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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18799. | Jacquees (ganasha) | 77.57 | 97% | 2019-10-01 |
| 18800. | christopher "crash" (christ... | 77.57 | 96% | 2012-04-26 |
| 18801. | Lolhops ㅇㅅㅇ (glenipl) | 77.57 | 94% | 2014-11-11 |
| 18802. | Christian Ian (csalas) | 77.57 | 97% | 2011-10-06 |
| 18803. | Aditya (skymanaditya1) | 77.56 | 93% | 2017-05-10 |
| 18804. | reaper (_reaper_) | 77.55 | 97% | 2024-09-28 |
| 18805. | Rewind (rewindnuclear) | 77.55 | 95.4% | 2024-10-15 |
| 18806. | Hemant Prajapat (hemant_701) | 77.55 | 96.3% | 2024-09-27 |
| 18807. | typer (typermid) | 77.55 | 97% | 2023-07-08 |
| 18808. | Hefty (hefty001) | 77.55 | 97% | 2023-04-10 |
| 18809. | GaMeSDST (gamesdst) | 77.55 | 95.5% | 2023-10-01 |
| 18810. | korpoa (korpoa) | 77.55 | 98% | 2025-01-01 |
| 18811. | InCredH (harsh_hegishte) | 77.55 | 97% | 2021-11-13 |
| 18812. | John (phamone) | 77.55 | 95% | 2014-03-29 |
| 18813. | zasu (ehmmkay) | 77.55 | 94% | 2012-11-13 |
| 18814. | Puneet (puneet28) | 77.55 | 98% | 2017-08-17 |
| 18815. | Turtle Hermit (turtle_hermit) | 77.54 | 97% | 2025-05-29 |
| 18816. | Joaquin Fernández (joaco2408) | 77.54 | 96% | 2024-05-03 |
| 18817. | s1mprog (muhammadsolikh) | 77.54 | 96% | 2024-12-13 |
| 18818. | Ethan Payne (ethpayne) | 77.54 | 98.1% | 2024-03-31 |
| 18819. | Nikolaus (niko1419) | 77.54 | 95.4% | 2024-06-22 |
| 18820. | Nelson (nellyspageli) | 77.54 | 96% | 2011-07-21 |
| 18821. | patoo (jiahao8) | 77.54 | 97% | 2021-07-21 |
| 18822. | Mitchell (mitchell721) | 77.54 | 96% | 2021-06-24 |
| 18823. | Raikozu (raikozu) | 77.54 | — | 2010-06-22 |
| 18824. | Drew (nelstrom) | 77.54 | — | 2011-03-04 |
| 18825. | Henrik (henke121) | 77.54 | 96% | 2019-12-06 |
| 18826. | MingLee (thegreatestho) | 77.53 | 90% | 2015-09-25 |
| 18827. | siraphat (lawiet975) | 77.53 | 95.9% | 2024-09-15 |
| 18828. | Kenneth (kburgs) | 77.53 | 97% | 2024-05-01 |
| 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 |