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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41983. | Tomemaas (teo717) | 54.62 | 97% | 2023-06-23 |
| 41984. | Jojo (zuckerlolly) | 54.62 | 97% | 2024-08-07 |
| 41985. | David (dvdjoh) | 54.62 | 89% | 2013-12-13 |
| 41986. | bhavesh (bhanucsgo) | 54.62 | 97% | 2022-06-03 |
| 41987. | loeydondo (loeydondo) | 54.62 | 94.7% | 2023-11-16 |
| 41988. | Veein (veein) | 54.62 | 93% | 2012-03-26 |
| 41989. | khanh (khanhthien) | 54.62 | 94% | 2012-04-25 |
| 41990. | FurysLeftEye (furyslefteye) | 54.61 | 94.3% | 2024-09-04 |
| 41991. | Pete (petenick) | 54.61 | 99% | 2025-02-13 |
| 41992. | Aidan (aidan_mueller) | 54.61 | 96% | 2025-02-05 |
| 41993. | Luna (lunasenshi) | 54.61 | 95% | 2024-10-20 |
| 41994. | Carlos Cuello (speeddemonca... | 54.61 | 95% | 2022-08-29 |
| 41995. | Cooper (tancoop) | 54.61 | 90% | 2017-02-15 |
| 41996. | Nick (nrxz) | 54.61 | 95% | 2011-11-28 |
| 41997. | starvig (thomshi) | 54.61 | 95% | 2018-06-06 |
| 41998. | Steven (steven_s) | 54.61 | 96% | 2015-03-31 |
| 41999. | Diogenes (adarshchandra) | 54.60 | 94% | 2020-12-23 |
| 42000. | salama (salama09) | 54.60 | 97% | 2023-12-31 |
| 42001. | Rikey (reycon) | 54.60 | 96.3% | 2024-04-18 |
| 42002. | Chlo (txxxcstar) | 54.60 | 95% | 2020-05-05 |
| 42003. | Andrea (and_2003) | 54.60 | 96% | 2023-05-10 |
| 42004. | Chris (chrisie) | 54.60 | 96% | 2019-11-05 |
| 42005. | Amit (amitvlct) | 54.60 | 95% | 2014-04-18 |
| 42006. | Pra (prahat) | 54.59 | 98% | 2025-05-31 |
| 42007. | Purpura (purpura_torrentis) | 54.59 | 96% | 2025-10-25 |
| 42008. | jameschungus (jameschungus) | 54.59 | 94% | 2025-09-26 |
| 42009. | Ethan (ninjafingers1) | 54.59 | 96% | 2021-02-24 |
| 42010. | Jacob (jmbogo19) | 54.59 | 96% | 2021-06-24 |
| 42011. | yeogi (yeogi) | 54.59 | 96% | 2021-03-23 |
| 42012. | pornima (pornima) | 54.59 | 95% | 2013-11-26 |
| 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 |