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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36293. | Osso (wazeos) | 61.24 | 96% | 2023-12-18 |
| 36294. | Alex (hakshinken) | 61.24 | 97% | 2014-11-24 |
| 36295. | Laird (lairdandrew) | 61.24 | 91% | 2016-11-09 |
| 36296. | Chris (checkmateman) | 61.24 | 96% | 2016-09-12 |
| 36297. | Tomas (winnfield) | 61.24 | 93% | 2014-05-03 |
| 36298. | Hieu (hieule) | 61.24 | 92% | 2011-06-11 |
| 36299. | gerda (koekenpan538) | 61.23 | 95% | 2025-10-03 |
| 36300. | hotsauce4dayz (khumbs11) | 61.23 | 97.6% | 2024-11-19 |
| 36301. | Gogetassjblue (gogetassjblue) | 61.23 | 96% | 2025-06-11 |
| 36302. | Heinrich_shi (heinrich_shi) | 61.23 | 96% | 2024-05-03 |
| 36303. | joeL (3091472) | 61.23 | 96.2% | 2024-02-02 |
| 36304. | vaibhav (india_wins) | 61.23 | 93.4% | 2024-04-08 |
| 36305. | Dennis (dennisraymac) | 61.23 | 98% | 2024-04-16 |
| 36306. | hollow_wings (hollow_wings) | 61.23 | 93.9% | 2023-05-18 |
| 36307. | Hazem (zomaaa23) | 61.23 | 95% | 2021-12-25 |
| 36308. | joe (joemama777) | 61.23 | 94% | 2021-02-11 |
| 36309. | Zakhar (3eldu) | 61.22 | 95% | 2020-07-19 |
| 36310. | Syed (sohaib_01) | 61.22 | 97.3% | 2025-05-14 |
| 36311. | spinningD20 (trugate) | 61.22 | 92% | 2012-10-08 |
| 36312. | Mohammedali (byte_wizzard) | 61.22 | 95% | 2023-08-24 |
| 36313. | David (davethan05) | 61.22 | 96.3% | 2024-09-19 |
| 36314. | Dakota (dmcconnell95) | 61.22 | 98% | 2024-11-23 |
| 36315. | Raski (raskis) | 61.22 | 92.8% | 2024-05-05 |
| 36316. | Alex (longlivefin) | 61.22 | 96.5% | 2024-05-02 |
| 36317. | laur (riizeluvr) | 61.22 | 96% | 2023-12-07 |
| 36318. | John (greetings_gentlemen) | 61.22 | 96% | 2021-01-18 |
| 36319. | Noel (oppai) | 61.22 | 88% | 2012-10-02 |
| 36320. | seraph (xseraph) | 61.21 | 97% | 2021-08-20 |
| 36321. | Andrei (a_learns_kinesis) | 61.21 | 96.6% | 2024-05-18 |
| 36322. | Doppio (doppioo) | 61.21 | 97% | 2025-02-27 |
| 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 |