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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17562. | Peter (aaubeofcheese) | 79.22 | 97% | 2022-03-25 |
| 17563. | Piotr (piotros) | 79.22 | 96.4% | 2024-07-24 |
| 17564. | Margaret (kangroos) | 79.22 | 91% | 2013-08-13 |
| 17565. | Knut (knutesten) | 79.22 | 95% | 2012-02-02 |
| 17566. | nguyen (nguyenmy) | 79.22 | 97% | 2013-04-10 |
| 17567. | dee (deeda) | 79.21 | 97.5% | 2025-05-25 |
| 17568. | Johann Wolfgang (feeder0120) | 79.21 | 96% | 2025-03-17 |
| 17569. | Trashy (trashyn00b) | 79.21 | 95.9% | 2024-08-08 |
| 17570. | Robert (rezegnated) | 79.21 | 96% | 2024-10-19 |
| 17571. | Kim (kimabarca123) | 79.21 | 97% | 2024-07-06 |
| 17572. | 1asdf (posijab) | 79.21 | 97.4% | 2023-12-04 |
| 17573. | PMC (pmcc) | 79.21 | 97.2% | 2024-12-03 |
| 17574. | tapos (mykdspyk) | 79.21 | — | 2010-12-10 |
| 17575. | perimetro (perimetro20) | 79.21 | 93% | 2017-02-04 |
| 17576. | Lưu (luuanh) | 79.21 | 98% | 2013-03-06 |
| 17577. | Fernando (fermu) | 79.21 | 96% | 2015-11-13 |
| 17578. | Maddy (maddy_23) | 79.20 | 97% | 2025-04-11 |
| 17579. | Samuel (1hotd0gplz) | 79.20 | 96% | 2024-07-26 |
| 17580. | TheKing (theking69) | 79.20 | 98.1% | 2024-01-13 |
| 17581. | Jesse (shadow_typer_monarch) | 79.20 | 97% | 2024-03-25 |
| 17582. | Mark (qwedas09) | 79.20 | 97% | 2019-06-07 |
| 17583. | matt (takatoasti) | 79.20 | 97% | 2019-06-04 |
| 17584. | guest_user9 (guest_user9) | 79.20 | 98.1% | 2024-02-25 |
| 17585. | Francis (francis430) | 79.20 | 97.9% | 2025-02-27 |
| 17586. | shubham (shubham0007) | 79.20 | 97% | 2015-11-10 |
| 17587. | dude (udead1) | 79.20 | 96% | 2020-07-12 |
| 17588. | D-Hunter (xzabuzax) | 79.20 | 97% | 2018-04-05 |
| 17589. | Neil Adrian (destroyer_46) | 79.20 | 96% | 2017-10-07 |
| 17590. | Scrub (scrubfn) | 79.19 | 97% | 2022-06-14 |
| 17591. | Roy (zhow123) | 79.19 | 97% | 2024-08-09 |
| 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 |