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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8422. | Lord (lordkail) | 94.81 | 96% | 2014-03-04 |
| 8423. | abacon233 (abacon233) | 94.80 | 96% | 2025-10-03 |
| 8424. | when (pigybank) | 94.80 | 97% | 2024-02-29 |
| 8425. | DAS (tanjiro01) | 94.80 | 99% | 2024-01-29 |
| 8426. | Babu (pinklamborghini) | 94.80 | 95.4% | 2024-09-01 |
| 8427. | 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕝 (varelsen) | 94.80 | — | 2010-09-01 |
| 8428. | Žak (slovenskikonj) | 94.79 | 96% | 2025-10-07 |
| 8429. | StizTheWiz (stizthewiz) | 94.79 | 98% | 2025-04-04 |
| 8430. | Owen (sairaerk) | 94.79 | 95% | 2016-03-28 |
| 8431. | Paper (_wkp0) | 94.78 | 99% | 2025-04-09 |
| 8432. | whirlpool (gilanganggara27) | 94.78 | 98% | 2012-09-20 |
| 8433. | NELiXERY (nelixery) | 94.78 | 99% | 2015-07-06 |
| 8434. | Sujan (suzanshakya) | 94.78 | — | 2010-12-26 |
| 8435. | Everett (everett_esparza) | 94.78 | 96% | 2012-09-25 |
| 8436. | Hendrix (hendrixtjaden) | 94.77 | 94% | 2013-09-07 |
| 8437. | Bennett (cheapous) | 94.77 | 97% | 2011-07-04 |
| 8438. | kieransdeath (kieransdeath) | 94.76 | 95.9% | 2025-03-20 |
| 8439. | Q (keykeykey) | 94.76 | 96.9% | 2024-03-22 |
| 8440. | Sivaganesh (sivaganesh) | 94.76 | 97.9% | 2021-02-19 |
| 8441. | Emrah (emrahcankayaf) | 94.76 | 94% | 2014-04-15 |
| 8442. | InsaneBiff (insanebiff) | 94.76 | 97% | 2015-09-29 |
| 8443. | Jay (jayser6) | 94.75 | 95.9% | 2023-12-17 |
| 8444. | Jeffrey (jkjeffrey7) | 94.75 | 97% | 2025-09-25 |
| 8445. | susto (susto) | 94.75 | — | 2010-12-06 |
| 8446. | Cam (ocanadia) | 94.75 | 96% | 2015-06-18 |
| 8447. | Anthony (gogo55) | 94.74 | — | 2011-03-31 |
| 8448. | Elijah (amusingquill3) | 94.74 | 99% | 2021-09-13 |
| 8449. | Andrew (andrewnonumbers) | 94.74 | 97% | 2011-07-21 |
| 8450. | Ryan (ryanshirk) | 94.74 | 99% | 2011-07-27 |
| 8451. | coby james (coby_james) | 94.73 | 97% | 2025-04-12 |
| 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 |