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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12642. | Hemnath (hemnath) | 81.46 | 96% | 2022-09-27 |
12643. | The Viking (typing_viking) | 81.46 | 94% | 2011-11-19 |
12644. | @dbrooks2036 (dbrooks) | 81.46 | — | 2010-09-03 |
12645. | Carter (carterfromwisco) | 81.45 | 99% | 2017-05-03 |
12646. | grayson (graygrayy) | 81.45 | 97% | 2024-01-31 |
12647. | Jimin (blindfoldbear) | 81.45 | 98% | 2022-12-20 |
12648. | Juuzou (juuzousuzuya) | 81.45 | 96% | 2023-11-21 |
12649. | shortkid27 (shortkid27) | 81.45 | 96.1% | 2021-02-27 |
12650. | Eric (cool_armadillo) | 81.45 | 98% | 2022-03-24 |
12651. | Snail (snailll) | 81.45 | 97% | 2012-03-07 |
12652. | Maervince (maervince) | 81.45 | 93% | 2017-03-27 |
12653. | ilovetyping (coolsidney) | 81.44 | 97% | 2024-04-12 |
12654. | Alex (ninjawithsushi) | 81.44 | 90% | 2015-11-09 |
12655. | Stephen (xstephen) | 81.44 | 98% | 2023-12-13 |
12656. | simon (i_am_simon) | 81.44 | 94% | 2015-05-18 |
12657. | Charlie (hypotrance) | 81.44 | 97% | 2021-01-25 |
12658. | Than (thelensguy) | 81.43 | 97% | 2014-06-13 |
12659. | Krypton (krypton1) | 81.43 | 89% | 2012-01-26 |
12660. | Free Bird (kono_dio_da) | 81.42 | 98% | 2018-12-06 |
12661. | seven (seven_mark) | 81.42 | 97% | 2022-10-03 |
12662. | Quang Huy (mypoortom) | 81.42 | 98% | 2011-08-29 |
12663. | James (beatnik307) | 81.42 | 97% | 2015-01-07 |
12664. | Peter (beten) | 81.41 | 94% | 2014-01-20 |
12665. | Flo (naggig) | 81.41 | 93% | 2016-04-07 |
12666. | Josephus (josephus) | 81.41 | 95% | 2015-11-07 |
12667. | Fer (fernandog13) | 81.41 | 94% | 2013-04-05 |
12668. | Sigurd (splapp) | 81.40 | 98% | 2024-01-14 |
12669. | Elton (eltonferraz) | 81.40 | 99% | 2020-04-11 |
12670. | lecctron (lecctron) | 81.40 | 96% | 2022-10-14 |
12671. | Daniel Carlota (danielcarlota) | 81.39 | 94% | 2024-04-16 |
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 |