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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21985. | quake0 (quake0) | 74.07 | 96% | 2015-02-16 |
| 21986. | owin (newwewwewe) | 74.06 | 95% | 2020-12-14 |
| 21987. | sumie (rage_unmuted) | 74.06 | 93% | 2020-12-24 |
| 21988. | sdfcv (4random4) | 74.06 | 97% | 2018-08-22 |
| 21989. | idunno (idunno_) | 74.06 | 94% | 2020-10-16 |
| 21990. | Marco (holystorm) | 74.06 | 96% | 2017-09-22 |
| 21991. | Joshua (emperornaraxa) | 74.06 | 93% | 2014-02-23 |
| 21992. | Nikola (elenhar) | 74.06 | 96% | 2016-05-12 |
| 21993. | Ali Hassaan (ahmlmh) | 74.06 | 93% | 2012-11-23 |
| 21994. | Bennie (punitive_medal) | 74.05 | 97.6% | 2023-11-14 |
| 21995. | Lord Summerisle (summerisle) | 74.05 | 96.6% | 2024-11-26 |
| 21996. | a (_cpx) | 74.05 | 98% | 2024-08-21 |
| 21997. | Gronkaal (gronkaal) | 74.05 | 96.4% | 2024-04-04 |
| 21998. | sunnyoon (sunnyoon) | 74.05 | 97% | 2023-11-22 |
| 21999. | luca (luc_vr_04) | 74.05 | 96% | 2020-03-16 |
| 22000. | Buiman001 (buiman001) | 74.05 | 95% | 2018-07-06 |
| 22001. | aditya (21112011) | 74.04 | 97% | 2024-09-20 |
| 22002. | The_guy (the_great_guy) | 74.04 | 96% | 2024-01-03 |
| 22003. | Phirom (mc_rum_love_69) | 74.04 | 97% | 2023-12-05 |
| 22004. | kareem (ringsofsilence) | 74.04 | 97% | 2019-02-17 |
| 22005. | spaceraccoon (coders_lord) | 74.04 | 96% | 2023-01-17 |
| 22006. | rx (rxxc) | 74.04 | 97.7% | 2023-11-29 |
| 22007. | I'm five years old (boomsy) | 74.04 | 95% | 2011-11-26 |
| 22008. | Andy (andy_d) | 74.04 | 97% | 2021-01-05 |
| 22009. | Juan Carlos (jcgarfield) | 74.04 | — | 2010-09-28 |
| 22010. | Bean (48ramen) | 74.03 | 96.3% | 2024-09-06 |
| 22011. | Ascella (ascella) | 74.03 | 95% | 2024-06-06 |
| 22012. | ༄༊࿆Lazy (siddharthmmore) | 74.03 | 97.9% | 2025-03-10 |
| 22013. | minsg2317 (minsg2317) | 74.03 | 95.1% | 2024-09-17 |
| 22014. | Ken (chiefken92) | 74.03 | 97% | 2024-03-01 |
| 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 |