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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27875. | BasisPursuit (basis_pursuit_1) | 56.34 | 97% | 2023-03-09 |
27876. | 2oh3 (andrew2oh3) | 56.34 | 93.2% | 2021-01-27 |
27877. | Nick (krown) | 56.34 | — | 2011-02-01 |
27878. | lhdrive (kickmic) | 56.33 | 96% | 2021-11-27 |
27879. | Serkan BJK (ankara06) | 56.33 | 94% | 2016-06-05 |
27880. | Jenny (jenny25) | 56.33 | 95% | 2012-11-18 |
27881. | spiros (spiros) | 56.33 | 97% | 2015-04-14 |
27882. | cold (coldmind) | 56.33 | 99% | 2017-08-28 |
27883. | Emily (eal123) | 56.32 | 96% | 2024-05-06 |
27884. | Will (thewonkychemist) | 56.32 | 95% | 2024-02-28 |
27885. | lucas (lucas757) | 56.32 | 92% | 2014-08-03 |
27886. | Robert (consistentlycaffein... | 56.32 | 96% | 2023-11-16 |
27887. | Akatsuki (akatsuki_1018) | 56.32 | 95% | 2023-01-12 |
27888. | Dale (garmonbozia) | 56.32 | 98.3% | 2023-10-05 |
27889. | Sagittarius (deelicious) | 56.32 | 90% | 2014-12-23 |
27890. | karthick (cprogramkarthick@... | 56.32 | 91% | 2012-09-09 |
27891. | Arttu (patu556) | 56.31 | 94.1% | 2024-01-18 |
27892. | Akhil (akhilkm) | 56.31 | 93% | 2015-09-23 |
27893. | Nitesh (itsnitesh1997) | 56.30 | 95% | 2024-01-08 |
27894. | Giorgos (sogroig) | 56.30 | 97% | 2014-01-25 |
27895. | ᵐᵃⁱᵗˡᵃⁿᵈ4ʰ... | 56.30 | 93% | 2022-03-07 |
27896. | Neuro (ayoalpha) | 56.30 | 95% | 2022-03-18 |
27897. | t3firefox99 (t3firefox99) | 56.30 | 87% | 2016-02-21 |
27898. | GERALD (hackerxxx0021) | 56.30 | 93% | 2015-01-22 |
27899. | stoic x (stoicx69) | 56.29 | 95% | 2024-01-04 |
27900. | Tom (himmat1005) | 56.29 | 97% | 2015-06-04 |
27901. | Arnel II (agujathis) | 56.29 | 96% | 2017-12-17 |
27902. | PopDrunk (popdrunk) | 56.28 | 95.3% | 2023-11-17 |
27903. | Axiom (axiome) | 56.28 | 94.8% | 2023-12-12 |
27904. | salah (salah_bak) | 56.28 | 94.7% | 2024-01-06 |
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 |