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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11538. | deckador (deckador) | 83.30 | 98% | 2017-05-31 |
11539. | Panduh (_panduh_) | 83.30 | 97% | 2019-04-14 |
11540. | Asif (asif04) | 83.29 | 99% | 2023-06-16 |
11541. | Mario (lemario) | 83.29 | 97% | 2024-01-07 |
11542. | July (phi4069) | 83.29 | 98% | 2020-04-10 |
11543. | Gwude (gwude) | 83.29 | 96% | 2022-05-25 |
11544. | Avinash (avinashmx7) | 83.29 | 98.1% | 2024-01-16 |
11545. | randfee (randfee) | 83.29 | 98% | 2017-02-05 |
11546. | Christian (gimslongvir) | 83.29 | 95% | 2012-04-10 |
11547. | Tyler (tylerwi) | 83.29 | — | 2011-03-11 |
11548. | blast (blastoff15) | 83.29 | 99% | 2021-05-24 |
11549. | J-Money (jacobbeaudway) | 83.28 | 97% | 2023-09-06 |
11550. | Andrew (monochromeocean) | 83.28 | 97% | 2022-02-01 |
11551. | huddled (haraldgb) | 83.28 | 98% | 2022-10-04 |
11552. | Fredrik (fur3x) | 83.28 | 89% | 2013-05-11 |
11553. | Chookat (chookat) | 83.28 | 95% | 2015-08-30 |
11554. | Cyrus (cyrus19) | 83.27 | 97% | 2022-03-09 |
11555. | Jeffrey (valdezlee) | 83.27 | 97% | 2020-06-17 |
11556. | Chumchum (aldzia) | 83.27 | 96% | 2020-05-01 |
11557. | Cameron (crmbookworm) | 83.27 | 95% | 2014-05-24 |
11558. | Zoto (zoto) | 83.27 | 97% | 2017-11-17 |
11559. | Ko (__lo) | 83.26 | 96% | 2022-01-23 |
11560. | speedyqwertalez (i_am_a_nooby) | 83.26 | 98% | 2024-01-05 |
11561. | Kat (kattvakt) | 83.26 | 97% | 2021-02-25 |
11562. | Nadine (lemon__nade) | 83.26 | 98% | 2021-05-11 |
11563. | S (sima0502) | 83.26 | 98% | 2021-05-23 |
11564. | Baris (bseber) | 83.26 | 93% | 2015-02-06 |
11565. | Dávila (luischencho) | 83.26 | 88% | 2016-08-07 |
11566. | Nathaniel (twoscotts) | 83.25 | 98.1% | 2024-04-02 |
11567. | Phillip (pbratanatawira) | 83.25 | 99% | 2018-12-19 |
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 |