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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18014. | Matthew (_blazeburner04) | 72.50 | 97% | 2023-11-18 |
18015. | Sam (litesam) | 72.50 | 98% | 2021-06-10 |
18016. | Keti (keti_hawk) | 72.50 | 97% | 2021-10-12 |
18017. | Dharma (cdharmateja) | 72.50 | 98% | 2021-12-23 |
18018. | Sahil (sahilm) | 72.50 | — | 2010-10-03 |
18019. | Deep (deeptth) | 72.50 | 98% | 2012-10-11 |
18020. | Datucis (datucis) | 72.50 | 91% | 2014-01-23 |
18021. | Harry (twister789) | 72.49 | 97% | 2023-02-23 |
18022. | Kieran (manawa) | 72.49 | 96% | 2021-08-31 |
18023. | varun (_varun) | 72.49 | 98% | 2023-03-25 |
18024. | Anais (fudgeebarr) | 72.49 | 97.2% | 2023-12-18 |
18025. | Sho (shonadem25) | 72.49 | 96% | 2018-01-03 |
18026. | Damiano (fullomen) | 72.49 | 96% | 2019-08-06 |
18027. | Darwin (darw11n) | 72.49 | 94% | 2022-05-02 |
18028. | Christian (mayne) | 72.49 | — | 2011-01-14 |
18029. | Morgan (jakarta) | 72.49 | 94% | 2012-04-20 |
18030. | WriterType (writertype) | 72.48 | 96.8% | 2023-11-23 |
18031. | 雲煙成雨 (1eonardo) | 72.48 | 95% | 2022-01-13 |
18032. | kusper (kusper) | 72.48 | 96% | 2021-12-05 |
18033. | marsistX (marsistx) | 72.48 | 98% | 2014-09-06 |
18034. | trung (trung) | 72.48 | 96% | 2013-08-29 |
18035. | benhim4mat (benhim4mat) | 72.48 | 98% | 2015-01-13 |
18036. | Donian (donian) | 72.48 | 94% | 2015-01-02 |
18037. | Elliot (uclacivil) | 72.48 | 94% | 2011-07-12 |
18038. | Mister (simply) | 72.48 | 91% | 2013-10-19 |
18039. | J (jen12) | 72.48 | 97% | 2015-04-13 |
18040. | Marco (marcokaraki) | 72.47 | 95% | 2017-05-22 |
18041. | Crow (crow4) | 72.47 | 95.9% | 2024-01-24 |
18042. | Roland (radambc) | 72.47 | 98% | 2022-06-27 |
18043. | :o (pc_jones) | 72.47 | 97% | 2021-02-22 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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Default (English) | 70,097 | 81.38 | June 9, 2010 |
Long Texts | 89 | 92.00 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 0 | 0.00 | January 1, 1970 |