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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23581. | WaRnINg (rhastamaniak) | 64.12 | 88% | 2014-06-25 |
23582. | a_hsla.1 (floating_aqua_212) | 64.11 | 95% | 2024-05-12 |
23583. | Sidewalk (euantis) | 64.11 | 94% | 2022-05-20 |
23584. | Cream (pursam) | 64.11 | 96% | 2019-09-08 |
23585. | Jensa (spacejoker) | 64.11 | 91% | 2012-09-10 |
23586. | NighLanding (crystalpalace) | 64.11 | 100% | 2013-04-06 |
23587. | Noam (noamh) | 64.11 | 97% | 2013-05-27 |
23588. | Suman (grgsuman) | 64.11 | 87% | 2016-03-03 |
23589. | Jeff (jeffspuzzle) | 64.10 | 95% | 2022-08-04 |
23590. | Astra (astrame) | 64.10 | 96% | 2021-06-05 |
23591. | KauĆ£ (fernandes10) | 64.10 | 97.3% | 2021-02-14 |
23592. | Matias (matzefyr) | 64.09 | 90% | 2012-12-17 |
23593. | Syntrx (syntrx) | 64.09 | 97% | 2021-03-22 |
23594. | bq666 (bq666) | 64.09 | 98% | 2022-10-13 |
23595. | Jordan (oreodragonborn) | 64.09 | 86% | 2016-09-04 |
23596. | Alex (al3xx) | 64.09 | — | 2010-07-23 |
23597. | dawdad (darkschore) | 64.08 | 97% | 2024-03-10 |
23598. | uxiator (uxiator) | 64.08 | 94.6% | 2021-02-04 |
23599. | FreePalestine (free_palestine) | 64.08 | 95% | 2020-12-22 |
23600. | Micha (achim) | 64.08 | 96% | 2022-10-17 |
23601. | Hai (8psman) | 64.08 | 92% | 2014-09-04 |
23602. | Jacqueline (jacqueliner) | 64.08 | 93% | 2012-01-30 |
23603. | Jake (wavegamble) | 64.08 | 95% | 2017-05-24 |
23604. | Pratheepa (theepa) | 64.08 | — | 2010-10-12 |
23605. | Marwane (delma_04) | 64.07 | 97% | 2024-03-11 |
23606. | overlord (overlllord) | 64.07 | 96% | 2023-05-10 |
23607. | sam_the_ham (sam_the_ham) | 64.07 | 97.7% | 2023-12-20 |
23608. | Oleksii (tdu819) | 64.07 | 99% | 2021-08-26 |
23609. | aha (channaha) | 64.07 | 93% | 2013-04-22 |
23610. | (tulasaeueng) | 64.07 | 97% | 2019-03-01 |
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 |