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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16640. | K (lightfalls) | 74.85 | 96% | 2021-08-05 |
16641. | Edgar (egonzalez0787) | 74.85 | 97% | 2011-08-23 |
16642. | Alex (evoamac) | 74.85 | 97% | 2011-08-13 |
16643. | maks (boredmaks) | 74.85 | 95% | 2014-10-24 |
16644. | Shivansh (dope0403) | 74.84 | 97.9% | 2023-12-11 |
16645. | sdr4wkc48 (sdr4wkc48) | 74.84 | 95% | 2022-07-15 |
16646. | help_palestine (ismailasker) | 74.84 | 97% | 2024-01-01 |
16647. | Barry (rip21) | 74.84 | 96% | 2018-01-12 |
16648. | hotmama (jaggid) | 74.84 | 96% | 2020-09-28 |
16649. | Danny (willsmithfan) | 74.84 | 96% | 2012-11-02 |
16650. | Seong (skcxbr@hotmail.com) | 74.84 | 95% | 2014-02-05 |
16651. | Md. Shafiqul (shafiqulazam) | 74.84 | 95% | 2011-08-20 |
16652. | Ves (veshristov) | 74.83 | 97% | 2022-11-17 |
16653. | 100WPM (kufum_mohit) | 74.83 | 98% | 2021-05-01 |
16654. | Claus (cconrad) | 74.83 | 98% | 2024-02-23 |
16655. | Crystal (cfleaming) | 74.83 | 94% | 2012-09-18 |
16656. | nursejojo (jaldrighetti) | 74.82 | 98% | 2023-12-01 |
16657. | PrairieBaron (atbaron) | 74.82 | 96% | 2021-03-01 |
16658. | JellyBelly (alhaqiqa) | 74.82 | 98% | 2016-07-06 |
16659. | Tuan (nightstar) | 74.82 | 97% | 2014-08-10 |
16660. | Ethan (ignoreddm) | 74.81 | 98% | 2020-10-27 |
16661. | Jake (jakephillip) | 74.81 | 88% | 2012-10-20 |
16662. | KW (_srp47) | 74.81 | 98.5% | 2023-11-22 |
16663. | rupace (typer_ace111) | 74.81 | 98% | 2023-05-05 |
16664. | Fathan (falonez) | 74.81 | 98% | 2024-02-16 |
16665. | Ruben (oiradnebur) | 74.81 | 97% | 2014-08-29 |
16666. | EM_K (em_k) | 74.81 | 95.9% | 2023-12-04 |
16667. | Thiên (htxuvn) | 74.81 | 97% | 2013-06-27 |
16668. | Chris (stephan_hunter) | 74.81 | 94% | 2011-08-19 |
16669. | fallings (fallings) | 74.80 | 95% | 2024-05-02 |
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 |