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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23058. | Funkey (yofunkey) | 64.60 | 95% | 2013-09-27 |
23059. | Vladislav (johnsonkh96) | 64.60 | 94% | 2020-07-25 |
23060. | colemak_dh (evil_emacs) | 64.59 | 97% | 2021-06-29 |
23061. | BC (thunderthud) | 64.59 | 96% | 2014-02-14 |
23062. | starking882006@yahoo.com (s... | 64.59 | 98% | 2013-08-03 |
23063. | Randy (rhomusic) | 64.59 | 95% | 2016-04-23 |
23064. | Hovhannes (hovo87) | 64.59 | 95% | 2012-10-08 |
23065. | Adnilem (adnilem1647) | 64.58 | 96% | 2023-07-14 |
23066. | light (pinkyhurts) | 64.58 | 95% | 2021-09-24 |
23067. | chris (aito_cornaro) | 64.58 | 95% | 2021-11-18 |
23068. | dvorak_beginner (dvorak_beg... | 64.58 | 96% | 2021-08-05 |
23069. | Naail (razor5cl) | 64.58 | 93% | 2014-11-04 |
23070. | ding (dingding13) | 64.58 | 97% | 2019-10-29 |
23071. | Dillon (dilllon) | 64.58 | 97% | 2018-08-07 |
23072. | Yoga (yogaprasss) | 64.58 | 99% | 2020-03-10 |
23073. | Keyser Söze (johnomaha) | 64.58 | 95% | 2016-05-23 |
23074. | guhard (guhardos) | 64.57 | 97% | 2021-09-17 |
23075. | Gabriel (saltyboy_123) | 64.57 | 95% | 2023-12-31 |
23076. | Pushp (tourist277) | 64.57 | 95% | 2021-12-29 |
23077. | cao cao (sosoreeb) | 64.57 | 98% | 2022-03-17 |
23078. | naor (naoriko) | 64.57 | 92% | 2014-09-10 |
23079. | Zoran (fresh99012) | 64.57 | 93% | 2015-07-10 |
23080. | Alex (alexklaus) | 64.57 | 97% | 2015-06-15 |
23081. | Jeff (tenda) | 64.57 | 94% | 2019-02-15 |
23082. | Angar (angar) | 64.57 | 95% | 2012-05-28 |
23083. | caleb (calbob12345) | 64.56 | 95% | 2019-08-01 |
23084. | Burpled (rfthefinal) | 64.56 | 95% | 2021-09-25 |
23085. | Sandesh (labradoodle) | 64.56 | 98% | 2021-04-30 |
23086. | tung (sontung94) | 64.56 | 95% | 2022-02-26 |
23087. | annie (anooence) | 64.56 | 95% | 2020-12-27 |
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 |