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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5476. | Parker (lordbroseidon) | 101.37 | 92% | 2012-10-17 |
| 5477. | anon (drtroywork) | 101.37 | 96% | 2014-11-30 |
| 5478. | Kevin (lin6625) | 101.37 | 99% | 2018-09-01 |
| 5479. | alpha (alphawoman) | 101.36 | 98% | 2022-09-12 |
| 5480. | Krishna (krisis) | 101.36 | 95% | 2014-03-29 |
| 5481. | Yuma (el_yuma) | 101.35 | 99.8% | 2025-04-10 |
| 5482. | Frank (fjdusina) | 101.35 | 97.4% | 2023-12-04 |
| 5483. | Mikko (miksa) | 101.35 | 95% | 2013-02-05 |
| 5484. | TapTapTappy (tomcolemak) | 101.35 | 97% | 2019-01-27 |
| 5485. | Jeff (im_a_chicken) | 101.35 | 96% | 2011-09-02 |
| 5486. | Lawrence (slayerzerg) | 101.33 | 99% | 2024-07-30 |
| 5487. | brackety (brackety) | 101.33 | 99% | 2022-12-16 |
| 5488. | Free (just_free2318) | 101.33 | 98% | 2023-04-22 |
| 5489. | Skones (raf_raf) | 101.33 | 96% | 2024-12-24 |
| 5490. | Hewwo (tytytypeeeee) | 101.33 | 99% | 2023-05-02 |
| 5491. | Grace (kitsumi) | 101.33 | 99% | 2024-05-11 |
| 5492. | hailee (haileegirlypop) | 101.32 | 99.5% | 2024-02-19 |
| 5493. | Tat (puramy) | 101.32 | 98% | 2013-05-04 |
| 5494. | Daniel F (herogeoo) | 101.32 | 93% | 2015-07-12 |
| 5495. | Silva (silvastein) | 101.32 | 97% | 2018-02-12 |
| 5496. | Patrick (galantis) | 101.32 | 95% | 2015-06-18 |
| 5497. | Spookeh (spookeeh) | 101.32 | 93% | 2016-10-28 |
| 5498. | MrTTomato (mrttomato) | 101.32 | 96% | 2012-06-07 |
| 5499. | soved (biglego) | 101.31 | 98% | 2022-06-18 |
| 5500. | Ili (humprawr) | 101.30 | 98% | 2017-02-06 |
| 5501. | 春茶 (pcdurp) | 101.30 | 98% | 2017-10-07 |
| 5502. | Zagorath (zagorath) | 101.30 | 96% | 2014-07-14 |
| 5503. | Jeremy (fatcj) | 101.30 | 98% | 2011-05-07 |
| 5504. | candid (candidchip) | 101.29 | 98% | 2025-01-10 |
| 5505. | Jin (jin_kx) | 101.29 | 95% | 2015-03-07 |
| 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 |