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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40020. | Jope (jope) | 53.32 | 92.3% | 2024-01-25 |
| 40021. | Dishant (_d_e_v_i_l_) | 53.31 | 96.8% | 2024-09-08 |
| 40022. | rosa (heftsiba) | 53.31 | 97% | 2025-03-24 |
| 40023. | rosemoon (therosemoon) | 53.31 | 96% | 2024-05-07 |
| 40024. | minhaz (minhazm) | 53.31 | 96% | 2024-12-15 |
| 40025. | chintan (00chintan00) | 53.31 | 94% | 2024-03-18 |
| 40026. | zura (madafaq) | 53.31 | 96% | 2024-08-10 |
| 40027. | Free Palestine (ahmedhosni) | 53.31 | 94.4% | 2024-05-30 |
| 40028. | Robert (robertmhf) | 53.31 | 95% | 2013-01-03 |
| 40029. | linkerl (linkerl) | 53.30 | 99% | 2024-07-19 |
| 40030. | Praveen (praveenkj) | 53.30 | 96% | 2016-12-23 |
| 40031. | zoomy (zoomypenguin) | 53.30 | 95% | 2024-04-17 |
| 40032. | airil (airilsra) | 53.30 | 97% | 2017-09-15 |
| 40033. | Van (vanradius) | 53.30 | 95% | 2022-02-14 |
| 40034. | Simon (neoneye2) | 53.30 | 96.7% | 2023-12-26 |
| 40035. | Robert (rinnyzerg) | 53.30 | 90% | 2013-05-02 |
| 40036. | typingtotheend (typingtothe... | 53.29 | 96% | 2022-12-02 |
| 40037. | harpoon (harpoonmaster) | 53.29 | 96% | 2025-03-19 |
| 40038. | ptsheeran (ptsheeran) | 53.29 | 95% | 2024-01-12 |
| 40039. | naige (pnolan55) | 53.29 | 93.4% | 2024-11-22 |
| 40040. | 1 (mutse) | 53.29 | 93% | 2023-03-13 |
| 40041. | Azerty (_azerty_) | 53.29 | 94% | 2020-12-27 |
| 40042. | Tamup (tamup) | 53.29 | 95.7% | 2021-02-17 |
| 40043. | BonG-YaB (seannsen) | 53.29 | 89% | 2012-04-10 |
| 40044. | M (bravoecho) | 53.29 | 97% | 2012-04-19 |
| 40045. | serbs (serba) | 53.28 | 95% | 2025-05-16 |
| 40046. | Type Monkey333 (typemonkey333) | 53.28 | 94% | 2024-09-06 |
| 40047. | Carolina (carolina_) | 53.28 | 95% | 2024-08-04 |
| 40048. | bigbootylatinas4life (bigbo... | 53.28 | 92% | 2024-08-14 |
| 40049. | l (q_bit) | 53.28 | 94% | 2016-08-07 |
| 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 |