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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9699. | Chicken (drblackened) | 87.37 | 95% | 2014-10-09 |
9700. | Jacob (fastjacob) | 87.37 | 91% | 2015-11-16 |
9701. | Ken (ksojuice) | 87.36 | 97% | 2021-04-13 |
9702. | Rafi (brownvitalik) | 87.36 | 98% | 2020-08-30 |
9703. | Can (canibanoglu) | 87.36 | 96% | 2014-02-02 |
9704. | Luka (garicluka) | 87.35 | 95% | 2023-06-18 |
9705. | Daniel (typingdan) | 87.35 | 98% | 2023-12-18 |
9706. | Sam (supersam317) | 87.35 | 96.7% | 2021-03-03 |
9707. | Hadeed (hadeedji) | 87.35 | 99% | 2020-03-06 |
9708. | Jerrel (jerrel) | 87.35 | 95% | 2013-08-16 |
9709. | Sophia (sophiaa_chen) | 87.34 | 97% | 2021-09-28 |
9710. | jer (turkeybob777) | 87.34 | 94% | 2014-04-19 |
9711. | sidd (siddvader) | 87.34 | 97% | 2021-09-20 |
9712. | Esun (esun4) | 87.34 | 98.4% | 2023-12-26 |
9713. | Chew (chewyixin99) | 87.34 | 97% | 2020-07-11 |
9714. | Shane (jeopardytempest) | 87.34 | 92% | 2014-05-09 |
9715. | Harsh (_harshgupta) | 87.33 | 98% | 2024-02-23 |
9716. | Parth (exter_dg) | 87.33 | 97.5% | 2023-12-13 |
9717. | Nicolas (nico_ma5ter) | 87.33 | 98% | 2020-09-04 |
9718. | -___Sailing_ (chesu) | 87.33 | 96% | 2022-09-03 |
9719. | Ben (atri) | 87.33 | 96% | 2016-05-08 |
9720. | Duy (anhduy2503) | 87.33 | 98% | 2016-10-12 |
9721. | Help me (chowxchow) | 87.32 | 100% | 2023-10-22 |
9722. | ocramka (ocramka) | 87.32 | 98% | 2021-07-31 |
9723. | Dell (delliu) | 87.32 | 98.3% | 2023-12-25 |
9724. | Rav (impaledbison) | 87.32 | 98% | 2022-11-09 |
9725. | Andrew (osparks) | 87.32 | 97% | 2014-07-06 |
9726. | Ana (nanerkins) | 87.32 | 96% | 2014-01-23 |
9727. | Katie ♥ (katimeo) | 87.32 | 96% | 2015-02-06 |
9728. | Mukendi (nainpower) | 87.31 | 96% | 2023-03-10 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
---|---|---|---|
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 |