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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31291. | Free Palestine (geeoder) | 64.21 | 94% | 2023-03-18 |
| 31292. | unvrs (unvrs) | 64.21 | 94% | 2017-08-08 |
| 31293. | kirito (kirito1052) | 64.21 | 96% | 2025-06-06 |
| 31294. | Mike (mleishear23) | 64.21 | 97% | 2019-12-11 |
| 31295. | Daniel (postedwp805) | 64.21 | 91% | 2013-06-12 |
| 31296. | Grundiz (grundiz) | 64.20 | 94% | 2025-06-07 |
| 31297. | Matt (mattf) | 64.20 | — | 2011-03-22 |
| 31298. | KanoKendama (kanokendama) | 64.20 | 97% | 2024-03-10 |
| 31299. | TheROCK (yoyo453) | 64.20 | 97% | 2024-09-13 |
| 31300. | JustNazmo (justnazmo) | 64.20 | 96% | 2024-11-11 |
| 31301. | prince (arcane18) | 64.20 | 96% | 2024-06-02 |
| 31302. | salah (salah_bak) | 64.20 | 95.6% | 2025-01-31 |
| 31303. | Kamil (okka123) | 64.20 | 95.8% | 2024-01-19 |
| 31304. | hello (ajblizzard77) | 64.20 | 95.5% | 2021-01-31 |
| 31305. | Leo (ljrobispado) | 64.20 | 97% | 2018-03-07 |
| 31306. | yw (usingu) | 64.20 | 86% | 2015-09-18 |
| 31307. | Benaja (benajah) | 64.19 | 97.5% | 2024-03-14 |
| 31308. | yomama (yt0427) | 64.19 | 96.5% | 2024-05-03 |
| 31309. | derfet (derfet) | 64.19 | 96.4% | 2024-04-09 |
| 31310. | Atahan (propixel) | 64.19 | 97% | 2022-06-20 |
| 31311. | DIDA (th3_0v3rf10w) | 64.19 | 97% | 2023-06-20 |
| 31312. | Mladen (srbj3t) | 64.19 | 96% | 2021-03-15 |
| 31313. | Alice (alb33) | 64.19 | 98% | 2020-09-22 |
| 31314. | Leo (leo1123) | 64.19 | — | 2010-12-15 |
| 31315. | Dylan (dylanjp) | 64.19 | 100% | 2018-02-15 |
| 31316. | Evil-Earth Dweller (miach) | 64.19 | 99% | 2016-08-07 |
| 31317. | lars (vollkornaffe) | 64.19 | 96% | 2016-10-25 |
| 31318. | lumpy_sloth (lumpy_sloth) | 64.18 | 96% | 2025-05-14 |
| 31319. | Maro C (maro_cd) | 64.18 | 96% | 2024-02-08 |
| 31320. | Karl Petter (trebua) | 64.18 | 91% | 2016-08-17 |
| 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 |