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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13963. | Graham (grayham11) | 79.23 | 97% | 2020-05-07 |
13964. | ð¢ð¢ð¢ð¢ (amogh1420) | 79.23 | 97% | 2020-07-24 |
13965. | Peter (aaubeofcheese) | 79.22 | 97% | 2022-03-25 |
13966. | Fares (isyqozz) | 79.22 | 97% | 2024-01-17 |
13967. | Lara (dosii96) | 79.22 | 97% | 2019-12-13 |
13968. | Sarah (sarahmae123) | 79.22 | 97% | 2021-05-25 |
13969. | Jimmy (user39_on_anagram) | 79.22 | 97.3% | 2024-01-20 |
13970. | Le Quan (hacbachmaquan) | 79.22 | 98% | 2021-08-03 |
13971. | Margaret (kangroos) | 79.22 | 91% | 2013-08-13 |
13972. | Knut (knutesten) | 79.22 | 95% | 2012-02-02 |
13973. | nguyen (nguyenmy) | 79.22 | 97% | 2013-04-10 |
13974. | 1asdf (posijab) | 79.21 | 97.4% | 2023-12-04 |
13975. | LÆ°u (luuanh) | 79.21 | 98% | 2013-03-06 |
13976. | tapos (mykdspyk) | 79.21 | — | 2010-12-10 |
13977. | perimetro (perimetro20) | 79.21 | 93% | 2017-02-04 |
13978. | Fernando (fermu) | 79.21 | 96% | 2015-11-13 |
13979. | TheKing (theking69) | 79.20 | 98.1% | 2024-01-13 |
13980. | Jesse (shadow_typer_monarch) | 79.20 | 97% | 2024-03-25 |
13981. | Neil Adrian (destroyer_46) | 79.20 | 96% | 2017-10-07 |
13982. | Mark (qwedas09) | 79.20 | 97% | 2019-06-07 |
13983. | matt (takatoasti) | 79.20 | 97% | 2019-06-04 |
13984. | shubham (shubham0007) | 79.20 | 97% | 2015-11-10 |
13985. | dude (udead1) | 79.20 | 96% | 2020-07-12 |
13986. | D-Hunter (xzabuzax) | 79.20 | 97% | 2018-04-05 |
13987. | Zarolitis (zarolitis) | 79.19 | 98% | 2016-06-02 |
13988. | Allen (nkstnkst) | 79.19 | 97% | 2019-12-01 |
13989. | Rico (duck98431) | 79.19 | 95% | 2013-01-22 |
13990. | duy (duyanhpt1) | 79.19 | 95% | 2013-05-04 |
13991. | Gaspar (gaspimienta) | 79.18 | 97% | 2021-10-07 |
13992. | Will (wbrocket) | 79.18 | 97.3% | 2021-02-19 |
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 |