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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| 37583. | Nguyen (nguyenkj) | 56.60 | 97% | 2011-08-15 |
| 37584. | satyam (satyamhnk) | 56.60 | 90% | 2014-02-24 |
| 37585. | Bennard Savage (savagefelle... | 56.59 | 96% | 2024-09-25 |
| 37586. | vaughn (vaughn2smo) | 56.59 | 95% | 2024-02-09 |
| 37587. | evelyn (evelyn__g) | 56.59 | 96.9% | 2024-01-26 |
| 37588. | Capt'n Redbeard (redmar33) | 56.59 | 96.8% | 2024-10-09 |
| 37589. | Matthew (matthewbird) | 56.59 | 94% | 2018-11-13 |
| 37590. | Juliet (juliet666589) | 56.59 | 96% | 2017-03-09 |
| 37591. | Kashmir (mominkashmir) | 56.58 | 95.9% | 2025-02-10 |
| 37592. | The Green (hemanth37) | 56.58 | 96% | 2023-05-16 |
| 37593. | Ten (73n5h1mm) | 56.58 | 96% | 2022-05-01 |
| 37594. | Angelo (angelo_reyes) | 56.58 | 94% | 2024-01-04 |
| 37595. | Jordyn :) (makkenji) | 56.58 | 96% | 2023-11-28 |
| 37596. | sheesh (reflex_wraiths) | 56.58 | 95.3% | 2024-11-15 |
| 37597. | Yuri (ceaseless_melon) | 56.58 | 97% | 2020-11-04 |
| 37598. | Shakeel (shakeelhadir) | 56.58 | 92% | 2015-07-11 |
| 37599. | J.B.I (slow_typer125) | 56.57 | 96% | 2024-09-02 |
| 37600. | flirp (flirpz3000) | 56.57 | 96% | 2024-03-02 |
| 37601. | Benjamin Dover (12isoldenough) | 56.57 | 95% | 2024-04-11 |
| 37602. | thomas (tmastri) | 56.57 | 97% | 2021-05-18 |
| 37603. | ashiq hussain wani (ashiqwani) | 56.57 | 99% | 2024-11-14 |
| 37604. | Tom (gnengi) | 56.57 | 91% | 2012-12-15 |
| 37605. | Kroc (kroc) | 56.57 | 99% | 2021-05-28 |
| 37606. | Divu (divdev25) | 56.57 | 95% | 2018-05-31 |
| 37607. | Vince Types (vincea0923) | 56.56 | 94.2% | 2024-05-09 |
| 37608. | Matt (obeymaqua) | 56.56 | 97% | 2024-10-17 |
| 37609. | John (john_locke606) | 56.56 | 96% | 2024-06-06 |
| 37610. | Noz (noz_) | 56.56 | 96% | 2022-05-30 |
| 37611. | MostPassiveUser (mostpassiv... | 56.56 | 96.7% | 2025-02-13 |
| 37612. | DrK (drk1) | 56.56 | 93% | 2017-02-07 |
| 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 |