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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15365. | pap (papasi) | 82.77 | 98% | 2013-10-01 |
| 15366. | Courtney (courtney_p86) | 82.77 | 97% | 2012-11-04 |
| 15367. | David (dgiddens928) | 82.76 | 97% | 2025-09-20 |
| 15368. | Destinniii (saadgodly) | 82.76 | 95% | 2021-04-02 |
| 15369. | flaskur (flaskur) | 82.76 | 98% | 2021-01-27 |
| 15370. | DeeFly (deefly) | 82.76 | 96% | 2019-12-04 |
| 15371. | Annonymous (shahzad458) | 82.76 | 94% | 2015-04-11 |
| 15372. | Joe (rocco53) | 82.76 | — | 2010-09-22 |
| 15373. | Joshua (bigj0sh) | 82.76 | 98% | 2016-01-27 |
| 15374. | Francisco (franciscotii) | 82.75 | 97% | 2024-06-17 |
| 15375. | hot (hotsingle) | 82.75 | 98.3% | 2023-12-10 |
| 15376. | use an appropriate name (ar... | 82.75 | 97.3% | 2023-12-04 |
| 15377. | Shaur (shaur_herng) | 82.75 | 97.1% | 2023-11-29 |
| 15378. | decaG0N (iam_rock) | 82.75 | 96.3% | 2024-03-13 |
| 15379. | Georgi (cybersicherheit) | 82.75 | 95% | 2015-04-03 |
| 15380. | Spaaaaaagheti (spagheti) | 82.75 | 96% | 2019-07-23 |
| 15381. | i am the best (kzara6) | 82.74 | 97% | 2025-04-26 |
| 15382. | Sven (svendiamond) | 82.74 | 97% | 2019-10-06 |
| 15383. | Lionel Messi (toxir) | 82.74 | 98.1% | 2024-11-09 |
| 15384. | Tae (fartbox18) | 82.74 | 98% | 2021-12-08 |
| 15385. | Stephen (nothamlet) | 82.74 | 99% | 2019-03-26 |
| 15386. | n00b (gimape07) | 82.74 | 97.6% | 2024-01-15 |
| 15387. | storm-gg (waytooclose) | 82.74 | 100% | 2017-03-10 |
| 15388. | Hung (hungbui081189) | 82.74 | 97% | 2013-04-10 |
| 15389. | aadhavan (to90percentile) | 82.73 | 98% | 2025-08-06 |
| 15390. | Vaibhav (vaibhav3051) | 82.73 | 97.9% | 2024-09-12 |
| 15391. | Levi (leviberdin91) | 82.73 | 97% | 2019-09-16 |
| 15392. | Victor (erick45642) | 82.73 | 95.9% | 2024-01-09 |
| 15393. | LEntless (lentless) | 82.73 | 98% | 2017-09-23 |
| 15394. | javed (m.javediqbal51214@gm... | 82.73 | 96% | 2017-06-11 |
| 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 |