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 |
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41372. | yuzo (chomezo) | 52.13 | 95% | 2016-06-14 |
41373. | Shu (shuhang1106) | 52.13 | 95% | 2016-11-05 |
41374. | Jake Flickinger (jflick) | 52.12 | 94% | 2024-03-17 |
41375. | Crank (cr4nk_) | 52.12 | 96% | 2024-08-24 |
41376. | Eritrea (robellanche) | 52.12 | 94% | 2024-02-21 |
41377. | Abel (doubleaa_13) | 52.12 | 93% | 2014-12-06 |
41378. | Dustin (dustin099) | 52.12 | 95% | 2018-04-01 |
41379. | Cuong (cuongle1911) | 52.12 | 90% | 2014-06-07 |
41380. | Gaurav_GS (gsingh01234) | 52.12 | 95% | 2018-02-06 |
41381. | thyleak (tleak) | 52.12 | 94% | 2012-04-03 |
41382. | Bhuwan (bhuwan_sh) | 52.11 | 94% | 2024-07-16 |
41383. | Cyrus (cyrus101) | 52.11 | 93% | 2024-02-29 |
41384. | David (punchbonzaii) | 52.11 | 96% | 2024-06-24 |
41385. | Tobias (tobiassmithjr) | 52.11 | 95% | 2020-06-10 |
41386. | Nuoni (oceanpony) | 52.11 | 93% | 2015-03-16 |
41387. | Vance (vanceblack) | 52.11 | 97% | 2017-01-08 |
41388. | Garrett (baxt45) | 52.10 | 95% | 2024-09-12 |
41389. | Golu (golumolu) | 52.10 | 98% | 2025-03-17 |
41390. | Dhairy (enter_a_typing_race) | 52.10 | 94% | 2025-03-15 |
41391. | ABD (abd786) | 52.10 | 94.8% | 2024-10-08 |
41392. | deep (deep_pen) | 52.10 | 95% | 2024-11-05 |
41393. | Rehan Shakeel (rehanmemon) | 52.10 | 94.1% | 2024-10-08 |
41394. | Brokelyn (brokelynprincess) | 52.10 | 94% | 2018-03-13 |
41395. | jorge (jluissuzuki) | 52.10 | 88% | 2012-02-25 |
41396. | Raees (raees01) | 52.09 | 97% | 2025-05-24 |
41397. | Háns (callumf726) | 52.09 | 94.5% | 2025-05-29 |
41398. | Hannah (daughterofchrist) | 52.09 | 96% | 2019-08-09 |
41399. | notbfmaterial (thefastestma... | 52.08 | 94.6% | 2024-06-11 |
41400. | Mithil (mith_dog) | 52.08 | 96% | 2022-01-13 |
41401. | Sarafraj (sarafraj) | 52.08 | 96.9% | 2023-12-19 |
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 |