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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20002. | GilbM13 (gilbm13) | 69.54 | 96% | 2024-05-01 |
20003. | KeyKing (kingkey42069) | 69.53 | 97% | 2022-09-19 |
20004. | Bern (berntheseal) | 69.53 | 94.9% | 2023-11-23 |
20005. | Juanpa (gokias_1234) | 69.53 | 95% | 2021-11-18 |
20006. | Tze Ning (zzzzzningd) | 69.53 | 96% | 2021-09-06 |
20007. | Neil (nizzel) | 69.53 | 93% | 2016-03-11 |
20008. | Bruce (figherto) | 69.53 | 93% | 2016-07-06 |
20009. | CYAN (prairie) | 69.52 | 96% | 2022-12-14 |
20010. | bayu (bayurespati) | 69.52 | 97% | 2021-11-20 |
20011. | sajin (sajinvarughese) | 69.52 | 99% | 2017-01-04 |
20012. | Trippis (djomlax) | 69.52 | 86% | 2016-07-04 |
20013. | farouk pavok (pavok) | 69.51 | 96% | 2023-12-31 |
20014. | Christine Merriweather (one... | 69.51 | 96.6% | 2023-12-05 |
20015. | Adilkan (adilkan) | 69.51 | 97% | 2024-02-26 |
20016. | Aaron (_aaron_) | 69.51 | 88% | 2016-01-08 |
20017. | Topher (cjp0605) | 69.51 | 96% | 2012-06-11 |
20018. | Jacob (bilbobaggins96) | 69.50 | 96% | 2022-05-02 |
20019. | Luke (saturn007) | 69.50 | 95% | 2018-08-14 |
20020. | Cody (xycos) | 69.50 | 85% | 2016-03-04 |
20021. | Kappa (isulje22) | 69.50 | 91% | 2015-02-26 |
20022. | karim (karimadel) | 69.50 | 95.9% | 2024-01-17 |
20023. | Vodon (vodon) | 69.50 | 96% | 2018-01-30 |
20024. | Alu (genome_) | 69.50 | 95% | 2021-02-11 |
20025. | Jozef (jozef.gloncak@gmail.... | 69.50 | 97% | 2013-05-21 |
20026. | Brock (brocky) | 69.50 | 93% | 2016-02-08 |
20027. | prithvi (vihanvek) | 69.50 | 90% | 2012-07-07 |
20028. | rand (rand10) | 69.50 | 90% | 2014-05-30 |
20029. | George (playlikeneverb4) | 69.50 | 94% | 2016-03-28 |
20030. | Apoap (apoapojak) | 69.50 | 97% | 2013-11-19 |
20031. | Casey (clamarca) | 69.49 | 96% | 2022-11-28 |
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 |