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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28714. | Jeff (jeffreon) | 54.69 | 91% | 2013-11-14 |
28715. | Jackson (kuzni001) | 54.68 | 96% | 2024-01-10 |
28716. | Speed typer (meilynbrace) | 54.68 | 94% | 2024-01-10 |
28717. | Michael (mwalter32123) | 54.68 | 97% | 2021-11-03 |
28718. | Zain (zainabb) | 54.68 | 94% | 2021-09-05 |
28719. | Lemon (mrlemon) | 54.68 | 93% | 2021-11-10 |
28720. | Julio (thejuliox10) | 54.68 | 93% | 2021-02-19 |
28721. | Basit (basit_ali) | 54.68 | — | 2010-09-12 |
28722. | Alex (theophastus) | 54.67 | 95% | 2024-04-15 |
28723. | cannibal667 (cannibal667) | 54.67 | 93.8% | 2023-11-24 |
28724. | 1st2worst (1st2worst) | 54.67 | 95.2% | 2023-10-23 |
28725. | Navin (ninjajump21) | 54.67 | 94% | 2021-03-03 |
28726. | vincent (kimbing) | 54.67 | 95% | 2019-10-10 |
28727. | Dejan (rockwool) | 54.65 | — | 2011-02-17 |
28728. | Md. Tarek Hasan (tarek_racer) | 54.64 | 95% | 2022-11-01 |
28729. | alTair (altair21k) | 54.64 | 95% | 2023-08-07 |
28730. | Elle (ellieeeee) | 54.63 | 98% | 2024-01-02 |
28731. | Sky (daydreamsky) | 54.63 | 96% | 2024-01-09 |
28732. | Tahar (tmasmaliyev) | 54.63 | 96% | 2022-05-08 |
28733. | Sajan (sajanjosan) | 54.63 | 94% | 2017-07-03 |
28734. | Maters (maters48) | 54.62 | 96% | 2021-11-03 |
28735. | David (dvdjoh) | 54.62 | 89% | 2013-12-13 |
28736. | loeydondo (loeydondo) | 54.62 | 95% | 2023-11-16 |
28737. | bhavesh (bhanucsgo) | 54.62 | 97% | 2022-06-03 |
28738. | Veein (veein) | 54.62 | 93% | 2012-03-26 |
28739. | khanh (khanhthien) | 54.62 | 94% | 2012-04-25 |
28740. | Carlos Cuello (speeddemonca... | 54.61 | 95% | 2022-08-29 |
28741. | Cooper (tancoop) | 54.61 | 90% | 2017-02-15 |
28742. | Nick (nrxz) | 54.61 | 95% | 2011-11-28 |
28743. | starvig (thomshi) | 54.61 | 95% | 2018-06-06 |
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 |