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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20233. | Osei (oseitutujr) | 76.12 | 99% | 2025-04-19 |
| 20234. | Raphael (stealthwolf) | 76.12 | 98% | 2015-09-13 |
| 20235. | Tyrone MG (tmgtmgtmg) | 76.12 | 97.3% | 2024-05-17 |
| 20236. | Finnegan (saengim) | 76.12 | 96% | 2022-09-30 |
| 20237. | cliff (clifflee14281428) | 76.12 | 97% | 2024-07-19 |
| 20238. | Alex (alexn) | 76.12 | 94% | 2015-05-30 |
| 20239. | Yucheol (yucheol) | 76.12 | 96% | 2020-01-13 |
| 20240. | Byron (byrontan) | 76.12 | 95% | 2021-02-09 |
| 20241. | Jonathan (techypanda) | 76.12 | 94% | 2017-10-27 |
| 20242. | ethiopianing (ethiopianing) | 76.11 | 96.2% | 2024-05-14 |
| 20243. | Rex (rexellington) | 76.11 | 96% | 2023-09-11 |
| 20244. | wjc1512 (wjc1512) | 76.11 | 96.7% | 2023-11-26 |
| 20245. | Osteicht (osteicht_7891) | 76.11 | 96% | 2024-01-04 |
| 20246. | Naba (naba0224) | 76.11 | 98% | 2019-12-17 |
| 20247. | Chim (window) | 76.11 | — | 2011-03-31 |
| 20248. | Quibz (white_fire) | 76.11 | 97% | 2017-10-16 |
| 20249. | Gui (gui1802) | 76.10 | 97% | 2019-02-14 |
| 20250. | K. Turner (ms_kturner) | 76.10 | 98% | 2025-04-01 |
| 20251. | Seapea (seapea2) | 76.10 | 96% | 2024-09-17 |
| 20252. | Quill (e_typer1) | 76.10 | 97% | 2025-01-28 |
| 20253. | Riley (nulll) | 76.10 | 97% | 2023-03-29 |
| 20254. | Joseph (appledood123) | 76.10 | 96% | 2021-12-08 |
| 20255. | JoshTheBear19 (joshthebear) | 76.10 | 97.3% | 2024-01-18 |
| 20256. | Amir (wolf_19) | 76.10 | 98% | 2017-08-30 |
| 20257. | ザク (dzak3) | 76.10 | 97% | 2016-08-07 |
| 20258. | Mitchell (jon159357) | 76.09 | 96% | 2015-06-22 |
| 20259. | jfan (juliafan) | 76.09 | 97% | 2024-07-18 |
| 20260. | Idlesloth (idlesloth) | 76.09 | 97% | 2025-02-23 |
| 20261. | RamboII (ramboii) | 76.09 | 98.6% | 2024-01-10 |
| 20262. | Nick (neepwithin) | 76.09 | 98% | 2021-08-31 |
| 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 |