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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27380. | maverick (nittanylion) | 70.21 | 97% | 2013-08-30 |
| 27381. | Cerise (ceriseyuki) | 70.20 | 93.1% | 2024-12-20 |
| 27382. | Quinton (quintocer0s) | 70.20 | 98% | 2025-04-11 |
| 27383. | Dorkking (dorkking) | 70.20 | 95% | 2022-03-24 |
| 27384. | Chizame Denki (chizdenki12) | 70.20 | 96.3% | 2025-04-18 |
| 27385. | Jiraphon (jira_s) | 70.20 | 98% | 2024-04-25 |
| 27386. | davo (daer3303) | 70.20 | 96% | 2024-06-17 |
| 27387. | Gabby (wholegully) | 70.20 | 96.9% | 2024-03-07 |
| 27388. | Guest (guest_user_i_swear) | 70.20 | 97.6% | 2024-10-30 |
| 27389. | Anthony (drmajorballs1) | 70.20 | 97.7% | 2024-01-30 |
| 27390. | Linear (linear_999) | 70.20 | 97% | 2023-12-09 |
| 27391. | Zach (zbark96) | 70.20 | 92% | 2016-01-15 |
| 27392. | Ishan (kooshnoo) | 70.20 | 97% | 2022-02-15 |
| 27393. | Quang Duc (quangduc199) | 70.20 | 96% | 2013-02-09 |
| 27394. | Chris (myayavi) | 70.20 | 98% | 2025-12-22 |
| 27395. | Tetu (bwewts) | 70.20 | 97% | 2016-11-19 |
| 27396. | decolleter (decolleter) | 70.19 | 95.9% | 2024-05-10 |
| 27397. | Kindred (kindredsouls) | 70.19 | 97% | 2024-04-29 |
| 27398. | moneyballer (moneyballer101) | 70.19 | 96% | 2024-05-24 |
| 27399. | Mirko (mirkoti) | 70.19 | 95% | 2023-11-14 |
| 27400. | Paul (theslim) | 70.19 | 100% | 2014-06-18 |
| 27401. | Honza (honza2535) | 70.19 | 95% | 2021-08-11 |
| 27402. | youssef (fastus) | 70.19 | 96.2% | 2024-05-22 |
| 27403. | Alessandro (rocchia) | 70.19 | 97% | 2019-11-11 |
| 27404. | nathan (ma__ttam) | 70.19 | 96% | 2021-03-14 |
| 27405. | Alex (mythsty) | 70.19 | 96% | 2019-03-16 |
| 27406. | piroon (khruan) | 70.19 | 97% | 2019-02-20 |
| 27407. | redbeans (redbeans01) | 70.18 | 97% | 2025-09-23 |
| 27408. | Arun (arun4033622) | 70.18 | 97% | 2025-09-16 |
| 27409. | Padtoles (tadp) | 70.18 | 99% | 2025-09-07 |
| 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 |