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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43919. | sileshi (sile1000) | 43.14 | 94% | 2023-12-06 |
| 43920. | Yvonne (yperrett) | 43.14 | — | 2011-02-05 |
| 43921. | IISJ (smoothmofo) | 43.14 | 93% | 2015-07-12 |
| 43922. | Robert (robert987654321) | 43.13 | 99% | 2025-06-04 |
| 43923. | Nubenstein (nubenstein) | 43.13 | 95% | 2025-05-21 |
| 43924. | Jake (sirsilverhawk) | 43.13 | 94% | 2018-06-06 |
| 43925. | Alfie (alfie_op) | 43.12 | 93% | 2021-05-15 |
| 43926. | Ibrahim (ibbu2017) | 43.11 | 92.7% | 2024-06-26 |
| 43927. | Atilla (gamer_662) | 43.10 | 92% | 2025-01-10 |
| 43928. | mehdi (midi_1069) | 43.07 | 90% | 2013-11-07 |
| 43929. | Rade (rodrigues_123) | 43.06 | 94% | 2024-04-29 |
| 43930. | atul (jsrvh) | 43.06 | 89% | 2015-06-07 |
| 43931. | ENOCHSHUAI (enochshuai) | 43.05 | 95% | 2025-02-20 |
| 43932. | spookleso (spookleso) | 43.04 | 94% | 2020-12-23 |
| 43933. | NEGI (negi_21) | 43.04 | 94% | 2024-03-09 |
| 43934. | gyarmy (gyarmy) | 43.04 | 95% | 2022-07-08 |
| 43935. | shimmy (shimmy00) | 43.01 | 96% | 2024-07-17 |
| 43936. | SearchForBoyyy (searchforbo... | 43.01 | 93% | 2024-02-01 |
| 43937. | Tarun (tarun98601) | 43.01 | 95% | 2020-09-23 |
| 43938. | Peter (petertypist) | 43.01 | 93% | 2014-05-21 |
| 43939. | AnePLa Edenw (anaplaedenw) | 43.00 | 94% | 2024-01-23 |
| 43940. | F16 (hawk_99) | 43.00 | 96% | 2024-09-23 |
| 43941. | nirav (niravkaka) | 43.00 | 94.5% | 2023-12-29 |
| 43942. | Jinsen (jinsen_mamanokawa) | 42.99 | 90% | 2011-12-20 |
| 43943. | Nion (non_existent_weeb) | 42.96 | 96% | 2024-10-20 |
| 43944. | Villads (vilmk) | 42.96 | 94.8% | 2024-04-29 |
| 43945. | youngwook (toodamncool) | 42.95 | 94% | 2019-03-27 |
| 43946. | Oskar (postmanpott) | 42.94 | 93% | 2021-04-04 |
| 43947. | Ashhad (ashhad10) | 42.93 | 94% | 2024-05-11 |
| 43948. | Jawa (jawa_7) | 42.92 | 95% | 2024-09-19 |
| 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 |