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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14463. | Free Palestine (tidy400) | 78.54 | 96% | 2024-02-15 |
14464. | Alexandra (skaye) | 78.54 | — | 2011-03-07 |
14465. | Gordon (gordy) | 78.54 | 91% | 2012-09-30 |
14466. | Katappa (sim007) | 78.54 | 96% | 2015-02-01 |
14467. | Naveen (caffeinethepop) | 78.54 | 99% | 2017-04-06 |
14468. | FreePalestine (read_palesti... | 78.53 | 96% | 2024-02-29 |
14469. | Logan (loagvevo) | 78.53 | 97% | 2022-05-30 |
14470. | CoolsRollin (coolsrollin) | 78.53 | 97.5% | 2023-12-08 |
14471. | 1938 (1938) | 78.53 | 97.1% | 2024-04-14 |
14472. | Average (hellohithere) | 78.53 | 98% | 2021-08-05 |
14473. | Michael (themusicofsound) | 78.53 | 96% | 2015-06-03 |
14474. | Ember (w00tzorz656) | 78.52 | 87% | 2015-03-04 |
14475. | AceS (_aces_) | 78.52 | 98% | 2024-05-10 |
14476. | thu (lesinh) | 78.52 | — | 2010-07-25 |
14477. | Nathan (netham45) | 78.52 | 92% | 2013-06-22 |
14478. | suzanne (tirphead4) | 78.52 | 93% | 2013-11-10 |
14479. | codex (shadow_typer_53) | 78.51 | 96.9% | 2024-02-07 |
14480. | Kenshii (kenshii) | 78.51 | 97% | 2022-01-29 |
14481. | David Lex (davidjohnston15) | 78.51 | 98% | 2018-02-16 |
14482. | Sun (sunflower61) | 78.51 | 96% | 2021-03-30 |
14483. | Alyssa (typingtodeath) | 78.51 | 89% | 2012-12-18 |
14484. | JuniperBlossom (juniperblos... | 78.51 | 99% | 2015-03-05 |
14485. | Catroomba (cat_roomba) | 78.50 | 96% | 2021-05-18 |
14486. | Ryan (gurkenglas9) | 78.50 | 97% | 2021-07-24 |
14487. | fari (favarjooy86) | 78.50 | 95% | 2014-01-08 |
14488. | frrah (zhhrf) | 78.49 | 98% | 2021-07-01 |
14489. | Brotolios (brotolios) | 78.49 | 97% | 2020-12-18 |
14490. | Dimitris (dimitrism) | 78.49 | 98% | 2019-04-09 |
14491. | Aquaris (ryankim834) | 78.49 | 91% | 2016-02-14 |
14492. | cowcowcowcow (friisky) | 78.49 | 94% | 2019-12-27 |
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 |