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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10102. | OOoo... (kekokako) | 86.28 | 99% | 2012-05-05 |
10103. | Nano (nanohezna) | 86.28 | 86% | 2016-04-06 |
10104. | www (dawdww) | 86.27 | 96% | 2024-04-29 |
10105. | Christian (xtian_olympus) | 86.27 | 97.4% | 2023-11-14 |
10106. | Adeel (adeeladil) | 86.27 | — | 2010-09-03 |
10107. | Will (wtd2) | 86.27 | 93% | 2014-08-20 |
10108. | Keith (keithbingeau) | 86.26 | — | 2011-02-22 |
10109. | J™♥ (diabolosjb) | 86.26 | 94% | 2016-09-08 |
10110. | anonymous (dantheman830) | 86.25 | 97% | 2019-04-26 |
10111. | Brodey (brodeys17) | 86.25 | 97% | 2020-12-26 |
10112. | SunBun (sunbuntm) | 86.25 | 99% | 2023-11-21 |
10113. | Justin (jkhy) | 86.25 | 97% | 2020-04-20 |
10114. | Yure (yantse) | 86.25 | 98% | 2017-07-04 |
10115. | Jonathan (itzjonny) | 86.24 | 96% | 2017-07-21 |
10116. | Kristján (kripet) | 86.24 | — | 2011-01-07 |
10117. | Raja (rajamalik2004) | 86.24 | 99% | 2013-04-27 |
10118. | Ivan (ivked) | 86.23 | 96% | 2022-05-27 |
10119. | Nguyen (ntnghiabk) | 86.23 | 96% | 2015-11-14 |
10120. | Apple (samiryounan37) | 86.23 | 88% | 2012-04-08 |
10121. | Patrick (pmahones) | 86.23 | 97% | 2014-02-10 |
10122. | Alexandru (alexoaz5) | 86.22 | 97% | 2021-01-27 |
10123. | Steven (_typemaster_) | 86.22 | — | 2010-11-14 |
10124. | rdw (madison437) | 86.22 | 92% | 2013-11-27 |
10125. | Gaster (iamgaster) | 86.21 | 97% | 2021-03-03 |
10126. | Fedor (fshabashev) | 86.21 | 97% | 2019-10-01 |
10127. | Daniel (zdaniel02_) | 86.21 | 97% | 2020-07-08 |
10128. | Aron (aronbk) | 86.21 | 98% | 2022-07-20 |
10129. | Pei Bin (cheongpeibin) | 86.21 | 96% | 2014-12-06 |
10130. | na (nanaracer) | 86.20 | 97% | 2022-08-07 |
10131. | Sean (metrognome12) | 86.20 | 96.2% | 2024-03-22 |
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 |