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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22817. | Kristoffer (mollberg) | 65.03 | 92% | 2016-11-26 |
22818. | Aidan (wokwokwok) | 65.03 | 92% | 2017-05-08 |
22819. | Crispy Vegetables (crispy_v... | 65.02 | 96.6% | 2023-12-30 |
22820. | Rakshasta (rakshasta) | 65.02 | 95% | 2019-03-30 |
22821. | harshil (monsta_001) | 65.02 | 95% | 2022-06-12 |
22822. | Kamil (xcrunk) | 65.02 | 96% | 2017-02-14 |
22823. | pea (pbarakat) | 65.02 | 95% | 2016-04-15 |
22824. | asdf (floydian) | 65.02 | — | 2010-06-18 |
22825. | Veljko (veljko1231) | 65.01 | 96% | 2024-01-29 |
22826. | tstats[aimlect] (aimlect) | 65.01 | 95% | 2024-02-14 |
22827. | Nolan (nolangreub) | 65.01 | 94% | 2020-05-25 |
22828. | wonstar (won808) | 65.01 | 97% | 2021-01-10 |
22829. | Jo Reynold (joreynold182) | 65.01 | 94% | 2012-04-13 |
22830. | Alex (aescareno) | 65.01 | 96% | 2013-03-21 |
22831. | Marc (marco_bitz) | 65.01 | 93% | 2016-01-31 |
22832. | Ewa (ouifumertue) | 65.01 | 97% | 2014-07-02 |
22833. | TTTT (aa7608327) | 65.00 | 98% | 2024-04-04 |
22834. | Word-Eater: Devourer of Lit... | 65.00 | 95% | 2024-01-15 |
22835. | nemo (_nemo) | 65.00 | 94% | 2023-08-24 |
22836. | its_zaaid (its_zaaid) | 65.00 | 96% | 2022-09-15 |
22837. | Filip (t1lt) | 65.00 | 94% | 2017-10-16 |
22838. | Ashish (asis) | 65.00 | 93% | 2014-10-21 |
22839. | Arnav (phoenixcrusher369) | 64.99 | 95% | 2020-01-19 |
22840. | GK84 (nematomasis) | 64.99 | 96% | 2021-04-30 |
22841. | dirtydan (dirtyjdan) | 64.99 | 98% | 2020-09-20 |
22842. | subham (subhamrawat) | 64.99 | 97% | 2021-07-09 |
22843. | sam (sambruh) | 64.99 | 96% | 2021-04-09 |
22844. | Matthew (mattisdabomb77) | 64.99 | 96% | 2021-03-18 |
22845. | Schlomo (schlomon) | 64.99 | 97% | 2021-07-07 |
22846. | spy (noobtypebuddy) | 64.99 | 96% | 2020-06-19 |
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 |