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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34301. | adam (wtl1998) | 60.59 | 90% | 2017-01-06 |
| 34302. | Adi33 (aditutu69) | 60.59 | 93% | 2011-07-27 |
| 34303. | Ponyboy (ponyboycurtis) | 60.58 | 96% | 2021-06-07 |
| 34304. | uint32 (abroor) | 60.58 | 94% | 2024-11-28 |
| 34305. | NoOne (no_one1234) | 60.58 | 97% | 2024-06-10 |
| 34306. | Jared (yojareds) | 60.58 | 98% | 2025-03-18 |
| 34307. | los (typossarevalid) | 60.58 | 93.4% | 2024-06-24 |
| 34308. | Toxic (toxic_rsl) | 60.58 | 93.8% | 2024-02-11 |
| 34309. | MalhotraJI (chetaklal) | 60.58 | 97% | 2021-03-05 |
| 34310. | Annie (wibbie) | 60.58 | 94% | 2015-03-11 |
| 34311. | huang (huangmax) | 60.58 | — | 2011-04-03 |
| 34312. | Ugur (apparro) | 60.57 | 95.7% | 2024-01-18 |
| 34313. | Jeff (navigation07) | 60.57 | 95% | 2022-03-14 |
| 34314. | Esha (eshahande) | 60.57 | 97% | 2019-11-20 |
| 34315. | Shine (shinekukkar) | 60.57 | 92% | 2016-06-03 |
| 34316. | Khan (khan2) | 60.57 | — | 2010-09-07 |
| 34317. | Hannes (bakkies22) | 60.56 | 97% | 2025-04-09 |
| 34318. | Andre (andrecr2000) | 60.56 | 96% | 2024-11-14 |
| 34319. | MOMO (_momo2000_) | 60.56 | 96% | 2022-05-05 |
| 34320. | Ryan (chaoticblitz) | 60.56 | 93.1% | 2023-10-11 |
| 34321. | Sean (felesper) | 60.56 | 95% | 2021-01-19 |
| 34322. | T-bage (rrraaadddaaa) | 60.56 | — | 2011-03-12 |
| 34323. | Juan (archangel615) | 60.56 | 89% | 2014-04-07 |
| 34324. | Siddhartha Rao (sidfreak) | 60.55 | 94% | 2025-06-05 |
| 34325. | Elias (dillenn) | 60.55 | 95% | 2021-04-19 |
| 34326. | Keiji (keiji453) | 60.55 | 95% | 2021-10-24 |
| 34327. | simon (kusin_simon) | 60.55 | 92% | 2012-11-19 |
| 34328. | Pewpewpew (paradoxon) | 60.55 | 97% | 2015-09-09 |
| 34329. | Simo (cimoa) | 60.54 | 96% | 2023-01-29 |
| 34330. | Sean ny (bufortjonesy) | 60.54 | 95.2% | 2025-02-04 |
| 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 |