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 |
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39871. | Valerie (valmelu) | 54.44 | 95.1% | 2025-01-19 |
39872. | amirah afrina (amrhafrna) | 54.44 | 96.9% | 2024-11-20 |
39873. | Hugo Lindstrom (huggepugge) | 54.44 | 95.4% | 2024-09-04 |
39874. | fiver (fivetype) | 54.44 | 95.4% | 2024-04-19 |
39875. | Mia (mia444) | 54.44 | 95.1% | 2024-01-05 |
39876. | hui (penandpaps) | 54.44 | 97.3% | 2024-10-22 |
39877. | Sandy (sandeshgowda0094) | 54.44 | 96% | 2022-03-02 |
39878. | KentaD (kentad) | 54.44 | 86% | 2016-09-30 |
39879. | bhuvan (bhuvan_rawal) | 54.44 | 94% | 2012-04-20 |
39880. | Andy (andy_dev) | 54.43 | 96% | 2025-03-08 |
39881. | helloshaz (helloshaz) | 54.43 | 94% | 2025-03-20 |
39882. | Hakeem (abdulhakeem) | 54.43 | 94% | 2024-03-24 |
39883. | BorpaU (borpau) | 54.43 | 95% | 2022-07-13 |
39884. | Jack (johnmayer) | 54.43 | 93.7% | 2021-02-15 |
39885. | WI (apni) | 54.43 | 90% | 2014-10-04 |
39886. | Maria (mariaturkmani) | 54.43 | 95% | 2016-01-15 |
39887. | D (deeohso) | 54.42 | 95% | 2021-05-08 |
39888. | Fork (sir_fork) | 54.42 | 95% | 2021-11-04 |
39889. | Mariana (marianalb) | 54.42 | 95.6% | 2024-04-05 |
39890. | Kevin (kkgp) | 54.42 | 96.8% | 2024-02-02 |
39891. | Marker (markerturtle) | 54.42 | 97.3% | 2025-04-17 |
39892. | MTH (mth2904) | 54.42 | 97.9% | 2023-12-15 |
39893. | bryan (bryan2010) | 54.42 | 95% | 2022-02-21 |
39894. | esper (esperito) | 54.42 | 95% | 2013-08-04 |
39895. | mostafa (mostafa_511) | 54.41 | 94% | 2024-07-19 |
39896. | Jodoggy (josiahlo) | 54.41 | 94.8% | 2024-03-01 |
39897. | Shafiqul (shafiq007) | 54.41 | 99% | 2022-08-20 |
39898. | Prashant (deathcreed) | 54.41 | 95% | 2025-03-29 |
39899. | Artur (artur_sargsyan) | 54.41 | 94.6% | 2025-03-06 |
39900. | Navid (navid40k) | 54.41 | 97% | 2024-02-14 |
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 |