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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25288. | Merlin (merx03) | 70.46 | — | 2010-11-26 |
| 25289. | CamTechs (cameratechs) | 70.45 | 96% | 2024-11-23 |
| 25290. | Ritik (beast2402) | 70.45 | 96.5% | 2024-04-13 |
| 25291. | Megan (foreverpurple) | 70.45 | 94% | 2013-07-31 |
| 25292. | .-. (jyuawago) | 70.45 | 96.4% | 2024-03-17 |
| 25293. | Eric (tomcruse) | 70.45 | 96.4% | 2024-01-10 |
| 25294. | steele (steele22) | 70.45 | — | 2010-11-12 |
| 25295. | Alice (alice_guo) | 70.45 | 93% | 2015-06-03 |
| 25296. | Lucas Haig (fastytrack) | 70.44 | 96% | 2024-04-22 |
| 25297. | ViVaaN (perfectomaybe) | 70.44 | 98% | 2025-01-17 |
| 25298. | Shleeb (mjbaldecchi) | 70.44 | 95.8% | 2025-03-06 |
| 25299. | Luke (trtrytytrytyrtyrtyrty... | 70.44 | 99% | 2024-04-25 |
| 25300. | Aries (arstheone) | 70.44 | 95.9% | 2024-06-12 |
| 25301. | Amin (aminarman) | 70.44 | 94.5% | 2023-11-27 |
| 25302. | Twilight Sparkle (twilights... | 70.44 | 93% | 2011-12-19 |
| 25303. | Matt (mtype123) | 70.44 | 98% | 2011-09-02 |
| 25304. | Mr. Niagara (asa2005) | 70.43 | 95.7% | 2024-09-01 |
| 25305. | Gexxor (gexxor) | 70.43 | 98% | 2024-07-15 |
| 25306. | Burger (satyburgrpatty) | 70.43 | 96.3% | 2023-12-25 |
| 25307. | Thomas (100wordsperminute) | 70.43 | 97.9% | 2025-04-02 |
| 25308. | typerinfection (z4k1n470r) | 70.43 | 94% | 2021-10-15 |
| 25309. | svat (svat) | 70.43 | — | 2010-06-11 |
| 25310. | kai (master_kai) | 70.43 | 96% | 2013-08-12 |
| 25311. | mezkal33tO (mezkal33to) | 70.43 | 97% | 2016-02-05 |
| 25312. | Krithi (kreetea) | 70.42 | 96.1% | 2024-10-10 |
| 25313. | Ethan (brawl021) | 70.42 | 95% | 2025-03-24 |
| 25314. | dry (need_for_bandwidth) | 70.42 | 98% | 2024-04-26 |
| 25315. | BigFry (bigfry) | 70.42 | 96% | 2024-01-11 |
| 25316. | L9898 (l9898) | 70.42 | 91% | 2013-07-15 |
| 25317. | MangroveMan (swampy) | 70.42 | 98% | 2013-10-02 |
| 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 |