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 |
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24234. | one38 (one38) | 71.55 | 97.2% | 2023-11-30 |
24235. | ritwik (ritwik3856) | 71.55 | 97% | 2021-07-06 |
24236. | Bepsi (thesaltiestsea) | 71.55 | 94% | 2018-06-27 |
24237. | Amaanudeen (amaanudeen) | 71.55 | 98.8% | 2024-07-02 |
24238. | Daneshvar (daneshvara) | 71.55 | 87% | 2016-10-31 |
24239. | Ole Einar (zyphie) | 71.55 | 97% | 2013-07-04 |
24240. | mczerwi (mczerwi) | 71.55 | 94% | 2015-04-18 |
24241. | Flying Fingers (butler78) | 71.55 | 98% | 2013-09-13 |
24242. | Mark Hancock (isuckattyping... | 71.54 | 97% | 2025-03-11 |
24243. | sgtk (sgjk) | 71.54 | 98% | 2025-03-10 |
24244. | Milla (kuyajames) | 71.54 | 96.7% | 2025-03-25 |
24245. | Jeff Bezos (dissentforyou) | 71.54 | 96% | 2025-01-24 |
24246. | Chelsea (oxfordkarma) | 71.54 | 96.8% | 2024-01-15 |
24247. | Sujash (sujash03) | 71.54 | 98% | 2024-02-13 |
24248. | t (tvctft) | 71.54 | 97% | 2014-03-15 |
24249. | ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (sarsippius) | 71.54 | 96% | 2017-08-01 |
24250. | Gary (serialvelocity9) | 71.53 | 99% | 2024-12-23 |
24251. | typeracerverstrappen (typer... | 71.53 | 96% | 2024-09-15 |
24252. | Le Hoang (gampingbua) | 71.53 | 96.5% | 2024-05-24 |
24253. | Jeremy (jbathan24) | 71.53 | 95% | 2024-02-22 |
24254. | Evan (eh30) | 71.53 | 96.6% | 2024-05-18 |
24255. | Mejoren papus (prron2021) | 71.53 | 98% | 2025-06-22 |
24256. | z1nk (z1nkz1nk) | 71.53 | 97.6% | 2023-12-29 |
24257. | Redon (redon1998) | 71.53 | 96.6% | 2024-10-31 |
24258. | Bob (bobderbauer) | 71.53 | 96% | 2021-03-01 |
24259. | A (sd_era) | 71.53 | 96% | 2024-02-07 |
24260. | Stevens (typa) | 71.53 | 94% | 2012-06-02 |
24261. | smokindatveed (howtfwegothere) | 71.52 | 96% | 2023-04-01 |
24262. | JP (isnotjp) | 71.52 | 96.7% | 2025-03-19 |
24263. | Christian Kale (leskochrist... | 71.52 | 99% | 2024-08-26 |
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 |