020-06-02 |
| 14741. | Connor (schellc) | 83.32 | 97% | 2025-04-13 |
| 14742. | Andrew (kirbyslayer) | 83.32 | 95% | 2012-06-23 |
| 14743. | Cas (discostone) | 83.31 | 97.5% | 2024-04-17 |
| 14744. | flappybeingslappy (willpow1) | 83.31 | 96.9% | 2023-12-28 |
| 14745. | otoniel (nrtrwater) | 83.31 | 98.4% | 2024-04-13 |
| 14746. | Nikhil (quill_workman) | 83.31 | 98% | 2023-06-19 |
| 14747. | BarbBlackburn (3xx8iycrr3xy... | 83.31 | 98% | 2023-09-18 |
| 14748. | chami (chamimi) | 83.30 | 96% | 2025-02-18 |
| 14749. | Panduh (_panduh_) | 83.30 | 97% | 2019-04-14 |
| 14750. | RaspberryPi (don_bartolome) | 83.30 | 98% | 2021-04-15 |
| 14751. | Timothy (kadisontsh) | 83.30 | 96% | 2017-07-22 |
| 14752. | deckador (deckador) | 83.30 | 98% | 2017-05-31 |
| 14753. | rae (thedarkoknight) | 83.30 | 92% | 2017-05-19 |
| 14754. | Hai (squallhai) | 83.30 | 98% | 2011-11-04 |
| 14755. | High On Typing (highontyping) | 83.29 | 98% | 2024-10-29 |
| 14756. | oni (onifire) | 83.29 | 96.3% | 2024-11-11 |
| 14757. | Avinash (avinashmx7) | 83.29 | 98.1% | 2024-01-16 |
| 14758. | Mario (lemario) | 83.29 | 97% | 2024-01-07 |
| 14759. | Gwude (gwude) | 83.29 | 96% | 2022-05-25 |
| 14760. | July (phi4069) | 83.29 | 98% | 2020-04-10 |
| 14761. | randfee (randfee) | 83.29 | 98% | 2017-02-05 |
| 14762. | Christian (gimslongvir) | 83.29 | 95% | 2012-04-10 |
| 14763. | Tyler (tylerwi) | 83.29 | — | 2011-03-11 |
| 14764. | blast (blastoff15) | 83.29 | 99% | 2021-05-24 |
| 14765. | J-Money (jacobbeaudway) | 83.28 | 97% | 2023-09-06 |
| 14766. | Andrew (monochromeocean) | 83.28 | 97% | 2022-02-01 |
| 14767. | huddled (haraldgb) | 83.28 | 98% | 2022-10-04 |
| 14768. | Fredrik (fur3x) | 83.28 | 89% | 2013-05-11 |
| 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 |