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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42896. | Mason (mrdr_fest) | 48.36 | 93.3% | 2024-05-20 |
| 42897. | SUdeep (sud1201) | 48.36 | 91% | 2015-07-28 |
| 42898. | Dinamy01 (mryacine) | 48.35 | 96.7% | 2024-04-01 |
| 42899. | toker (tokerru) | 48.35 | — | 2011-02-04 |
| 42900. | SourJam (sourjam) | 48.34 | 95.1% | 2024-08-28 |
| 42901. | Mary (mary_f) | 48.34 | 94% | 2024-06-28 |
| 42902. | Danny (dannybobanny) | 48.34 | 94% | 2025-05-07 |
| 42903. | hohoho (blueisgood) | 48.33 | 93.5% | 2021-02-07 |
| 42904. | Hoàng Ngọc Biên (hoangn... | 48.33 | 95% | 2012-06-02 |
| 42905. | Adel (adeltaj) | 48.33 | 90% | 2016-06-20 |
| 42906. | hanz (hannahirl) | 48.32 | 99% | 2024-03-12 |
| 42907. | Chase (shiftyhits) | 48.32 | 96% | 2015-10-07 |
| 42908. | Ethan (ethanoate) | 48.31 | 95.7% | 2024-07-23 |
| 42909. | Edward (minikooper117) | 48.31 | 90% | 2014-12-29 |
| 42910. | GummyShworm (gummyshworm) | 48.30 | 93% | 2025-02-08 |
| 42911. | MimaJoyce (mimacoy) | 48.30 | 100% | 2013-09-13 |
| 42912. | Jacob (lolkirito) | 48.29 | 93% | 2022-06-06 |
| 42913. | Muhammad Ali Hassan (muhamm... | 48.29 | 95% | 2024-04-17 |
| 42914. | Euan (killnars) | 48.29 | 93.3% | 2024-05-25 |
| 42915. | Ibraim (ibrai_m) | 48.29 | 95% | 2023-07-03 |
| 42916. | Bohdan (bogdanr) | 48.29 | 97% | 2021-04-04 |
| 42917. | Tien (lienetn) | 48.29 | — | 2011-04-13 |
| 42918. | Aldwin (kahrmah) | 48.28 | 92% | 2013-08-05 |
| 42919. | Igor (igor87) | 48.28 | 95.5% | 2025-04-05 |
| 42920. | Maurice (mo01) | 48.28 | 96% | 2024-09-30 |
| 42921. | aoeuhtns (aoeuhtns3000) | 48.28 | 94% | 2024-05-06 |
| 42922. | Vjeko (cubes7930) | 48.28 | 93.5% | 2023-12-17 |
| 42923. | Know Thyself (faruuuuu) | 48.28 | 96.4% | 2025-01-25 |
| 42924. | Mauricio (mauricio_mateus) | 48.27 | 97% | 2025-05-07 |
| 42925. | nouran mohaemed (nouram2008) | 48.27 | 93.6% | 2025-02-21 |
| 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 |