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 |
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42558. | H. V. (h_v1984) | 49.79 | 94.5% | 2024-12-26 |
42559. | Daryl (daryldwiatma) | 49.79 | 94% | 2024-06-10 |
42560. | yonatan (yonic72) | 49.79 | 95% | 2025-01-23 |
42561. | Navid (navidqrz) | 49.79 | 95.5% | 2025-01-09 |
42562. | zXoric (zxoric) | 49.79 | 95% | 2025-05-25 |
42563. | rhay (rhayaep) | 49.79 | 94% | 2024-03-16 |
42564. | tofankaran (akash2001) | 49.79 | 95.4% | 2023-11-17 |
42565. | Atharva Vijay (atharva_vk) | 49.79 | 94.4% | 2021-02-24 |
42566. | Zen (zen_xs) | 49.79 | 96.8% | 2024-07-21 |
42567. | Hugh (gbush2000) | 49.79 | 94% | 2020-09-11 |
42568. | Apples (apples07) | 49.79 | 93% | 2016-03-13 |
42569. | typer (kmanghat) | 49.78 | 96% | 2020-12-10 |
42570. | Sumika (sum917) | 49.77 | 94% | 2020-03-18 |
42571. | Matt (flapjack245) | 49.77 | 93% | 2025-05-09 |
42572. | Binod (binodmx) | 49.77 | 97% | 2017-06-08 |
42573. | Tuấn Anh (tuananhnbt) | 49.77 | — | 2010-08-25 |
42574. | Kyle (kyleark) | 49.76 | 96% | 2023-04-04 |
42575. | Amani (amani7) | 49.76 | 99% | 2013-11-14 |
42576. | Thilash (thilash) | 49.75 | 96% | 2014-10-06 |
42577. | dawn (dreamwastaken) | 49.75 | 94% | 2020-09-17 |
42578. | RadStar (radstar) | 49.75 | 98% | 2024-05-11 |
42579. | Aaryan sharma (aaryan21) | 49.75 | 96% | 2021-10-17 |
42580. | Maddie (mfighter) | 49.75 | 94% | 2018-06-30 |
42581. | sykn (sykn) | 49.74 | 96% | 2025-06-24 |
42582. | Matthew (nyakurikun) | 49.74 | 97% | 2024-12-09 |
42583. | ach5910 (ach5910) | 49.74 | 94.6% | 2024-02-29 |
42584. | Cong (darkness1102) | 49.74 | 91% | 2011-10-20 |
42585. | rahul (rahulkanchan) | 49.73 | 99% | 2012-12-05 |
42586. | Nab00 (popipopipo) | 49.73 | 97.4% | 2024-08-19 |
42587. | David Darko (netthephoenix) | 49.73 | 92.4% | 2024-04-06 |
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 |