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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14027. | Hrant (hrant0) | 85.04 | 98% | 2021-11-03 |
| 14028. | Felix (imboyo) | 85.04 | 97% | 2025-05-24 |
| 14029. | Djovak (saebilopicke) | 85.04 | 96% | 2016-11-17 |
| 14030. | Alessio (alnav) | 85.04 | 95% | 2014-03-26 |
| 14031. | Zend (zend1337) | 85.03 | 96.5% | 2023-11-26 |
| 14032. | Infinity (infinity_0) | 85.03 | 96% | 2024-12-12 |
| 14033. | Hyrum (anom4001) | 85.03 | 98% | 2025-02-26 |
| 14034. | Malachi (kolache3) | 85.03 | 98.6% | 2024-07-17 |
| 14035. | Ari (flooding) | 85.03 | 97.9% | 2024-05-17 |
| 14036. | Angélica (angie10410) | 85.03 | 95% | 2015-03-18 |
| 14037. | twix (twixatschool) | 85.02 | 97% | 2025-03-19 |
| 14038. | Mark (legendoniance) | 85.02 | 92% | 2016-01-09 |
| 14039. | 🐌 (lokshunhung) | 85.02 | 98% | 2020-03-26 |
| 14040. | Nikolaj (chizaque) | 85.02 | 94% | 2016-02-08 |
| 14041. | ThaBlackRose (thablackrose) | 85.02 | 91% | 2014-01-31 |
| 14042. | Rob (destructo91) | 85.02 | 96% | 2017-09-17 |
| 14043. | coolgirl55k (mpdlc8) | 85.01 | 97.4% | 2024-06-17 |
| 14044. | AimSpy (aimspy) | 85.01 | 99% | 2022-12-06 |
| 14045. | therobbed (therobbed) | 85.01 | 95% | 2023-03-13 |
| 14046. | Balazs (blazehills) | 85.01 | 92% | 2012-11-29 |
| 14047. | King Bygone (lil_bygone) | 85.01 | 99% | 2018-07-09 |
| 14048. | Leandro (darklbp) | 85.01 | 95% | 2017-03-04 |
| 14049. | Sam (sam0132nodier) | 85.00 | 96.5% | 2024-06-21 |
| 14050. | Bög (thebiggay271) | 85.00 | 95% | 2020-10-14 |
| 14051. | yogurt (yopurt) | 85.00 | 97.1% | 2024-10-28 |
| 14052. | Cole (cdmillions) | 85.00 | 96.8% | 2024-05-02 |
| 14053. | Chris (fuwasaki) | 85.00 | 97% | 2022-10-25 |
| 14054. | anya (monarchunder) | 85.00 | 96% | 2021-11-15 |
| 14055. | George (geoioanid) | 85.00 | 97% | 2020-09-15 |
| 14056. | Not_Stable (not_stable) | 85.00 | 97% | 2022-03-13 |
| 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 |