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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39156. | Bird Bar (birdbar) | 58.20 | 94% | 2024-10-06 |
| 39157. | CatAstrophic (the_jorrick_27) | 58.20 | 96.2% | 2024-05-14 |
| 39158. | Gabriel (gbvicente) | 58.20 | 97% | 2020-10-19 |
| 39159. | Matt (mattdorow) | 58.20 | 91% | 2015-02-27 |
| 39160. | luckyboy (luckyboy1234) | 58.20 | 89% | 2013-02-15 |
| 39161. | Bill (nofuksgiven) | 58.19 | 94.3% | 2025-02-02 |
| 39162. | scraph (scraph) | 58.19 | 95% | 2024-10-06 |
| 39163. | Yahia (yahia1) | 58.19 | 96.8% | 2024-09-01 |
| 39164. | inv_R (inv_r) | 58.19 | 95.9% | 2024-01-06 |
| 39165. | Eirik (epower) | 58.19 | — | 2011-01-25 |
| 39166. | Arvid (actaz) | 58.19 | 90% | 2014-10-15 |
| 39167. | Dummy (dummycoding) | 58.18 | 97% | 2026-04-08 |
| 39168. | yeastbeast (yeastbeast) | 58.18 | 96% | 2020-09-03 |
| 39169. | citrom (narancs) | 58.18 | 93% | 2013-02-27 |
| 39170. | hajar (hajar) | 58.18 | 98% | 2012-05-25 |
| 39171. | Amanda (aj1111) | 58.18 | 95% | 2013-03-21 |
| 39172. | Benny (uysibenny) | 58.17 | 94% | 2025-03-25 |
| 39173. | youssef (youssefff) | 58.17 | 95.2% | 2025-03-10 |
| 39174. | Greta (polites_w_epic) | 58.17 | 97.6% | 2025-03-25 |
| 39175. | Azhar (annacomte) | 58.17 | 96% | 2024-04-20 |
| 39176. | Venky (venkypk) | 58.17 | 96% | 2021-03-24 |
| 39177. | mxnvrch (mxnvrch) | 58.17 | 94% | 2020-11-24 |
| 39178. | Draco (fish0228) | 58.17 | 88% | 2016-05-16 |
| 39179. | yorangia (yorangia329) | 58.17 | 96% | 2016-06-22 |
| 39180. | Opu (asperagas) | 58.17 | 90% | 2016-06-29 |
| 39181. | redarrows (redarrow) | 58.17 | — | 2010-10-08 |
| 39182. | siddhant (ackermanlevi) | 58.16 | 96% | 2026-04-13 |
| 39183. | dave (degameknight_1234) | 58.16 | 98% | 2017-06-21 |
| 39184. | Kiumars (jg2003) | 58.16 | 96% | 2025-12-04 |
| 39185. | Speed_Masters (speed_masters) | 58.16 | 95.8% | 2024-10-04 |
| 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 |