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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12124. | RightOn (lonesome006) | 87.04 | 97% | 2014-12-02 |
| 12125. | crowdofworkmen (bu_te) | 87.04 | 94% | 2016-06-11 |
| 12126. | Chris (big_z) | 87.04 | 96% | 2014-02-13 |
| 12127. | RookieWasp (rookie_wasp) | 87.03 | 99% | 2024-06-25 |
| 12128. | tortugajones (tortugajones) | 87.03 | 97% | 2024-10-05 |
| 12129. | Kaushal (kaushalrijal) | 87.03 | 98.1% | 2024-08-23 |
| 12130. | kimtheworm (kimtheworm) | 87.03 | 96.6% | 2024-08-29 |
| 12131. | MNM (mnmnour) | 87.03 | 96% | 2023-02-17 |
| 12132. | kale (kale668) | 87.03 | 97% | 2021-04-17 |
| 12133. | John (tehashun) | 87.02 | 92% | 2014-03-12 |
| 12134. | Ric (drrz) | 87.02 | 98% | 2025-03-31 |
| 12135. | kucing (putih) | 87.02 | 95% | 2015-10-21 |
| 12136. | Dat (mralex101) | 87.02 | 96% | 2020-01-21 |
| 12137. | Logan (bountyscore) | 87.02 | 96% | 2017-10-10 |
| 12138. | matt (mgreaney820) | 87.02 | 95% | 2014-05-12 |
| 12139. | Floko11 (floko11) | 87.02 | 97% | 2016-09-17 |
| 12140. | Cthulhu (survivcthulhu) | 87.01 | 95.7% | 2023-11-21 |
| 12141. | K (sobadono) | 87.01 | 98% | 2018-05-11 |
| 12142. | Michael (xephid) | 87.01 | 93% | 2014-12-08 |
| 12143. | David (styrofoamboots) | 87.01 | 99% | 2011-11-23 |
| 12144. | Carl (doc283) | 87.01 | 95% | 2023-01-22 |
| 12145. | mars (marswork) | 87.01 | 96% | 2015-02-09 |
| 12146. | Darth (littleani) | 87.01 | 98% | 2016-05-06 |
| 12147. | Burint (brenolz) | 87.00 | 94.8% | 2024-04-08 |
| 12148. | Henrique (irnehp) | 87.00 | — | 2011-01-31 |
| 12149. | delia (deliaaure@gmail.com) | 87.00 | 90% | 2012-04-26 |
| 12150. | BELIEVE-GOD (debss) | 87.00 | 91% | 2013-10-23 |
| 12151. | lejo (lejo5356) | 86.99 | 97% | 2025-04-15 |
| 12152. | mrtoto (mrtoto) | 86.99 | 96% | 2023-09-12 |
| 12153. | Mehti (lylehti) | 86.99 | 98% | 2022-04-19 |
| 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 |