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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35948. | Shaye (2ndwinded) | 61.67 | 97% | 2024-07-04 |
| 35949. | 5thtyperman (5thtyperman) | 61.67 | 99% | 2024-02-03 |
| 35950. | Diego (groundpoundurmama) | 61.67 | 98% | 2024-07-03 |
| 35951. | abelrobot (abelrobot) | 61.66 | 94% | 2020-12-14 |
| 35952. | f ice (catwang) | 61.66 | 89% | 2015-09-12 |
| 35953. | lorezf (puzzlecream) | 61.66 | 96% | 2024-09-11 |
| 35954. | Alex (theloneleaf27) | 61.66 | 95% | 2024-07-30 |
| 35955. | Sunny (sunny6464n) | 61.66 | 96.2% | 2024-02-28 |
| 35956. | TASHI (erehh19) | 61.66 | 97% | 2025-11-29 |
| 35957. | eyad (eyadsd) | 61.66 | 91% | 2016-06-03 |
| 35958. | followme (ethish) | 61.66 | 97% | 2025-11-04 |
| 35959. | DaiWei (raodaiwei123) | 61.66 | 95% | 2020-03-23 |
| 35960. | Ryan (rya3) | 61.66 | 93% | 2014-01-12 |
| 35961. | Kurt (qu1k) | 61.66 | 95% | 2018-09-02 |
| 35962. | Vi (nocivi38) | 61.66 | 96% | 2013-03-03 |
| 35963. | Bilal (bilalahmad6600) | 61.66 | 95% | 2012-11-15 |
| 35964. | Lola Bean (lolabean) | 61.65 | 98.4% | 2025-02-26 |
| 35965. | orangecloud (orangecloud) | 61.65 | 94% | 2025-08-31 |
| 35966. | Goober (goober51) | 61.65 | 97% | 2024-03-02 |
| 35967. | Nick (mikoz7) | 61.65 | 96% | 2024-08-22 |
| 35968. | Vikram (vaspaean) | 61.65 | 98% | 2025-11-12 |
| 35969. | Dracule (deelipsingh77) | 61.65 | 95.9% | 2024-04-01 |
| 35970. | Labib (labib200) | 61.65 | 97% | 2023-02-14 |
| 35971. | Tiernan (mullen) | 61.65 | 95% | 2022-03-14 |
| 35972. | ... (zviki) | 61.65 | 97% | 2021-04-28 |
| 35973. | Emil (slugg) | 61.65 | 93% | 2016-03-06 |
| 35974. | Yenrnar (ernarb) | 61.64 | 96% | 2023-03-27 |
| 35975. | tabzzen (tabzzen) | 61.64 | 96% | 2024-08-26 |
| 35976. | endmeenby (endmeenby) | 61.64 | 96.3% | 2023-11-22 |
| 35977. | selur04 (sulernicir) | 61.64 | 97.5% | 2023-11-11 |
| 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 |