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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39237. | Łukasz (krodzango) | 58.10 | 97% | 2025-11-12 |
| 39238. | ANJUM (mehranjum) | 58.10 | 96% | 2021-07-11 |
| 39239. | Tanvir Ahmed (tanvir_rasel) | 58.10 | 96% | 2020-04-24 |
| 39240. | patrick (the_brucey) | 58.10 | 97% | 2023-02-04 |
| 39241. | wes (wesxp44) | 58.10 | 98% | 2014-12-16 |
| 39242. | Adrian (adrianlooi) | 58.10 | 95% | 2019-04-06 |
| 39243. | Adderz (adderz7243) | 58.10 | 94% | 2020-12-02 |
| 39244. | nn (sslimshadyy) | 58.09 | 98% | 2024-07-08 |
| 39245. | Matteo (matteorooski) | 58.09 | 99% | 2025-04-06 |
| 39246. | Amit Karmahe (amitkarmahe) | 58.09 | 97.5% | 2024-09-20 |
| 39247. | Marcus (homerek) | 58.09 | 94.7% | 2025-04-29 |
| 39248. | Thanasi (thanasi_10) | 58.09 | 97% | 2024-06-18 |
| 39249. | typer1021 (typer1021) | 58.09 | 97% | 2025-06-14 |
| 39250. | mope_mope (mope_mope) | 58.09 | 97% | 2024-07-27 |
| 39251. | Chez (stackofchairs) | 58.09 | 95% | 2021-04-22 |
| 39252. | Mojo (mojomanftw) | 58.09 | 90% | 2016-09-14 |
| 39253. | mdjihad (jihad12345) | 58.08 | 98% | 2025-09-07 |
| 39254. | sahf (yeetusmaximum) | 58.08 | 94% | 2023-05-15 |
| 39255. | Walnut (mr_walnut) | 58.08 | 97.5% | 2024-03-24 |
| 39256. | 51.T (51_t) | 58.08 | 95% | 2025-07-18 |
| 39257. | Trystan (tdude_37) | 58.08 | 96% | 2022-03-19 |
| 39258. | th3fwa (th3fwa) | 58.08 | 95% | 2023-11-18 |
| 39259. | Robert (bertazz) | 58.08 | 96% | 2024-03-06 |
| 39260. | Rukio (rukioruk) | 58.08 | 98% | 2018-08-09 |
| 39261. | IHaveArthritus (loabing) | 58.08 | 96% | 2019-11-01 |
| 39262. | Zheyu (thebestsunny) | 58.08 | 98% | 2017-09-07 |
| 39263. | Janetain (janetain) | 58.08 | 95% | 2017-02-04 |
| 39264. | Gilly (giles) | 58.08 | — | 2010-09-10 |
| 39265. | EricCC2 (eric_cc2) | 58.07 | 98% | 2025-07-02 |
| 39266. | Kay (kvlydian) | 58.07 | 95% | 2020-12-20 |
| 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 |