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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20287. | अनुराग.. (coolf... | 68.96 | 96% | 2015-10-01 |
20288. | Hank (burnedbyburton) | 68.96 | 94% | 2011-09-07 |
20289. | dan (typosterix) | 68.96 | 95% | 2014-11-03 |
20290. | Alfred Sjunnesson (alfred98) | 68.95 | 93% | 2023-02-07 |
20291. | Jason (zidea) | 68.95 | 96% | 2020-11-30 |
20292. | Haruka (hrksnsk) | 68.95 | 96.9% | 2021-02-16 |
20293. | Tony (itsonlytony) | 68.95 | 96% | 2021-03-24 |
20294. | meredith (metedith) | 68.95 | 96% | 2020-11-12 |
20295. | Lau (darkbb) | 68.95 | — | 2011-04-10 |
20296. | kavin (kmdkk) | 68.95 | 93% | 2012-12-19 |
20297. | Army (armying) | 68.95 | 93% | 2015-02-03 |
20298. | Anirudh (prowebbgamer) | 68.95 | 95% | 2020-03-02 |
20299. | Farhan (farhan2011) | 68.95 | 93% | 2012-11-24 |
20300. | Sasanka (sansam) | 68.95 | 93% | 2013-10-21 |
20301. | Fusik (fusik) | 68.95 | 93% | 2015-02-28 |
20302. | Nikita (azeko) | 68.95 | 97% | 2019-03-04 |
20303. | Adrian (adriantypesgood) | 68.94 | 97.4% | 2023-12-05 |
20304. | Sayandip (sayandip199309) | 68.94 | 98% | 2021-11-07 |
20305. | Nils (snils) | 68.94 | 95% | 2022-12-17 |
20306. | Eugene (evg64) | 68.94 | 97% | 2014-01-24 |
20307. | Alex (alejbor) | 68.94 | 93% | 2016-11-10 |
20308. | Jason (jason_kenney) | 68.93 | 96% | 2023-05-10 |
20309. | Qwerty (qwertypasta) | 68.93 | 97% | 2023-01-08 |
20310. | Tatan (tatanbhadra) | 68.93 | 98% | 2021-04-18 |
20311. | riel (blackmeong) | 68.93 | 94% | 2024-04-15 |
20312. | Kyle (kylegonzales_) | 68.93 | 95% | 2021-02-12 |
20313. | Ned (kokainegun) | 68.93 | 97% | 2018-04-21 |
20314. | tsapi (tsapi) | 68.93 | 97% | 2018-02-05 |
20315. | Rebekka (rebekkah) | 68.93 | — | 2010-10-14 |
20316. | Von (sweigart) | 68.92 | 96% | 2024-02-01 |
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 |