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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24046. | Prefering (tregsomfaen) | 73.32 | 98% | 2015-06-09 |
| 24047. | average foe (average_foe) | 73.31 | 95.6% | 2024-07-05 |
| 24048. | Corey (cyoung09) | 73.31 | 97% | 2024-12-05 |
| 24049. | SiyMoteF (siymotef) | 73.31 | 97% | 2025-02-28 |
| 24050. | Yo (yomamaaaa) | 73.31 | 96% | 2024-01-23 |
| 24051. | Todd (toddneal) | 73.31 | 96% | 2022-04-13 |
| 24052. | Wilfred (wilfred_king) | 73.31 | 96.5% | 2023-12-21 |
| 24053. | Liney (pollypopcorn) | 73.31 | 97% | 2018-03-03 |
| 24054. | Chang Jun Lee (joey1121) | 73.30 | 97% | 2025-04-05 |
| 24055. | Stratos (stratos00) | 73.30 | 97% | 2025-05-23 |
| 24056. | daniel (danielcs123) | 73.30 | 97% | 2024-04-29 |
| 24057. | Kenneth (oracleone) | 73.30 | 96% | 2017-06-21 |
| 24058. | Siri (eternalreign) | 73.30 | 93% | 2022-01-15 |
| 24059. | HzVee (hzvee) | 73.30 | 95% | 2016-01-30 |
| 24060. | Upline 사나 (anjoanjoanjo) | 73.30 | 95% | 2015-07-01 |
| 24061. | Maikl (maikl_c) | 73.30 | 97% | 2017-07-05 |
| 24062. | buyyakhoo (buyyakhoo) | 73.29 | 97% | 2025-08-22 |
| 24063. | fuhhhlesha (fuhhhlesha) | 73.29 | 96.9% | 2024-05-10 |
| 24064. | honey (honezz) | 73.29 | 98% | 2025-08-17 |
| 24065. | Yuliy (yushakham) | 73.29 | 96% | 2025-05-01 |
| 24066. | JasonB (jasonbtyping) | 73.29 | 99% | 2025-03-05 |
| 24067. | eee (eeejkm) | 73.29 | 98.1% | 2025-01-16 |
| 24068. | Tuno (thetuno) | 73.29 | 96% | 2024-06-12 |
| 24069. | vsv (silvix9) | 73.29 | 97% | 2024-09-26 |
| 24070. | Pop (floppying) | 73.29 | 96% | 2025-03-11 |
| 24071. | Supachok (feifei_) | 73.29 | 97.4% | 2024-03-24 |
| 24072. | BETTER AND (f_a_s_t_e_r) | 73.29 | 97% | 2023-11-24 |
| 24073. | Duan (venushemp) | 73.29 | 97% | 2024-06-30 |
| 24074. | SinglePaper (singlepaper) | 73.29 | 93% | 2020-11-22 |
| 24075. | Tim (wayofwolf) | 73.29 | 97% | 2014-11-15 |
| 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 |