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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40517. | Nehal (nehal212) | 56.37 | 94% | 2024-03-28 |
| 40518. | Tanuj (tanuj_m) | 56.37 | 93.7% | 2024-09-05 |
| 40519. | Ardison (ard_dvorak_ison) | 56.37 | 97% | 2019-03-05 |
| 40520. | suviwilson (suviwilson) | 56.37 | 95% | 2025-04-21 |
| 40521. | Nursultan (nursultan23) | 56.37 | 95% | 2021-11-02 |
| 40522. | Abhishek (n314159) | 56.37 | 92% | 2011-05-22 |
| 40523. | Samantha (bradswifey2010) | 56.37 | 93% | 2012-09-06 |
| 40524. | siddhant (ackermanlevi) | 56.36 | 98.3% | 2025-05-13 |
| 40525. | Killer101 (xxkiller101xx) | 56.36 | 94.9% | 2024-02-12 |
| 40526. | ben (benguyen77) | 56.36 | 92.9% | 2024-09-13 |
| 40527. | Ay (priv_type) | 56.36 | 95% | 2024-11-07 |
| 40528. | Aluka Bhanu Praksh (bhanuyk... | 56.36 | 96% | 2023-12-24 |
| 40529. | Viktor (buxata) | 56.36 | 93.8% | 2024-11-14 |
| 40530. | Alan (alanmv01) | 56.36 | 97.3% | 2024-08-02 |
| 40531. | ಠ_ಠ (1phoenix1) | 56.36 | 92% | 2011-08-03 |
| 40532. | kian (aryanboy) | 56.36 | 97% | 2012-01-20 |
| 40533. | Gabriele (the_dragon_uorrior) | 56.35 | 97% | 2024-03-03 |
| 40534. | mr. noob (the_noob_3000) | 56.35 | 93% | 2024-09-09 |
| 40535. | Dave (davethreed) | 56.35 | 94.4% | 2024-04-27 |
| 40536. | Leo Janry (ljanre) | 56.35 | 96.8% | 2024-07-29 |
| 40537. | Will (wcapp23) | 56.35 | 96% | 2024-07-15 |
| 40538. | philko32 (philko32) | 56.35 | 96.7% | 2024-02-09 |
| 40539. | Hassan (hm2019) | 56.35 | 96% | 2022-08-26 |
| 40540. | Sharif (sharif_01) | 56.35 | 96% | 2022-09-17 |
| 40541. | Aneesh (aneeshrbhat) | 56.35 | 96.3% | 2024-11-17 |
| 40542. | Pena (pena_perse) | 56.35 | 95.8% | 2024-07-28 |
| 40543. | Alex (sano7748) | 56.35 | 98% | 2017-09-27 |
| 40544. | vicky (vickyy) | 56.35 | — | 2010-09-02 |
| 40545. | Nick (krown) | 56.34 | — | 2011-02-01 |
| 40546. | smilelamp99 (smilelamp99) | 56.34 | 95.9% | 2025-04-05 |
| 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 |