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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8061. | Luis (duelistone) | 91.08 | 97% | 2018-05-08 |
8062. | Annie (anniegeorge) | 91.08 | 96% | 2013-04-02 |
8063. | Seany (seanta8) | 91.08 | 96% | 2013-06-19 |
8064. | Polymathic Kitteh (aurash) | 91.08 | 97% | 2014-11-09 |
8065. | Diego (ihyy) | 91.07 | 98% | 2015-03-09 |
8066. | Ella (amhaissup) | 91.07 | 97.9% | 2023-11-28 |
8067. | Jamie (undeadlegion) | 91.07 | 94% | 2012-08-30 |
8068. | ngnmhieu (ngnmhieu) | 91.07 | 97% | 2016-04-21 |
8069. | Kurion (kurion) | 91.07 | 94% | 2013-11-05 |
8070. | chaaaah (chaahahoels) | 91.06 | 98% | 2024-04-10 |
8071. | el (elanamax) | 91.06 | 99% | 2021-10-08 |
8072. | William (wikywikywill) | 91.06 | 97% | 2016-05-13 |
8073. | Aceofspades9 (aceofspades9) | 91.06 | 95% | 2014-03-10 |
8074. | Sean (seanwang2447) | 91.05 | 98.1% | 2021-02-07 |
8075. | ahmed (frizew) | 91.05 | 98.3% | 2024-04-29 |
8076. | † Nick (wrongtrousers) | 91.05 | 94% | 2013-09-19 |
8077. | Christian (chrillzen) | 91.04 | 96% | 2023-01-27 |
8078. | tim (toxolzet) | 91.04 | 95% | 2015-08-04 |
8079. | Marvin (marvincyk) | 91.04 | 89% | 2016-11-18 |
8080. | Brendan (corduroy_boyardoy) | 91.03 | 97% | 2022-04-07 |
8081. | Tikhon (tikhon) | 91.03 | 99% | 2011-09-10 |
8082. | j (stojec) | 91.03 | 96% | 2016-09-11 |
8083. | Blake (gsolol) | 91.03 | 96% | 2014-05-21 |
8084. | William (michaelp_2222) | 91.02 | 99% | 2022-04-06 |
8085. | Ze (jiangzehua) | 91.02 | 93% | 2016-07-29 |
8086. | KOREA AH AH (jacksonian) | 91.02 | — | 2011-03-02 |
8087. | Cyberwolf (cyberwolf555) | 91.01 | 99% | 2019-07-29 |
8088. | Blake (sodasiphon) | 91.01 | 95% | 2013-04-17 |
8089. | teal.prodzz (tealprodzz) | 91.00 | 97% | 2024-02-16 |
8090. | Chile (npalaniuk) | 91.00 | 95% | 2015-04-04 |
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 |