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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23361. | Drawer (accouchement) | 72.36 | 96.7% | 2023-12-01 |
| 23362. | trace (tracevining) | 72.36 | 93% | 2015-11-20 |
| 23363. | mrklein (mrklein) | 72.36 | 96% | 2020-01-27 |
| 23364. | Deon (deonoxivar) | 72.36 | — | 2010-10-31 |
| 23365. | Anthony (100real) | 72.36 | 93% | 2016-10-06 |
| 23366. | Suddsy (suddsy123) | 72.36 | 95% | 2019-08-24 |
| 23367. | Kunal (agarwaltechniques) | 72.36 | 95% | 2014-04-03 |
| 23368. | ryan (heilong1337) | 72.35 | 97% | 2021-05-21 |
| 23369. | programmylife (programmylife) | 72.35 | 97.2% | 2025-01-21 |
| 23370. | Loucas Stylianou (loukkis91) | 72.35 | 97.7% | 2025-03-15 |
| 23371. | Nico Yan (nicoyan) | 72.35 | 95.5% | 2024-03-04 |
| 23372. | helen (helen624) | 72.35 | 93% | 2012-12-08 |
| 23373. | Brad (godspeed99) | 72.35 | 97% | 2022-03-03 |
| 23374. | S0R4 (omniores22) | 72.35 | 97% | 2021-09-24 |
| 23375. | Lewis (lewisisabo) | 72.35 | 95% | 2022-04-03 |
| 23376. | Chalres (charleschrist) | 72.35 | 98% | 2019-01-03 |
| 23377. | asianxeggroll (asianxeggrolll) | 72.34 | 97% | 2025-05-27 |
| 23378. | Nareus (nareus) | 72.34 | 98% | 2025-04-03 |
| 23379. | Legion (legion5000) | 72.34 | 95.6% | 2025-04-07 |
| 23380. | Allen (xiiaan) | 72.34 | 96% | 2025-01-26 |
| 23381. | blumats (blumats) | 72.34 | 97% | 2024-10-28 |
| 23382. | Splunky (splunkyyy) | 72.34 | 95% | 2024-07-14 |
| 23383. | Marcin (quenthel) | 72.34 | 98% | 2024-05-02 |
| 23384. | sailveron (sailveron) | 72.34 | 95% | 2021-07-11 |
| 23385. | Ellie (sluis9_halmak) | 72.34 | 97% | 2024-10-08 |
| 23386. | Kokis (kokis) | 72.34 | 95% | 2019-11-25 |
| 23387. | Kris (kriisp) | 72.34 | — | 2010-11-17 |
| 23388. | Wenbo (zwb1988) | 72.34 | 92% | 2015-12-03 |
| 23389. | Goethe (kiwon) | 72.34 | — | 2010-10-01 |
| 23390. | HehTheHuh (heh_the_huh) | 72.33 | 97% | 2024-11-15 |
| 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 |