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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30419. | Daredevil (piyush_123) | 67.13 | 96.7% | 2024-09-21 |
| 30420. | Arun Kumar (slowtortoise18) | 67.12 | 96% | 2025-06-03 |
| 30421. | Umar (umar_irl) | 67.12 | 96% | 2025-06-10 |
| 30422. | TyPoPolice (ermafish) | 67.12 | 95% | 2020-10-14 |
| 30423. | fastihope (fastihope) | 67.12 | 96% | 2025-04-27 |
| 30424. | Domantinis (domantinis) | 67.12 | 96% | 2024-12-09 |
| 30425. | Rabbit (rabbit1) | 67.12 | 99% | 2024-02-10 |
| 30426. | 123Bananas (123bananas) | 67.12 | 97.4% | 2024-01-11 |
| 30427. | Paul (kwisatz_haderach) | 67.12 | 95% | 2023-11-25 |
| 30428. | Matthew (tangemat000) | 67.12 | 97.5% | 2024-03-29 |
| 30429. | Marcus Armstrong (down_with... | 67.12 | 94% | 2020-12-22 |
| 30430. | Joshua (brothersquid123) | 67.12 | 95% | 2021-06-21 |
| 30431. | Jim (jimis1111) | 67.12 | 97% | 2020-06-27 |
| 30432. | Nutchaphol (hyperh) | 67.12 | 97% | 2017-12-12 |
| 30433. | Innate (innateability) | 67.12 | 91% | 2013-07-04 |
| 30434. | derpy ツ (derpaliciousyness) | 67.12 | 93% | 2014-10-02 |
| 30435. | Gizem (gizem_007) | 67.11 | 99% | 2025-06-03 |
| 30436. | Cytro (cytro) | 67.11 | 98% | 2025-02-11 |
| 30437. | Prof (profklapz) | 67.11 | 96% | 2021-09-24 |
| 30438. | Casey (qwertyuiop1231) | 67.11 | 98.1% | 2025-05-18 |
| 30439. | Om (thiscuriousbeing) | 67.11 | 96.3% | 2024-04-04 |
| 30440. | md (duom_1432) | 67.11 | 96% | 2022-03-06 |
| 30441. | Mahdi (kingo90) | 67.11 | 97.9% | 2024-09-04 |
| 30442. | Caroline (car4889) | 67.11 | — | 2010-06-11 |
| 30443. | FinishedBeforeIrene (finish... | 67.11 | 95.9% | 2023-11-30 |
| 30444. | tstats[prabin_bajal] (prabi... | 67.11 | 94.9% | 2023-12-13 |
| 30445. | Ido (idojakob) | 67.11 | 92% | 2015-02-01 |
| 30446. | (kngochai) | 67.11 | 94% | 2021-07-19 |
| 30447. | mrghost (mrghost) | 67.10 | 92% | 2012-10-11 |
| 30448. | samuQWERTY (qwertysamu) | 67.10 | 99% | 2025-06-10 |
| 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 |