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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11660. | Phong (hphong591992) | 83.39 | 93% | 2012-06-11 |
11661. | Florian (nativo) | 83.39 | 98% | 2019-01-13 |
11662. | Maja (kussimurra) | 83.39 | 96% | 2013-09-30 |
11663. | Eclipse (eclipse839) | 83.38 | 98% | 2024-02-21 |
11664. | Mati Szafirowski (matoaster) | 83.38 | 95% | 2022-02-05 |
11665. | pipers (ypperin) | 83.38 | 98% | 2018-10-19 |
11666. | Trung (trunga0) | 83.38 | 95% | 2015-04-18 |
11667. | Johanesic (johanesic) | 83.38 | 97% | 2021-06-29 |
11668. | Norris (norris_is_fat) | 83.37 | 96% | 2023-12-16 |
11669. | Nagai (nagaimatsuge) | 83.37 | 97% | 2021-11-30 |
11670. | Jamie (cadman6) | 83.37 | 98% | 2023-09-19 |
11671. | Shinji (nagkagrabe7) | 83.37 | 97% | 2021-04-10 |
11672. | Linn (runner_of_the_sun) | 83.37 | 97% | 2012-12-01 |
11673. | mistmanov (mistmanov) | 83.37 | — | 2011-02-23 |
11674. | Happy (ragtag) | 83.37 | — | 2010-09-12 |
11675. | Vishal (v_pandit) | 83.37 | 96% | 2011-10-04 |
11676. | Volker (volkr16) | 83.36 | 96% | 2012-10-31 |
11677. | Vivek (vivekvc) | 83.36 | 96% | 2023-06-13 |
11678. | Black (mommymania) | 83.36 | 97% | 2022-07-10 |
11679. | Ravi Nautiyal (ravi_nautiyal) | 83.36 | 97.5% | 2023-12-22 |
11680. | rubex01 (rubex01) | 83.36 | 97% | 2021-03-24 |
11681. | Jane (slalomwondergirl) | 83.36 | 97% | 2013-09-12 |
11682. | Paul (soonersfan6) | 83.36 | 98% | 2018-12-13 |
11683. | kkek (kkms2) | 83.35 | 97% | 2018-08-04 |
11684. | avi (dude571) | 83.35 | 99% | 2014-04-09 |
11685. | Jad (jadmoushi) | 83.34 | 97% | 2023-12-26 |
11686. | Michael (michaelhau) | 83.34 | 96% | 2020-06-22 |
11687. | Bailey (bbrusca98) | 83.33 | 96% | 2022-02-21 |
11688. | Weiszy (weisz) | 83.33 | 90% | 2017-03-18 |
11689. | Zanuh (mrelister) | 83.33 | 96% | 2024-05-04 |
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 |