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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25417. | SlowMonkey (slowmonkey) | 72.08 | 96.7% | 2024-12-25 |
| 25418. | w (rednoodle) | 72.08 | 97.2% | 2023-12-01 |
| 25419. | Josemar (jos1emar) | 72.08 | 97% | 2024-05-28 |
| 25420. | BOAT (captain_boaty) | 72.08 | 96.3% | 2024-04-24 |
| 25421. | unixpariah (unixpariah) | 72.07 | 97% | 2024-04-01 |
| 25422. | Patrick Bateman (amit__123) | 72.07 | 95.9% | 2023-12-10 |
| 25423. | emelie (emunch7) | 72.07 | 96% | 2017-11-11 |
| 25424. | Daniel (childz) | 72.07 | 93% | 2013-06-07 |
| 25425. | Alec (abahrami) | 72.07 | 95% | 2017-08-05 |
| 25426. | Mike (perception) | 72.07 | 95% | 2015-07-09 |
| 25427. | ingidi (avinashtulasi) | 72.06 | 97% | 2023-02-17 |
| 25428. | Romeo Sarkar (romeosarkar) | 72.06 | 96.1% | 2023-11-26 |
| 25429. | Konstantinos (kkoutrid) | 72.06 | 96% | 2025-05-02 |
| 25430. | the (thedeanster18) | 72.06 | 98% | 2013-11-23 |
| 25431. | Nicky (wownickywow) | 72.06 | 98% | 2020-09-29 |
| 25432. | Stefan (stefanbm) | 72.06 | 98% | 2019-01-19 |
| 25433. | ibzmav (ibzmav) | 72.05 | 98% | 2025-07-31 |
| 25434. | byteboil (tlie) | 72.05 | 97% | 2024-09-08 |
| 25435. | Tomás Santos (a_very_fat_p... | 72.05 | 95% | 2025-08-14 |
| 25436. | Le (killerdamm) | 72.05 | 95% | 2024-05-06 |
| 25437. | Daryl (dellod) | 72.05 | 91% | 2017-05-08 |
| 25438. | İbrahim Can (ibrahimcan) | 72.05 | 96% | 2016-12-30 |
| 25439. | yoelfide (hipsterllama21) | 72.05 | 97% | 2024-10-31 |
| 25440. | Json (jskfreerunner) | 72.05 | 96.9% | 2024-04-30 |
| 25441. | Sayan (sayanme24) | 72.05 | 96% | 2020-08-16 |
| 25442. | Atif (pakistan_786) | 72.05 | 97% | 2020-07-09 |
| 25443. | Paul (sloppie) | 72.05 | 89% | 2012-10-21 |
| 25444. | 1)1B (tockedtyper) | 72.04 | 97.9% | 2024-01-04 |
| 25445. | yessir (ghale10) | 72.04 | 97% | 2025-05-26 |
| 25446. | akash396 (akash369) | 72.04 | 98% | 2024-10-28 |
| 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 |