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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5776. | Satam (savsatam) | 97.45 | 97% | 2024-01-22 |
5777. | Alexander (hammer_zeit) | 97.45 | 98% | 2023-12-20 |
5778. | Michael (michaelch) | 97.45 | 98% | 2022-05-23 |
5779. | Alex (aqin24) | 97.44 | 97% | 2017-08-08 |
5780. | Ellen (cactose) | 97.44 | 95% | 2014-09-21 |
5781. | distant (dstnt) | 97.44 | 95% | 2017-11-27 |
5782. | Xmoonsheep (xmoonsheep) | 97.43 | 98% | 2022-04-05 |
5783. | A (annakmk) | 97.43 | 96% | 2016-11-02 |
5784. | G (bigyum) | 97.41 | 98% | 2023-04-22 |
5785. | NebulaGrey (dmorrow3) | 97.41 | 95% | 2014-01-07 |
5786. | Mitchell (mitch312) | 97.41 | 95% | 2017-01-08 |
5787. | Elara (jhennyfher) | 97.41 | 97% | 2018-01-27 |
5788. | Thagliou (thagliou) | 97.40 | 97% | 2022-02-20 |
5789. | shwegdow (shwegdow) | 97.40 | 96% | 2021-04-15 |
5790. | razy (razynurin) | 97.40 | 97% | 2012-08-30 |
5791. | Daniel (egn56) | 97.40 | 93% | 2012-05-11 |
5792. | Koba (koba1953) | 97.39 | 97.4% | 2023-11-20 |
5793. | Away From Keyboard (AFK) (d... | 97.39 | 99% | 2023-07-10 |
5794. | Ryan (novachamp) | 97.39 | 98% | 2019-04-11 |
5795. | Said (surrenderordie) | 97.39 | 98% | 2022-11-08 |
5796. | Skillexed (shivam00100) | 97.39 | 98% | 2019-08-28 |
5797. | satoo (satoo) | 97.39 | — | 2010-12-15 |
5798. | Luckeh (luckeh11) | 97.38 | 98% | 2021-04-24 |
5799. | One last time (ubershah) | 97.38 | 96% | 2022-06-21 |
5800. | Miq (karmik) | 97.38 | 96% | 2016-12-04 |
5801. | John (1focus) | 97.38 | 94% | 2011-08-25 |
5802. | PR (mrprx) | 97.37 | 97% | 2019-08-18 |
5803. | Jonathan (jonathanstone) | 97.37 | 100% | 2022-11-27 |
5804. | Nathan (happyfce) | 97.37 | 98% | 2023-06-09 |
5805. | 🐱👤 (loomi) | 97.37 | 98% | 2019-01-11 |
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 |