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 |
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| 27992. | Saudah (amatullah2023) | 67.97 | 97% | 2024-03-10 |
| 27993. | rowtide (rowtide) | 67.97 | 94% | 2024-09-26 |
| 27994. | TEA_R (jms2587) | 67.97 | 97% | 2023-02-03 |
| 27995. | Im-at-school-rn (im_at_scho... | 67.97 | 97% | 2024-01-04 |
| 27996. | Stonebreaker (stonebreaker) | 67.97 | 97.7% | 2024-11-12 |
| 27997. | Salman (ronaldweasley1) | 67.97 | 91% | 2016-06-18 |
| 27998. | hooj (hoojamaphut) | 67.96 | 92% | 2012-11-30 |
| 27999. | oldwiz_d6 (oldwiz_d6) | 67.96 | 98% | 2025-03-30 |
| 28000. | carthage (carthage358) | 67.96 | 97% | 2024-11-24 |
| 28001. | Oscarito (oscarsen) | 67.96 | 95% | 2024-05-08 |
| 28002. | Andrew (k04la) | 67.96 | 96.9% | 2024-01-27 |
| 28003. | Dimitris (kredoros) | 67.96 | 96% | 2021-01-06 |
| 28004. | MasterKey (wiyuan) | 67.96 | 95.9% | 2021-02-04 |
| 28005. | Dillon (dillon_p) | 67.96 | 94% | 2020-06-23 |
| 28006. | char (chxrcoal) | 67.96 | 93% | 2019-11-22 |
| 28007. | Aline (wtrddownwtr) | 67.96 | 94% | 2014-01-17 |
| 28008. | Penji (penji) | 67.95 | 96% | 2021-09-13 |
| 28009. | trudes (trudb2) | 67.95 | 94.7% | 2024-05-28 |
| 28010. | Phil (pwbrown) | 67.95 | 96.1% | 2025-01-13 |
| 28011. | fallendog (fallendog) | 67.95 | 96.4% | 2024-05-02 |
| 28012. | bobbejaan (bobbejaan) | 67.95 | 97.6% | 2024-02-02 |
| 28013. | Gaurav (pro_fessor) | 67.95 | 95% | 2024-11-10 |
| 28014. | Speed (rstatapython) | 67.95 | 96% | 2021-02-21 |
| 28015. | Ibrahim (jigglytities) | 67.95 | 96% | 2021-02-27 |
| 28016. | saumil (saumilsdk) | 67.95 | 96% | 2013-09-29 |
| 28017. | Piotr (pitoko) | 67.95 | 95% | 2011-08-02 |
| 28018. | sosic (sosicboy) | 67.94 | 94% | 2025-06-28 |
| 28019. | Savalan (techsavi) | 67.94 | 96.5% | 2025-02-04 |
| 28020. | sparda (kamoess0) | 67.94 | 97% | 2021-05-06 |
| 28021. | Parth (parthdwivedi) | 67.94 | 95% | 2023-01-28 |
| 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 |