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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23584. | Lord Summerisle (summerisle) | 74.05 | 96.6% | 2024-11-26 |
| 23585. | a (_cpx) | 74.05 | 98% | 2024-08-21 |
| 23586. | Gronkaal (gronkaal) | 74.05 | 96.4% | 2024-04-04 |
| 23587. | sunnyoon (sunnyoon) | 74.05 | 97% | 2023-11-22 |
| 23588. | Bennie (punitive_medal) | 74.05 | 97.6% | 2023-11-14 |
| 23589. | luca (luc_vr_04) | 74.05 | 96% | 2020-03-16 |
| 23590. | Buiman001 (buiman001) | 74.05 | 95% | 2018-07-06 |
| 23591. | aditya (21112011) | 74.04 | 96.9% | 2024-09-20 |
| 23592. | The_guy (the_great_guy) | 74.04 | 96% | 2024-01-03 |
| 23593. | Phirom (mc_rum_love_69) | 74.04 | 97% | 2023-12-05 |
| 23594. | kareem (ringsofsilence) | 74.04 | 97% | 2019-02-17 |
| 23595. | spaceraccoon (coders_lord) | 74.04 | 96% | 2023-01-17 |
| 23596. | rx (rxxc) | 74.04 | 97.7% | 2023-11-29 |
| 23597. | I'm five years old (boomsy) | 74.04 | 95% | 2011-11-26 |
| 23598. | Andy (andy_d) | 74.04 | 97% | 2021-01-05 |
| 23599. | Juan Carlos (jcgarfield) | 74.04 | — | 2010-09-28 |
| 23600. | KALBOKO (kalboko) | 74.03 | 96% | 2024-03-06 |
| 23601. | Bean (48ramen) | 74.03 | 96.3% | 2024-09-06 |
| 23602. | Ascella (ascella) | 74.03 | 95% | 2024-06-06 |
| 23603. | ༄༊࿆Lazy (siddharthmmore) | 74.03 | 97.9% | 2025-03-10 |
| 23604. | minsg2317 (minsg2317) | 74.03 | 95.1% | 2024-09-17 |
| 23605. | Ken (chiefken92) | 74.03 | 97% | 2024-03-01 |
| 23606. | 0rav_gallium (0rav_gallium) | 74.03 | 97.3% | 2024-01-03 |
| 23607. | jade (jadebox) | 74.03 | 96% | 2024-01-03 |
| 23608. | Hamid (hamid_21) | 74.03 | 96.8% | 2023-12-04 |
| 23609. | 🐌 (adas291) | 74.03 | 97% | 2019-05-25 |
| 23610. | B (benluyp) | 74.03 | 98% | 2025-04-20 |
| 23611. | Alexey (leandoer_) | 74.03 | 97% | 2022-04-19 |
| 23612. | Gum (gumwrapper) | 74.03 | 97.3% | 2021-02-17 |
| 23613. | anatoly (tolya) | 74.03 | 98% | 2017-08-24 |
| 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 |