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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14987. | fufexan (fufexan) | 82.78 | 97% | 2022-06-19 |
| 14988. | Jill (jillblack) | 82.78 | 97% | 2022-05-30 |
| 14989. | From0ToHero (lordmeliodas) | 82.78 | 97% | 2019-12-09 |
| 14990. | 2Centuries (marwankhaled) | 82.78 | 97% | 2022-02-13 |
| 14991. | Vishal (vishuboy) | 82.78 | 97% | 2011-05-15 |
| 14992. | IM (slowandslow) | 82.78 | 97% | 2013-09-20 |
| 14993. | Huy (kenvjnkute) | 82.78 | 95% | 2016-04-06 |
| 14994. | Basil (z_oble) | 82.77 | 98% | 2025-05-27 |
| 14995. | Simon (simongreen491) | 82.77 | 96% | 2024-10-18 |
| 14996. | ShadowTrail123 (abdu327) | 82.77 | 96% | 2020-12-21 |
| 14997. | Jon (jondntx) | 82.77 | 99% | 2024-02-11 |
| 14998. | Tomas (tritz) | 82.77 | 97% | 2021-01-27 |
| 14999. | Drei (dreilacadin) | 82.77 | 98% | 2021-05-22 |
| 15000. | Russell (redsnake02) | 82.77 | 95% | 2017-05-03 |
| 15001. | pap (papasi) | 82.77 | 98% | 2013-10-01 |
| 15002. | Courtney (courtney_p86) | 82.77 | 97% | 2012-11-04 |
| 15003. | Destinniii (saadgodly) | 82.76 | 95% | 2021-04-02 |
| 15004. | flaskur (flaskur) | 82.76 | 98% | 2021-01-27 |
| 15005. | DeeFly (deefly) | 82.76 | 96% | 2019-12-04 |
| 15006. | Annonymous (shahzad458) | 82.76 | 94% | 2015-04-11 |
| 15007. | Joe (rocco53) | 82.76 | — | 2010-09-22 |
| 15008. | Joshua (bigj0sh) | 82.76 | 98% | 2016-01-27 |
| 15009. | Francisco (franciscotii) | 82.75 | 97% | 2024-06-17 |
| 15010. | hot (hotsingle) | 82.75 | 98.3% | 2023-12-10 |
| 15011. | use an appropriate name (ar... | 82.75 | 97.3% | 2023-12-04 |
| 15012. | Shaur (shaur_herng) | 82.75 | 97.1% | 2023-11-29 |
| 15013. | decaG0N (iam_rock) | 82.75 | 96.3% | 2024-03-13 |
| 15014. | Georgi (cybersicherheit) | 82.75 | 95% | 2015-04-03 |
| 15015. | Spaaaaaagheti (spagheti) | 82.75 | 96% | 2019-07-23 |
| 15016. | Sven (svendiamond) | 82.74 | 97% | 2019-10-06 |
| 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 |