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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25809. | malfple_colemak (malfple_co... | 69.70 | 97% | 2023-12-03 |
| 25810. | Preet (pr33t) | 69.70 | 95.6% | 2024-04-21 |
| 25811. | nicholas (p1kwa) | 69.70 | 95% | 2022-02-08 |
| 25812. | exdecial (exdecial) | 69.70 | 95% | 2022-06-18 |
| 25813. | stannny (stannic1) | 69.70 | 95% | 2012-09-06 |
| 25814. | Jany (janyk) | 69.70 | — | 2010-07-18 |
| 25815. | Bob (bobtheastronomer) | 69.69 | 96.5% | 2025-01-30 |
| 25816. | Shrub (mrschrubelhupf) | 69.69 | 96% | 2024-11-15 |
| 25817. | Bala Vignesh (balavignesh26) | 69.69 | 96% | 2024-05-05 |
| 25818. | El Basto (el_basto) | 69.69 | 97% | 2023-12-26 |
| 25819. | Shaun (scuffedorangutan) | 69.69 | 96.6% | 2023-11-22 |
| 25820. | chickychock (chickychock) | 69.69 | 97.5% | 2023-12-01 |
| 25821. | Vanessa (vanessauriondo) | 69.69 | 97% | 2024-11-13 |
| 25822. | Beezzyy (beezzyy) | 69.69 | 97.9% | 2023-11-10 |
| 25823. | Prateek (prateekp987) | 69.69 | 97% | 2020-12-02 |
| 25824. | luffy (kaizoku) | 69.69 | 95% | 2012-06-05 |
| 25825. | Thunder9529 (lhagwa9529) | 69.68 | 99% | 2025-04-10 |
| 25826. | Rex Buckles (rexygreen13) | 69.68 | 97% | 2024-09-20 |
| 25827. | Derek (dereklee0310) | 69.68 | 96.6% | 2024-10-10 |
| 25828. | Ralph Angelo (slow_penguin) | 69.68 | 96% | 2021-01-15 |
| 25829. | Khor (khorshijie) | 69.68 | 90% | 2014-11-25 |
| 25830. | Jack (jackhftang) | 69.68 | 93% | 2012-10-08 |
| 25831. | Billy (billy_x) | 69.68 | 93% | 2013-01-10 |
| 25832. | charlie (charlietea) | 69.67 | 96% | 2024-03-26 |
| 25833. | Chris (imthewalrus37) | 69.67 | 98% | 2013-03-01 |
| 25834. | Vardhan Bijinepalli (varbiji) | 69.67 | 96% | 2024-08-11 |
| 25835. | swingman (worntire) | 69.67 | 97% | 2021-06-16 |
| 25836. | Elyas (ela_man13) | 69.67 | 93.9% | 2024-04-22 |
| 25837. | thax (argothian) | 69.67 | 98% | 2012-05-13 |
| 25838. | Matthew (thefinchler) | 69.67 | 98% | 2022-02-24 |
| 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 |