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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10217. | Ravinder (ravinder_1977) | 91.34 | 99% | 2016-05-05 |
| 10218. | Tony (frictionp) | 91.33 | 98% | 2023-04-24 |
| 10219. | Houtan (hkp92) | 91.33 | 99% | 2026-01-01 |
| 10220. | cabro (mdrmono) | 91.33 | 97% | 2025-07-30 |
| 10221. | Andy (enlightenme) | 91.33 | 98% | 2020-06-26 |
| 10222. | kururu007 (kururu007) | 91.33 | 97% | 2023-09-29 |
| 10223. | RiP (robertsr4l) | 91.33 | 99% | 2025-09-20 |
| 10224. | Lokyin (lqkii) | 91.33 | 97% | 2021-11-01 |
| 10225. | connie (conxlee) | 91.33 | 97% | 2019-04-09 |
| 10226. | solariis (sol4riis) | 91.32 | 97.9% | 2024-02-28 |
| 10227. | Cyla (cylaerfiest) | 91.32 | 98% | 2022-04-03 |
| 10228. | Hot Cross Puns (hot_cross_p... | 91.32 | 96% | 2025-07-03 |
| 10229. | ProbablyButter (probablybut... | 91.32 | 99% | 2016-05-02 |
| 10230. | 2 (2getter) | 91.32 | 94% | 2011-07-13 |
| 10231. | GamerWYC (gamerwyc) | 91.31 | 97% | 2025-07-19 |
| 10232. | ifh (ifhi) | 91.31 | 98% | 2024-06-17 |
| 10233. | Albs (albuseinstein) | 91.30 | 98% | 2019-07-15 |
| 10234. | se (simops) | 91.30 | 97% | 2023-11-14 |
| 10235. | Henry (h___) | 91.30 | 96% | 2022-09-24 |
| 10236. | momo (momonoyoru) | 91.30 | 96% | 2012-05-10 |
| 10237. | Ian (petperson) | 91.30 | 98% | 2013-02-20 |
| 10238. | Rip - Meech (bblgod) | 91.29 | 95.5% | 2025-03-03 |
| 10239. | sherry (sherrymint) | 91.29 | 99% | 2025-07-08 |
| 10240. | cycadz (cycadz03) | 91.29 | 98% | 2021-07-11 |
| 10241. | RoY (roy_s) | 91.29 | 97.3% | 2024-07-15 |
| 10242. | Adam (halfaznguy) | 91.29 | 96% | 2016-10-29 |
| 10243. | cw (perpendd) | 91.29 | 93% | 2012-12-27 |
| 10244. | Huyền (pehuyen2507) | 91.29 | 91% | 2013-03-28 |
| 10245. | pooh (ayeizpai) | 91.29 | 95% | 2015-10-17 |
| 10246. | AM (amtyper) | 91.29 | — | 2010-08-26 |
| 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 |