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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24130. | Chadwick (lordelmo) | 73.35 | 97% | 2024-10-10 |
| 24131. | Verne (vverne) | 73.35 | 97% | 2022-11-10 |
| 24132. | mayank (dids6121) | 73.35 | 98% | 2018-02-26 |
| 24133. | Esme (esmeb56) | 73.35 | 91% | 2012-11-01 |
| 24134. | Dat (bigbeartk) | 73.34 | 96% | 2021-07-20 |
| 24135. | Abhiram (abdo22) | 73.34 | 96.7% | 2024-01-19 |
| 24136. | Michael (polorized) | 73.34 | 94% | 2020-12-27 |
| 24137. | Brett (sonovthedawn) | 73.34 | 95% | 2019-10-09 |
| 24138. | Billy (billyluck) | 73.34 | 96% | 2012-11-30 |
| 24139. | Werdna (werdnawerd) | 73.34 | 95% | 2016-02-07 |
| 24140. | Shotsov (shotsov_qvickly) | 73.34 | 97% | 2011-10-20 |
| 24141. | ilrj (ilrj) | 73.34 | 99% | 2012-09-24 |
| 24142. | jj (wjingjie) | 73.33 | 97% | 2025-03-09 |
| 24143. | Christopher (yammayammatoot) | 73.33 | 98.1% | 2023-12-12 |
| 24144. | Peter (gmontag) | 73.33 | — | 2011-02-20 |
| 24145. | Dawid (jasonwhyareyou) | 73.33 | 93% | 2016-04-23 |
| 24146. | Gustav Fasa (gustavfasa) | 73.32 | 98% | 2025-10-16 |
| 24147. | Sharky (hypnoshark) | 73.32 | 95% | 2025-03-26 |
| 24148. | M200294 (m200294) | 73.32 | 97.4% | 2024-09-13 |
| 24149. | Lemuel (camo341) | 73.32 | 94% | 2015-11-23 |
| 24150. | Okan (pikachu_wow) | 73.32 | 92% | 2016-10-14 |
| 24151. | Prefering (tregsomfaen) | 73.32 | 98% | 2015-06-09 |
| 24152. | Corey (cyoung09) | 73.31 | 97% | 2024-12-05 |
| 24153. | SiyMoteF (siymotef) | 73.31 | 97% | 2025-02-28 |
| 24154. | average foe (average_foe) | 73.31 | 95.6% | 2024-07-05 |
| 24155. | Wilfred (wilfred_king) | 73.31 | 96.5% | 2023-12-21 |
| 24156. | Yo (yomamaaaa) | 73.31 | 96% | 2024-01-23 |
| 24157. | Todd (toddneal) | 73.31 | 96% | 2022-04-13 |
| 24158. | Liney (pollypopcorn) | 73.31 | 97% | 2018-03-03 |
| 24159. | Andrey (fanfan2) | 73.30 | 97% | 2026-04-11 |
| 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 |