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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28794. | Jags (jags_0101) | 54.09 | 93% | 2015-10-13 |
28795. | Stercus (hemantkatiyar) | 54.08 | 94% | 2013-06-19 |
28796. | Deep (dsg16) | 54.07 | 96.6% | 2023-11-27 |
28797. | alex (pluto3324) | 54.07 | 96% | 2021-03-18 |
28798. | Funeral Party (scudvirus2018) | 54.07 | 97% | 2021-04-03 |
28799. | Novian (novian) | 54.06 | 93% | 2016-10-01 |
28800. | Jatin (jatingarg) | 54.06 | 97% | 2020-12-10 |
28801. | Ed (zimmy) | 54.06 | — | 2010-11-08 |
28802. | Nicolai (niccofyren) | 54.06 | 95% | 2016-09-01 |
28803. | Natalia (ngrcia) | 54.05 | 97% | 2024-03-08 |
28804. | Ron (idobbyy) | 54.05 | 95% | 2023-12-27 |
28805. | Madhu (madhugul) | 54.05 | 97.7% | 2023-11-12 |
28806. | Luki_essa (lukiessa) | 54.05 | 95.9% | 2023-11-19 |
28807. | Romar (romarpatacsil) | 54.05 | 93% | 2012-09-26 |
28808. | Faizan (fmahmood) | 54.05 | 96% | 2013-01-30 |
28809. | Xi (cenariusxz) | 54.05 | 93% | 2017-06-02 |
28810. | lynn (lynnsweetspineda) | 54.04 | 95% | 2022-03-09 |
28811. | zakir (zakirhossen) | 54.04 | 95% | 2023-09-02 |
28812. | James (ryandaryno) | 54.04 | 98% | 2021-05-13 |
28813. | TheJardinier (thejardinier) | 54.04 | 94% | 2017-12-12 |
28814. | Christoffer (poetastrophe) | 54.04 | 91% | 2013-11-20 |
28815. | danilo (barbaritomanor) | 54.03 | 95% | 2015-06-01 |
28816. | Jack (jack2905) | 54.03 | 88% | 2014-08-22 |
28817. | Elijah (shawtye123) | 54.02 | 93% | 2024-03-01 |
28818. | Aza (iskusstvo) | 54.02 | 95% | 2022-10-17 |
28819. | Pritish (pritish27) | 54.02 | 95.4% | 2024-03-28 |
28820. | marco (xqz_u) | 54.02 | 96% | 2021-10-04 |
28821. | Adrian (tiverius157) | 54.02 | 94% | 2020-06-06 |
28822. | Anirban (onirz) | 54.01 | 96% | 2017-10-31 |
28823. | Muhammadjon (engineer_student) | 54.01 | 95% | 2022-11-07 |
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 |