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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9069. | kie (kieret25) | 92.31 | 97% | 2024-09-17 |
| 9070. | your mome (roseofsithis) | 92.31 | 90% | 2012-04-19 |
| 9071. | Big (bigjohn05) | 92.31 | 97.5% | 2024-02-27 |
| 9072. | paul (superspys) | 92.31 | 93% | 2015-11-22 |
| 9073. | Gabe (max79) | 92.31 | 86% | 2014-11-01 |
| 9074. | AkelloMukasa (akellomukasa) | 92.31 | 97% | 2019-07-22 |
| 9075. | aasdfa (awid) | 92.30 | 97% | 2024-12-19 |
| 9076. | Petey (peterc93) | 92.30 | — | 2010-08-10 |
| 9077. | Jeffrey (jeffreyyong) | 92.30 | 94% | 2017-01-08 |
| 9078. | Sunny Earther (sunnyearther) | 92.30 | 96% | 2015-01-03 |
| 9079. | Lexeme (lexeme) | 92.30 | 97% | 2012-06-22 |
| 9080. | Dio (dioimperatore) | 92.29 | 97% | 2024-08-02 |
| 9081. | Abby (abbyishuman) | 92.29 | 97.4% | 2024-02-05 |
| 9082. | Sabrick (sabrick) | 92.29 | 98% | 2016-09-01 |
| 9083. | Sammy (sammyf) | 92.29 | 98% | 2011-06-29 |
| 9084. | Jaren (jarenn) | 92.29 | 97% | 2012-11-08 |
| 9085. | MeoWs (awfwe) | 92.28 | 98% | 2024-12-16 |
| 9086. | Alejandro (lachexta) | 92.28 | 96% | 2024-12-10 |
| 9087. | A (andisim) | 92.28 | 99.3% | 2025-01-30 |
| 9088. | steven (stevenac2001) | 92.28 | 98% | 2024-06-08 |
| 9089. | fratelecarol (fratelecarol) | 92.28 | 98.1% | 2025-01-18 |
| 9090. | Surendra (kshetrisurendra) | 92.28 | 96% | 2013-02-28 |
| 9091. | Minh (huynhcongminh) | 92.28 | 95% | 2012-07-21 |
| 9092. | Grandhal (grandhal) | 92.28 | 95% | 2014-11-07 |
| 9093. | TimTam_NZ (timtam_nz) | 92.27 | 99% | 2020-08-20 |
| 9094. | Xenu (xenu) | 92.27 | 100% | 2011-10-08 |
| 9095. | August (primevalbeings) | 92.26 | 97% | 2025-05-12 |
| 9096. | Matt (finkel) | 92.26 | 97% | 2018-03-27 |
| 9097. | Elias (el_typo_jr) | 92.26 | 98% | 2023-05-17 |
| 9098. | Andrew (commandrew11) | 92.26 | 98% | 2022-01-29 |
| 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 |