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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16446. | TuftyMonk (tuftymonk75) | 75.32 | 98% | 2022-07-31 |
16447. | Boco (bocoistyping) | 75.32 | 95% | 2021-08-05 |
16448. | Jeffrey (jeffrey7212) | 75.32 | 96% | 2018-06-19 |
16449. | FreePalestine (jmore) | 75.31 | 97.1% | 2024-01-04 |
16450. | Nick (nick1347) | 75.31 | 99% | 2020-05-01 |
16451. | Reyza (reyzalisembina) | 75.31 | 96% | 2018-04-24 |
16452. | Kat (kitkatackley) | 75.31 | 91% | 2016-02-19 |
16453. | eigh (eigh) | 75.31 | 95% | 2014-05-11 |
16454. | Samantha (sammie2223) | 75.31 | 95% | 2015-07-07 |
16455. | Lis (illissy) | 75.31 | 94% | 2011-07-06 |
16456. | Ray (raychen1155) | 75.30 | 95% | 2017-10-17 |
16457. | Alex (bobpoopsalot8) | 75.30 | 96% | 2021-06-16 |
16458. | Zong (helpmeplsss) | 75.30 | 96% | 2020-07-03 |
16459. | Henry (henrytran813) | 75.30 | 88% | 2015-12-06 |
16460. | Connor (connor623) | 75.30 | 96% | 2017-10-10 |
16461. | Ternimus (ternimus) | 75.30 | 94% | 2023-07-03 |
16462. | Nabeel (nabeelz) | 75.29 | 95% | 2022-07-30 |
16463. | KyroKrypt (kyrokrypt) | 75.29 | 97.1% | 2021-02-16 |
16464. | Soumyajeet (s0umyajeet) | 75.29 | 97% | 2021-10-13 |
16465. | Radosław (radoslaw_) | 75.29 | 98% | 2017-01-28 |
16466. | Kardo (kardoj) | 75.29 | 97% | 2018-04-16 |
16467. | Ben (tom711593) | 75.29 | 97% | 2014-01-09 |
16468. | X (iwannagetbetterthanyou) | 75.29 | 95% | 2016-02-04 |
16469. | emu (emu995) | 75.29 | 98% | 2012-03-07 |
16470. | Imran (icse) | 75.28 | 98% | 2024-03-26 |
16471. | jin (sherhy) | 75.28 | 95% | 2024-02-19 |
16472. | Pyro (pyrochan) | 75.28 | 96% | 2021-12-11 |
16473. | Maria (mariajorjezian) | 75.28 | 96% | 2023-02-02 |
16474. | Argo (argonautika) | 75.28 | 98% | 2021-04-17 |
16475. | jimmy (zeroaspect) | 75.28 | 98% | 2021-02-20 |
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 |