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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30476. | Sunny (hanc1970) | 48.09 | 94% | 2011-10-07 |
30477. | lebenson (lebenson) | 48.07 | 90% | 2013-01-18 |
30478. | Karla (meanlady) | 48.07 | 98% | 2016-08-03 |
30479. | m77o (m77o) | 48.05 | 94% | 2024-03-08 |
30480. | Steven (txp2037) | 48.05 | 96% | 2018-07-27 |
30481. | Hamideh (zigoorat_826) | 48.05 | 93% | 2017-04-11 |
30482. | Mia (mia_pie) | 48.04 | 91% | 2016-08-07 |
30483. | Akshay (akshay2604) | 48.03 | 93% | 2020-12-23 |
30484. | Ethan (emanfrazier) | 48.03 | 95% | 2018-02-16 |
30485. | Micho (micholime) | 48.03 | 84% | 2013-06-05 |
30486. | drex (disclaimer37) | 48.03 | 95% | 2011-05-04 |
30487. | janardannn (mind_uncapped) | 48.02 | 96% | 2023-12-22 |
30488. | Ismail Hossain (rasel148027) | 48.02 | 98% | 2020-03-10 |
30489. | Radu (radutache) | 48.02 | 90% | 2016-06-22 |
30490. | Dillan (djearls) | 48.02 | 93% | 2013-01-11 |
30491. | jatin (jatinchirag1234) | 48.01 | 95% | 2023-04-19 |
30492. | wait me bro. (coldxd) | 48.00 | 89% | 2017-04-11 |
30493. | Ishaant (ishaant) | 48.00 | 93% | 2021-10-04 |
30494. | Saad (saad_mohammed7) | 48.00 | 93% | 2021-01-27 |
30495. | Eldorb (eldorb) | 48.00 | 95% | 2021-01-27 |
30496. | Divya (divyaa02) | 48.00 | 97% | 2018-03-13 |
30497. | Jayden (alberto_the_third) | 47.99 | 94% | 2024-01-29 |
30498. | spiron (gespiron) | 47.99 | 96% | 2024-03-14 |
30499. | BeansWithCheese (beanswithc... | 47.98 | 94% | 2021-02-20 |
30500. | pefr (shadowcze) | 47.98 | 98% | 2016-03-12 |
30501. | Noam (noamaster88) | 47.96 | 86% | 2016-05-09 |
30502. | mark (sikam21) | 47.96 | 92% | 2014-08-24 |
30503. | Moriah (natmzriah_1) | 47.94 | 95% | 2024-04-23 |
30504. | khem thakur (khemthakur) | 47.93 | 94% | 2023-12-28 |
30505. | Khánh Còi (khanhcoi) | 47.93 | 94% | 2012-09-10 |
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 |