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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30495. | Solar (solugebefola) | 49.83 | 97% | 2015-07-14 |
30496. | Arbelo (arbelo) | 49.83 | 95% | 2012-09-29 |
30497. | Apsodius (apsodius) | 49.82 | 94.2% | 2023-12-02 |
30498. | Brandon Briley (milob) | 49.81 | 95% | 2024-04-19 |
30499. | Vincent (vincunt_) | 49.81 | 95% | 2019-05-02 |
30500. | ingrid (ingridrs) | 49.80 | 96% | 2024-06-06 |
30501. | dazzdm (dazzdm) | 49.80 | 94.9% | 2024-01-15 |
30502. | Mohammad (mohammad__) | 49.80 | 94% | 2021-03-04 |
30503. | Vinayak K (vinayakkk) | 49.79 | 93.9% | 2024-04-18 |
30504. | rhay (rhayaep) | 49.79 | 94% | 2024-03-16 |
30505. | tofankaran (akash2001) | 49.79 | 95% | 2023-11-17 |
30506. | Atharva Vijay (atharva_vk) | 49.79 | 94.4% | 2021-02-24 |
30507. | Hugh (gbush2000) | 49.79 | 94% | 2020-09-11 |
30508. | Apples (apples07) | 49.79 | 93% | 2016-03-13 |
30509. | kraken (pronto1) | 49.78 | 94% | 2018-05-20 |
30510. | typer (kmanghat) | 49.78 | 96% | 2020-12-10 |
30511. | Binod (binodmx) | 49.77 | 97% | 2017-06-08 |
30512. | Tuấn Anh (tuananhnbt) | 49.77 | — | 2010-08-25 |
30513. | Kyle (kyleark) | 49.76 | 96% | 2023-04-04 |
30514. | wen (longwen) | 49.76 | 94% | 2016-12-01 |
30515. | Amani (amani7) | 49.76 | 99% | 2013-11-14 |
30516. | RadStar (radstar) | 49.75 | 98% | 2024-05-11 |
30517. | Aaryan sharma (aaryan21) | 49.75 | 96% | 2021-10-17 |
30518. | Thilash (thilash) | 49.75 | 96% | 2014-10-06 |
30519. | Maddie (mfighter) | 49.75 | 94% | 2018-06-30 |
30520. | ach5910 (ach5910) | 49.74 | 94.6% | 2024-02-29 |
30521. | Cong (darkness1102) | 49.74 | 91% | 2011-10-20 |
30522. | David Darko (netthephoenix) | 49.73 | 92.4% | 2024-04-06 |
30523. | redblood (redblood554) | 49.71 | 96.6% | 2023-12-07 |
30524. | Ben (bennysd) | 49.71 | 94% | 2021-01-12 |
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 |