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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29413. | Ankit (anktwd) | 68.10 | 98% | 2025-09-01 |
| 29414. | Glaudio (grendise) | 68.10 | 97% | 2017-09-01 |
| 29415. | Dan (randoone) | 68.10 | 93% | 2013-09-16 |
| 29416. | Yarly (yarlyy) | 68.10 | 97% | 2019-06-22 |
| 29417. | bich (play_girl1881) | 68.10 | 96% | 2012-02-12 |
| 29418. | brooklyn (raise_the_bar) | 68.10 | 94% | 2013-01-07 |
| 29419. | J (gotanysmores) | 68.09 | 95% | 2025-04-25 |
| 29420. | VedTypes (ved_types) | 68.09 | 95% | 2025-05-01 |
| 29421. | Midnight (midnightrevenger) | 68.09 | 90% | 2017-02-17 |
| 29422. | Victor (mcturtleo) | 68.09 | 94% | 2019-01-11 |
| 29423. | Steven (chen19960615) | 68.09 | 93% | 2015-12-17 |
| 29424. | Daniel (d_tye__) | 68.09 | 95% | 2018-10-10 |
| 29425. | Jonathan (jonathanthejelly) | 68.09 | 97% | 2018-01-01 |
| 29426. | theoneaboveall (dixitgarg) | 68.09 | 95.7% | 2024-05-17 |
| 29427. | Apriores (apriores) | 68.09 | — | 2010-09-04 |
| 29428. | SR400 (goldwing1119) | 68.09 | 94% | 2014-04-30 |
| 29429. | Faizan (thesuaveguy) | 68.08 | 96% | 2026-05-10 |
| 29430. | gemini_moons (gemini_moons) | 68.08 | 96.9% | 2024-04-24 |
| 29431. | Dheerendra (dheerendra002) | 68.08 | 95% | 2024-12-19 |
| 29432. | HackerBoy (hackerboy1324) | 68.08 | 97% | 2018-04-16 |
| 29433. | Jongus (lizzoslunchbox) | 68.08 | 96% | 2023-03-09 |
| 29434. | Tiya (thortilla86) | 68.08 | 96% | 2024-04-03 |
| 29435. | Saad (saadeldeen) | 68.08 | 95% | 2021-09-13 |
| 29436. | Akash (quipidscar21) | 68.08 | 98% | 2025-09-19 |
| 29437. | T-Money (bigboydragon) | 68.08 | 95% | 2023-08-27 |
| 29438. | andy (sushimomma) | 68.08 | 95% | 2015-10-13 |
| 29439. | Andreas (addekallstrom) | 68.08 | 90% | 2015-02-13 |
| 29440. | sytek (sytek28) | 68.08 | 99% | 2015-08-20 |
| 29441. | fb (fbexc1) | 68.07 | 96% | 2026-01-11 |
| 29442. | Larry (redbarron12) | 68.07 | 97.7% | 2024-03-14 |
| 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 |