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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42004. | agacia (agacia) | 50.83 | 92.8% | 2025-05-28 |
| 42005. | Ritesh (teshu707) | 50.83 | 97% | 2024-07-12 |
| 42006. | al2qx (al2qx) | 50.83 | 94% | 2021-04-02 |
| 42007. | Julia (bunnimochi) | 50.83 | 96% | 2021-02-10 |
| 42008. | notgeorgia (notgeorgia) | 50.83 | 95% | 2021-01-13 |
| 42009. | Vasanth Raja (vasanthraja) | 50.83 | 90% | 2011-05-04 |
| 42010. | BLAST59 (blast59) | 50.82 | 94.3% | 2024-02-14 |
| 42011. | Nitin (zen619) | 50.82 | 92% | 2023-11-17 |
| 42012. | Genesis (rednaxshav) | 50.82 | 91.2% | 2023-11-24 |
| 42013. | Caleb (blossom_owo) | 50.81 | 97% | 2025-02-06 |
| 42014. | Anthony (king_bender) | 50.81 | 93.7% | 2023-12-23 |
| 42015. | Kacsa (kacsa_janos) | 50.81 | 96% | 2023-06-13 |
| 42016. | Laylas (laylas) | 50.81 | 94% | 2015-09-03 |
| 42017. | Shrish Pandey (shrishpandey08) | 50.80 | 96% | 2024-02-19 |
| 42018. | AKarudwal (akarudwal) | 50.80 | 96% | 2024-12-27 |
| 42019. | racer (racer_1) | 50.80 | 98% | 2016-05-21 |
| 42020. | Yelhena (yelhena) | 50.79 | 99% | 2025-05-30 |
| 42021. | muwahid (muwahid) | 50.79 | 96% | 2025-02-05 |
| 42022. | Kirby (sa1v_tion) | 50.79 | 96% | 2024-09-08 |
| 42023. | Rojan (rojan_123) | 50.79 | 94% | 2024-05-29 |
| 42024. | Godson (godson_gts) | 50.79 | 94% | 2014-04-29 |
| 42025. | ram (markumar) | 50.79 | 95% | 2014-09-30 |
| 42026. | Zong (evynzx) | 50.79 | 91% | 2013-09-30 |
| 42027. | Bach (bachtieudiep) | 50.79 | 89% | 2012-12-26 |
| 42028. | Unrival Super Hottie (xwopn... | 50.78 | 95% | 2025-06-17 |
| 42029. | satanjay (satanjay) | 50.78 | 97% | 2015-12-03 |
| 42030. | A (paramu12) | 50.78 | 95% | 2018-04-24 |
| 42031. | Kenny (kennyd3520) | 50.78 | 94% | 2025-01-20 |
| 42032. | itzHB (itzhb) | 50.78 | 96.3% | 2024-11-10 |
| 42033. | jca k;ing (jcaaaaaa) | 50.77 | 95% | 2025-04-25 |
| 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 |