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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36905. | DENGEROUS (dengerousmind) | 57.60 | 95% | 2014-08-25 |
| 36906. | Daniel (deepo) | 57.60 | 91% | 2016-06-09 |
| 36907. | Nathan Tabtab (tabmaster_ta... | 57.59 | 96% | 2025-03-14 |
| 36908. | oleg (oleg_ros) | 57.59 | 97.6% | 2024-02-06 |
| 36909. | RanpoVI (ranpov) | 57.59 | 95.9% | 2023-12-21 |
| 36910. | Mr. (misterslick) | 57.59 | 98.1% | 2024-01-04 |
| 36911. | Neal (neealio) | 57.59 | 95% | 2018-11-08 |
| 36912. | 🆓 Palestine (ali_m7md) | 57.58 | 97.2% | 2025-01-28 |
| 36913. | Ja3v3n (jaeven) | 57.58 | 96% | 2024-05-02 |
| 36914. | Paul (koenig_paul) | 57.58 | 95% | 2024-05-20 |
| 36915. | majid (majidabbas7301) | 57.58 | 93% | 2016-06-27 |
| 36916. | lite (lite336) | 57.58 | 93% | 2016-05-15 |
| 36917. | Biwas (biwas_kerung) | 57.58 | 97% | 2022-01-24 |
| 36918. | Independent (independent) | 57.58 | 98% | 2015-06-26 |
| 36919. | Bao (buiquybaoc500) | 57.58 | 98% | 2019-12-20 |
| 36920. | sushil (skttzwl) | 57.58 | 94% | 2012-06-15 |
| 36921. | steven (mlaa) | 57.57 | 97% | 2021-01-08 |
| 36922. | Leo (kolaveri) | 57.57 | 97.5% | 2023-12-13 |
| 36923. | bhautik (bhautik0126) | 57.57 | 94% | 2023-07-21 |
| 36924. | Ben (the_typeneer) | 57.57 | 97% | 2021-03-15 |
| 36925. | good2win (baddwin) | 57.57 | 96% | 2021-04-24 |
| 36926. | Johan (bullseye) | 57.57 | 99% | 2015-07-16 |
| 36927. | Vera (vera12) | 57.57 | — | 2010-10-06 |
| 36928. | Chitral (chitralshah) | 57.57 | — | 2010-11-12 |
| 36929. | James (jbrowniv) | 57.56 | 96% | 2025-04-22 |
| 36930. | Viktor Forslund (vikotar) | 57.56 | 97% | 2024-06-06 |
| 36931. | IamHihipine (hihipine) | 57.56 | 94.5% | 2024-01-19 |
| 36932. | Ryan (ryangld) | 57.56 | 97% | 2019-09-09 |
| 36933. | Velocity (xxnefariousxx) | 57.56 | 95.5% | 2025-03-27 |
| 36934. | yarza (yarza) | 57.56 | 94% | 2023-12-04 |
| 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 |