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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10416. | Rahul (jet_blazer) | 85.91 | 91% | 2011-07-01 |
10417. | Live (ugatyper) | 85.91 | 97% | 2015-11-14 |
10418. | Alexey (reggies) | 85.91 | 94% | 2016-08-19 |
10419. | J (coughee) | 85.91 | 98% | 2017-06-23 |
10420. | santo (santolazinround) | 85.90 | 96% | 2023-12-23 |
10421. | shaun (shaun_chaky) | 85.90 | 97.9% | 2023-10-17 |
10422. | Anthony (anthonymok) | 85.90 | 95% | 2012-03-24 |
10423. | Conspiracy (realkingofgames) | 85.90 | 97.4% | 2023-10-17 |
10424. | Prasant (man_iac) | 85.90 | 99% | 2022-10-07 |
10425. | Mattie (mattieshoes) | 85.90 | 94% | 2016-02-17 |
10426. | sami (sami66) | 85.89 | 97% | 2021-02-28 |
10427. | mctuvok (mctuvok) | 85.89 | — | 2010-08-12 |
10428. | JONG (iamjong) | 85.88 | 97% | 2024-03-04 |
10429. | justin (onemadbubble) | 85.88 | 94% | 2020-09-25 |
10430. | Birdman (birdman13) | 85.88 | 97% | 2023-06-20 |
10431. | Brian (brianfong0416) | 85.88 | 98% | 2011-12-07 |
10432. | Dramadix (dramadix) | 85.86 | 98.8% | 2024-01-23 |
10433. | Matthieu (demiliard) | 85.86 | 96% | 2014-10-20 |
10434. | Christopher (contradicktory) | 85.85 | 97% | 2017-03-13 |
10435. | Farhan (arcanine505) | 85.85 | 99.5% | 2023-11-12 |
10436. | SerMaxi (sermaxi) | 85.85 | 97% | 2023-01-02 |
10437. | Frostic (frostic_461) | 85.85 | 95% | 2023-04-20 |
10438. | tstats[theraptorjesus] (the... | 85.85 | 97% | 2020-01-25 |
10439. | PulseAD (pulsead) | 85.84 | 99% | 2021-07-10 |
10440. | kingcameron (kingcameron) | 85.84 | 97% | 2018-01-04 |
10441. | SN (secario) | 85.84 | 92% | 2013-12-02 |
10442. | Kelvin - Colemak (winlost) | 85.84 | 97% | 2015-08-28 |
10443. | Vinh (vinhpham8598nt) | 85.84 | 89% | 2014-03-15 |
10444. | Austin (austinpaloni) | 85.83 | 96% | 2022-04-13 |
10445. | Carlos (meditating) | 85.83 | 97% | 2018-09-14 |
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 |