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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| 20200. | Riley (nulll) | 76.10 | 97% | 2023-03-29 |
| 20201. | Joseph (appledood123) | 76.10 | 96% | 2021-12-08 |
| 20202. | JoshTheBear19 (joshthebear) | 76.10 | 97.3% | 2024-01-18 |
| 20203. | Amir (wolf_19) | 76.10 | 98% | 2017-08-30 |
| 20204. | ザク (dzak3) | 76.10 | 97% | 2016-08-07 |
| 20205. | Mitchell (jon159357) | 76.09 | 96% | 2015-06-22 |
| 20206. | jfan (juliafan) | 76.09 | 97% | 2024-07-18 |
| 20207. | Idlesloth (idlesloth) | 76.09 | 97% | 2025-02-23 |
| 20208. | RamboII (ramboii) | 76.09 | 98.6% | 2024-01-10 |
| 20209. | Nick (neepwithin) | 76.09 | 98% | 2021-08-31 |
| 20210. | Syed (hello_guest) | 76.09 | 97.9% | 2023-11-26 |
| 20211. | dwikydd (dwikydd) | 76.09 | 98.3% | 2024-06-09 |
| 20212. | Jorge (jquiroz728) | 76.09 | 95% | 2022-09-28 |
| 20213. | Christine (christine2812) | 76.09 | 98% | 2024-06-25 |
| 20214. | Bernie (bernie557) | 76.09 | 95% | 2021-01-20 |
| 20215. | oldaccforpracticing (xsdrea... | 76.09 | 95% | 2021-06-09 |
| 20216. | Sat (xxcoolguy101) | 76.08 | 95% | 2022-08-14 |
| 20217. | Speed is relative (hvan1998) | 76.08 | 98.4% | 2025-03-03 |
| 20218. | Chuck (typer_inflation) | 76.08 | 98% | 2023-02-02 |
| 20219. | Anton (mrballsweat) | 76.08 | 95.4% | 2023-11-30 |
| 20220. | Aidan (annmeda) | 76.08 | 97% | 2020-08-08 |
| 20221. | Pepe (peperojel) | 76.08 | 97% | 2021-03-19 |
| 20222. | lebron (lebron_mccain) | 76.08 | 98.8% | 2024-01-05 |
| 20223. | Meløn (__melon__) | 76.08 | 93% | 2016-02-16 |
| 20224. | sebag (sebagg) | 76.07 | 94% | 2025-01-27 |
| 20225. | Jennifer (jennom10) | 76.07 | 98% | 2024-11-27 |
| 20226. | HASAN (hasan_better) | 76.07 | 96% | 2024-06-04 |
| 20227. | Yawar (yuhao) | 76.07 | 96% | 2024-05-04 |
| 20228. | b (byron911) | 76.07 | 96.2% | 2025-04-08 |
| 20229. | Larisa (larisa402) | 76.07 | 97% | 2024-03-22 |
| 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 |