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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42248. | amanda (manders83) | 54.71 | 93% | 2012-02-24 |
| 42249. | Excellence® (kunal_saxena) | 54.71 | 88% | 2011-06-27 |
| 42250. | go for 100 (gofor100) | 54.71 | 91% | 2012-04-27 |
| 42251. | mhmd (3bsi) | 54.70 | 92.9% | 2025-05-24 |
| 42252. | aleth (aleth) | 54.70 | 93% | 2013-05-23 |
| 42253. | pauli (peckapauli) | 54.70 | 94.3% | 2023-12-27 |
| 42254. | Alex (formerself) | 54.70 | 97% | 2015-02-20 |
| 42255. | andrei (ultramega2) | 54.70 | 95% | 2021-02-10 |
| 42256. | Manu (lazyeye) | 54.70 | 90% | 2012-02-04 |
| 42257. | Haruspex (haruspex) | 54.70 | — | 2010-10-13 |
| 42258. | Dipten (dipten) | 54.69 | 96% | 2026-02-25 |
| 42259. | issam assiyadi (iassiyadi) | 54.69 | 95% | 2025-09-13 |
| 42260. | hachi_roku (hachi_roku_86) | 54.69 | 98% | 2025-08-21 |
| 42261. | THEOPHILE DOK-WADA SIMPORE ... | 54.69 | 98% | 2024-02-04 |
| 42262. | june (optical_molasses) | 54.69 | 96% | 2022-09-06 |
| 42263. | Jeff (jeffreon) | 54.69 | 91% | 2013-11-14 |
| 42264. | Sathvik H S (7vik_13) | 54.68 | 97% | 2025-05-06 |
| 42265. | DanK35 (dan_k35) | 54.68 | 97% | 2021-04-02 |
| 42266. | Biggs (biggsr) | 54.68 | 95% | 2025-10-20 |
| 42267. | idk (touchsomegrass) | 54.68 | 95% | 2026-02-22 |
| 42268. | DarkSlash (darkslash) | 54.68 | 97% | 2025-02-20 |
| 42269. | lavenderfield (lavenderfield) | 54.68 | 94% | 2025-01-09 |
| 42270. | Speed typer (meilynbrace) | 54.68 | 94% | 2024-01-10 |
| 42271. | Lil guy (littlewalken27) | 54.68 | 95.6% | 2024-05-01 |
| 42272. | Zain (zainabb) | 54.68 | 94% | 2021-09-05 |
| 42273. | Michael (mwalter32123) | 54.68 | 97% | 2021-11-03 |
| 42274. | Julio (thejuliox10) | 54.68 | 93% | 2021-02-19 |
| 42275. | Basit (basit_ali) | 54.68 | — | 2010-09-12 |
| 42276. | Luke (pacman_289) | 54.67 | 96.8% | 2025-02-27 |
| 42277. | Osama Taher (0s0s) | 54.67 | 97.1% | 2024-07-19 |
| 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 |