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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2230. | Leia (s_leia) | 115.38 | 97.9% | 2023-11-27 |
| 2231. | Gravity (gravityshark) | 115.37 | 99% | 2024-05-14 |
| 2232. | 🌸Peaches & Cream (easy_g... | 115.37 | 99% | 2022-03-31 |
| 2233. | destinesia (destinesia) | 115.36 | 95% | 2011-08-03 |
| 2234. | Travis (sixen) | 115.35 | 96% | 2012-12-23 |
| 2235. | . (speedyant) | 115.35 | 99% | 2019-08-31 |
| 2236. | TARTARUS (tartaruss66) | 115.34 | 98% | 2024-05-27 |
| 2237. | übermensch (ubermensch0) | 115.33 | 97% | 2024-08-31 |
| 2238. | Kathryn (grace6446) | 115.33 | 99% | 2017-06-05 |
| 2239. | Sleebz (selbon) | 115.33 | 97% | 2014-03-05 |
| 2240. | . (darkis) | 115.32 | 96% | 2022-10-31 |
| 2241. | pear_in_prayer (panama_) | 115.31 | 97.7% | 2023-11-14 |
| 2242. | Brad (roboto) | 115.31 | — | 2011-01-03 |
| 2243. | ilfordd (ilfordd) | 115.30 | 98.6% | 2023-11-28 |
| 2244. | Hakujou (hakujou) | 115.30 | 96% | 2014-11-28 |
| 2245. | anna (annazhao) | 115.30 | 97% | 2019-05-23 |
| 2246. | (sputype) | 115.29 | 99.3% | 2024-12-11 |
| 2247. | Don (dwee456) | 115.28 | 98% | 2015-04-23 |
| 2248. | Fish (fish753) | 115.28 | 100% | 2018-03-08 |
| 2249. | Cool and (lordofthedance) | 115.27 | 98% | 2018-07-26 |
| 2250. | Jerm (jtang56) | 115.27 | 96% | 2016-07-13 |
| 2251. | ksoch (ksoch_) | 115.25 | — | 2010-06-30 |
| 2252. | ★ (eternalsoldier) | 115.25 | 98% | 2011-09-24 |
| 2253. | timberdoodle (timberdoodle) | 115.24 | 98% | 2025-01-29 |
| 2254. | Perlinfall (perlinfall) | 115.22 | 98.1% | 2024-09-15 |
| 2255. | Ryan (fyyar) | 115.22 | 99% | 2018-08-26 |
| 2256. | Jamie Muir (nalarium) | 115.21 | 97.8% | 2025-04-06 |
| 2257. | Angry (magnuscarlsbad) | 115.21 | 98% | 2023-07-10 |
| 2258. | Pekora 🐰 (0waify) | 115.21 | 97% | 2022-02-13 |
| 2259. | Lapis (lapis_pislapis) | 115.21 | 98% | 2021-08-10 |
| 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 |