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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10426. | appropriate nicknames pls (... | 85.64 | 97% | 2013-07-11 |
10427. | Anderson (andrsnhd) | 85.64 | — | 2011-02-11 |
10428. | tstats[harveycoolestkid69] ... | 85.63 | 95% | 2021-07-31 |
10429. | Jrarr (jrarrmy) | 85.63 | 97% | 2014-06-30 |
10430. | mike (doorman32) | 85.63 | 95% | 2020-08-01 |
10431. | Kev (joebob1235) | 85.63 | 96.5% | 2023-11-01 |
10432. | Logan (loganft) | 85.63 | 98% | 2018-11-05 |
10433. | tstats[uvarowite] (uvarowite) | 85.62 | 97% | 2024-03-13 |
10434. | Ryan (potatoz10) | 85.62 | 97% | 2021-08-24 |
10435. | Benji (thunderic) | 85.62 | 94% | 2015-10-09 |
10436. | Guðjón (krotari) | 85.62 | 96% | 2022-01-21 |
10437. | gabe (gaberhone) | 85.62 | 97% | 2024-04-24 |
10438. | Albert (albertz) | 85.62 | 98% | 2012-03-23 |
10439. | tstats[smusson] (smusson) | 85.62 | 98% | 2019-04-24 |
10440. | m (imtiaz) | 85.62 | 95% | 2016-01-11 |
10441. | Dalton (dkid124) | 85.62 | 96% | 2015-12-18 |
10442. | RustyTigger (rustyrigger) | 85.61 | 98% | 2023-12-17 |
10443. | :) (coolkidswag) | 85.61 | 96% | 2021-11-02 |
10444. | KirILL (spl4yce) | 85.61 | 98% | 2022-05-03 |
10445. | Paweł (p_a_w_m) | 85.61 | 97% | 2014-01-12 |
10446. | Hoo (phonhay) | 85.61 | 97% | 2013-01-10 |
10447. | Oliver (spunchbob) | 85.60 | 97% | 2021-05-09 |
10448. | FTC MISTYSPRING (ftc_mistys... | 85.60 | 96% | 2022-06-11 |
10449. | Aaron (aahusk) | 85.60 | 98.3% | 2021-02-16 |
10450. | Mitch (mitchmueller) | 85.59 | 96% | 2019-11-13 |
10451. | Meditate (meditate) | 85.59 | 98% | 2021-08-08 |
10452. | Jared (jarbarw) | 85.59 | 98% | 2021-10-01 |
10453. | BeefCakeMal (beefcakemal) | 85.59 | 99% | 2011-05-03 |
10454. | Darien (alpha_redd) | 85.59 | 96% | 2011-06-24 |
10455. | Albert (aneuck) | 85.58 | 98% | 2020-10-21 |
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 |