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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8488. | cluli (feztarausch) | 94.33 | 95.7% | 2024-02-29 |
| 8489. | Prajeeth (popofpopofpop) | 94.33 | 98% | 2025-10-16 |
| 8490. | Ansar (paxaq) | 94.33 | 97.4% | 2025-04-18 |
| 8491. | Omar (omar_alhalabi) | 94.33 | 95.4% | 2024-11-08 |
| 8492. | tstats[darkhat13] (darkhat13) | 94.32 | 98% | 2022-02-23 |
| 8493. | Razy (fb_razybobo_nureen) | 94.32 | 97% | 2011-10-27 |
| 8494. | Noman (khan_noman14) | 94.31 | 98% | 2025-09-24 |
| 8495. | TeJaun (presteej) | 94.31 | 97.1% | 2024-07-30 |
| 8496. | Locksley (locksng12) | 94.30 | 100% | 2024-10-02 |
| 8497. | sage (sagers) | 94.30 | 99% | 2024-05-21 |
| 8498. | Niet (thenietnart) | 94.30 | 98% | 2021-08-09 |
| 8499. | Koupka (koupka) | 94.30 | 97% | 2025-08-28 |
| 8500. | Yeetilus (yeetilus) | 94.30 | 97% | 2023-10-23 |
| 8501. | Hayden (bbboi17) | 94.30 | 98% | 2021-05-05 |
| 8502. | Michael (mycoal) | 94.30 | 92% | 2015-10-01 |
| 8503. | Paolo (invelt) | 94.30 | 97% | 2020-02-29 |
| 8504. | Steven (stevens8) | 94.29 | 95% | 2024-03-21 |
| 8505. | spad1e (spad1e) | 94.29 | 97.9% | 2024-09-22 |
| 8506. | Megan (siamesee) | 94.29 | 97.7% | 2025-03-24 |
| 8507. | Sevak (slayersevak) | 94.29 | 96% | 2017-02-09 |
| 8508. | Sriram (ozymandias1213) | 94.29 | 98% | 2021-05-19 |
| 8509. | 一向 (quan72io) | 94.29 | 99% | 2021-03-06 |
| 8510. | ice (iceball4321) | 94.29 | 97% | 2018-05-04 |
| 8511. | Matthew (clubmeber) | 94.29 | 95% | 2013-07-19 |
| 8512. | hi cutie (an66atwork) | 94.29 | 97% | 2020-01-09 |
| 8513. | J (gyrsulci) | 94.28 | 98% | 2021-05-08 |
| 8514. | cho (tp_yh) | 94.28 | 97% | 2020-02-15 |
| 8515. | Hemi (hemipristis) | 94.28 | 97% | 2025-10-09 |
| 8516. | Nathan (96retsamkcid) | 94.28 | 98% | 2022-05-12 |
| 8517. | Naren (dva6102) | 94.28 | 98% | 2013-06-05 |
| 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 |