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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9802. | Yami (foxyami) | 92.09 | 97% | 2025-04-07 |
| 9803. | North (northwind) | 92.08 | 97% | 2015-03-25 |
| 9804. | Robert (karayicki) | 92.08 | 97.9% | 2024-01-03 |
| 9805. | Unstoppable (lunstoppablel) | 92.08 | 98% | 2025-08-01 |
| 9806. | Doroteya (henrydp018) | 92.08 | 98% | 2024-03-02 |
| 9807. | frank (frankpc) | 92.08 | 98% | 2022-08-19 |
| 9808. | banana (bananacat72) | 92.08 | 99% | 2026-01-07 |
| 9809. | Vzylexy (vzylexy) | 92.07 | 93% | 2011-12-07 |
| 9810. | Corey (genie336) | 92.06 | 96% | 2015-09-13 |
| 9811. | shanranran (shanranran) | 92.06 | 97% | 2020-10-21 |
| 9812. | William (wpmochi) | 92.06 | 96% | 2014-08-21 |
| 9813. | Leon (veonhoon) | 92.06 | 95% | 2015-03-04 |
| 9814. | Jasper (jontydriver) | 92.06 | 98.4% | 2024-12-12 |
| 9815. | Derek (cwispuy) | 92.06 | 97.3% | 2024-10-25 |
| 9816. | Newland (oldwutter) | 92.06 | 96% | 2021-03-12 |
| 9817. | Bas (basawasa) | 92.06 | 98.8% | 2025-01-13 |
| 9818. | cal (achildslaughter) | 92.05 | 97% | 2021-11-04 |
| 9819. | techrat (techrat) | 92.05 | 98% | 2022-10-18 |
| 9820. | Tortoise (tortoise9) | 92.05 | 98% | 2026-01-09 |
| 9821. | Silly Emilly (em_killshot) | 92.05 | 97.9% | 2025-01-26 |
| 9822. | Matty P (pocket7ns) | 92.05 | 99% | 2025-05-13 |
| 9823. | Amadeos (onlythebest) | 92.04 | 97% | 2013-09-20 |
| 9824. | Don (donrocks211) | 92.04 | 97% | 2016-05-28 |
| 9825. | Victor (proglote) | 92.04 | 95% | 2012-11-28 |
| 9826. | thansoooo (blueocta) | 92.04 | 96% | 2022-05-10 |
| 9827. | Siddhartha (sid_tiw) | 92.04 | 98% | 2022-05-03 |
| 9828. | Aeros Hockey (peteypablo14) | 92.04 | 99% | 2019-10-24 |
| 9829. | Kalo (kalo) | 92.03 | 95% | 2015-10-14 |
| 9830. | Nick (deadspace) | 92.03 | — | 2011-04-19 |
| 9831. | Alex (micek) | 92.03 | 91% | 2011-08-06 |
| 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 |