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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13002. | speed (speedsystem) | 85.36 | 98% | 2022-03-07 |
| 13003. | Luis (regneva17) | 85.36 | 98% | 2020-02-18 |
| 13004. | Heorhii (heorhii_hryhorov) | 85.36 | 97.3% | 2023-12-16 |
| 13005. | Yanik (yankolo) | 85.36 | 96% | 2017-03-31 |
| 13006. | Sandesh (sandeshjoshi) | 85.35 | 98% | 2024-06-16 |
| 13007. | Aaron (spacexglizzy) | 85.35 | 97% | 2024-05-07 |
| 13008. | Allison (zarfynn) | 85.35 | 98% | 2021-06-30 |
| 13009. | Dingoose (quantumtheory3) | 85.35 | 93% | 2014-09-04 |
| 13010. | Kris (yoda0316) | 85.34 | 98% | 2024-11-18 |
| 13011. | Brendan (logue1021) | 85.34 | 98% | 2017-10-15 |
| 13012. | NightWing (nightwing246) | 85.34 | 96% | 2021-03-22 |
| 13013. | Zeyad Elsayed (zetypist) | 85.34 | 97.7% | 2024-10-09 |
| 13014. | joe (florezz) | 85.34 | 86% | 2016-05-17 |
| 13015. | Kevin (kevchinois) | 85.34 | 97% | 2020-11-21 |
| 13016. | Nathan (slowtyping) | 85.34 | 96% | 2011-04-06 |
| 13017. | tacobot (apcarrab) | 85.34 | 97% | 2016-09-02 |
| 13018. | faz (fazmoh) | 85.33 | 98% | 2025-03-24 |
| 13019. | BetSin (betsin) | 85.33 | 95.9% | 2023-12-09 |
| 13020. | Nabil Hyder (super_narwhal) | 85.33 | 97.1% | 2024-01-10 |
| 13021. | The Phantom (architlal) | 85.33 | 96% | 2024-10-04 |
| 13022. | Brock (btoews) | 85.33 | 97% | 2022-05-11 |
| 13023. | Chet (chethus) | 85.33 | 97% | 2021-05-03 |
| 13024. | IBM Model F (modelm) | 85.33 | 96% | 2016-12-22 |
| 13025. | Headlynz (headlynz) | 85.32 | 98% | 2023-09-06 |
| 13026. | wlvrx (wlvrx) | 85.32 | 96.7% | 2023-10-13 |
| 13027. | Cihsa (oddlysatisfly) | 85.32 | 97% | 2021-06-27 |
| 13028. | Iron Man (avenger_2023) | 85.32 | 97% | 2023-11-06 |
| 13029. | jensen (jensaaan) | 85.32 | 95.8% | 2023-10-03 |
| 13030. | Ra (rayap1010) | 85.32 | 98.8% | 2024-04-01 |
| 13031. | H (x_heng) | 85.32 | 97.3% | 2021-02-09 |
| 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 |