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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12563. | RoadTo100WPM (peternator) | 81.61 | 95.3% | 2023-12-24 |
12564. | Mark (uhridgeinal) | 81.61 | 95% | 2016-12-15 |
12565. | rayra (rayra24) | 81.61 | 94% | 2016-04-09 |
12566. | Stephen (ripefruit) | 81.60 | 90% | 2013-12-30 |
12567. | DefyingTheOdds (brianwood16) | 81.60 | 99% | 2013-04-20 |
12568. | bray (sexhaver25) | 81.60 | 97% | 2022-03-04 |
12569. | Bryan (bryangomarga) | 81.60 | 96% | 2021-01-18 |
12570. | Impy (beerbread) | 81.60 | 99% | 2017-02-08 |
12571. | Jimmy (jimshhkb) | 81.60 | 98% | 2017-07-12 |
12572. | jj (hallo123131) | 81.59 | 97% | 2023-12-29 |
12573. | Awais (awais_660) | 81.59 | 98.1% | 2023-10-13 |
12574. | slowbee (albertdphan) | 81.59 | 97% | 2024-01-10 |
12575. | eddie (defeated) | 81.59 | 92% | 2013-09-18 |
12576. | Adam (maggot288) | 81.59 | 93% | 2013-09-05 |
12577. | SOAD (arindam26) | 81.59 | 95% | 2013-01-12 |
12578. | hailey (abbydabbylol) | 81.59 | 93% | 2015-01-30 |
12579. | bambang (breakingkeyboards) | 81.58 | 96% | 2021-12-13 |
12580. | shanen (shanenliu) | 81.58 | — | 2010-08-06 |
12581. | Juan (rackpanda) | 81.58 | 95% | 2014-01-30 |
12582. | ph (phmi) | 81.58 | 98% | 2022-11-03 |
12583. | Mip (mipsuperk) | 81.58 | 95% | 2011-10-25 |
12584. | DirtyRatMagno (dirtyratmango) | 81.57 | 95% | 2023-11-16 |
12585. | Angela (angelarhe02) | 81.57 | 96% | 2021-09-05 |
12586. | Qwerty Trainee (cherryblue) | 81.57 | 96% | 2012-06-27 |
12587. | John (sprainedankles) | 81.57 | 98% | 2017-08-10 |
12588. | vlad (crowgram) | 81.56 | 96% | 2023-04-27 |
12589. | andy (andypaling) | 81.56 | 97.1% | 2021-02-02 |
12590. | ไมค์ (snthsnth) | 81.56 | 97% | 2013-11-21 |
12591. | ♘Knight (greenchile) | 81.56 | 97% | 2014-05-06 |
12592. | Andrew (churrissimo) | 81.56 | 96% | 2013-09-10 |
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 |