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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16667. | Uri (laor55) | 74.87 | 93% | 2013-10-09 |
16668. | @dio.tiberius (jonez52) | 74.87 | — | 2011-02-17 |
16669. | Levy (speedylevy) | 74.87 | 98% | 2011-09-21 |
16670. | draktor99 (draktor99) | 74.86 | 98% | 2023-12-21 |
16671. | つき (tsuki24) | 74.86 | 96% | 2024-05-22 |
16672. | Chris (christophski) | 74.86 | 93% | 2013-03-09 |
16673. | pipez (pipez) | 74.86 | 92% | 2015-04-04 |
16674. | Rohan (roankar) | 74.86 | 97% | 2018-02-25 |
16675. | Badog (mississauga145) | 74.86 | 97% | 2017-01-27 |
16676. | Norman Fulay (nful6160) | 74.85 | 98% | 2023-12-27 |
16677. | Shraybies (_shrraybies_) | 74.85 | 99% | 2023-11-21 |
16678. | Viv (vivexxx) | 74.85 | 96% | 2022-01-15 |
16679. | K (lightfalls) | 74.85 | 96% | 2021-08-05 |
16680. | Edgar (egonzalez0787) | 74.85 | 97% | 2011-08-23 |
16681. | Alex (evoamac) | 74.85 | 97% | 2011-08-13 |
16682. | maks (boredmaks) | 74.85 | 95% | 2014-10-24 |
16683. | Shivansh (dope0403) | 74.84 | 97.9% | 2023-12-11 |
16684. | sdr4wkc48 (sdr4wkc48) | 74.84 | 95% | 2022-07-15 |
16685. | help_palestine (ismailasker) | 74.84 | 97% | 2024-01-01 |
16686. | Barry (rip21) | 74.84 | 96% | 2018-01-12 |
16687. | hotmama (jaggid) | 74.84 | 96% | 2020-09-28 |
16688. | Danny (willsmithfan) | 74.84 | 96% | 2012-11-02 |
16689. | Seong (skcxbr@hotmail.com) | 74.84 | 95% | 2014-02-05 |
16690. | Md. Shafiqul (shafiqulazam) | 74.84 | 95% | 2011-08-20 |
16691. | Ves (veshristov) | 74.83 | 97% | 2022-11-17 |
16692. | 100WPM (kufum_mohit) | 74.83 | 98% | 2021-05-01 |
16693. | Claus (cconrad) | 74.83 | 98% | 2024-02-23 |
16694. | Crystal (cfleaming) | 74.83 | 94% | 2012-09-18 |
16695. | nursejojo (jaldrighetti) | 74.82 | 98% | 2023-12-01 |
16696. | PrairieBaron (atbaron) | 74.82 | 96% | 2021-03-01 |
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 |