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
Active since June 9, 2010.
397 total characters in this text.
View Pit Stop page for this text
| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11827. | ivan (ivanferraro) | 87.95 | 97% | 2024-06-19 |
| 11828. | John (g_fuel) | 87.95 | 98% | 2023-02-03 |
| 11829. | Marcel (nerias) | 87.95 | 98% | 2016-02-02 |
| 11830. | Shakespeare (ib_ra_heem_22) | 87.94 | 96% | 2025-05-22 |
| 11831. | Buppy (buppy212) | 87.94 | 95.9% | 2025-03-06 |
| 11832. | Petruccio (lolbraumm) | 87.94 | 99% | 2021-10-09 |
| 11833. | Timothy (timaloy) | 87.94 | 97% | 2022-02-18 |
| 11834. | Nik-Nik (niknoodle) | 87.94 | — | 2011-01-24 |
| 11835. | am (apb1) | 87.94 | — | 2010-11-22 |
| 11836. | agopaluni (agopaluni) | 87.93 | 97.3% | 2025-02-22 |
| 11837. | Omni (omzi) | 87.93 | 97.2% | 2025-03-08 |
| 11838. | mic (michaljanik) | 87.93 | 98.5% | 2023-12-18 |
| 11839. | Type (granwizard) | 87.93 | 99% | 2022-09-16 |
| 11840. | mrlago (mrlago) | 87.93 | 96% | 2014-03-26 |
| 11841. | Michal (psusylovar) | 87.93 | — | 2010-11-11 |
| 11842. | cowbot (peedir) | 87.93 | 98% | 2015-11-08 |
| 11843. | Wasan (was_an) | 87.92 | 98% | 2025-07-10 |
| 11844. | Abigail (arconrad) | 87.92 | 100% | 2022-08-10 |
| 11845. | Domagoj (poki0204) | 87.92 | 97% | 2024-06-04 |
| 11846. | Horst III (horstiii) | 87.92 | 97.9% | 2024-03-19 |
| 11847. | Igor (skeef79) | 87.92 | 97% | 2021-02-10 |
| 11848. | Hooting (codingboy) | 87.92 | 96% | 2022-09-22 |
| 11849. | Cheese (arandomasiankid) | 87.92 | 97% | 2022-02-05 |
| 11850. | Fast (fastturkish) | 87.92 | 95% | 2013-06-30 |
| 11851. | Gabe (gabetan) | 87.92 | 99% | 2019-03-13 |
| 11852. | Nick (mathguy11) | 87.92 | 96% | 2014-02-09 |
| 11853. | gg (dgreyhtx) | 87.91 | 97% | 2024-11-23 |
| 11854. | Minh Kiet (buimonkey) | 87.91 | 97% | 2018-08-09 |
| 11855. | TonySoprano (tony_soprano) | 87.91 | 99% | 2020-04-14 |
| 11856. | Abhisek (_typing_) | 87.91 | 98% | 2022-08-26 |
| 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 |