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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25609. | Zeeeeeee (zeee____) | 70.30 | 97% | 2016-04-23 |
25610. | Sharan (mrsharan1997) | 70.30 | 96% | 2014-10-23 |
25611. | Shadi (fluffybinn) | 70.30 | 91% | 2015-07-29 |
25612. | EI5 (erniuslt) | 70.30 | 92% | 2014-04-07 |
25613. | blurblur (blurblur33) | 70.29 | 96.2% | 2025-05-01 |
25614. | main0034 (main0034) | 70.29 | 96.4% | 2024-08-01 |
25615. | Qiye (xqiye) | 70.29 | 95.9% | 2024-10-10 |
25616. | DezzardHD (dezzardhd) | 70.29 | 98% | 2021-09-06 |
25617. | SingMingKing (singmingking) | 70.29 | 97% | 2022-04-08 |
25618. | SPFover9000 (monkeyman143) | 70.29 | 96% | 2022-05-23 |
25619. | Abdulla (abd_racer) | 70.29 | 95.3% | 2024-08-25 |
25620. | Umair (tastyorange) | 70.29 | 97% | 2024-07-27 |
25621. | ale (alexfast) | 70.29 | 96% | 2017-06-24 |
25622. | yu (jayu94) | 70.29 | 93% | 2014-07-06 |
25623. | drizzt (drizzt1233) | 70.29 | 91% | 2014-05-11 |
25624. | John (baseball9) | 70.29 | 95% | 2015-01-31 |
25625. | DreamTimeZ (dreamtimez) | 70.28 | 97% | 2025-05-28 |
25626. | Wei (xdappy) | 70.28 | 98% | 2024-11-17 |
25627. | brandon (pentashi) | 70.28 | 97.9% | 2024-10-21 |
25628. | Sophia (sophia100) | 70.28 | 94% | 2024-04-24 |
25629. | ХУУШУУР (erkheseee) | 70.28 | 97.7% | 2023-12-07 |
25630. | Shaswata (shaswata_3020) | 70.28 | 98.5% | 2023-11-11 |
25631. | AutumnLeaf (xx_autumnleaf_xx) | 70.28 | 95% | 2021-09-07 |
25632. | Lim (ac1ds) | 70.28 | 96% | 2022-07-22 |
25633. | cheetdr (cheetdr) | 70.27 | 96.8% | 2024-10-01 |
25634. | ANUJ (_slowest__) | 70.27 | 98% | 2018-08-28 |
25635. | Benson Huang (irispetal) | 70.27 | 96% | 2025-04-20 |
25636. | voyager (yada_yada) | 70.27 | 98.8% | 2025-03-04 |
25637. | Geb (_geb) | 70.27 | 95% | 2022-06-23 |
25638. | R (prind0) | 70.27 | — | 2010-11-08 |
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 |