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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10468. | jessica (jlm27) | 89.57 | 97% | 2023-05-29 |
| 10469. | Jimmy (tenjimmy) | 89.57 | — | 2010-11-30 |
| 10470. | Shahmir (shahmirishere) | 89.56 | 96.8% | 2024-03-21 |
| 10471. | toki_crush (boom_51) | 89.56 | 96.2% | 2021-02-23 |
| 10472. | Mooru (mooru) | 89.56 | 98% | 2014-01-11 |
| 10473. | ਹਰਵਿੰਦਰ ਸà¨... | 89.56 | 97% | 2017-06-21 |
| 10474. | you colored (youcolored) | 89.55 | 99% | 2025-04-11 |
| 10475. | Nathan (natrieu01) | 89.55 | 98% | 2020-02-19 |
| 10476. | lottefh (oliviarodrigostan) | 89.54 | 97.4% | 2024-09-11 |
| 10477. | Izzy (isabella1203) | 89.54 | 94% | 2017-01-26 |
| 10478. | Vellian (vellian80085) | 89.54 | 96% | 2024-02-20 |
| 10479. | Jason (jmcelrath) | 89.54 | 96% | 2017-08-09 |
| 10480. | Milosz (miles101) | 89.54 | 97.3% | 2024-03-12 |
| 10481. | Anonymous (ballistic_kraken) | 89.54 | 95% | 2022-12-22 |
| 10482. | Flocc (flocc) | 89.54 | 96% | 2014-08-09 |
| 10483. | Nonna (spaceace77) | 89.54 | 97% | 2016-04-13 |
| 10484. | Jianyu (migianyu) | 89.53 | 96% | 2024-12-02 |
| 10485. | Yuubi (yuubii) | 89.53 | 96.8% | 2024-08-16 |
| 10486. | SelfPowered (nawid113) | 89.53 | 99% | 2014-10-07 |
| 10487. | marina (strhythm) | 89.53 | 98% | 2024-04-01 |
| 10488. | Aaron (vorophobe) | 89.53 | 99% | 2012-02-17 |
| 10489. | kxlul (kxlul) | 89.53 | 96% | 2024-11-14 |
| 10490. | Tristan (tristanhilton85) | 89.53 | 99% | 2015-03-27 |
| 10491. | tetterdetet (tetterdetet) | 89.53 | 98% | 2016-01-09 |
| 10492. | Amanda (mandapanda806) | 89.53 | 94% | 2012-05-25 |
| 10493. | marzipanic (marzipanic) | 89.52 | 97% | 2025-06-02 |
| 10494. | Beron (beron999) | 89.52 | 99.8% | 2025-05-28 |
| 10495. | Statistically (statistically) | 89.52 | 97.4% | 2024-11-19 |
| 10496. | James Ross (sedihglow) | 89.52 | 97.7% | 2024-02-13 |
| 10497. | Waffle (zoobloik) | 89.52 | 99% | 2017-08-21 |
| 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 |