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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12286. | cowbot (peedir) | 87.93 | 98% | 2015-11-08 |
| 12287. | Igor (skeef79) | 87.92 | 97% | 2021-02-10 |
| 12288. | Wasan (was_an) | 87.92 | 98% | 2025-07-10 |
| 12289. | Abigail (arconrad) | 87.92 | 100% | 2022-08-10 |
| 12290. | Domagoj (poki0204) | 87.92 | 97% | 2024-06-04 |
| 12291. | Horst III (horstiii) | 87.92 | 97.9% | 2024-03-19 |
| 12292. | Hooting (codingboy) | 87.92 | 96% | 2022-09-22 |
| 12293. | Cheese (arandomasiankid) | 87.92 | 97% | 2022-02-05 |
| 12294. | Fast (fastturkish) | 87.92 | 95% | 2013-06-30 |
| 12295. | Gabe (gabetan) | 87.92 | 99% | 2019-03-13 |
| 12296. | Nick (mathguy11) | 87.92 | 96% | 2014-02-09 |
| 12297. | swng (swng) | 87.91 | 98% | 2015-06-07 |
| 12298. | gg (dgreyhtx) | 87.91 | 97.3% | 2024-11-23 |
| 12299. | Minh Kiet (buimonkey) | 87.91 | 97% | 2018-08-09 |
| 12300. | TonySoprano (tony_soprano) | 87.91 | 99% | 2020-04-14 |
| 12301. | Shannon (shannon8605) | 87.91 | 95% | 2012-03-04 |
| 12302. | Freya (rayaa) | 87.90 | 99% | 2026-02-26 |
| 12303. | jell (jell3ll0) | 87.90 | 98% | 2025-02-04 |
| 12304. | Seba (sebixiv) | 87.90 | 98.1% | 2024-05-01 |
| 12305. | Kenny (riggedcontingency) | 87.90 | 97% | 2020-10-17 |
| 12306. | enrique (fugitivecloud) | 87.90 | 97% | 2019-12-08 |
| 12307. | Dhyanu (dhyanesh_999) | 87.89 | 96.9% | 2024-03-19 |
| 12308. | Bentley (benmannn) | 87.89 | 95% | 2025-05-06 |
| 12309. | Md. Musfiqur (dragon172) | 87.89 | 98.8% | 2024-06-10 |
| 12310. | Ornstein (eliggett) | 87.89 | 97% | 2022-09-03 |
| 12311. | Brian (xbjsx) | 87.89 | 94% | 2016-08-05 |
| 12312. | AA (aasniper20) | 87.89 | 97% | 2025-02-11 |
| 12313. | Vans (socalvan) | 87.89 | 96% | 2012-07-27 |
| 12314. | kita (kita01) | 87.89 | 97% | 2021-07-26 |
| 12315. | PeterAst (peterast) | 87.89 | 98% | 2023-05-26 |
| 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 |