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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22153. | Neutral (neutral77) | 74.94 | 96.7% | 2024-01-13 |
| 22154. | Sayan (sayan_c) | 74.94 | 96.3% | 2025-02-01 |
| 22155. | Neil (neil298) | 74.94 | 97% | 2022-03-10 |
| 22156. | mooth (sooruva) | 74.94 | 95% | 2021-05-17 |
| 22157. | Cookie (ashlynn_t) | 74.94 | 97% | 2024-05-08 |
| 22158. | Austin (thisissugar) | 74.94 | 91% | 2012-08-30 |
| 22159. | Hussain (malik1122) | 74.94 | 95% | 2015-02-06 |
| 22160. | Marcey (pearlymarcey) | 74.94 | — | 2010-10-22 |
| 22161. | Eric (edluu) | 74.94 | 88% | 2012-12-06 |
| 22162. | Rosmi (rosmi) | 74.93 | 96.6% | 2025-05-11 |
| 22163. | Zeth (7zeth7) | 74.93 | 96.4% | 2025-02-12 |
| 22164. | Hamas Egypt (mohamedadel2000) | 74.93 | 96.5% | 2024-12-17 |
| 22165. | Jav (jav77) | 74.93 | 97% | 2025-05-23 |
| 22166. | Daniel (sirwatson) | 74.93 | 98% | 2021-01-11 |
| 22167. | LinKz (linkz) | 74.93 | 95% | 2015-05-22 |
| 22168. | Juilan (feenyjr) | 74.93 | 96% | 2017-12-16 |
| 22169. | wildebeest3 (wildebeest3) | 74.92 | 99% | 2025-05-13 |
| 22170. | neoarray (neoarray) | 74.92 | 95.9% | 2024-07-30 |
| 22171. | Delurius (12xxneuxx12) | 74.92 | 97% | 2024-04-14 |
| 22172. | Rubin (rubintypes) | 74.92 | 97% | 2021-12-28 |
| 22173. | Pryl (pryl) | 74.92 | 98% | 2021-09-28 |
| 22174. | Ricardo (baolong9911) | 74.92 | 97% | 2025-10-03 |
| 22175. | KappaPride (frozen956) | 74.92 | 88% | 2015-12-18 |
| 22176. | e (vapingcamel) | 74.92 | 96% | 2020-06-29 |
| 22177. | de_troit (de_troit) | 74.92 | 95% | 2012-10-26 |
| 22178. | Nor (nor9864) | 74.92 | 89% | 2016-12-11 |
| 22179. | Bignamus (bignamus) | 74.91 | 97% | 2025-04-30 |
| 22180. | Thomas Shelby (xchandaiki1) | 74.91 | 96% | 2025-06-27 |
| 22181. | Jacob (werjac) | 74.91 | 95.6% | 2024-06-26 |
| 22182. | Kalinksu (kalinksu) | 74.91 | 97.5% | 2024-04-25 |
| 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 |