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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15967. | M Rizwan (rizwanm42) | 76.17 | 95% | 2014-02-14 |
15968. | joe (jwvv77) | 76.17 | 95% | 2017-11-23 |
15969. | Juan (juwan.najera17@outloo... | 76.17 | 98% | 2014-11-06 |
15970. | Bryan (deceased) | 76.17 | 94% | 2012-11-17 |
15971. | mmmr13 (mmmr13) | 76.16 | 97% | 2024-02-04 |
15972. | Hafiz (huseynoff) | 76.16 | 97% | 2023-02-03 |
15973. | D3LTA (d3lta) | 76.16 | 96% | 2016-07-21 |
15974. | CdlAwesomeMe (chanchoalpalo) | 76.15 | 98% | 2022-03-11 |
15975. | person (tumadreestahomo) | 76.15 | 97% | 2018-05-14 |
15976. | M (mrwiggles77) | 76.15 | 94% | 2016-01-14 |
15977. | Marius (techdifics12) | 76.15 | 95.8% | 2023-11-11 |
15978. | THATCHILD (thatchild) | 76.15 | 96% | 2020-10-08 |
15979. | Sagar (sagarraskar) | 76.15 | 97% | 2020-04-16 |
15980. | volkan t (volkant) | 76.14 | 97.7% | 2023-11-10 |
15981. | Karl (karl_learns_steno) | 76.14 | 94% | 2019-09-14 |
15982. | Rietkip (nescioc) | 76.14 | 96% | 2012-07-12 |
15983. | Leah V. (suukobi) | 76.13 | 95% | 2023-06-01 |
15984. | dummy (irfansj) | 76.13 | 96% | 2023-01-15 |
15985. | Ijay (ijay_u) | 76.13 | 97% | 2023-08-08 |
15986. | Stephen (betab95) | 76.13 | 86% | 2016-02-06 |
15987. | flybot (flybot) | 76.13 | 96% | 2019-12-17 |
15988. | Seri (vincent_aik) | 76.13 | 94% | 2019-02-20 |
15989. | Suraj (khreate) | 76.13 | 98% | 2018-11-24 |
15990. | Tyrone MG (tmgtmgtmg) | 76.12 | 97% | 2024-05-17 |
15991. | Finnegan (saengim) | 76.12 | 96% | 2022-09-30 |
15992. | Alex (alexn) | 76.12 | 94% | 2015-05-30 |
15993. | Yucheol (yucheol) | 76.12 | 96% | 2020-01-13 |
15994. | Byron (byrontan) | 76.12 | 95% | 2021-02-09 |
15995. | Jonathan (techypanda) | 76.12 | 94% | 2017-10-27 |
15996. | ethiopianing (ethiopianing) | 76.11 | 96% | 2024-05-14 |
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 |