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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34448. | Aslam (aslam__nijami) | 44.50 | 92% | 2023-06-20 |
34449. | Wajahat (wajahat86) | 44.49 | 96% | 2023-11-10 |
34450. | Ahmed (ahmadco53) | 44.47 | 94% | 2024-03-18 |
34451. | vinhuchi (vinhuchi) | 44.47 | 96% | 2021-02-11 |
34452. | Tonya (tagama2) | 44.47 | 95% | 2017-12-12 |
34453. | Raunak (raunak_425114) | 44.46 | 92% | 2022-05-21 |
34454. | Jis (ljs765) | 44.46 | 88% | 2016-02-01 |
34455. | w0ng (w0ng_dvorak) | 44.45 | 96% | 2021-09-23 |
34456. | Ali (divine_typer) | 44.45 | 93.6% | 2021-02-15 |
34457. | Rachel (crazymom101) | 44.45 | 86% | 2012-05-17 |
34458. | Alex (rockdli) | 44.44 | 95.3% | 2024-05-25 |
34459. | David Nida (dnida505) | 44.44 | 95% | 2023-03-24 |
34460. | basam (basam249) | 44.43 | 95.5% | 2024-05-19 |
34461. | Bilal (bilal_8784) | 44.39 | 93.4% | 2024-01-04 |
34462. | codecalec (codecalec) | 44.39 | 94% | 2020-05-18 |
34463. | Ravshan (ravshan) | 44.39 | 88% | 2015-05-13 |
34464. | hazel (h4zel) | 44.36 | 93% | 2019-08-07 |
34465. | colin (crustyrustonline) | 44.36 | 92% | 2021-09-04 |
34466. | why (itsgottabemin) | 44.35 | 96% | 2024-04-22 |
34467. | Shivam (shivam_srivastava_18) | 44.35 | 94% | 2021-03-19 |
34468. | kjell (kjellbudal@gmail.com) | 44.35 | 94% | 2018-10-13 |
34469. | bnikos (bnikos) | 44.34 | 93% | 2024-01-10 |
34470. | Ivo (semataryyy) | 44.34 | 95% | 2024-08-27 |
34471. | Dan (dansheme) | 44.34 | 95% | 2019-07-05 |
34472. | Jan-Edz (jan_edz) | 44.34 | 89% | 2014-07-03 |
34473. | parto (partoptr) | 44.33 | 93% | 2017-04-26 |
34474. | Manish (manish_89) | 44.33 | 92.6% | 2021-02-21 |
34475. | Vukan Sekulic (vukan22) | 44.32 | 94.3% | 2023-12-06 |
34476. | Hemanta (hemantakumar) | 44.32 | 96% | 2022-12-27 |
34477. | Jaan (jaans18) | 44.30 | 92% | 2019-04-08 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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Default (English) | 83,500 | 80.03 | June 9, 2010 |
Long Texts | 103 | 91.56 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 11 | 71.56 | January 1, 2024 |
##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |