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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18978. | Ryan (eggsick) | 70.51 | 97% | 2020-06-16 |
18979. | Owen (opio2000) | 70.51 | 97% | 2016-03-17 |
18980. | Nisan (thevidya) | 70.51 | 95% | 2013-12-23 |
18981. | Tobias (sloddervos) | 70.51 | 94% | 2013-10-09 |
18982. | Ray (teraa) | 70.50 | 92% | 2015-08-19 |
18983. | Seth (freakinwicked) | 70.50 | 96% | 2018-04-16 |
18984. | Toby (tobypls) | 70.50 | 92% | 2017-01-30 |
18985. | Iain (speedytype) | 70.50 | 92% | 2012-02-29 |
18986. | Randy (lpcustom) | 70.50 | 93% | 2013-07-14 |
18987. | Dimitris (generaldido) | 70.50 | 96% | 2014-10-23 |
18988. | Payu (payu_w) | 70.49 | 96% | 2021-08-09 |
18989. | Dang Hai (haidanghoang178) | 70.49 | 95% | 2022-05-09 |
18990. | zacharias (zachariasconradi) | 70.49 | 95% | 2024-01-19 |
18991. | PHope (phope) | 70.49 | 96.1% | 2021-02-24 |
18992. | practicing (mio17) | 70.49 | 97% | 2021-03-11 |
18993. | Mikolaj (diamentos) | 70.49 | 96% | 2018-11-15 |
18994. | Amir (iamir) | 70.48 | 99% | 2023-06-13 |
18995. | Andrei (dreidroid) | 70.48 | 96.7% | 2023-12-28 |
18996. | eric (ericpr) | 70.48 | 96% | 2021-08-31 |
18997. | W (davanish) | 70.48 | 89% | 2013-03-24 |
18998. | morning (morningthreat) | 70.48 | 97% | 2020-12-20 |
18999. | (rektbydoge21) | 70.48 | 97% | 2021-01-16 |
19000. | ktimespi (ktimespi) | 70.48 | 95% | 2021-01-05 |
19001. | Tom (jeronex) | 70.48 | 96% | 2012-10-18 |
19002. | Fusion Fusion (fusion035) | 70.48 | 99% | 2019-04-25 |
19003. | stormer (syrthas) | 70.48 | 96% | 2016-04-06 |
19004. | Mun (wayback) | 70.48 | 98% | 2017-10-08 |
19005. | Otto (otto_) | 70.48 | 96% | 2012-01-31 |
19006. | Hugo (hugochiquito) | 70.48 | 94% | 2012-02-11 |
19007. | Ben (cerzi) | 70.48 | 91% | 2012-05-10 |
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 |