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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29852. | Lalith (nivas17) | 51.28 | 95.6% | 2023-12-20 |
29853. | Jovan (bajheera) | 51.28 | 93% | 2012-11-28 |
29854. | Cathy (aix1014) | 51.28 | 91% | 2011-05-30 |
29855. | RR3d (rr3dtyper) | 51.27 | 93% | 2023-07-24 |
29856. | Manter (manterpanter) | 51.27 | 95% | 2021-04-24 |
29857. | davjd (bubacek) | 51.26 | 96% | 2024-01-04 |
29858. | manjeet (mjydv4548) | 51.26 | 94% | 2021-01-04 |
29859. | DiCaprioz (gagah) | 51.26 | — | 2010-07-21 |
29860. | timothy (farmer1234) | 51.26 | 89% | 2015-02-09 |
29861. | Tim (phuc131) | 51.25 | 93% | 2013-05-29 |
29862. | Luuk (luukfit) | 51.24 | 94.8% | 2024-03-18 |
29863. | Paige (pfernandes_) | 51.24 | 96% | 2021-10-30 |
29864. | rohan (black1023) | 51.22 | 95.9% | 2023-11-15 |
29865. | Andrew (hillbillygilly) | 51.22 | 90% | 2016-02-27 |
29866. | Kim (chiengja) | 51.21 | 97% | 2024-01-24 |
29867. | hecor (1024bits) | 51.21 | 92% | 2013-11-07 |
29868. | Glory (apple_typer) | 51.19 | 94% | 2024-03-31 |
29869. | tomnjerry (tomnjerry8963) | 51.19 | 97% | 2023-08-16 |
29870. | XKB (alphakitten) | 51.19 | 97% | 2024-01-28 |
29871. | RJ (rigel16) | 51.19 | 95.9% | 2023-12-10 |
29872. | siuuuuuuu (fazlerabbi23) | 51.19 | 94% | 2024-01-06 |
29873. | RAVINDER (rsainichd) | 51.19 | 93% | 2014-10-20 |
29874. | Anshu (shahianshu) | 51.19 | 98% | 2016-08-13 |
29875. | Ali (salter) | 51.19 | 96% | 2016-05-20 |
29876. | goku (goku6987) | 51.19 | 93% | 2013-07-14 |
29877. | Ricardo (tomarctus) | 51.18 | 96% | 2021-03-25 |
29878. | Kim (klapsley) | 51.18 | 97% | 2011-12-20 |
29879. | :3 (5t4r) | 51.16 | 95% | 2024-04-04 |
29880. | Grey (gkr_grey) | 51.16 | 94% | 2024-01-15 |
29881. | you (you) (rajeevkgp) | 51.15 | 90% | 2016-03-14 |
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 |