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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37291. | cosmocarp (cosmocarp) | 56.98 | 96.5% | 2024-02-29 |
| 37292. | Adilson (animasso) | 56.98 | 98% | 2023-08-09 |
| 37293. | TheWidestGnu (thewidestgnu) | 56.98 | 95.1% | 2024-10-06 |
| 37294. | Wissem (daynasour) | 56.98 | 95% | 2019-09-30 |
| 37295. | Edward (hellaboard) | 56.97 | 97% | 2024-01-04 |
| 37296. | Run (runring) | 56.97 | 96% | 2024-03-25 |
| 37297. | Tesno (paulchirwa0) | 56.97 | 96.5% | 2024-12-14 |
| 37298. | Amir (amirtrex) | 56.97 | 95% | 2025-04-14 |
| 37299. | Mercury (codai2810) | 56.97 | 98% | 2011-07-01 |
| 37300. | Andreas (psibar) | 56.97 | 97% | 2016-01-04 |
| 37301. | mai131 (mai131) | 56.96 | 96% | 2024-08-09 |
| 37302. | JAI SHRI GANESHAY NAMAH (di... | 56.96 | 99.3% | 2024-03-06 |
| 37303. | Beanie Weenie (wooper5000) | 56.96 | 95.2% | 2024-01-02 |
| 37304. | Brian (briansal05) | 56.96 | 95.1% | 2023-12-20 |
| 37305. | Will (will794) | 56.96 | 95% | 2024-02-22 |
| 37306. | Surely (surely_) | 56.96 | 98.2% | 2025-02-10 |
| 37307. | dboii (dboii_8) | 56.95 | 96.9% | 2024-04-24 |
| 37308. | Alexis (neoysam) | 56.95 | 96% | 2025-03-31 |
| 37309. | MuamarCoffee (kingslayerr99) | 56.95 | 94.3% | 2024-08-03 |
| 37310. | Rashid (beats_exe) | 56.95 | 95% | 2021-04-18 |
| 37311. | flyingpencil (flyingpencil) | 56.95 | 95% | 2024-10-30 |
| 37312. | Kartikey Tiwari (i_slow_speed) | 56.95 | 97% | 2024-04-19 |
| 37313. | StayStyled (staystyled) | 56.95 | 94.9% | 2024-10-18 |
| 37314. | reilly (reillyfeathers) | 56.95 | 98% | 2015-05-31 |
| 37315. | korya (korya) | 56.95 | 97.4% | 2025-02-05 |
| 37316. | adzeitor [workman] (adzeitor) | 56.95 | — | 2011-02-02 |
| 37317. | Rian (kumarilla) | 56.94 | 95% | 2022-12-10 |
| 37318. | Wulfie (andreas1005) | 56.94 | 97% | 2024-04-11 |
| 37319. | jialgetleft (jialgetleft) | 56.94 | 95% | 2024-05-20 |
| 37320. | - (knish) | 56.94 | 97% | 2018-08-31 |
| 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 |