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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6869. | callum (changetowumbo) | 94.19 | 93% | 2016-10-13 |
6870. | Hatandriya (tiko270303) | 94.18 | 97% | 2021-10-06 |
6871. | jen (chennyjen) | 94.18 | 97% | 2022-01-28 |
6872. | smit (smit_mehta) | 94.18 | 97% | 2014-02-17 |
6873. | Jerry (jxu98dvorak) | 94.18 | 98% | 2017-11-19 |
6874. | Scott (scoootr) | 94.17 | 97% | 2024-01-23 |
6875. | Dotatko (kobe0824mvp) | 94.17 | 93% | 2012-10-29 |
6876. | Denise (dontpanic) | 94.17 | 97% | 2012-06-01 |
6877. | Jack (pirates_of_caribbean) | 94.17 | 99% | 2011-06-05 |
6878. | Stallion (stallion2014) | 94.17 | 99% | 2015-04-19 |
6879. | Santika (setres8) | 94.16 | 97% | 2023-03-31 |
6880. | Joost (jsnellink) | 94.16 | 98% | 2015-06-02 |
6881. | varuvaru (vividkun) | 94.15 | 97% | 2023-05-05 |
6882. | yet (whatthewaht) | 94.15 | 93% | 2016-05-18 |
6883. | ybf (ybflewis) | 94.14 | 97% | 2024-04-18 |
6884. | Anna (novakac) | 94.14 | — | 2010-08-04 |
6885. | Razorlike (razorlike) | 94.13 | 98% | 2023-12-18 |
6886. | Slugg (sluggishtyper) | 94.13 | 97% | 2018-10-16 |
6887. | juswawawa (juswawawawawa) | 94.13 | 97% | 2022-08-02 |
6888. | AhmedSalem (mrtempo) | 94.13 | 97% | 2014-11-07 |
6889. | loungecore (loungecore) | 94.13 | 97% | 2012-03-04 |
6890. | Minä (arabwinner) | 94.12 | 97% | 2022-05-03 |
6891. | ʕ·͡ᴥ·ʔ (memesis) | 94.12 | 100% | 2024-03-04 |
6892. | Chenchen (ztian) | 94.12 | 97% | 2017-09-17 |
6893. | Sean (skuhlman) | 94.12 | 97% | 2013-05-24 |
6894. | Zorro (zorro_2017) | 94.12 | 96% | 2017-05-09 |
6895. | Victor (xrv1ck) | 94.12 | 96% | 2011-11-15 |
6896. | Sakaso (sakaso) | 94.12 | 98% | 2019-06-26 |
6897. | Jondoeyes (jondoeyes) | 94.11 | 96.2% | 2023-10-17 |
6898. | Joshua (jkim236) | 94.11 | 98% | 2022-12-03 |
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 |