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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11134. | Ed (pelly1863) | 84.41 | 97% | 2020-09-17 |
11135. | Steven (whathecode) | 84.41 | 95% | 2011-07-24 |
11136. | unfalsent (typowriter16) | 84.41 | 96% | 2017-10-21 |
11137. | Arslan (arslan801007) | 84.40 | 96% | 2022-12-12 |
11138. | PartyPooper (borat_kz) | 84.40 | 97.7% | 2023-11-29 |
11139. | Ninja (ninjaacat) | 84.40 | 97% | 2021-01-16 |
11140. | Ace (milkyboy12) | 84.40 | 96% | 2021-03-12 |
11141. | top2828 (top2828) | 84.39 | 98% | 2024-02-09 |
11142. | Apocolad (apocolad) | 84.39 | 96.5% | 2023-11-08 |
11143. | (atorpy) | 84.39 | 98% | 2022-02-10 |
11144. | Roy (roypon11) | 84.39 | 95% | 2014-03-14 |
11145. | sem (elsemyano) | 84.39 | 96% | 2012-10-05 |
11146. | g_kadooka (g_kadooka) | 84.38 | 96.7% | 2024-02-08 |
11147. | Vinny (abomm) | 84.38 | 98% | 2018-01-19 |
11148. | Onnanoko (onnanoko) | 84.38 | 96% | 2019-05-30 |
11149. | joemppe (joemppe) | 84.38 | 93% | 2012-04-16 |
11150. | Sumit (sumit_ghag) | 84.37 | 97% | 2020-10-19 |
11151. | Dan (aizort) | 84.37 | 94% | 2016-09-01 |
11152. | Regalion (regalion) | 84.37 | 97% | 2015-05-22 |
11153. | Ceri (ceriser) | 84.37 | 93% | 2014-11-21 |
11154. | Gabi (gabriel_thebest123) | 84.36 | 98% | 2024-05-03 |
11155. | Nathaniel (natgjoh) | 84.36 | 95.8% | 2024-03-22 |
11156. | Raheel (hennanra1000) | 84.36 | 97% | 2023-09-22 |
11157. | Oliver (ollie6286) | 84.36 | 92% | 2016-08-22 |
11158. | SushiRoll (deanna93) | 84.36 | 98% | 2021-06-29 |
11159. | Matland (matland) | 84.36 | 95% | 2022-05-31 |
11160. | Bomb (bomb0720) | 84.35 | 97% | 2023-11-28 |
11161. | break (breakbar) | 84.35 | 98% | 2020-07-01 |
11162. | Blake (cbt13) | 84.35 | 96.4% | 2023-11-22 |
11163. | Caleb (calebbueckert) | 84.35 | 97.4% | 2024-03-15 |
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 |