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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11745. | GT (breinsch) | 88.60 | 98% | 2024-09-29 |
| 11746. | Graham (preposterous1) | 88.60 | 98% | 2025-06-29 |
| 11747. | Sarah (sarah2005meow) | 88.60 | 98% | 2020-03-28 |
| 11748. | Ngoc (maxq42) | 88.60 | 98% | 2021-02-23 |
| 11749. | Jackee (lilbully) | 88.60 | 97% | 2021-02-28 |
| 11750. | substring (substring) | 88.60 | 96% | 2015-08-24 |
| 11751. | Andrew (scythe89) | 88.60 | — | 2011-02-28 |
| 11752. | saed (matahen) | 88.59 | 96% | 2023-12-23 |
| 11753. | Barbarian (kishananuraag) | 88.59 | 97.8% | 2024-06-08 |
| 11754. | Jochen (s1mpx) | 88.59 | 93% | 2017-01-06 |
| 11755. | Jake (superbmanpro) | 88.58 | 97% | 2025-09-11 |
| 11756. | andres (letloverule) | 88.58 | 98% | 2024-02-18 |
| 11757. | stargazed (starrydanny) | 88.58 | 95% | 2025-07-21 |
| 11758. | zeto (absw3) | 88.58 | 97% | 2026-01-23 |
| 11759. | bryan (forzemi) | 88.58 | 98% | 2022-11-08 |
| 11760. | bananacake (bananacak3) | 88.58 | 98% | 2017-12-20 |
| 11761. | Qrilith (qrilith_nimeru123) | 88.57 | 95% | 2025-01-23 |
| 11762. | Jeremy (jemmytr) | 88.57 | 96% | 2026-03-11 |
| 11763. | Fr0zen (inst4llman) | 88.57 | 97% | 2019-02-28 |
| 11764. | Arpeggio (itsarpeggio) | 88.57 | 97.2% | 2024-01-14 |
| 11765. | qwerty (jowk) | 88.57 | 99% | 2025-08-29 |
| 11766. | Mau (walfare_12) | 88.57 | 96% | 2021-08-16 |
| 11767. | reading is (the_library_is_... | 88.57 | 98% | 2024-01-09 |
| 11768. | Nightwong (thfw00) | 88.57 | 93% | 2016-11-01 |
| 11769. | Akshay (akshay1314) | 88.56 | 98.1% | 2024-12-02 |
| 11770. | sam (shoihvwoihbv3) | 88.56 | 98.1% | 2024-05-17 |
| 11771. | Lan (bubbleangel33) | 88.56 | 93% | 2015-12-15 |
| 11772. | Blaise (syxeight) | 88.56 | 92% | 2016-11-26 |
| 11773. | RKT (fastestspeed) | 88.56 | 98% | 2015-06-01 |
| 11774. | MysRen (mysren) | 88.55 | 97.1% | 2025-01-30 |
| 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 |