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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40188. | Vinicius (vinnyataide) | 57.15 | 92% | 2016-05-23 |
| 40189. | nikita kinch (purpleroxx) | 57.15 | 98% | 2012-07-02 |
| 40190. | Rahul (rahulprabhu) | 57.15 | 95% | 2012-08-04 |
| 40191. | Sophia (berrypie09) | 57.14 | 96% | 2025-12-31 |
| 40192. | yeediot (yeediot) | 57.14 | 95.3% | 2025-06-03 |
| 40193. | _os@mu (dazai16) | 57.14 | 95% | 2022-02-04 |
| 40194. | Riley (anonymous_22) | 57.14 | 95.9% | 2024-10-03 |
| 40195. | dudeincar (dudeincar) | 57.14 | 93% | 2024-07-19 |
| 40196. | rr69 (rr69) | 57.14 | 95.8% | 2024-07-11 |
| 40197. | Mohaimin Shovon (mzshovon) | 57.14 | 97% | 2025-07-10 |
| 40198. | John (dent12) | 57.14 | 92% | 2022-10-22 |
| 40199. | Danny (kinboy) | 57.14 | 96% | 2021-02-07 |
| 40200. | Doan (zzzhzzz) | 57.14 | 94% | 2022-09-10 |
| 40201. | Van (motorhobo) | 57.14 | 97% | 2018-11-10 |
| 40202. | Friedrich (drmomake) | 57.14 | 93% | 2016-06-04 |
| 40203. | Harry (bone126) | 57.14 | 92% | 2017-04-03 |
| 40204. | Hidde (type_of_hidde) | 57.13 | 96% | 2025-11-22 |
| 40205. | Preston (pt23) | 57.13 | 94% | 2022-07-09 |
| 40206. | Predrag Gadzic (pedjatheboy) | 57.13 | 95% | 2024-03-11 |
| 40207. | Alabhya Jindal (alabhyajindal) | 57.13 | 94% | 2022-02-25 |
| 40208. | John (jim_the_typer) | 57.13 | 96% | 2024-12-15 |
| 40209. | Mohammad Yahya (mohammad_ya... | 57.13 | 95.3% | 2024-03-15 |
| 40210. | Jacob (rackabrack) | 57.13 | 96.6% | 2023-12-15 |
| 40211. | mark0741 (mark0741) | 57.13 | 96.3% | 2024-12-26 |
| 40212. | sukhoi su-57 (shezy) | 57.13 | 96.5% | 2024-03-04 |
| 40213. | Muhammad (donnyutsman) | 57.13 | 96% | 2021-04-24 |
| 40214. | It's me! (tuppence) | 57.13 | 93% | 2016-04-30 |
| 40215. | Thinh (superthor1999) | 57.13 | 92% | 2020-08-24 |
| 40216. | Saul (sburman) | 57.13 | 96% | 2016-05-04 |
| 40217. | Steffen (fellroy) | 57.13 | 96% | 2018-12-30 |
| 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 |