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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21855. | Attican (r4ne) | 66.38 | 96% | 2020-04-02 |
21856. | Atm. Towhid (towhidbd) | 66.37 | 97.4% | 2024-01-18 |
21857. | Megan (nut_meg) | 66.37 | 99% | 2016-07-23 |
21858. | aaron (thereadyset1991) | 66.37 | 97% | 2019-02-22 |
21859. | MayneDizzle (maynedizzle23) | 66.37 | — | 2010-09-20 |
21860. | moltenixir (moltenixir) | 66.36 | 95.6% | 2024-02-22 |
21861. | . (lv23) | 66.36 | 96% | 2021-09-23 |
21862. | meandblackie (meandblackie) | 66.36 | 94% | 2019-05-05 |
21863. | Kuhlman (kuhlman652) | 66.36 | 98.1% | 2023-11-19 |
21864. | * (000100020003) | 66.36 | 97% | 2021-06-09 |
21865. | troy (little_bro) | 66.36 | 95% | 2019-11-24 |
21866. | Lenn (the_lenn) | 66.36 | 96% | 2021-03-17 |
21867. | Chirag (chirag11032000) | 66.36 | 97% | 2019-01-20 |
21868. | Cindy (cindysummer) | 66.36 | — | 2010-07-06 |
21869. | Ahmed (thelegend07) | 66.36 | 94% | 2015-01-06 |
21870. | meos (meos) | 66.36 | 93% | 2014-09-20 |
21871. | FieryThunderPoo (fierythund... | 66.35 | 93% | 2024-02-10 |
21872. | Manas (kingmanas) | 66.35 | 95.8% | 2023-11-15 |
21873. | Al (sdb23) | 66.35 | 91% | 2012-06-24 |
21874. | Necro (necroeater) | 66.35 | 97% | 2015-06-03 |
21875. | Kebbi (kebbi) | 66.35 | 97% | 2012-05-12 |
21876. | AEF_V (ama1998) | 66.35 | 95% | 2019-01-23 |
21877. | Braedyn (madhatterson) | 66.34 | 95% | 2022-12-23 |
21878. | Insane (insane2go) | 66.34 | 96% | 2024-02-22 |
21879. | Barry (shahkulu) | 66.34 | 96% | 2021-11-20 |
21880. | lim (yeeping1) | 66.34 | 95% | 2015-05-29 |
21881. | Dawn (dragons471) | 66.34 | 95% | 2017-07-11 |
21882. | Ja Rule (chuckiek) | 66.34 | 96% | 2014-01-25 |
21883. | Ryan (buffalo5) | 66.33 | 96% | 2024-01-23 |
21884. | Jaloliddin (beebeep) | 66.33 | 94.8% | 2024-01-07 |
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 |