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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2296. | Supreme JD (supremejd) | 113.17 | 99% | 2014-01-23 |
2297. | enfonius (wssh) | 113.17 | 96% | 2018-02-23 |
2298. | lim (xiqiang) | 113.16 | 98% | 2023-12-08 |
2299. | David (random_lee) | 113.16 | 99% | 2022-03-30 |
2300. | Joe (thetypist16) | 113.16 | 99% | 2016-09-16 |
2301. | twitch.tv/kingjeffwx (kingj... | 113.16 | 96% | 2020-12-06 |
2302. | おやすみ (ishki) | 113.15 | 94% | 2012-01-25 |
2303. | Ninja (gimpystyle) | 113.15 | — | 2010-10-20 |
2304. | Katherine (kirjava) | 113.15 | 95% | 2012-01-15 |
2305. | Dan (dangoth) | 113.15 | 97% | 2012-03-11 |
2306. | Adryn (NoQuit) (adryn) | 113.13 | 98% | 2023-07-10 |
2307. | Brian (cronichazel) | 113.13 | 93% | 2012-09-13 |
2308. | David (nunyobusiness) | 113.13 | 99% | 2016-07-15 |
2309. | Helen (hhsandi) | 113.12 | 92% | 2012-11-06 |
2310. | Stephen (_arc27_) | 113.12 | 96% | 2011-05-13 |
2311. | Joey (endtroducing) | 113.11 | 96% | 2012-03-08 |
2312. | Kris (kris_z) | 113.09 | 97% | 2022-12-25 |
2313. | imnotArt (winthenet) | 113.08 | 96% | 2014-10-19 |
2314. | Sum Sum (summerill) | 113.07 | 95% | 2016-12-20 |
2315. | dectuple (spectol99) | 113.07 | 94% | 2014-01-25 |
2316. | Joshua (redrouger) | 113.06 | 99% | 2018-11-30 |
2317. | CJ (cjquines) | 113.06 | 97% | 2019-10-09 |
2318. | The (seasick) | 113.05 | 94% | 2012-03-07 |
2319. | ASGARD (andyyusuf) | 113.05 | 99% | 2019-07-19 |
2320. | Bmxyy (bmx30111) | 113.04 | 99% | 2019-07-21 |
2321. | Cody (copayne) | 113.03 | 96% | 2014-04-25 |
2322. | Llama (pimemorized) | 113.02 | 99% | 2022-10-06 |
2323. | richard (retagaine) | 113.02 | 96% | 2017-04-28 |
2324. | Otto (ottozhen) | 113.01 | 99% | 2012-02-19 |
2325. | eileen (hyr099) | 112.98 | 97.5% | 2021-02-19 |
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 |