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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8332. | Kasper (salared) | 90.33 | 95% | 2015-01-16 |
8333. | Cesar (firer) | 90.33 | 93% | 2011-10-24 |
8334. | Genghis (genghisrex) | 90.32 | 91% | 2015-04-13 |
8335. | Applequestria (applequestria) | 90.32 | 87% | 2013-12-13 |
8336. | Dan (wrightdp) | 90.32 | 96% | 2016-04-20 |
8337. | eminem (victormorph) | 90.32 | 98% | 2011-11-25 |
8338. | Justin (pwnage1000) | 90.31 | 97% | 2019-11-21 |
8339. | Julius (jtrade) | 90.31 | 97% | 2022-08-11 |
8340. | 水滴石穿 (pillowdo) | 90.31 | 97% | 2022-12-23 |
8341. | joe (corrinthians) | 90.31 | 96% | 2012-06-28 |
8342. | Kevin (pekkanator1) | 90.30 | 96% | 2022-06-02 |
8343. | Luke (savquatrav) | 90.30 | 98.3% | 2021-03-02 |
8344. | Nicholas (t0903591) | 90.30 | 97% | 2024-04-13 |
8345. | Busky (buskyhusk) | 90.30 | 99% | 2022-09-14 |
8346. | tjeu (thewendigo) | 90.29 | 97% | 2021-03-28 |
8347. | Nikolai (nikovertus) | 90.29 | 97% | 2023-06-21 |
8348. | griV (griv) | 90.28 | 97% | 2024-02-22 |
8349. | Coolcat (legostarwars69) | 90.28 | 100% | 2024-01-12 |
8350. | William (williamwallace1) | 90.28 | 98% | 2022-09-21 |
8351. | Fortune (asadkhan10x) | 90.28 | 96% | 2024-01-22 |
8352. | MirkoLilDick (souser) | 90.28 | 94% | 2016-07-08 |
8353. | Niko (varial) | 90.28 | 91% | 2012-10-16 |
8354. | Brayden (azinfoo) | 90.28 | 97% | 2017-08-21 |
8355. | EscapeVelocity (escapeveloc... | 90.27 | 97% | 2023-10-15 |
8356. | Major Major Major Major (j_63) | 90.27 | 95% | 2016-01-04 |
8357. | Seb (defaultseb) | 90.26 | 95.9% | 2024-01-15 |
8358. | michelle (mkahue) | 90.26 | 97% | 2020-07-14 |
8359. | i am a car i don't even (ec... | 90.26 | 93% | 2014-01-06 |
8360. | Rusty (foundry) | 90.26 | 97% | 2019-10-26 |
8361. | Farkhat (farick92) | 90.26 | 98% | 2022-12-11 |
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 |