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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26107. | sankirtan (sankidra) | 71.41 | 98% | 2013-11-10 |
| 26108. | Jazzy (jazzy1x) | 71.40 | 96% | 2023-06-07 |
| 26109. | Hannah (erlenmeyer) | 71.40 | 97% | 2024-04-08 |
| 26110. | Rakesh (rakeshsinghlohkana) | 71.40 | 98% | 2024-11-28 |
| 26111. | static (static32222) | 71.40 | 96% | 2016-01-04 |
| 26112. | Tyson (sap69) | 71.39 | 99% | 2025-03-22 |
| 26113. | t9 (tde9) | 71.39 | 97% | 2025-02-09 |
| 26114. | slow_colemak (slow_colemak3) | 71.39 | 97% | 2024-06-18 |
| 26115. | iitzSYNS_ttv (iitzsyns) | 71.39 | 98.1% | 2025-03-24 |
| 26116. | kev (kevin_777) | 71.39 | 97.7% | 2024-02-08 |
| 26117. | zeeko (zeekomeeko) | 71.39 | 96.6% | 2024-03-26 |
| 26118. | MohammadMahdi (mohmahkho) | 71.39 | 96% | 2019-08-15 |
| 26119. | Sanjay (sanjaysins) | 71.39 | 99% | 2023-06-19 |
| 26120. | DeadFire69 (deadfire69) | 71.39 | 98% | 2025-02-25 |
| 26121. | murker! (murker) | 71.39 | — | 2010-11-03 |
| 26122. | 景云 (__qwop) | 71.39 | 96% | 2014-07-14 |
| 26123. | bart (bartani) | 71.38 | 96.2% | 2023-07-13 |
| 26124. | Shaeleth (shaeleth) | 71.38 | 95% | 2024-03-29 |
| 26125. | Jad (jadsplice) | 71.38 | 97.1% | 2024-09-05 |
| 26126. | ephemeral (ephemeral1278) | 71.38 | 96% | 2024-04-19 |
| 26127. | Pirate (snail_racerz) | 71.38 | 99% | 2024-09-03 |
| 26128. | Jimmy Awrrrrr. (jimmyawrcds) | 71.38 | 96% | 2025-10-23 |
| 26129. | Todel (todelz) | 71.38 | 95% | 2023-05-30 |
| 26130. | Yujie Du (duyujie0817) | 71.38 | 98% | 2018-04-03 |
| 26131. | societyrubbish (societyrubb... | 71.38 | 97% | 2011-05-11 |
| 26132. | J_TEM (temmmm) | 71.37 | 97% | 2026-04-12 |
| 26133. | Mayank (airdude2002) | 71.37 | 96% | 2025-02-08 |
| 26134. | stephen (stoph3n) | 71.37 | 98.3% | 2025-03-05 |
| 26135. | Collin M (collinmartin) | 71.37 | 99% | 2024-09-11 |
| 26136. | tstats[beedi] (beedi) | 71.37 | 96.5% | 2021-01-29 |
| 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 |