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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30814. | giannis (gammyhorse) | 48.67 | 95% | 2016-10-18 |
30815. | quasar93 (adityatangirala) | 48.66 | 94% | 2024-01-13 |
30816. | cheeks (almanfh) | 48.66 | 94.6% | 2021-01-30 |
30817. | brandon (ddrutch) | 48.65 | 94% | 2022-04-05 |
30818. | gold (minhlucky) | 48.65 | 95% | 2012-03-03 |
30819. | Eckhardt (hummlemuffin) | 48.65 | 84% | 2016-07-28 |
30820. | Shankar (shankar1190) | 48.64 | — | 2011-02-26 |
30821. | Briones2232 (matthewbriones) | 48.62 | 93% | 2024-01-07 |
30822. | S M (plaban13) | 48.62 | 93% | 2023-10-27 |
30823. | Hamza (hhaammzzaa) | 48.61 | 94% | 2021-12-28 |
30824. | ABCD (manasaranjan) | 48.60 | 91% | 2013-03-29 |
30825. | Maksym (entegrio) | 48.59 | 96.6% | 2023-11-12 |
30826. | felix (felix3699) | 48.59 | 95% | 2024-04-25 |
30827. | Raymond (northernabyss) | 48.59 | 84% | 2016-05-11 |
30828. | King (tirdsab4) | 48.59 | 96.8% | 2021-02-08 |
30829. | RAGHU (raghu7889) | 48.59 | 92% | 2016-07-08 |
30830. | Lokomotywa Ciuciu (lokomoty... | 48.58 | 97% | 2024-04-18 |
30831. | Kaine (l0f13) | 48.58 | 96% | 2023-12-14 |
30832. | Christian (the_fuz) | 48.58 | 93% | 2021-02-17 |
30833. | August (august64) | 48.58 | 93% | 2017-01-23 |
30834. | Mes Chief (meschief) | 48.57 | 96% | 2024-02-18 |
30835. | Vince (vinceisfast) | 48.57 | 94% | 2023-11-28 |
30836. | elise (flrr) | 48.56 | 96% | 2023-08-14 |
30837. | Max (maxube21) | 48.54 | 96.1% | 2021-02-01 |
30838. | olwen (olwennnn) | 48.53 | 94% | 2018-10-03 |
30839. | Alo (alooo) | 48.53 | 99% | 2019-12-19 |
30840. | Nyny (nyny) | 48.53 | 90% | 2012-12-25 |
30841. | Alper (arcuan) | 48.53 | 94% | 2015-11-21 |
30842. | Woody (gtpwoody) | 48.52 | 94.5% | 2024-02-27 |
30843. | typetypertypest (typetypert... | 48.52 | 95% | 2024-02-23 |
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 |