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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13648. | Emil (emil595) | 79.73 | 96% | 2016-04-17 |
13649. | Jio (turtletypist97) | 79.73 | 95% | 2016-05-18 |
13650. | Kaylie (suettt) | 79.73 | 93% | 2014-08-30 |
13651. | Joe (redlinec) | 79.72 | 98% | 2024-03-20 |
13652. | (weeping_weeblet) | 79.72 | 95% | 2023-04-05 |
13653. | James (jrnewton2) | 79.72 | 98% | 2016-11-21 |
13654. | stimo (stimo) | 79.72 | 95% | 2017-05-18 |
13655. | Hoyman (hoyman) | 79.72 | 96% | 2014-03-13 |
13656. | kirini (j1b1) | 79.71 | 98% | 2020-09-21 |
13657. | Ryan (ryanm42) | 79.71 | 95% | 2021-08-15 |
13658. | Ryan (rhinojc) | 79.71 | 95% | 2012-06-02 |
13659. | Phillip (ph33z) | 79.71 | 97% | 2018-03-12 |
13660. | lurak (lurak2131) | 79.70 | 97% | 2023-02-18 |
13661. | Super (vdanger) | 79.70 | — | 2011-01-31 |
13662. | Jason (workboredom) | 79.70 | 97% | 2018-05-07 |
13663. | XDXDXDXD (nexxan) | 79.70 | 93% | 2016-04-19 |
13664. | Michael (kedalg) | 79.69 | 98.5% | 2024-04-01 |
13665. | ccu (cuhlig) | 79.69 | 98.2% | 2023-12-21 |
13666. | Abby (sneakers) | 79.69 | 98% | 2012-01-23 |
13667. | I choke evrytiem (sandelius) | 79.69 | 98% | 2017-10-05 |
13668. | yaschas (yaschas) | 79.69 | 96% | 2013-02-13 |
13669. | Wusien (wusien) | 79.68 | 96% | 2021-03-02 |
13670. | Tracking Time (trackingtime) | 79.68 | 98% | 2019-04-09 |
13671. | Wendy (cheshirewendy) | 79.68 | 99% | 2013-05-13 |
13672. | Trevor (trevortypes) | 79.68 | 97% | 2016-11-17 |
13673. | thehand (thehand) | 79.68 | 98% | 2014-06-02 |
13674. | Pepe (pepengcute@gmail.com) | 79.68 | 94% | 2015-05-19 |
13675. | cherry (cherryleung) | 79.68 | 96% | 2015-03-08 |
13676. | Jenette (jenetttte) | 79.67 | 97.1% | 2021-01-28 |
13677. | sonderr (battery_sr) | 79.67 | 95% | 2019-11-14 |
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 |