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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39489. | MbahLatip (paijolatip) | 58.21 | 97% | 2013-06-07 |
| 39490. | BK (bk_hapdiem) | 58.21 | 93% | 2012-06-02 |
| 39491. | Pilot V (viheao) | 58.20 | 97.3% | 2025-04-03 |
| 39492. | 봄에릭 (bomeric) | 58.20 | 96.6% | 2025-03-14 |
| 39493. | 10 fingers only pls dont bu... | 58.20 | 94.8% | 2024-05-27 |
| 39494. | Bird Bar (birdbar) | 58.20 | 94% | 2024-10-06 |
| 39495. | CatAstrophic (the_jorrick_27) | 58.20 | 96.2% | 2024-05-14 |
| 39496. | Gabriel (gbvicente) | 58.20 | 97% | 2020-10-19 |
| 39497. | Matt (mattdorow) | 58.20 | 91% | 2015-02-27 |
| 39498. | luckyboy (luckyboy1234) | 58.20 | 89% | 2013-02-15 |
| 39499. | Bill (nofuksgiven) | 58.19 | 94.3% | 2025-02-02 |
| 39500. | scraph (scraph) | 58.19 | 95% | 2024-10-06 |
| 39501. | Yahia (yahia1) | 58.19 | 96.8% | 2024-09-01 |
| 39502. | inv_R (inv_r) | 58.19 | 95.9% | 2024-01-06 |
| 39503. | Eirik (epower) | 58.19 | — | 2011-01-25 |
| 39504. | Arvid (actaz) | 58.19 | 90% | 2014-10-15 |
| 39505. | Dummy (dummycoding) | 58.18 | 97% | 2026-04-08 |
| 39506. | yeastbeast (yeastbeast) | 58.18 | 96% | 2020-09-03 |
| 39507. | citrom (narancs) | 58.18 | 93% | 2013-02-27 |
| 39508. | hajar (hajar) | 58.18 | 98% | 2012-05-25 |
| 39509. | Amanda (aj1111) | 58.18 | 95% | 2013-03-21 |
| 39510. | Benny (uysibenny) | 58.17 | 94% | 2025-03-25 |
| 39511. | youssef (youssefff) | 58.17 | 95.2% | 2025-03-10 |
| 39512. | Greta (polites_w_epic) | 58.17 | 97.6% | 2025-03-25 |
| 39513. | Azhar (annacomte) | 58.17 | 96% | 2024-04-20 |
| 39514. | Venky (venkypk) | 58.17 | 96% | 2021-03-24 |
| 39515. | mxnvrch (mxnvrch) | 58.17 | 94% | 2020-11-24 |
| 39516. | Draco (fish0228) | 58.17 | 88% | 2016-05-16 |
| 39517. | yorangia (yorangia329) | 58.17 | 96% | 2016-06-22 |
| 39518. | Opu (asperagas) | 58.17 | 90% | 2016-06-29 |
| 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 |