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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27331. | Minh (minhgold) | 56.92 | 93% | 2012-05-09 |
27332. | givemeahug (gaplanidadacan) | 56.92 | 91% | 2016-08-23 |
27333. | ArcheType (arch_e_type) | 56.91 | 96% | 2024-01-02 |
27334. | Dauntess_8 (jonathanvwyk) | 56.91 | 96.1% | 2023-12-10 |
27335. | Troy (ic3b3rg) | 56.91 | 94% | 2023-09-24 |
27336. | Romin (rominpasa) | 56.91 | 97% | 2019-10-30 |
27337. | Timon (timonius) | 56.91 | 86% | 2014-05-27 |
27338. | Nishanth (nishanth_123) | 56.90 | 95% | 2023-10-01 |
27339. | Smith (iamhablo) | 56.90 | 96% | 2022-05-16 |
27340. | Joan (joanwyss) | 56.90 | 95% | 2020-10-19 |
27341. | Asim (leoperdspeed) | 56.90 | — | 2011-02-02 |
27342. | surdl (surdl) | 56.90 | 95% | 2012-01-15 |
27343. | Leon (leonnorth) | 56.90 | 96% | 2016-11-11 |
27344. | Tamar (ta_mar907) | 56.89 | 96% | 2024-04-26 |
27345. | Ichimid (fm1d) | 56.89 | 97% | 2024-03-21 |
27346. | testtest (testtest1212) | 56.89 | 95% | 2023-04-17 |
27347. | Ashley (critiqlz) | 56.88 | 95% | 2021-10-12 |
27348. | Anish (anish_k) | 56.88 | 96% | 2023-05-26 |
27349. | bloncing (bloncing) | 56.88 | 95.2% | 2024-01-14 |
27350. | Ethan (ethan_nzt11) | 56.88 | 97.1% | 2021-02-12 |
27351. | Robbie (robbiess) | 56.88 | 92% | 2017-02-12 |
27352. | Levente (levill) | 56.88 | — | 2011-01-17 |
27353. | tu (rose4love) | 56.88 | 93% | 2011-07-23 |
27354. | Macguir (macguir) | 56.88 | 94% | 2012-11-18 |
27355. | Nivan (nivanr06) | 56.87 | 97% | 2020-03-20 |
27356. | Macqyu (macqyu) | 56.87 | 95% | 2023-09-28 |
27357. | Stijn (stijnmeijssen) | 56.87 | 89% | 2017-01-31 |
27358. | g_spot_69 (g_spot_69) | 56.86 | 96% | 2023-12-12 |
27359. | Shiva (lord_kartikey) | 56.86 | 96% | 2024-02-14 |
27360. | Samuel (samwatts262) | 56.86 | 95% | 2024-01-28 |
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 |