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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12611. | FAT (fatfatfat) | 81.81 | — | 2010-07-20 |
12612. | Mladen (djomlaivko) | 81.80 | 95% | 2024-03-11 |
12613. | Froody (froody129) | 81.80 | 97% | 2024-03-05 |
12614. | Deadeye (banterbry) | 81.80 | 96% | 2020-02-26 |
12615. | Suvan (suvanadhikari) | 81.80 | 98% | 2021-09-24 |
12616. | NorthernNinja (northernninj... | 81.80 | 96% | 2019-06-19 |
12617. | Typer (touchtyper) | 81.80 | 92% | 2014-03-16 |
12618. | tstats[lando_nomiss] (lando... | 81.79 | 97% | 2024-02-27 |
12619. | Daniel (daniel_789) | 81.79 | 96% | 2024-01-11 |
12620. | Asem (norther) | 81.79 | 98% | 2013-10-14 |
12621. | Luke (lrvideckis1) | 81.79 | 97% | 2019-08-18 |
12622. | Salman (xinvoker) | 81.79 | 98% | 2023-02-21 |
12623. | Izotedog (zeroizdogs) | 81.79 | 93% | 2013-06-08 |
12624. | cj (mp7maniac) | 81.79 | 97% | 2018-03-23 |
12625. | Rebecca (rebecca261) | 81.79 | 88% | 2011-06-03 |
12626. | Kuan-Yu (allankyhou) | 81.79 | 94% | 2011-11-12 |
12627. | timas (timastimas) | 81.78 | 97% | 2022-01-13 |
12628. | H7GhosT (h7ghost) | 81.78 | 98% | 2022-10-16 |
12629. | Unknown (youdontknowme51809) | 81.78 | 97% | 2022-06-22 |
12630. | Jay (aasiaat) | 81.78 | 97% | 2022-07-31 |
12631. | source (gzsource) | 81.78 | 95% | 2020-11-18 |
12632. | Shibasis (ship9x) | 81.78 | 97% | 2022-11-24 |
12633. | RDBMS (keppykep123) | 81.78 | 97% | 2021-02-11 |
12634. | Kumar (kayush) | 81.78 | 97% | 2020-03-23 |
12635. | Nob (nobvon) | 81.78 | 95% | 2015-10-02 |
12636. | LuLuC (luluc) | 81.78 | 96% | 2014-02-04 |
12637. | Hank (cvhanky) | 81.77 | 97% | 2016-02-04 |
12638. | Kid (kidgrayson) | 81.77 | 97% | 2014-11-19 |
12639. | a (bobbobdob) | 81.77 | 98% | 2023-04-06 |
12640. | Brandon (bchung00) | 81.77 | 96% | 2019-09-07 |
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 |