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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23004. | Joshua (windos) | 64.69 | 94% | 2013-04-03 |
23005. | Caglar (cypriotboi) | 64.69 | 96% | 2015-12-23 |
23006. | Phteven (sleezy_dvorak) | 64.69 | 94% | 2015-09-29 |
23007. | Theany (p_theany) | 64.69 | — | 2010-08-24 |
23008. | Frunze (frunze) | 64.69 | 96% | 2011-05-31 |
23009. | Arr (arrfuu) | 64.68 | 95% | 2021-07-08 |
23010. | Bobby (bets47) | 64.68 | 96% | 2018-09-21 |
23011. | Ahmed (jesuisahmedn) | 64.68 | 96% | 2018-01-16 |
23012. | KB_Acolyte (kb_acolyte) | 64.68 | 96% | 2023-07-24 |
23013. | Marc (toonings) | 64.68 | 96.9% | 2023-11-14 |
23014. | Steven (mindblast3r) | 64.68 | 95% | 2014-04-26 |
23015. | Vinu (vinudominic) | 64.68 | 94% | 2016-02-15 |
23016. | Anon (anony) | 64.68 | 95% | 2011-09-09 |
23017. | Leonardo (leo_121) | 64.67 | 94.8% | 2023-12-18 |
23018. | Bart (orzelek) | 64.67 | 97.6% | 2023-11-26 |
23019. | Emil (emilsh519) | 64.67 | 95% | 2014-09-18 |
23020. | Matteo (matteoriad) | 64.66 | 93% | 2014-02-18 |
23021. | tstats[durin237] (durin237) | 64.66 | 96.4% | 2023-12-13 |
23022. | Ariel (ariel_has_a_greyhound) | 64.66 | 96.9% | 2024-01-11 |
23023. | Goku (rmehedi) | 64.66 | 95.7% | 2023-12-19 |
23024. | Cul (cg_123) | 64.66 | 96% | 2022-03-19 |
23025. | Ted (icydgx) | 64.66 | 99% | 2024-04-16 |
23026. | Reap3x (reap3x) | 64.66 | 94% | 2020-10-24 |
23027. | Skywalker (ogsonny) | 64.66 | 98% | 2020-10-03 |
23028. | zahirshah (zahirshah200@yah... | 64.66 | — | 2010-07-14 |
23029. | Heide (vnit) | 64.66 | 96% | 2021-12-05 |
23030. | Jack (trongnghia4849) | 64.66 | 97% | 2018-09-29 |
23031. | Zen (zunn) | 64.66 | 94% | 2014-03-21 |
23032. | Kristen (ricekrispen) | 64.66 | 90% | 2015-04-17 |
23033. | Turkey (turkeyman2) | 64.66 | 96% | 2017-03-17 |
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 |