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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18009. | lucktale (lucktale) | 78.73 | 97% | 2023-08-24 |
| 18010. | nf (ssakcik) | 78.73 | 99% | 2012-04-19 |
| 18011. | Vineel (yvineelatiitbbs) | 78.73 | 94% | 2012-11-04 |
| 18012. | Sarah (secunda) | 78.72 | 98% | 2023-05-18 |
| 18013. | McDaisy (mcdaisy) | 78.72 | 98% | 2024-01-23 |
| 18014. | kosovo_is_serbia (republika... | 78.72 | 97% | 2025-04-01 |
| 18015. | ollie (ollielovesajr) | 78.72 | 99.5% | 2025-03-11 |
| 18016. | I ♥ Blackrock (hugemuff) | 78.72 | 96.8% | 2024-06-02 |
| 18017. | J (bnanapeel) | 78.72 | 93% | 2016-03-14 |
| 18018. | Donny (donnyincogneet) | 78.72 | 97.3% | 2024-01-06 |
| 18019. | KA (keshavgrwl96) | 78.72 | 97% | 2025-06-11 |
| 18020. | Justin (justwendell) | 78.72 | 97% | 2016-05-26 |
| 18021. | zzz (snorl4x) | 78.72 | 97.9% | 2021-02-07 |
| 18022. | Mar (niodalaz) | 78.72 | 95% | 2015-01-17 |
| 18023. | Nemanja (air_cone) | 78.71 | 97% | 2024-03-14 |
| 18024. | ᵐᵃⁱᵗˡᵃⁿᵈ4ʰ... | 78.71 | 96% | 2024-03-21 |
| 18025. | Binh (howyoubinh) | 78.70 | 95% | 2024-09-03 |
| 18026. | Nikos (niksteiak) | 78.70 | 96% | 2024-06-26 |
| 18027. | shri (sp21) | 78.70 | 97.7% | 2024-11-10 |
| 18028. | uartimtyp (uartimcs) | 78.70 | 97.7% | 2024-10-05 |
| 18029. | Tyler (t_racer1904) | 78.70 | 98% | 2021-01-13 |
| 18030. | Elia (elia222) | 78.70 | 97.5% | 2024-05-25 |
| 18031. | Intruder (mad_sam) | 78.70 | 96% | 2015-12-17 |
| 18032. | Toilet (moteltoilet555) | 78.69 | 96% | 2024-10-26 |
| 18033. | Thomas (trinitymeister) | 78.69 | 96% | 2024-09-24 |
| 18034. | CrashRAcer1 (crashracer1) | 78.69 | 97.4% | 2023-10-15 |
| 18035. | KLITSCHKO (dr_steel_hammer) | 78.69 | 95% | 2013-02-02 |
| 18036. | Joshua (darkleeroy) | 78.69 | — | 2010-12-28 |
| 18037. | Petiks (petiks) | 78.69 | 96% | 2015-04-04 |
| 18038. | tyler (malon) | 78.69 | — | 2010-09-23 |
| 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 |