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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26678. | cryptids (cryptids) | 58.16 | 94% | 2016-03-06 |
26679. | abul (akazad12) | 58.16 | 96% | 2017-06-12 |
26680. | Annaguru (gkmohith17) | 58.15 | 93.7% | 2023-12-02 |
26681. | Rebecca (rebeccayang) | 58.15 | 96% | 2015-07-27 |
26682. | peachy (peachesx) | 58.14 | 94.3% | 2024-01-18 |
26683. | d (d11dmb) | 58.14 | 96% | 2012-02-24 |
26684. | Zef (zefhockey) | 58.14 | 96% | 2019-11-07 |
26685. | Randy (ran90) | 58.14 | 96% | 2019-12-19 |
26686. | milk (katikat42) | 58.14 | 95% | 2019-11-14 |
26687. | Eli (elitheprophet) | 58.13 | 96% | 2024-02-21 |
26688. | Vlad (exrede) | 58.13 | 94% | 2018-03-13 |
26689. | rajiun (rajiun) | 58.12 | 98% | 2022-08-21 |
26690. | bhuvu (bhuvu) | 58.12 | 96% | 2023-12-27 |
26691. | Saad (ultraman287) | 58.12 | 97% | 2020-07-26 |
26692. | Michael (michaelcasely) | 58.12 | 95% | 2012-03-09 |
26693. | Dhany (valdan) | 58.12 | 97% | 2011-05-14 |
26694. | cheryl (cherylkaiser) | 58.11 | 98% | 2019-09-10 |
26695. | To the SUN. (kaindust123) | 58.11 | 92.3% | 2023-11-24 |
26696. | Bandit (bstorms57) | 58.11 | 98% | 2024-01-12 |
26697. | Sherzat (sherzat3) | 58.11 | — | 2011-03-10 |
26698. | Vincent (slybeans) | 58.11 | 96% | 2019-01-20 |
26699. | Erica (wozniak) | 58.11 | 91% | 2012-11-28 |
26700. | Chance (sparkychance) | 58.11 | 91% | 2017-06-01 |
26701. | Szabolcs (amerlas) | 58.11 | 95% | 2012-11-10 |
26702. | ANJUM (mehranjum) | 58.10 | 96% | 2021-07-11 |
26703. | Nishanth (nishanthc) | 58.10 | 93% | 2024-02-21 |
26704. | Tanvir Ahmed (tanvir_rasel) | 58.10 | 96% | 2020-04-24 |
26705. | Ali (ali_yousef97) | 58.10 | 96% | 2021-07-21 |
26706. | patrick (the_brucey) | 58.10 | 97% | 2023-02-04 |
26707. | wes (wesxp44) | 58.10 | 98% | 2014-12-16 |
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 |