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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18524. | Teun (typingthunder) | 71.07 | 93.9% | 2023-11-11 |
18525. | Amarpreet (bhangu_05) | 71.07 | 96.7% | 2023-11-11 |
18526. | David (seismicsandwich) | 71.07 | 96% | 2022-06-26 |
18527. | Nam (nambct) | 71.07 | 96% | 2023-08-09 |
18528. | gaule (gaule) | 71.07 | 97% | 2022-01-02 |
18529. | Stephen (stephenmorganx) | 71.07 | 92% | 2016-05-20 |
18530. | Platy (platypus517) | 71.07 | 94% | 2016-03-16 |
18531. | Heather (bowlinprincess) | 71.07 | 96% | 2011-05-13 |
18532. | Robert Joe (robertjoep) | 71.06 | 95% | 2013-01-22 |
18533. | Valters (valters07) | 71.06 | 96.8% | 2021-01-29 |
18534. | Brandon (brego94) | 71.06 | 98% | 2017-02-24 |
18535. | PALY (paly) | 71.06 | — | 2011-03-10 |
18536. | Kevin (gkpc) | 71.06 | 94% | 2015-03-11 |
18537. | Vivek (vivthang) | 71.06 | 96% | 2014-10-04 |
18538. | Amanda (uhmanduh) | 71.06 | — | 2011-04-04 |
18539. | Dustin (jebeidiah) | 71.06 | 98% | 2015-09-28 |
18540. | CaptainJsparrow (captian_sp... | 71.05 | 95% | 2024-02-09 |
18541. | San (shinchan_typeracer) | 71.05 | 95.1% | 2023-11-13 |
18542. | Rusty (rustyembers) | 71.05 | 87% | 2016-11-04 |
18543. | Kim Jong-il (a9088391) | 71.05 | 98% | 2017-09-28 |
18544. | Typeracerplays main track O... | 71.05 | 83% | 2016-07-28 |
18545. | Noey (justnoey) | 71.05 | 98% | 2013-12-01 |
18546. | Sollyy (itssollyy) | 71.05 | 95% | 2017-06-07 |
18547. | dom (domeow) | 71.04 | 97% | 2022-10-24 |
18548. | anntz (reaction__) | 71.04 | 97% | 2020-07-22 |
18549. | Could be you (cycosniper) | 71.04 | 96% | 2021-01-29 |
18550. | hanno (busterity) | 71.04 | 95.8% | 2023-12-10 |
18551. | Rjnal (rjnal) | 71.04 | 98% | 2019-06-09 |
18552. | Milo (plaintoast02) | 71.03 | 97% | 2023-12-14 |
18553. | andreas (ansloge) | 71.03 | 98% | 2023-09-11 |
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 |