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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1777. | ✔️▄◘🚀!new_luca@y... | 117.05 | 100% | 2011-12-26 |
1778. | shae (shaeschornagel) | 117.03 | 98% | 2014-05-27 |
1779. | Cade (culturegoblin) | 117.03 | 99% | 2016-08-12 |
1780. | Bao (rogeratbao) | 117.01 | 95% | 2016-02-24 |
1781. | Miguel (quevangel) | 117.00 | 98% | 2021-11-18 |
1782. | mayo (mayo_tp01) | 117.00 | 97% | 2015-06-21 |
1783. | ++ (xx_ed_xx) | 117.00 | 97% | 2014-07-13 |
1784. | Shahbaz (shahbazjawed) | 116.99 | 98% | 2013-03-08 |
1785. | philip (stable) | 116.99 | 96% | 2014-10-13 |
1786. | uNiCoRNpRiNcEsSx (swagpiratex) | 116.98 | 99% | 2013-09-10 |
1787. | Joseph (_regex_) | 116.98 | 99% | 2012-12-05 |
1788. | Young (slinky773) | 116.97 | 95% | 2014-10-14 |
1789. | paraph (paraphrohn) | 116.97 | 96% | 2015-06-21 |
1790. | bobva (bobva) | 116.95 | 97.8% | 2023-11-14 |
1791. | ಠ_ಠ (fullofenergy) | 116.94 | 98% | 2012-07-12 |
1792. | ',.pgcrfp.',.p (afrobat) | 116.93 | 99% | 2013-01-28 |
1793. | Billy (kumidaiko) | 116.92 | 95% | 2014-01-10 |
1794. | [ςω]☆ I am Noob (mungom... | 116.92 | 98% | 2013-01-07 |
1795. | James (palindromic) | 116.90 | 98% | 2022-01-08 |
1796. | zeusjuicy (zeusjuicy) | 116.89 | 98% | 2020-09-06 |
1797. | Adams (guybrush) | 116.89 | 96% | 2012-10-01 |
1798. | Darvin (nivrad00) | 116.88 | 96% | 2014-01-04 |
1799. | Kyle Me (poledancerz) | 116.87 | 94% | 2014-02-07 |
1800. | cub (c0decub) | 116.87 | 96% | 2017-12-27 |
1801. | Jin (countlof) | 116.84 | 98% | 2020-12-03 |
1802. | MerkuroN (merkuron) | 116.84 | 98% | 2013-02-11 |
1803. | Brofist (bhyper) | 116.84 | 100% | 2019-02-25 |
1804. | joniboi (joniboi) | 116.84 | 97% | 2021-09-07 |
1805. | BayBiz (baybiz) | 116.84 | 95% | 2014-03-29 |
1806. | rn1hd (rnk1hd) | 116.82 | 99% | 2022-10-05 |
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 |