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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19767. | Freddy (light_splitter) | 70.11 | 97% | 2024-02-15 |
19768. | Vilhelmo (benignbluntness) | 70.11 | 95% | 2023-12-24 |
19769. | duong (anhhungcolao) | 70.11 | 98% | 2021-11-13 |
19770. | Robert (brorrobert) | 70.11 | 93% | 2016-04-09 |
19771. | zfrostyt (zfrostyt) | 70.10 | 96% | 2024-05-17 |
19772. | Ben (benjals9) | 70.10 | 96% | 2024-01-31 |
19773. | Norbi (xdrtgbv) | 70.10 | 97.9% | 2024-03-02 |
19774. | nomnom27 (nomnom27) | 70.10 | 99.5% | 2023-12-29 |
19775. | Anurag (anurag_2002) | 70.10 | 96.8% | 2023-12-28 |
19776. | Emilie (wemilie) | 70.10 | 97% | 2011-11-15 |
19777. | Ben (benmatthew) | 70.10 | 98% | 2013-11-24 |
19778. | snake (bobbysnake) | 70.09 | 97% | 2024-03-26 |
19779. | Mr. BLACKJACK (u_r_gay) | 70.09 | 96% | 2021-06-30 |
19780. | a (3lim64) | 70.09 | 97.1% | 2021-02-19 |
19781. | Adil (adika_r) | 70.09 | 97% | 2021-09-19 |
19782. | Lonie (loniewong) | 70.09 | 90% | 2017-05-07 |
19783. | predrag (pkmfs) | 70.08 | 97.9% | 2023-11-30 |
19784. | taha (tahashemy) | 70.08 | 98% | 2024-01-06 |
19785. | ksilentstorm (ksilentstorm) | 70.08 | 97% | 2018-07-13 |
19786. | Derek (derekcfop) | 70.08 | 95% | 2020-11-29 |
19787. | Spence (smh28) | 70.08 | 94% | 2016-02-12 |
19788. | m3rky (m3rky100) | 70.08 | 96% | 2022-09-05 |
19789. | Wortel (worstenbrood) | 70.08 | 95% | 2015-12-30 |
19790. | ndh (ndhtypes) | 70.08 | 98% | 2015-04-15 |
19791. | Joseph (jonas223xc) | 70.08 | 96% | 2014-06-09 |
19792. | hacksign20 (hacksign20) | 70.08 | 92% | 2011-12-09 |
19793. | Michel (godlikeabt) | 70.08 | 97% | 2017-05-12 |
19794. | qweqwe (uralltrash) | 70.07 | 95% | 2024-02-18 |
19795. | quang (quangvision) | 70.07 | 99% | 2013-07-22 |
19796. | polsab (polsab) | 70.07 | 94% | 2015-06-02 |
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 |