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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12178. | Dr (inadequacy) | 86.89 | 92% | 2016-06-09 |
| 12179. | Abhirup (puppylover101) | 86.89 | 93% | 2017-04-24 |
| 12180. | Christopher (masturbateandt... | 86.89 | 96% | 2018-10-16 |
| 12181. | Rayane (xaeven) | 86.89 | 96% | 2022-05-04 |
| 12182. | Judah (chewyglue) | 86.89 | 96.8% | 2024-11-07 |
| 12183. | Vishal (fieryhydra) | 86.89 | 99% | 2017-11-06 |
| 12184. | Sh.t (crackracer) | 86.89 | 96% | 2013-05-03 |
| 12185. | Tiermor (tiermor) | 86.88 | 97.1% | 2024-04-07 |
| 12186. | Ben (blahpoof) | 86.88 | 96% | 2021-05-04 |
| 12187. | Bena (benakena) | 86.88 | 95% | 2021-01-26 |
| 12188. | Andrew (jargazes) | 86.88 | 97% | 2016-08-05 |
| 12189. | accuracy training 3 (minhse... | 86.87 | 96.9% | 2024-10-01 |
| 12190. | Jasjit (jasjit) | 86.87 | 97.4% | 2024-08-16 |
| 12191. | Jake (jebten) | 86.87 | 96% | 2025-02-01 |
| 12192. | Leah (cocoawolf) | 86.87 | 96% | 2024-12-17 |
| 12193. | Annie (imannie) | 86.87 | 97.5% | 2024-03-17 |
| 12194. | Random24Things (random2things) | 86.86 | 99.3% | 2024-09-14 |
| 12195. | Yakhe (ken007) | 86.86 | 98% | 2024-07-03 |
| 12196. | Greg (attractiveguy1211) | 86.86 | 95% | 2011-09-11 |
| 12197. | yeah! (brushily) | 86.86 | 97% | 2022-05-21 |
| 12198. | Derek (mithridate) | 86.86 | 96% | 2017-11-03 |
| 12199. | Tom (somanytypos) | 86.86 | — | 2010-12-14 |
| 12200. | Smarmy (smarmyraptor) | 86.86 | 96% | 2017-06-03 |
| 12201. | Mitchell (mdyer44) | 86.86 | 96% | 2016-07-08 |
| 12202. | Neil (neilp) | 86.85 | 96% | 2024-03-09 |
| 12203. | Milind (milindo) | 86.85 | 96.6% | 2023-12-25 |
| 12204. | Pierce (piercephillips7) | 86.85 | 97% | 2022-01-08 |
| 12205. | Evan (edawg525) | 86.85 | 97% | 2021-03-29 |
| 12206. | Evan (shnifflepuff) | 86.85 | 93% | 2013-02-03 |
| 12207. | chrims (phurrymama) | 86.84 | 97% | 2024-07-01 |
| 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 |