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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| 1994. | Justin (rettmatic) | 117.71 | 98% | 2015-02-08 |
| 1995. | Slow Reader (idiot1) | 117.71 | 97% | 2014-03-20 |
| 1996. | (refsteon) | 117.69 | 99% | 2012-07-16 |
| 1997. | (chiffanytin) | 117.69 | 95% | 2012-02-17 |
| 1998. | (insanegamerwow) | 117.68 | 99% | 2021-09-30 |
| 1999. | (secret_asian) | 117.68 | 99.5% | 2024-03-21 |
| 2000. | I play tetris too (hkgwife) | 117.68 | 99% | 2019-01-12 |
| 2001. | (emrenegades) | 117.68 | 99% | 2018-01-02 |
| 2002. | Alexander (nomak) | 117.67 | 98% | 2016-07-02 |
| 2003. | dank nissan (osubora) | 117.66 | 97% | 2016-09-05 |
| 2004. | Hersh (hbhargava) | 117.65 | 98% | 2025-11-29 |
| 2005. | (z4gee) | 117.65 | 97% | 2025-10-16 |
| 2006. | Mikey (miket349) | 117.65 | 99.5% | 2024-03-30 |
| 2007. | Carter (thecartel) | 117.62 | 98.2% | 2024-05-14 |
| 2008. | (tuckerx187) | 117.61 | 100% | 2013-09-10 |
| 2009. | (strongly_typed_dvorak) | 117.59 | 99% | 2020-07-11 |
| 2010. | (colonelmolerat) | 117.58 | 98% | 2013-04-25 |
| 2011. | (fsnxward) | 117.57 | 98.8% | 2025-01-04 |
| 2012. | (usernameavailable) | 117.57 | 99% | 2014-03-28 |
| 2013. | (queenofpain) | 117.56 | 96% | 2020-12-01 |
| 2014. | (agizzlefizzle123) | 117.55 | 96% | 2015-06-07 |
| 2015. | (krishkat) | 117.54 | 97.3% | 2024-06-04 |
| 2016. | (charlestongrays) | 117.54 | 99% | 2025-02-09 |
| 2017. | (vinning) | 117.53 | 97% | 2018-09-11 |
| 2018. | Chart error: Error: Unexpec... | 117.51 | 98.4% | 2024-12-17 |
| 2019. | (flingading230) | 117.51 | 96.3% | 2024-10-20 |
| 2020. | (a6wpaejayfpr) | 117.51 | 99% | 2017-01-10 |
| 2021. | (hectiicow) | 117.50 | 97% | 2021-01-05 |
| 2022. | (traumatizedsoup) | 117.49 | 99% | 2023-08-02 |
| 2023. | (keyboardflashh) | 117.48 | 96% | 2019-11-05 |
| 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 |