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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12542. | Jaxon (fusion13) | 81.97 | 97% | 2022-01-12 |
12543. | Sriram (shriramshriram) | 81.97 | — | 2010-08-06 |
12544. | Luke (luketheduke58) | 81.97 | 93% | 2015-05-23 |
12545. | Lucas (h2td) | 81.97 | — | 2010-10-16 |
12546. | pwp (fickypw) | 81.96 | 97% | 2022-01-11 |
12547. | Jonas (jonas19) | 81.96 | 96.3% | 2023-12-15 |
12548. | vekikornjaca (vekikornjaca) | 81.96 | 95.3% | 2021-02-13 |
12549. | joe (lerler246) | 81.96 | 97% | 2020-02-12 |
12550. | Brent (brentjones333) | 81.96 | 90% | 2016-04-04 |
12551. | Typomaster (hello_i_am_hi) | 81.95 | 98% | 2024-04-22 |
12552. | Zear (zear5) | 81.95 | 96.6% | 2024-03-27 |
12553. | cant_stop (wont_stop) | 81.95 | 98% | 2020-10-06 |
12554. | sofa (sofaaa) | 81.95 | 95% | 2021-03-15 |
12555. | Anmol (anmolsaraswat) | 81.95 | 96% | 2022-03-17 |
12556. | ed72 (ed72) | 81.95 | 100% | 2023-11-21 |
12557. | ¬¬ (mattheus) | 81.95 | — | 2011-01-20 |
12558. | Anand (anandrajaram) | 81.94 | 97% | 2024-06-07 |
12559. | Daniel (dedicateddan) | 81.94 | 97% | 2015-01-24 |
12560. | AcidSid009 (acidsid) | 81.94 | 96% | 2022-04-24 |
12561. | fml (fmldave89) | 81.94 | 98.1% | 2023-11-16 |
12562. | Dylan (dseq) | 81.94 | 100% | 2021-03-10 |
12563. | Priv (priv_punisher) | 81.94 | 98% | 2019-10-06 |
12564. | lunayumi (lunayumi) | 81.93 | 99% | 2023-12-08 |
12565. | Brice Odom (brice_odom) | 81.93 | 94.9% | 2023-12-07 |
12566. | Derek (derek_lau) | 81.93 | 98.2% | 2023-11-28 |
12567. | Danvenrit (danvenrit) | 81.93 | 97.9% | 2023-10-06 |
12568. | fen (fen10) | 81.93 | 95% | 2022-02-24 |
12569. | raiymbek (rickbaishuak) | 81.92 | 96% | 2024-04-19 |
12570. | Camron (wireline1) | 81.92 | 97% | 2024-03-10 |
12571. | phazy (phazy) | 81.92 | 97% | 2023-12-03 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
---|---|---|---|
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 |