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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30298. | Pratham (prathamop) | 46.49 | 95% | 2023-02-14 |
30299. | bigboy (skogens) | 46.47 | 96% | 2018-12-06 |
30300. | Kindred (kindredsouls) | 46.47 | 95% | 2024-03-10 |
30301. | Trace (trace123) | 46.47 | 97% | 2018-10-09 |
30302. | nick (madddmantis) | 46.47 | 94% | 2020-09-13 |
30303. | iYAN-kun (iyankun) | 46.46 | — | 2011-03-15 |
30304. | UrMom (highspeedchase420) | 46.45 | 94% | 2024-03-15 |
30305. | TetraVoltX (wing_x) | 46.45 | 95% | 2021-07-10 |
30306. | Nitin (nitinfrnd5) | 46.43 | 95% | 2012-12-23 |
30307. | Caffeine (caffeinereptile) | 46.42 | 94% | 2020-12-24 |
30308. | Minh (blue002) | 46.40 | 95% | 2024-02-11 |
30309. | Savannah (e_r_) | 46.40 | 95% | 2011-09-23 |
30310. | Sultonkhuja (khodja) | 46.39 | 92% | 2016-01-09 |
30311. | Arafat (arafat_hasan) | 46.39 | 95% | 2022-08-16 |
30312. | casfrank (casfrank) | 46.39 | 95% | 2015-09-14 |
30313. | Give me ice (givemeice) | 46.38 | 97% | 2018-08-22 |
30314. | John (architist) | 46.37 | 95.4% | 2023-12-13 |
30315. | Connor (source) | 46.37 | — | 2010-08-19 |
30316. | Fazriel (ohokoces4450) | 46.36 | 94% | 2020-05-07 |
30317. | nino (mr_nino) | 46.34 | 95% | 2023-05-19 |
30318. | Er (erleyaney) | 46.34 | 95% | 2013-08-15 |
30319. | taco (vickychang0822) | 46.32 | 79% | 2013-08-09 |
30320. | Mok (wonoz) | 46.31 | 93% | 2018-03-13 |
30321. | Minhas (i_lovegod12) | 46.30 | 94% | 2023-12-02 |
30322. | Anurag (anurag_bhandari) | 46.30 | 93.7% | 2023-11-27 |
30323. | Chase (corruptedculture) | 46.29 | 94.4% | 2023-12-02 |
30324. | Reese (reese4star) | 46.28 | 96% | 2024-01-10 |
30325. | Tejas (shinigamieyes) | 46.27 | 92% | 2019-06-22 |
30326. | AJ (aj_senpai) | 46.27 | 94.2% | 2023-11-11 |
30327. | Zahreeeeee (zahre123) | 46.27 | 96% | 2023-12-19 |
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 |