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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14005. | Lưu (luuanh) | 79.21 | 98% | 2013-03-06 |
14006. | tapos (mykdspyk) | 79.21 | — | 2010-12-10 |
14007. | perimetro (perimetro20) | 79.21 | 93% | 2017-02-04 |
14008. | Fernando (fermu) | 79.21 | 96% | 2015-11-13 |
14009. | TheKing (theking69) | 79.20 | 98.1% | 2024-01-13 |
14010. | Jesse (shadow_typer_monarch) | 79.20 | 97% | 2024-03-25 |
14011. | Neil Adrian (destroyer_46) | 79.20 | 96% | 2017-10-07 |
14012. | Mark (qwedas09) | 79.20 | 97% | 2019-06-07 |
14013. | matt (takatoasti) | 79.20 | 97% | 2019-06-04 |
14014. | shubham (shubham0007) | 79.20 | 97% | 2015-11-10 |
14015. | dude (udead1) | 79.20 | 96% | 2020-07-12 |
14016. | D-Hunter (xzabuzax) | 79.20 | 97% | 2018-04-05 |
14017. | Zarolitis (zarolitis) | 79.19 | 98% | 2016-06-02 |
14018. | Allen (nkstnkst) | 79.19 | 97% | 2019-12-01 |
14019. | Rico (duck98431) | 79.19 | 95% | 2013-01-22 |
14020. | duy (duyanhpt1) | 79.19 | 95% | 2013-05-04 |
14021. | Gaspar (gaspimienta) | 79.18 | 97% | 2021-10-07 |
14022. | Will (wbrocket) | 79.18 | 97.3% | 2021-02-19 |
14023. | Immanuel (i_mmanuel) | 79.18 | 93% | 2015-11-03 |
14024. | ASDFG (jassanna) | 79.18 | 91% | 2011-12-09 |
14025. | Biased (biased) | 79.18 | 96% | 2019-12-24 |
14026. | Steve (steve7414) | 79.18 | — | 2010-10-24 |
14027. | Phil (pliao39) | 79.18 | 97% | 2019-03-16 |
14028. | Tony (agimus) | 79.18 | 98% | 2014-09-15 |
14029. | Krystal (sunshinenmyeyes) | 79.17 | 95% | 2024-02-03 |
14030. | Gavin (perfectgavinator) | 79.17 | 96% | 2021-05-09 |
14031. | Peter (ploeper) | 79.17 | 90% | 2013-11-06 |
14032. | Scott (sisyphus) | 79.17 | 97% | 2016-04-21 |
14033. | Petter (dvex) | 79.17 | 94% | 2017-04-24 |
14034. | test (cmlyma) | 79.17 | 95% | 2020-12-11 |
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 |