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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12373. | Hieu (quanghieu1012) | 81.99 | 97% | 2013-06-23 |
12374. | Eastsky712 (eastsky714) | 81.98 | 96.1% | 2023-11-30 |
12375. | Munchy (munchy12) | 81.98 | 97% | 2022-04-06 |
12376. | Emma (thiccladyfingers) | 81.98 | 97% | 2020-03-25 |
12377. | Ellen (liuellen04) | 81.98 | 96% | 2021-03-30 |
12378. | Puneet (masterblaster100) | 81.98 | 98% | 2013-09-04 |
12379. | Adilzhan (adilzhan1112) | 81.97 | 96% | 2023-11-22 |
12380. | Jaxon (fusion13) | 81.97 | 97% | 2022-01-12 |
12381. | Sriram (shriramshriram) | 81.97 | — | 2010-08-06 |
12382. | Luke (luketheduke58) | 81.97 | 93% | 2015-05-23 |
12383. | Lucas (h2td) | 81.97 | — | 2010-10-16 |
12384. | pwp (fickypw) | 81.96 | 97% | 2022-01-11 |
12385. | Jonas (jonas19) | 81.96 | 96.3% | 2023-12-15 |
12386. | vekikornjaca (vekikornjaca) | 81.96 | 95.3% | 2021-02-13 |
12387. | joe (lerler246) | 81.96 | 97% | 2020-02-12 |
12388. | Brent (brentjones333) | 81.96 | 90% | 2016-04-04 |
12389. | Zear (zear5) | 81.95 | 96.6% | 2024-03-27 |
12390. | cant_stop (wont_stop) | 81.95 | 98% | 2020-10-06 |
12391. | sofa (sofaaa) | 81.95 | 95% | 2021-03-15 |
12392. | Anmol (anmolsaraswat) | 81.95 | 96% | 2022-03-17 |
12393. | ed72 (ed72) | 81.95 | 100% | 2023-11-21 |
12394. | ¬¬ (mattheus) | 81.95 | — | 2011-01-20 |
12395. | Daniel (dedicateddan) | 81.94 | 97% | 2015-01-24 |
12396. | AcidSid009 (acidsid) | 81.94 | 96% | 2022-04-24 |
12397. | fml (fmldave89) | 81.94 | 98.1% | 2023-11-16 |
12398. | Dylan (dseq) | 81.94 | 100% | 2021-03-10 |
12399. | Priv (priv_punisher) | 81.94 | 98% | 2019-10-06 |
12400. | lunayumi (lunayumi) | 81.93 | 99% | 2023-12-08 |
12401. | Brice Odom (brice_odom) | 81.93 | 94.9% | 2023-12-07 |
12402. | Derek (derek_lau) | 81.93 | 98.2% | 2023-11-28 |
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 |