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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32368. | ej (ejmorii) | 65.16 | 96% | 2025-04-21 |
| 32369. | Paris Hilton (bladeerunner) | 65.16 | 99% | 2025-07-16 |
| 32370. | Pokey (pikachu3182) | 65.16 | 97% | 2022-12-14 |
| 32371. | binnycoco26 (dustinw) | 65.16 | 97.3% | 2025-04-27 |
| 32372. | Carlos (carlos_1995) | 65.16 | 98.1% | 2021-02-20 |
| 32373. | Kieran (kibthegreat) | 65.16 | 95% | 2018-01-15 |
| 32374. | manoj (mshrestha20) | 65.16 | 92% | 2012-07-22 |
| 32375. | Mattias (matteusmauritz) | 65.16 | — | 2011-04-25 |
| 32376. | Lisanne (__lisanne__) | 65.15 | 98.8% | 2025-04-30 |
| 32377. | Tushar (tushar_1_kakamare) | 65.15 | 95% | 2024-06-21 |
| 32378. | anna (honganhh2109) | 65.15 | 97% | 2024-03-31 |
| 32379. | jossyEritrawi (jossyeritrawi) | 65.15 | 97% | 2024-07-29 |
| 32380. | sway (sway22) | 65.15 | 97% | 2024-07-17 |
| 32381. | Thamium9 (thamium9) | 65.15 | 98% | 2025-03-16 |
| 32382. | Tomislav (smrcak) | 65.15 | — | 2010-08-03 |
| 32383. | Dwight (dvorak_dwight) | 65.15 | 96% | 2011-11-30 |
| 32384. | S (sh19) | 65.14 | 96.6% | 2024-01-15 |
| 32385. | Kuuuni (monryjihbb) | 65.14 | 97.1% | 2024-09-18 |
| 32386. | elay (pushguyelay) | 65.14 | 95.3% | 2024-04-27 |
| 32387. | SigmundFreud (sigmund_freud) | 65.14 | 98% | 2024-02-08 |
| 32388. | not (j097) | 65.14 | 95% | 2021-04-14 |
| 32389. | Huston (skifie) | 65.14 | 97% | 2025-04-24 |
| 32390. | Bryan (xxavalonxx) | 65.14 | 97% | 2021-12-29 |
| 32391. | Logan (lowgunnz) | 65.14 | 91% | 2015-11-10 |
| 32392. | Max (bombayduck) | 65.14 | 96% | 2016-05-17 |
| 32393. | Tuzy (tuzy) | 65.14 | 98% | 2016-01-17 |
| 32394. | Shaisab (shaisab) | 65.14 | 97% | 2013-09-21 |
| 32395. | Jesse (mrjesse) | 65.14 | 98% | 2013-12-24 |
| 32396. | Jenn (jennyev) | 65.14 | 97% | 2016-10-02 |
| 32397. | Er Karan Joshi (erkaranjoshi_) | 65.13 | 98% | 2025-07-31 |
| 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 |