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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18549. | Rico (duck98431) | 79.19 | 95% | 2013-01-22 |
| 18550. | duy (duyanhpt1) | 79.19 | 95% | 2013-05-04 |
| 18551. | Pramod Adhikari (justpramod) | 79.18 | 97% | 2025-02-24 |
| 18552. | Stone (legendworld) | 79.18 | 96.6% | 2025-04-15 |
| 18553. | Elias (elias_556) | 79.18 | 97% | 2024-08-25 |
| 18554. | Luquator (luquator) | 79.18 | 96% | 2024-12-21 |
| 18555. | ChelseaSmile (ip0d34thsp1r1t) | 79.18 | 97.9% | 2024-02-20 |
| 18556. | Gaspar (gaspimienta) | 79.18 | 97% | 2021-10-07 |
| 18557. | Will (wbrocket) | 79.18 | 97.3% | 2021-02-19 |
| 18558. | Biased (biased) | 79.18 | 96% | 2019-12-24 |
| 18559. | AKGD (akgd) | 79.18 | 97.7% | 2024-05-24 |
| 18560. | Immanuel (i_mmanuel) | 79.18 | 93% | 2015-11-03 |
| 18561. | ASDFG (jassanna) | 79.18 | 91% | 2011-12-09 |
| 18562. | Steve (steve7414) | 79.18 | — | 2010-10-24 |
| 18563. | Phil (pliao39) | 79.18 | 97% | 2019-03-16 |
| 18564. | Tony (agimus) | 79.18 | 98% | 2014-09-15 |
| 18565. | name 2 (revereven_2) | 79.17 | 98% | 2025-01-19 |
| 18566. | Gavin (perfectgavinator) | 79.17 | 96% | 2021-05-09 |
| 18567. | Peter (ploeper) | 79.17 | 90% | 2013-11-06 |
| 18568. | Scott (sisyphus) | 79.17 | 97% | 2016-04-21 |
| 18569. | Petter (dvex) | 79.17 | 94% | 2017-04-24 |
| 18570. | test (cmlyma) | 79.17 | 95% | 2020-12-11 |
| 18571. | Dyl (dbambino) | 79.16 | 90% | 2016-12-21 |
| 18572. | 宇都宮 虎丸 (phibatbai) | 79.16 | 95% | 2012-04-06 |
| 18573. | Greg (greghinton) | 79.16 | 95% | 2014-12-24 |
| 18574. | The (amirgambit) | 79.15 | 97% | 2021-05-17 |
| 18575. | Ulya_Pulya (ulya_pulya111) | 79.15 | 95% | 2024-11-13 |
| 18576. | dqkjlewhdi (lsijao) | 79.15 | 96% | 2024-09-20 |
| 18577. | Ignorant (iggrant) | 79.15 | 97% | 2019-10-08 |
| 18578. | Dudeyay (dudeyay) | 79.15 | 98% | 2022-10-28 |
| 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 |