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 |
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| 37873. | west (supernova_00) | 56.28 | 95.8% | 2024-11-14 |
| 37874. | 这辈子有了 (ethan666) | 56.28 | 95% | 2024-07-08 |
| 37875. | PopDrunk (popdrunk) | 56.28 | 95.3% | 2023-11-17 |
| 37876. | express (express_productions) | 56.28 | 93% | 2021-04-14 |
| 37877. | Hieu (trunghieu104) | 56.28 | 90% | 2012-06-30 |
| 37878. | Jack (luiden) | 56.28 | 93% | 2016-12-27 |
| 37879. | burdentama (burdentama) | 56.27 | 93% | 2023-07-26 |
| 37880. | clevervic (clevervic) | 56.27 | 98.6% | 2025-05-17 |
| 37881. | Mark (merkii) | 56.27 | 96% | 2024-06-19 |
| 37882. | Jerry (jerryguy98) | 56.27 | 94% | 2020-09-02 |
| 37883. | Paul (cpdbpablo) | 56.27 | 98% | 2024-04-02 |
| 37884. | Anand (bsanand97) | 56.27 | 94% | 2025-03-21 |
| 37885. | Diana (dianadelara15) | 56.27 | 95% | 2024-04-02 |
| 37886. | danthemcman (danthemcman) | 56.27 | 97% | 2024-08-28 |
| 37887. | mamowoj (kronos710) | 56.27 | 95% | 2021-01-04 |
| 37888. | Kamen (kamen08) | 56.27 | 97% | 2021-03-19 |
| 37889. | Ankit Singhal (drcian) | 56.26 | 96% | 2025-03-13 |
| 37890. | MAD SCIENTIST (husam69) | 56.26 | 96% | 2023-12-05 |
| 37891. | Lauri (vesala) | 56.26 | 96% | 2024-01-30 |
| 37892. | Chantal (telly_bear) | 56.26 | 95% | 2023-05-29 |
| 37893. | Henrik (oizys) | 56.26 | 95% | 2021-10-10 |
| 37894. | Tim (tussmctuss) | 56.26 | 98% | 2021-01-22 |
| 37895. | Sam_2021 (sams_69420) | 56.25 | 96% | 2022-12-20 |
| 37896. | Kervy Ambe Baring (kervy747) | 56.25 | 96% | 2024-09-22 |
| 37897. | Tieris (tieriswilliams) | 56.25 | 96% | 2024-12-15 |
| 37898. | Danniane Souriyathay (lildb... | 56.25 | 94% | 2024-01-25 |
| 37899. | Vikram (vaspaean) | 56.25 | 97.5% | 2024-09-24 |
| 37900. | Nathan (nathantetreault) | 56.25 | 98% | 2024-01-22 |
| 37901. | elias (elias404) | 56.25 | 95.4% | 2025-02-21 |
| 37902. | Julia (julakula) | 56.25 | 96.2% | 2021-02-13 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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| 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 |