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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14315. | Ben (waddy105) | 83.64 | 97.9% | 2023-11-19 |
| 14316. | Joël (bongo13) | 83.64 | 98% | 2021-01-17 |
| 14317. | Rubina-using this site afte... | 83.64 | 95% | 2011-06-22 |
| 14318. | Katie (kclark) | 83.64 | — | 2010-10-20 |
| 14319. | SpeedRacer (speed_racer3) | 83.63 | 98% | 2024-06-30 |
| 14320. | Manmohan (re1konn) | 83.63 | 98% | 2024-12-04 |
| 14321. | Zeb (dawnchild) | 83.63 | 97.1% | 2024-08-26 |
| 14322. | cav (cavempty) | 83.63 | 96% | 2024-01-31 |
| 14323. | Brytato (brytayto) | 83.63 | 97.3% | 2023-12-15 |
| 14324. | dirty_qwerty (soapfish) | 83.63 | 99% | 2022-07-13 |
| 14325. | spacegoose (spaceg00se) | 83.63 | 97% | 2021-05-21 |
| 14326. | Brandon (bjggut3) | 83.63 | 97% | 2013-06-27 |
| 14327. | Stephen (srdiamond) | 83.63 | — | 2010-07-01 |
| 14328. | using colemak (learning_col... | 83.63 | 96% | 2012-10-17 |
| 14329. | Sriram (sriram1994) | 83.62 | 100% | 2023-02-03 |
| 14330. | Hakan (wauxhall) | 83.62 | 97% | 2012-02-27 |
| 14331. | Prabhav Agrawal (prabhavagr... | 83.61 | 97% | 2024-05-07 |
| 14332. | SP (sp1618) | 83.61 | 98.8% | 2025-06-03 |
| 14333. | William (astronaut98) | 83.61 | 97% | 2020-05-08 |
| 14334. | Pink Memetchi (pinkmemetchi) | 83.61 | 95% | 2013-07-25 |
| 14335. | Hunter (hunter_5mith) | 83.61 | 97% | 2020-03-21 |
| 14336. | Naor (naorcotev) | 83.61 | 97% | 2023-03-30 |
| 14337. | Isaac (doodle_eldood) | 83.61 | 98% | 2021-03-24 |
| 14338. | MightyJabba (icruise) | 83.61 | 98% | 2019-06-09 |
| 14339. | Afador (dog666) | 83.61 | 99% | 2013-04-28 |
| 14340. | Titel (andrewh) | 83.61 | 98% | 2016-07-01 |
| 14341. | Meh Zall (mehzall) | 83.60 | 98% | 2021-06-04 |
| 14342. | delia (deliadelala) | 83.60 | 97% | 2024-04-21 |
| 14343. | pabby (pabby123) | 83.60 | 97.9% | 2023-11-17 |
| 14344. | wingman41 (wingman41) | 83.60 | 97% | 2022-07-07 |
| 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 |