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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38938. | sunshine (chellenyasmin) | 58.55 | 93% | 2015-11-13 |
| 38939. | Azad Kumar (azad_6021) | 58.54 | 98% | 2025-12-29 |
| 38940. | frank (frank_the_goat123) | 58.54 | 95% | 2024-04-30 |
| 38941. | wah (jonas_cj) | 58.54 | 95% | 2025-06-21 |
| 38942. | Noah (noah_morris) | 58.54 | 96.7% | 2024-03-01 |
| 38943. | Mahmoud Tarek (macm) | 58.54 | 96% | 2025-06-15 |
| 38944. | graphite (p3tricor) | 58.54 | 96.1% | 2024-09-20 |
| 38945. | akuan10 (akuan10) | 58.54 | 97% | 2021-08-13 |
| 38946. | h (sedlife) | 58.54 | 95% | 2022-04-06 |
| 38947. | emma (emu__) | 58.54 | 96.9% | 2024-01-24 |
| 38948. | arif (hmmmnotokay) | 58.54 | 95% | 2021-03-27 |
| 38949. | Device (device46) | 58.54 | 96% | 2018-09-01 |
| 38950. | Alex (nusss) | 58.54 | 95% | 2020-11-04 |
| 38951. | MuffineousMuffin (mcmuffin620) | 58.54 | 97% | 2020-04-11 |
| 38952. | tyrue (tyrue) | 58.54 | 98% | 2012-03-27 |
| 38953. | Nhi (nhi_nguyen) | 58.54 | 96% | 2014-11-16 |
| 38954. | l3002 (l3002) | 58.53 | 93.6% | 2025-01-19 |
| 38955. | Flanexia (flanexia) | 58.53 | 96% | 2025-05-27 |
| 38956. | earnings demon (earningsdem... | 58.53 | 94.2% | 2025-03-12 |
| 38957. | Axel (axelipy) | 58.53 | 93.8% | 2024-04-05 |
| 38958. | June LOL (junelol) | 58.53 | 95% | 2024-07-03 |
| 38959. | Elle (owelle) | 58.53 | 97% | 2024-09-15 |
| 38960. | Alashwas (alashwas) | 58.53 | 96.2% | 2024-05-17 |
| 38961. | subzcuber (subzcuber) | 58.53 | 96% | 2024-04-16 |
| 38962. | John (whalenj) | 58.53 | 98.3% | 2025-01-10 |
| 38963. | Yeyi (xiaolemon) | 58.53 | 98% | 2024-02-07 |
| 38964. | Saifee (saifeepathan) | 58.53 | 98% | 2013-05-19 |
| 38965. | ruthlessauto (prkbits) | 58.53 | 95% | 2023-11-24 |
| 38966. | Calem (slow_crunch) | 58.53 | 95.2% | 2024-04-07 |
| 38967. | Tylor (goofy_goober2006) | 58.53 | 96.7% | 2024-07-20 |
| 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 |