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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17404. | Declan Jones (expiredberry) | 80.78 | 96% | 2023-12-19 |
| 17405. | Armando (mandy1339) | 80.78 | 99.3% | 2024-01-30 |
| 17406. | lhdk2712 (lhdk2712) | 80.78 | 97% | 2022-03-29 |
| 17407. | ma3ke (chromoplast) | 80.78 | 97% | 2025-09-30 |
| 17408. | Sreshta Kamya (nikitha) | 80.78 | 98% | 2019-12-04 |
| 17409. | Araina (discobroccoli) | 80.77 | 98% | 2020-05-22 |
| 17410. | GAKUSEI (9420nfzg9zgh) | 80.77 | 98.4% | 2024-08-26 |
| 17411. | jacob (jacoby31) | 80.77 | 97% | 2024-08-21 |
| 17412. | Cindy (cinisterly) | 80.77 | 96.7% | 2024-09-09 |
| 17413. | Erythrocyte (erythrocyte) | 80.77 | 97.1% | 2024-02-02 |
| 17414. | chaitanya (chaitunirf) | 80.77 | 98% | 2023-04-06 |
| 17415. | Harald (updatin) | 80.77 | 97% | 2021-11-01 |
| 17416. | cegprakash (cegprakash) | 80.77 | 94% | 2015-10-06 |
| 17417. | 🍁 (kaspars) | 80.77 | 88% | 2015-02-10 |
| 17418. | William (spartan308) | 80.77 | 97% | 2019-02-07 |
| 17419. | me_irl (powderer) | 80.77 | 98% | 2017-08-26 |
| 17420. | Jammydodgacrazy (jammydodga... | 80.76 | 97.4% | 2025-04-13 |
| 17421. | Taldan (taldan) | 80.76 | 98% | 2018-09-26 |
| 17422. | Dinkey (dinkeyxd) | 80.76 | 97% | 2022-08-03 |
| 17423. | Wof (wof9er) | 80.76 | 97% | 2024-07-13 |
| 17424. | TheXFalcon (xavier_poh) | 80.76 | 98% | 2023-01-11 |
| 17425. | Thanh Huy (thanhhuyle) | 80.76 | 99% | 2012-06-07 |
| 17426. | rizon#.blank (lf94) | 80.76 | 91% | 2014-07-13 |
| 17427. | Sai (saiganesh7) | 80.76 | 95% | 2011-11-30 |
| 17428. | Aaron (aaron2652) | 80.75 | 98% | 2024-11-05 |
| 17429. | Aadil279 (aadil279) | 80.75 | 95.5% | 2024-12-28 |
| 17430. | KeyboardHater3838 (keyboard... | 80.75 | 98.3% | 2024-05-12 |
| 17431. | omni (omniext) | 80.75 | 96.5% | 2024-04-26 |
| 17432. | Justin James (justinjamesyu) | 80.75 | 97.7% | 2023-05-28 |
| 17433. | nyatto (hhu94) | 80.75 | 98% | 2016-05-01 |
| 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 |