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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27985. | Edmilson (milson602) | 68.10 | 95.9% | 2024-11-23 |
| 27986. | Glaudio (grendise) | 68.10 | 97% | 2017-09-01 |
| 27987. | Andrew (treeloop) | 68.10 | 95% | 2018-06-20 |
| 27988. | Dan (randoone) | 68.10 | 93% | 2013-09-16 |
| 27989. | Yarly (yarlyy) | 68.10 | 97% | 2019-06-22 |
| 27990. | bich (play_girl1881) | 68.10 | 96% | 2012-02-12 |
| 27991. | brooklyn (raise_the_bar) | 68.10 | 94% | 2013-01-07 |
| 27992. | J (gotanysmores) | 68.09 | 95% | 2025-04-25 |
| 27993. | Midnight (midnightrevenger) | 68.09 | 90% | 2017-02-17 |
| 27994. | theoneaboveall (dixitgarg) | 68.09 | 95.7% | 2024-05-17 |
| 27995. | Steven (chen19960615) | 68.09 | 93% | 2015-12-17 |
| 27996. | Daniel (d_tye__) | 68.09 | 95% | 2018-10-10 |
| 27997. | Jonathan (jonathanthejelly) | 68.09 | 97% | 2018-01-01 |
| 27998. | Victor (mcturtleo) | 68.09 | 94% | 2019-01-11 |
| 27999. | Apriores (apriores) | 68.09 | — | 2010-09-04 |
| 28000. | SR400 (goldwing1119) | 68.09 | 94% | 2014-04-30 |
| 28001. | gemini_moons (gemini_moons) | 68.08 | 96.9% | 2024-04-24 |
| 28002. | Dheerendra (dheerendra002) | 68.08 | 95% | 2024-12-19 |
| 28003. | HackerBoy (hackerboy1324) | 68.08 | 97% | 2018-04-16 |
| 28004. | Jongus (lizzoslunchbox) | 68.08 | 96% | 2023-03-09 |
| 28005. | Tiya (thortilla86) | 68.08 | 96% | 2024-04-03 |
| 28006. | Saad (saadeldeen) | 68.08 | 95% | 2021-09-13 |
| 28007. | T-Money (bigboydragon) | 68.08 | 95% | 2023-08-27 |
| 28008. | andy (sushimomma) | 68.08 | 95% | 2015-10-13 |
| 28009. | Andreas (addekallstrom) | 68.08 | 90% | 2015-02-13 |
| 28010. | sytek (sytek28) | 68.08 | 99% | 2015-08-20 |
| 28011. | Larry (redbarron12) | 68.07 | 97.7% | 2024-03-14 |
| 28012. | Nhan (stonevcandy) | 68.07 | 97% | 2024-06-07 |
| 28013. | Some (kenechi) | 68.07 | 95.3% | 2024-08-15 |
| 28014. | James (iyeuou) | 68.07 | 95.1% | 2023-11-13 |
| 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 |