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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35379. | RW (rwrw) | 61.04 | 95% | 2024-11-07 |
| 35380. | Kaleb (titanicswell) | 61.04 | 96% | 2018-12-29 |
| 35381. | Renoux (renoux_) | 61.04 | 93.3% | 2021-02-11 |
| 35382. | Katherine (katieo69) | 61.04 | 98% | 2015-02-16 |
| 35383. | Surya (surya_dev_singh) | 61.03 | 98% | 2024-07-13 |
| 35384. | Hey Hey Hey (muhammadtaj2006) | 61.03 | 95.7% | 2025-02-14 |
| 35385. | lin_x (lin_x) | 61.03 | 95.9% | 2025-01-03 |
| 35386. | nicolas (nicbint) | 61.03 | 89% | 2017-02-17 |
| 35387. | mankatanka (mankatanka) | 61.03 | 94% | 2019-05-27 |
| 35388. | Sree (sree341) | 61.03 | 95.7% | 2024-02-02 |
| 35389. | Reef (reefz_2020) | 61.03 | 94% | 2024-04-15 |
| 35390. | Yến (nnt11111991) | 61.03 | 96% | 2014-01-18 |
| 35391. | moanal (moanal) | 61.03 | 95% | 2015-10-01 |
| 35392. | bekanur98 (bekanur98) | 61.03 | 96% | 2019-08-13 |
| 35393. | Hummer (marcus@gmail.com) | 61.03 | 87% | 2015-01-06 |
| 35394. | Yun (ccatky) | 61.03 | 96% | 2012-09-18 |
| 35395. | yujunxiao (jxyu) | 61.02 | 97% | 2025-05-14 |
| 35396. | Pirogrammer (pirogrammer12) | 61.02 | 95% | 2024-04-23 |
| 35397. | Senon (senon) | 61.02 | 94% | 2023-08-02 |
| 35398. | Benji (benjvo) | 61.02 | 95% | 2024-09-27 |
| 35399. | Lewis (the_mysterium) | 61.02 | 95% | 2024-03-10 |
| 35400. | jonathan (john229) | 61.02 | 95% | 2021-10-27 |
| 35401. | Szymon (nomenomen) | 61.02 | 86% | 2016-04-26 |
| 35402. | Steve (steveadams) | 61.02 | 94% | 2013-08-03 |
| 35403. | u15beo (u15beo) | 61.01 | 95% | 2025-05-02 |
| 35404. | SteelArg (steelarg) | 61.01 | 97% | 2025-06-03 |
| 35405. | マルブ (malvz_) | 61.01 | 95.7% | 2025-05-08 |
| 35406. | fleeping (fleeping) | 61.01 | 95.3% | 2025-02-04 |
| 35407. | Abdelrahman Khaled (abdelra... | 61.01 | 97.1% | 2023-11-28 |
| 35408. | edward (edwardkarra) | 61.01 | 96% | 2025-08-23 |
| 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 |