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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10104. | J™♥ (diabolosjb) | 86.26 | 94% | 2016-09-08 |
10105. | anonymous (dantheman830) | 86.25 | 97% | 2019-04-26 |
10106. | Brodey (brodeys17) | 86.25 | 97% | 2020-12-26 |
10107. | SunBun (sunbuntm) | 86.25 | 99% | 2023-11-21 |
10108. | Justin (jkhy) | 86.25 | 97% | 2020-04-20 |
10109. | Yure (yantse) | 86.25 | 98% | 2017-07-04 |
10110. | Jonathan (itzjonny) | 86.24 | 96% | 2017-07-21 |
10111. | Kristján (kripet) | 86.24 | — | 2011-01-07 |
10112. | Raja (rajamalik2004) | 86.24 | 99% | 2013-04-27 |
10113. | Ivan (ivked) | 86.23 | 96% | 2022-05-27 |
10114. | Nguyen (ntnghiabk) | 86.23 | 96% | 2015-11-14 |
10115. | Apple (samiryounan37) | 86.23 | 88% | 2012-04-08 |
10116. | Patrick (pmahones) | 86.23 | 97% | 2014-02-10 |
10117. | Alexandru (alexoaz5) | 86.22 | 97% | 2021-01-27 |
10118. | Steven (_typemaster_) | 86.22 | — | 2010-11-14 |
10119. | rdw (madison437) | 86.22 | 92% | 2013-11-27 |
10120. | Gaster (iamgaster) | 86.21 | 97% | 2021-03-03 |
10121. | Fedor (fshabashev) | 86.21 | 97% | 2019-10-01 |
10122. | Daniel (zdaniel02_) | 86.21 | 97% | 2020-07-08 |
10123. | Aron (aronbk) | 86.21 | 98% | 2022-07-20 |
10124. | Pei Bin (cheongpeibin) | 86.21 | 96% | 2014-12-06 |
10125. | na (nanaracer) | 86.20 | 97% | 2022-08-07 |
10126. | Sean (metrognome12) | 86.20 | 96.2% | 2024-03-22 |
10127. | Catalin (art_vendelay) | 86.20 | 99% | 2015-02-26 |
10128. | NinjR (gingerninjr) | 86.20 | 95% | 2015-02-03 |
10129. | Maz3l (hitti47) | 86.19 | 98% | 2023-11-27 |
10130. | MINH (shinmyou) | 86.19 | 98% | 2020-03-08 |
10131. | Tony (sarcasticbanana) | 86.19 | 97.2% | 2021-02-13 |
10132. | Alex (airstreamdriver) | 86.19 | 96% | 2015-05-07 |
10133. | scott (pmonkey) | 86.19 | 98% | 2013-12-08 |
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 |