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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38275. | Shar (sharburrus) | 59.27 | 96% | 2018-11-15 |
| 38276. | Alex (amh1499) | 59.27 | 91% | 2014-02-25 |
| 38277. | Hassuko (hasuko2007) | 59.26 | 95% | 2025-03-20 |
| 38278. | moto (moto324) | 59.26 | 97% | 2024-10-23 |
| 38279. | Vaibhav Yadav (_v418h4v) | 59.26 | 97% | 2025-05-16 |
| 38280. | 6ensored 💨 (jzhjasn) | 59.26 | 95.3% | 2024-12-18 |
| 38281. | Asim (axxy44) | 59.26 | 96.7% | 2024-05-03 |
| 38282. | Vitaly (strider74) | 59.26 | 93% | 2014-09-22 |
| 38283. | MANGESH (atom2) | 59.26 | 96% | 2013-08-31 |
| 38284. | Howl (howloff) | 59.25 | 96.8% | 2025-05-03 |
| 38285. | rafe (rafe82) | 59.25 | 99% | 2024-07-16 |
| 38286. | sebi (ysebi) | 59.25 | 98% | 2022-09-28 |
| 38287. | Robin (rmw_) | 59.25 | 96% | 2025-03-05 |
| 38288. | Nguyen (anhhero) | 59.25 | — | 2010-08-25 |
| 38289. | danielle (halyconamour) | 59.25 | 92% | 2014-08-03 |
| 38290. | Khoa (nak9x) | 59.25 | — | 2011-01-22 |
| 38291. | Sadaqat (sadaqatali) | 59.24 | 97% | 2023-07-28 |
| 38292. | No (streer) | 59.24 | 95% | 2022-10-30 |
| 38293. | Himanshu (himanshupander) | 59.24 | 95% | 2022-04-23 |
| 38294. | Dottt (dottskrrt) | 59.24 | 94.9% | 2024-09-08 |
| 38295. | Miserable Lemur (miserable_... | 59.24 | 98.3% | 2024-10-04 |
| 38296. | Artist (_artist___) | 59.24 | 95.7% | 2024-07-10 |
| 38297. | rummaging_oof (kyjleung) | 59.24 | 95.6% | 2023-12-18 |
| 38298. | Peter (azver) | 59.24 | 96.9% | 2025-01-09 |
| 38299. | Minh (murungru) | 59.24 | 94% | 2014-02-26 |
| 38300. | Manish (vestor) | 59.24 | 94% | 2014-04-22 |
| 38301. | Frank (frank1010_) | 59.23 | 96.4% | 2024-11-20 |
| 38302. | GabszyztyLe (gabszyztyle) | 59.23 | 97.6% | 2025-05-18 |
| 38303. | john6347 (john6347) | 59.23 | 97% | 2025-02-14 |
| 38304. | East (eastwind21) | 59.23 | 96% | 2021-09-24 |
| 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 |