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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20869. | Espen Oliver (masterabsinthe) | 68.13 | 95.9% | 2023-12-16 |
20870. | master (yunan_elfath) | 68.13 | 93% | 2016-12-14 |
20871. | Mo (slimg00dy) | 68.13 | 91% | 2017-03-21 |
20872. | Rym (ryym) | 68.13 | 91% | 2015-10-25 |
20873. | Turtle (turtle358739875) | 68.12 | 95.3% | 2023-12-23 |
20874. | pissnugget (pissnugget) | 68.12 | 96% | 2023-08-26 |
20875. | wonder (life_festival) | 68.12 | 95% | 2023-02-27 |
20876. | Marcus (marcus_t) | 68.12 | 97% | 2021-12-06 |
20877. | Justin (holycarrot4) | 68.12 | 93% | 2021-10-26 |
20878. | Eduardo (purplehaha) | 68.12 | 91% | 2016-01-25 |
20879. | Alex (banal) | 68.12 | 92% | 2013-02-06 |
20880. | Hoang (huyhoangan) | 68.12 | 93% | 2011-09-24 |
20881. | Iai (altaf222002) | 68.11 | 97% | 2024-04-28 |
20882. | Alex (alex_ofl) | 68.11 | 96% | 2022-03-06 |
20883. | Lisa (lisee) | 68.11 | 98% | 2016-04-12 |
20884. | Eirik (coow) | 68.11 | 96% | 2019-12-12 |
20885. | Danica (7158dandan) | 68.10 | 96% | 2022-07-05 |
20886. | Abhijeet17o (abhijeet17o) | 68.10 | 98% | 2024-03-20 |
20887. | Kunal (boomlion) | 68.10 | 95% | 2023-11-18 |
20888. | shane (shanel0l) | 68.10 | 95% | 2024-05-03 |
20889. | Glaudio (grendise) | 68.10 | 97% | 2017-09-01 |
20890. | Andrew (treeloop) | 68.10 | 95% | 2018-06-20 |
20891. | Dan (randoone) | 68.10 | 93% | 2013-09-16 |
20892. | Yarly (yarlyy) | 68.10 | 97% | 2019-06-22 |
20893. | bich (play_girl1881) | 68.10 | 96% | 2012-02-12 |
20894. | brooklyn (raise_the_bar) | 68.10 | 94% | 2013-01-07 |
20895. | Steven (chen19960615) | 68.09 | 93% | 2015-12-17 |
20896. | Daniel (d_tye__) | 68.09 | 95% | 2018-10-10 |
20897. | Jonathan (jonathanthejelly) | 68.09 | 97% | 2018-01-01 |
20898. | Victor (mcturtleo) | 68.09 | 94% | 2019-01-11 |
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 |