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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28504. | scrubs (scrubs1906) | 67.31 | 97.7% | 2024-02-11 |
| 28505. | Laurence (zpmncl) | 67.31 | 97% | 2020-11-24 |
| 28506. | Nate (scourse) | 67.31 | 97% | 2014-01-06 |
| 28507. | Kersey (strythio) | 67.30 | 96% | 2015-07-30 |
| 28508. | Luca (lucadelis) | 67.30 | 96.2% | 2025-05-07 |
| 28509. | ayyy topkek (ayyytopkek) | 67.30 | 97.2% | 2023-12-18 |
| 28510. | Rea (rlst) | 67.30 | 95% | 2015-06-01 |
| 28511. | yousef (delusionary) | 67.29 | 94% | 2025-07-20 |
| 28512. | Shadow51 (shadow51) | 67.29 | 98% | 2024-10-14 |
| 28513. | Sriram (sriramrox) | 67.29 | 95.2% | 2024-06-26 |
| 28514. | Artificer1 (artificer1) | 67.29 | 97% | 2024-03-19 |
| 28515. | angst (xngst) | 67.29 | 95.8% | 2023-12-29 |
| 28516. | Sydney (saikens) | 67.29 | 96.4% | 2024-08-01 |
| 28517. | Anthony (white_snake) | 67.29 | — | 2011-03-09 |
| 28518. | Nirmalkumar (nirmal12) | 67.29 | 95% | 2015-04-16 |
| 28519. | Stephan (stephanvdmerwe) | 67.29 | 96% | 2017-05-30 |
| 28520. | Amro (amroo0_0) | 67.28 | 96% | 2024-05-26 |
| 28521. | Xpsosure (xpsosure) | 67.28 | 97.5% | 2023-12-15 |
| 28522. | Ali (alipowpow) | 67.28 | 94% | 2014-12-16 |
| 28523. | 1337 (dotnet) | 67.28 | 96% | 2025-06-21 |
| 28524. | Pew (prettypls) | 67.28 | 91% | 2017-04-22 |
| 28525. | QxD73 (qxd73) | 67.27 | 96% | 2024-01-18 |
| 28526. | Rexxwell Tendean (rexxwell) | 67.27 | 96.4% | 2023-11-17 |
| 28527. | Lars (workmanprogress) | 67.27 | 96% | 2023-04-25 |
| 28528. | Desmond (desmond27) | 67.27 | 95% | 2015-07-13 |
| 28529. | med (medssss) | 67.27 | 97% | 2019-07-15 |
| 28530. | Big (widdzy) | 67.27 | 93% | 2016-06-20 |
| 28531. | Lokesh (l0ki010) | 67.27 | 94% | 2011-10-06 |
| 28532. | Eshan (eshan1504) | 67.26 | 97% | 2025-04-09 |
| 28533. | Gajen (techgajen) | 67.26 | 97% | 2025-07-15 |
| 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 |