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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20422. | bum (gusta) | 68.76 | — | 2010-07-16 |
20423. | peter (ack7) | 68.76 | 98% | 2011-07-28 |
20424. | elliot (teapott) | 68.76 | 92% | 2014-01-21 |
20425. | Abhijit (abhijit86) | 68.76 | — | 2010-11-05 |
20426. | Boyan Slavov (bobotavar) | 68.75 | 95% | 2023-12-12 |
20427. | Dovy (dofka258) | 68.75 | 99% | 2022-04-09 |
20428. | Francis (fransissimo) | 68.75 | 90% | 2014-07-17 |
20429. | YNCBearz (bear19930414) | 68.75 | 97% | 2021-06-28 |
20430. | Noah (nhanks333) | 68.75 | 93% | 2015-01-05 |
20431. | Henry (nexx42) | 68.75 | — | 2011-03-26 |
20432. | Leleilolol (leleilolol) | 68.75 | 92% | 2012-03-23 |
20433. | Radek (raddzio) | 68.74 | 98% | 2021-06-23 |
20434. | Sir (sirrockaby) | 68.74 | 96% | 2011-06-01 |
20435. | Jordan (jordanhochstetler) | 68.74 | 96% | 2017-03-29 |
20436. | Hotte (hottemax) | 68.74 | — | 2011-04-26 |
20437. | Daniel (danonymous) | 68.74 | 92% | 2015-02-14 |
20438. | Moaz (mo3adh) | 68.73 | 96% | 2022-02-24 |
20439. | James (jmather1) | 68.73 | 92% | 2015-05-19 |
20440. | hycinth (laurinkone) | 68.73 | 92% | 2013-10-29 |
20441. | Felix (fgeller) | 68.73 | 95% | 2014-07-04 |
20442. | Alibi (alibiyeslambek) | 68.73 | 93% | 2016-10-18 |
20443. | Ben602 (ben602) | 68.72 | 95.7% | 2024-01-14 |
20444. | Aditya (adityapatel103) | 68.72 | 98% | 2022-05-21 |
20445. | Akhila (akhilav10) | 68.72 | 93% | 2015-10-27 |
20446. | Markus (nesci) | 68.72 | 95% | 2013-04-04 |
20447. | jestoni (jhez) | 68.72 | 92% | 2015-11-23 |
20448. | Naomi (naomisian) | 68.71 | 98% | 2023-09-04 |
20449. | Billy (bfud) | 68.71 | 90% | 2014-04-14 |
20450. | Tonton (kupvapri) | 68.71 | 94% | 2015-02-27 |
20451. | Abdou31 (abdou31) | 68.71 | 97.3% | 2024-01-21 |
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 |