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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17248. | Vincent (vminjares) | 79.65 | 95% | 2012-03-25 |
| 17249. | sunny (sunxuz) | 79.65 | — | 2010-12-15 |
| 17250. | Mark (markxing) | 79.65 | 91% | 2011-06-23 |
| 17251. | Magical Panda (magical_panda) | 79.64 | 97% | 2025-06-16 |
| 17252. | kramton (kramnot) | 79.64 | 96.6% | 2024-09-25 |
| 17253. | Siddhartha (gravito12345) | 79.64 | 94.6% | 2023-12-08 |
| 17254. | CopyRited (copyrited) | 79.63 | 96.1% | 2025-02-18 |
| 17255. | Skellyfingers (skellyfingers) | 79.63 | 97% | 2025-02-06 |
| 17256. | Eugene (eugene121) | 79.63 | 97.9% | 2024-06-21 |
| 17257. | Abhi (notthebeees1) | 79.63 | 96% | 2022-10-02 |
| 17258. | Johannes (nachobar) | 79.63 | 97% | 2024-04-18 |
| 17259. | sharp (quotextx) | 79.63 | 98% | 2020-08-15 |
| 17260. | Bob (bobvance69) | 79.63 | 95.5% | 2024-02-09 |
| 17261. | Milan (themilan) | 79.63 | 97.3% | 2024-07-07 |
| 17262. | (based) (not_medicine) | 79.63 | 96% | 2019-02-12 |
| 17263. | Squidly (squidly) | 79.63 | 97% | 2011-09-10 |
| 17264. | Teacrumble (teacrumble) | 79.62 | 97% | 2025-04-05 |
| 17265. | hrishabh (hrishabh3105) | 79.62 | 97.6% | 2025-02-11 |
| 17266. | MICHAEL (mykehaymors) | 79.62 | 96% | 2024-07-18 |
| 17267. | spicyhot (sp1cyhot) | 79.62 | 96.1% | 2024-01-24 |
| 17268. | tstats[aayush_619] (aayush_... | 79.62 | 98% | 2023-07-22 |
| 17269. | Big (bnechlani09) | 79.62 | 97% | 2024-09-10 |
| 17270. | Yoko (robotgobot) | 79.62 | — | 2010-10-01 |
| 17271. | Peaky (x101) | 79.62 | 97% | 2017-12-04 |
| 17272. | Timo (ustimoger) | 79.61 | 97% | 2024-06-02 |
| 17273. | π«π π βΈΙ¦ΙΚΓΕΙ ... | 79.61 | 98.1% | 2025-01-17 |
| 17274. | Diego (diego190401) | 79.61 | 98% | 2022-11-02 |
| 17275. | NecroCW (necrocw) | 79.61 | 95% | 2021-10-05 |
| 17276. | Rohan (rps13) | 79.61 | 98% | 2021-10-01 |
| 17277. | marshal (sharpie0101) | 79.61 | 98% | 2019-12-22 |
| 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 |