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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34280. | マルブ (malvz_) | 61.01 | 95.7% | 2025-05-08 |
| 34281. | fleeping (fleeping) | 61.01 | 95.3% | 2025-02-04 |
| 34282. | Abdelrahman Khaled (abdelra... | 61.01 | 97.1% | 2023-11-28 |
| 34283. | Ethan (ethanpriddle) | 61.01 | 95% | 2024-09-21 |
| 34284. | nilesh (nilesh_k) | 61.01 | 98% | 2020-07-21 |
| 34285. | P (pracs210) | 61.01 | 95% | 2020-07-17 |
| 34286. | Borg (omniscient3) | 61.01 | 98% | 2020-12-18 |
| 34287. | Smartkode (smartkode0) | 61.01 | 92% | 2015-01-11 |
| 34288. | Nico (007nicoa) | 61.00 | 95% | 2022-01-22 |
| 34289. | nayag (bayag50) | 61.00 | 95.5% | 2025-02-01 |
| 34290. | Crystal (pitayabites) | 61.00 | 98% | 2022-03-28 |
| 34291. | lesaphu (lesaphu) | 61.00 | 97% | 2024-03-02 |
| 34292. | Flemmeren (feedmegames123) | 61.00 | 97.7% | 2024-05-16 |
| 34293. | Fenelon (topogigo) | 61.00 | 99% | 2023-05-30 |
| 34294. | Markus (mgetto) | 61.00 | 97% | 2018-07-20 |
| 34295. | Krypto (krypto406) | 61.00 | 87% | 2013-02-16 |
| 34296. | caca (chalriez) | 60.99 | 97% | 2021-10-08 |
| 34297. | urfavlawyer (xkloo) | 60.99 | 95.1% | 2025-03-27 |
| 34298. | Brennan Stevens (grumpybear... | 60.99 | 96% | 2024-12-19 |
| 34299. | mrbols (mrbols) | 60.99 | 93% | 2024-08-08 |
| 34300. | IamAyushman (iamayushman) | 60.99 | 96.7% | 2024-02-24 |
| 34301. | Pieter (umbravanlocks) | 60.99 | 94.7% | 2024-05-16 |
| 34302. | Zachary (zacharylawrence00) | 60.99 | 97% | 2019-02-10 |
| 34303. | Marcus (marcusradell) | 60.99 | 98% | 2021-03-18 |
| 34304. | Lala (wuyangbeijing) | 60.99 | 90% | 2017-05-09 |
| 34305. | cindy (cynct954) | 60.99 | 97% | 2018-11-19 |
| 34306. | Shroudy (senthasiddu) | 60.99 | 95% | 2017-07-18 |
| 34307. | a (dasilva05) | 60.99 | 95% | 2012-06-07 |
| 34308. | caspir (1caspir) | 60.98 | 97.4% | 2024-05-25 |
| 34309. | Akash (wintercoder) | 60.98 | 96% | 2025-04-06 |
| 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 |