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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12821. | Anubhav (anubhavc) | 81.32 | 98.6% | 2023-11-26 |
12822. | Jayne (verafullauto) | 81.32 | 96% | 2014-03-12 |
12823. | Justin (hjliu2000) | 81.32 | 93% | 2014-08-16 |
12824. | FarukBalihodzic (faruk_bali... | 81.31 | 96% | 2022-09-28 |
12825. | Diana (diana_wolfatrix) | 81.31 | 96% | 2023-04-01 |
12826. | coppuh (coppuh) | 81.31 | 95% | 2016-02-04 |
12827. | Sarah (sebrill) | 81.31 | 99% | 2013-07-26 |
12828. | whos_vic (whos_vic) | 81.30 | 95% | 2023-01-02 |
12829. | Dennis (intellidexterous) | 81.30 | 96% | 2012-01-27 |
12830. | Amoracchius (zeththedarkmage) | 81.30 | 93% | 2014-08-19 |
12831. | John (jkalogriopoulos) | 81.30 | 97% | 2012-04-02 |
12832. | johnny :P (johnny234) | 81.29 | 96% | 2021-11-18 |
12833. | Daniel (dchae85) | 81.29 | 96% | 2017-12-28 |
12834. | Joe (grimeson) | 81.29 | 99% | 2012-11-25 |
12835. | Muhammad Iqbal (mitiqi) | 81.29 | 98% | 2014-09-04 |
12836. | Dan (dthores1) | 81.29 | 98% | 2012-10-30 |
12837. | Pradipta (proydu) | 81.28 | 98% | 2016-11-21 |
12838. | Sveta (svetarozenbaum) | 81.28 | 95% | 2022-10-23 |
12839. | Brandon (itsbarn) | 81.28 | 97% | 2019-01-11 |
12840. | Zachary (zgreenspan) | 81.28 | 96% | 2017-11-15 |
12841. | brandon (maskedvigilance) | 81.28 | 95% | 2020-12-27 |
12842. | ForgoT (forgot10) | 81.28 | 95% | 2015-08-15 |
12843. | Saagar (stacky) | 81.28 | 95% | 2015-01-20 |
12844. | monkaS (rikio) | 81.28 | 96% | 2018-08-10 |
12845. | Rada (bit_defender) | 81.28 | 95% | 2014-12-24 |
12846. | Adam (aweadam) | 81.28 | 96% | 2011-06-29 |
12847. | @nwwx_z (raidalaotibi) | 81.27 | 98.1% | 2024-01-29 |
12848. | Roman (romn2112) | 81.27 | 98% | 2019-11-22 |
12849. | Marwin (luntram) | 81.27 | 99% | 2022-06-07 |
12850. | Zach (muew) | 81.27 | 97% | 2020-08-04 |
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 |