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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26558. | DAT (nguyenkhanhtiendat) | 59.11 | 92% | 2014-11-20 |
26559. | Eric (etwijaya) | 59.11 | 95% | 2013-10-09 |
26560. | Wan Shi Tong (wan_shi_tong) | 59.11 | 94% | 2013-09-06 |
26561. | R. Jin (fussa) | 59.11 | 88% | 2015-08-14 |
26562. | KAS (iamkroll) | 59.10 | 95.9% | 2023-11-12 |
26563. | Timmy (547k4) | 59.10 | 96% | 2021-04-11 |
26564. | Amogh (therealmog) | 59.10 | 95% | 2022-03-07 |
26565. | Dmitry (dmitry_turcan) | 59.10 | 97% | 2020-03-02 |
26566. | Rubem (rubem.nakamura@gmail... | 59.10 | 91% | 2011-10-13 |
26567. | Trystal (trystal) | 59.10 | 91% | 2016-03-20 |
26568. | Rohan Kaju (rohank42) | 59.09 | 96% | 2024-04-01 |
26569. | peaNUTS (prabeshdai) | 59.09 | 96% | 2021-06-03 |
26570. | Shubhang (vermashubhang) | 59.09 | 91% | 2013-08-12 |
26571. | 2 (22__) | 59.08 | 96% | 2024-03-13 |
26572. | chai (darkunknown) | 59.08 | 97% | 2020-12-23 |
26573. | hekima (ashery) | 59.08 | 97% | 2021-01-13 |
26574. | Scoutmeister (scoutmeister) | 59.07 | 94.8% | 2023-11-15 |
26575. | Will (shneme01) | 59.07 | 92% | 2019-09-02 |
26576. | prem (atomic_samurai) | 59.07 | 95% | 2024-02-10 |
26577. | Gerbilyaho (davidplaysil) | 59.07 | 93% | 2018-10-14 |
26578. | Jaron (jaronc) | 59.07 | 88% | 2013-06-17 |
26579. | Islam (islam_taha) | 59.07 | 93% | 2014-08-03 |
26580. | Jacob (critias26) | 59.07 | 97% | 2018-09-22 |
26581. | Jack (jackthehuman) | 59.06 | 95% | 2020-03-08 |
26582. | Degritha (degritharlr) | 59.06 | 96% | 2015-08-18 |
26583. | gem lyle (speedytravz) | 59.06 | — | 2011-03-02 |
26584. | Promise (promise00) | 59.05 | 95% | 2023-03-03 |
26585. | Fin (chkpa) | 59.05 | 92% | 2024-02-13 |
26586. | inggy (inggy) | 59.05 | 87% | 2014-05-21 |
26587. | Tareq (t4req) | 59.05 | 92% | 2016-11-18 |
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 |