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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43020. | Sankar(Ind) (sankar007) | 53.89 | 94% | 2014-07-28 |
| 43021. | Zajibiste (zajibsite) | 53.88 | 95% | 2025-04-29 |
| 43022. | hehe (dinitante) | 53.88 | 96% | 2024-03-14 |
| 43023. | Julius (galadril) | 53.88 | 95.1% | 2024-08-11 |
| 43024. | Tsuraya (hannatsura) | 53.88 | 98% | 2020-03-18 |
| 43025. | Tom (totallytom) | 53.88 | 94% | 2017-03-20 |
| 43026. | saeed (saeed_dadkhah) | 53.88 | 91% | 2015-06-17 |
| 43027. | SergeantSuper (sergeantsuper) | 53.88 | 89% | 2015-04-25 |
| 43028. | bayour (oraclebee) | 53.87 | 97% | 2025-03-24 |
| 43029. | dukemeister1 (dukemeister1) | 53.87 | 96% | 2024-12-26 |
| 43030. | jules (jules_24) | 53.87 | 96% | 2025-03-31 |
| 43031. | Huzaifa (mrz_mrz) | 53.87 | 94.5% | 2024-10-05 |
| 43032. | badgyalting (pl200834) | 53.87 | 93.4% | 2024-06-05 |
| 43033. | starDarken (stardarken) | 53.87 | 95.4% | 2024-10-20 |
| 43034. | Ron (ronincognito) | 53.87 | 96% | 2020-05-28 |
| 43035. | World (worldhello54321) | 53.87 | 94% | 2015-01-16 |
| 43036. | IAnthropos (ianthropos) | 53.86 | 96% | 2022-11-28 |
| 43037. | Taz Oldaker (toldaker) | 53.86 | 93.9% | 2023-12-13 |
| 43038. | Kumar (zoom_away) | 53.86 | 94% | 2025-12-29 |
| 43039. | Ronald (ronaldgon) | 53.86 | 98% | 2025-05-23 |
| 43040. | Pink (pinkolo) | 53.86 | 97% | 2023-12-23 |
| 43041. | Neil (neil_004) | 53.86 | 94% | 2011-06-02 |
| 43042. | Tanzilal Gumz (1asabbasa1) | 53.85 | 96% | 2025-03-05 |
| 43043. | catchme (catch__me) | 53.85 | 94% | 2024-11-26 |
| 43044. | em (emg4238) | 53.85 | 94.2% | 2023-12-05 |
| 43045. | fahr (xionomic) | 53.85 | 94% | 2025-04-12 |
| 43046. | Irokox (irokox) | 53.85 | 95.5% | 2024-06-09 |
| 43047. | Deba (typist_deba) | 53.85 | 94% | 2022-09-01 |
| 43048. | that's not a buggy (mccoomb1) | 53.85 | — | 2011-03-13 |
| 43049. | mithilesh (mithilesh) | 53.85 | 89% | 2014-05-18 |
| 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 |