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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44005. | Gayathri (gayu) | 51.53 | 88% | 2013-02-04 |
| 44006. | Ashish_R (ashish_r) | 51.52 | 97% | 2025-02-27 |
| 44007. | Eulerroid (eulerroid) | 51.52 | 93% | 2023-12-05 |
| 44008. | Blckpnthr (blckpnthr) | 51.52 | 93.3% | 2025-01-06 |
| 44009. | Ser (juzser) | 51.52 | 97% | 2019-08-07 |
| 44010. | edionme (edionme) | 51.51 | 96.6% | 2024-08-08 |
| 44011. | TypeRaceCar (rin0cranel) | 51.51 | 96% | 2025-05-04 |
| 44012. | emil (the_princize) | 51.51 | 95% | 2023-07-08 |
| 44013. | Jono (jnthnsw25) | 51.51 | 95% | 2025-09-07 |
| 44014. | forbidden (forbidden777) | 51.51 | 95% | 2024-11-05 |
| 44015. | IGO (igoboy) | 51.51 | 96.5% | 2024-06-21 |
| 44016. | Lía (lia24) | 51.51 | 96.8% | 2024-11-07 |
| 44017. | RAVI (ravi_249) | 51.51 | 95.9% | 2024-10-24 |
| 44018. | micki (miiickiii) | 51.51 | 92% | 2016-05-25 |
| 44019. | Yanessa Viola (yanessa) | 51.51 | 97% | 2012-10-04 |
| 44020. | Dylan (dylaaan) | 51.51 | 92% | 2017-02-04 |
| 44021. | senthil kumar (senthilkumar) | 51.50 | 95% | 2025-09-23 |
| 44022. | Aymane (rutojocid) | 51.50 | 94.3% | 2024-09-21 |
| 44023. | Ahmed Abdel Baqi (ahmdalghnam) | 51.50 | 93% | 2025-07-20 |
| 44024. | Daaa (daaaa) | 51.50 | 94.6% | 2024-01-24 |
| 44025. | Ahmed (ahmedhesam__) | 51.50 | 95.7% | 2024-03-13 |
| 44026. | Nisha (nisha4) | 51.50 | 94% | 2023-12-08 |
| 44027. | VIPIN (the_voldemort) | 51.50 | 94% | 2023-08-21 |
| 44028. | dsc: ishwr (psychic7195) | 51.50 | 94% | 2020-08-08 |
| 44029. | Panino (ninopanino) | 51.49 | 96% | 2025-05-12 |
| 44030. | mezetu (mezetu) | 51.49 | 95% | 2025-03-09 |
| 44031. | ArtilleryJoe (artilleryjoe) | 51.49 | 96.8% | 2023-08-09 |
| 44032. | shonnte (shonnte) | 51.49 | — | 2010-06-23 |
| 44033. | Keizy (keizyy) | 51.48 | 96.7% | 2024-10-22 |
| 44034. | Asraful (asraful) | 51.48 | 98% | 2024-08-11 |
| 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 |