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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18933. | Yara1419 (yara1419) | 71.10 | 95.1% | 2023-11-27 |
18934. | Atharva (pandemania) | 71.10 | 98.3% | 2023-11-26 |
18935. | Free-Palastine (ahmedgtr) | 71.10 | 96.6% | 2024-01-11 |
18936. | jesus (jbustos123) | 71.10 | 98% | 2018-09-13 |
18937. | Faisal (nfj0143) | 71.10 | 95% | 2013-05-06 |
18938. | Pe_Pong (khanh45a3kct) | 71.10 | 92% | 2014-07-14 |
18939. | Jezreel (jroxas97) | 71.09 | 97% | 2023-02-10 |
18940. | Evan (lil_effer) | 71.09 | 97% | 2017-09-19 |
18941. | Anik (eternatus) | 71.09 | 97% | 2023-09-04 |
18942. | Sodasman (sodasman) | 71.09 | 97% | 2024-03-14 |
18943. | Steel_Zika (steel_zika) | 71.09 | 94% | 2023-06-14 |
18944. | Maya (misssmayaaa) | 71.09 | 96% | 2019-05-03 |
18945. | Edna (failcakez) | 71.09 | 93% | 2013-09-30 |
18946. | Toda (steelbreeze) | 71.09 | 96% | 2017-11-15 |
18947. | Nikhil (nikhiljain) | 71.09 | 91% | 2014-04-02 |
18948. | Eryk (fatmamma) | 71.09 | 95% | 2016-09-11 |
18949. | BYRUDDY (justruddy) | 71.08 | 96% | 2024-01-19 |
18950. | Victor (vctrku1) | 71.08 | 95% | 2016-06-15 |
18951. | David (dwright) | 71.08 | 96% | 2016-02-17 |
18952. | tris (trisywc) | 71.07 | 98% | 2022-07-20 |
18953. | Teun (typingthunder) | 71.07 | 93.9% | 2023-11-11 |
18954. | Amarpreet (bhangu_05) | 71.07 | 96.7% | 2023-11-11 |
18955. | David (seismicsandwich) | 71.07 | 96% | 2022-06-26 |
18956. | Nam (nambct) | 71.07 | 96% | 2023-08-09 |
18957. | gaule (gaule) | 71.07 | 97% | 2022-01-02 |
18958. | Stephen (stephenmorganx) | 71.07 | 92% | 2016-05-20 |
18959. | Platy (platypus517) | 71.07 | 94% | 2016-03-16 |
18960. | Heather (bowlinprincess) | 71.07 | 96% | 2011-05-13 |
18961. | Robert Joe (robertjoep) | 71.06 | 95% | 2013-01-22 |
18962. | Valters (valters07) | 71.06 | 96.8% | 2021-01-29 |
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 |