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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19995. | Guilherme (gui_szk) | 69.65 | 97% | 2020-11-07 |
19996. | Alah (allahblah) | 69.65 | 93% | 2015-06-18 |
19997. | darwin (dlintag) | 69.65 | 95% | 2013-11-28 |
19998. | Pratty (prattysis) | 69.64 | 95% | 2024-01-03 |
19999. | Thomas (larryluciano) | 69.64 | 96.9% | 2023-11-18 |
20000. | Pablo (msa207) | 69.64 | 96% | 2021-02-26 |
20001. | socialrecluse (socialracer) | 69.64 | 98% | 2014-12-03 |
20002. | Michal (buzna) | 69.64 | 97% | 2016-06-12 |
20003. | DeanoSOAR (deanosoar) | 69.63 | 97% | 2024-02-26 |
20004. | (twogah) | 69.63 | 97% | 2021-05-14 |
20005. | Neeraj (neerajnkk) | 69.63 | 98% | 2013-11-22 |
20006. | uzr (igor83) | 69.63 | 99% | 2014-03-16 |
20007. | silvis08 (silvis08) | 69.63 | 94% | 2013-06-03 |
20008. | miya (gottagospeed) | 69.62 | 98% | 2023-02-01 |
20009. | Gagik (_the_light) | 69.62 | 97% | 2022-12-22 |
20010. | Isaac (dolemitesundae) | 69.62 | 95% | 2016-08-16 |
20011. | Cloudy (bluem23) | 69.61 | 94% | 2017-09-12 |
20012. | Banlangk (iks_2403) | 69.61 | 96% | 2024-02-17 |
20013. | Suzy (blakmagjick) | 69.61 | 95% | 2014-08-28 |
20014. | a (pinkos) | 69.61 | 96% | 2018-03-28 |
20015. | Rizki (rizki_ananda) | 69.61 | 98% | 2018-04-29 |
20016. | Pratik (puffthemagicdragon) | 69.61 | 95% | 2012-07-18 |
20017. | Dominic (t4dominic) | 69.60 | 96% | 2023-01-26 |
20018. | Jacob (jacobthetyper4) | 69.60 | 97% | 2023-12-17 |
20019. | Tom (polaricecaps) | 69.60 | 97% | 2022-03-02 |
20020. | Pineapple (pineapple_pie1) | 69.60 | 97% | 2021-06-01 |
20021. | zipline (hwiechers) | 69.60 | 95% | 2016-04-13 |
20022. | Loser-typist (typist_1india) | 69.60 | 97% | 2015-05-31 |
20023. | Jayson (shenjuki) | 69.60 | 92% | 2012-08-23 |
20024. | Tai (letientai299) | 69.59 | 96% | 2016-10-26 |
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 |