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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20078. | Armon (airtyper_11) | 75.58 | 95% | 2021-05-11 |
| 20079. | Typo (onenhero) | 75.58 | 96% | 2011-07-05 |
| 20080. | Vittal (vittalgpai) | 75.58 | 93% | 2017-04-21 |
| 20081. | Susie (susieq22) | 75.58 | 94% | 2018-02-04 |
| 20082. | PBH (pbh19950) | 75.58 | 94% | 2014-10-11 |
| 20083. | Maxim (maxim_rml1) | 75.57 | 95% | 2025-03-25 |
| 20084. | Cosmic21 (illicitly) | 75.57 | 98% | 2024-12-30 |
| 20085. | goncho25 (gontype123) | 75.57 | 98.6% | 2024-11-27 |
| 20086. | Reverb (reverb_ac) | 75.57 | 96% | 2021-09-28 |
| 20087. | Shreyas (shreyastalathi) | 75.57 | 96.2% | 2024-12-05 |
| 20088. | chabasakina (chabasakinatr) | 75.57 | 97% | 2016-07-07 |
| 20089. | Kentaro (kentaroakao) | 75.57 | 97% | 2017-07-18 |
| 20090. | Aimz (aimizzle) | 75.57 | 90% | 2014-05-26 |
| 20091. | Tiago (tvilhena) | 75.57 | 96% | 2015-03-23 |
| 20092. | ﻋﺎﻁﻑ (luckyfrazz) | 75.57 | — | 2010-06-14 |
| 20093. | John (jgrasso4) | 75.57 | 98% | 2017-08-04 |
| 20094. | Scott mc (scottmcfarland) | 75.56 | 96% | 2025-04-24 |
| 20095. | saam4 (saam4) | 75.56 | 97.7% | 2024-12-22 |
| 20096. | Marty (marty_pickles) | 75.56 | 95.8% | 2023-12-08 |
| 20097. | allthesepollitos (allthesep... | 75.56 | 98% | 2024-07-24 |
| 20098. | Bnwp02s (donquixote37) | 75.56 | 98% | 2024-05-09 |
| 20099. | (zesty11) | 75.56 | 95% | 2020-03-01 |
| 20100. | Juan (jvrasmatas) | 75.55 | 96% | 2024-10-15 |
| 20101. | Christopher M Cichielo (cci... | 75.55 | 97.4% | 2024-04-08 |
| 20102. | yaldo (imagine_not_typing_f... | 75.55 | 96% | 2022-10-07 |
| 20103. | Ray (ray_maddox) | 75.55 | 98% | 2020-04-18 |
| 20104. | Erik (ezhou21) | 75.55 | 96% | 2022-01-28 |
| 20105. | Mandy (itsmandy) | 75.55 | 93% | 2016-04-20 |
| 20106. | Neil (neilharbin0) | 75.55 | 97% | 2018-08-27 |
| 20107. | Nancy (ladysarissa) | 75.55 | 95% | 2014-08-01 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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| 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 |