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 |
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35887. | Qiren Wu (gdice) | 59.44 | 98% | 2024-07-01 |
35888. | Matt (vealparm) | 59.44 | 94% | 2024-11-19 |
35889. | kai (mrsamurai_x) | 59.44 | 96% | 2023-12-17 |
35890. | Alex (alexman) | 59.44 | 88% | 2013-03-23 |
35891. | chase (gmuhny) | 59.44 | 96% | 2013-10-24 |
35892. | Theo (theohehe) | 59.43 | 95% | 2024-04-03 |
35893. | cldbns (cldbns) | 59.43 | 94% | 2025-01-31 |
35894. | Jin (hedg243) | 59.43 | 96.4% | 2024-02-19 |
35895. | khaled dz (khaled1414) | 59.43 | 96% | 2024-03-17 |
35896. | Dragonox (dragonox) | 59.43 | 97.9% | 2024-04-08 |
35897. | Buldosis (buldosis) | 59.43 | 95% | 2023-07-23 |
35898. | Init (init_daemon) | 59.43 | 97.3% | 2023-11-16 |
35899. | Kiara (infinite_shadow) | 59.43 | 95% | 2023-08-03 |
35900. | TheintSandi (theint_sandi98) | 59.43 | 95% | 2024-03-06 |
35901. | Trisha (trishaleirer) | 59.43 | 97% | 2018-12-18 |
35902. | Sun (o0sun0o) | 59.43 | 97% | 2012-07-13 |
35903. | Arron (aaaaaaaron) | 59.42 | 94% | 2025-06-15 |
35904. | Zack (typewithnohands) | 59.42 | 95% | 2018-03-07 |
35905. | zmk (terpiu40) | 59.42 | 96.8% | 2023-12-29 |
35906. | Seth (sethm923) | 59.42 | 94% | 2024-04-14 |
35907. | Astro (01astronaute) | 59.42 | 93% | 2012-08-24 |
35908. | Roberto (cant_get_right) | 59.42 | 98% | 2012-08-07 |
35909. | Steven Mark (stevenmarkford) | 59.42 | 91% | 2015-11-24 |
35910. | Snort (shortguy123) | 59.41 | 96% | 2025-05-21 |
35911. | Noshin (njihan) | 59.41 | 99.5% | 2025-05-02 |
35912. | vlad (vlad_m) | 59.41 | 96% | 2024-07-09 |
35913. | Olivier (opet) | 59.41 | 89% | 2014-05-01 |
35914. | Ashwin Kumar (ashwinrocksta... | 59.41 | 96% | 2024-05-20 |
35915. | DragonArmy (buchnejf) | 59.41 | 97% | 2024-06-07 |
35916. | Lias (lias_482) | 59.41 | 94.8% | 2025-01-23 |
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 |