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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27997. | ppy (mapy) | 69.63 | 95% | 2024-09-26 |
| 27998. | nreid (barbgrrl) | 69.63 | 97% | 2024-05-17 |
| 27999. | DeanoSOAR (deanosoar) | 69.63 | 97.5% | 2024-02-26 |
| 28000. | (twogah) | 69.63 | 97% | 2021-05-14 |
| 28001. | Neeraj (neerajnkk) | 69.63 | 98% | 2013-11-22 |
| 28002. | uzr (igor83) | 69.63 | 99% | 2014-03-16 |
| 28003. | silvis08 (silvis08) | 69.63 | 94% | 2013-06-03 |
| 28004. | d2mv (d2mv) | 69.62 | 95.9% | 2025-03-11 |
| 28005. | Bennard Savage (savagefelle... | 69.62 | 97% | 2025-08-04 |
| 28006. | Koteswara (ktbbtww) | 69.62 | 95.7% | 2025-02-08 |
| 28007. | TakeMySocial (takemysocial) | 69.62 | 96.8% | 2025-01-21 |
| 28008. | Joshua (jaspercrowlad_lll) | 69.62 | 96% | 2025-12-19 |
| 28009. | miya (gottagospeed) | 69.62 | 98% | 2023-02-01 |
| 28010. | le (ladzgo) | 69.62 | 96.8% | 2024-06-09 |
| 28011. | Gagik (_the_light) | 69.62 | 97% | 2022-12-22 |
| 28012. | Isaac (dolemitesundae) | 69.62 | 95% | 2016-08-16 |
| 28013. | dot (12pixel) | 69.61 | 96% | 2025-10-14 |
| 28014. | chxnelli (chxnelli) | 69.61 | 96% | 2025-06-27 |
| 28015. | Roxy (itypefastforfun) | 69.61 | 96% | 2025-05-08 |
| 28016. | Ciarbin (ciarbin) | 69.61 | 96% | 2024-08-02 |
| 28017. | Edmilson (milson602) | 69.61 | 95% | 2025-11-04 |
| 28018. | Cloudy (bluem23) | 69.61 | 94% | 2017-09-12 |
| 28019. | Typer (typertyping) | 69.61 | 97% | 2024-05-13 |
| 28020. | Suzy (blakmagjick) | 69.61 | 95% | 2014-08-28 |
| 28021. | a (pinkos) | 69.61 | 96% | 2018-03-28 |
| 28022. | Rizki (rizki_ananda) | 69.61 | 98% | 2018-04-29 |
| 28023. | Pratik (puffthemagicdragon) | 69.61 | 95% | 2012-07-18 |
| 28024. | Lorreanne (empyreannn) | 69.60 | 99% | 2020-09-10 |
| 28025. | Dominic (t4dominic) | 69.60 | 96% | 2023-01-26 |
| 28026. | Gelcen (san777) | 69.60 | 97.7% | 2024-07-12 |
| 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 |