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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5412. | Jacob (jim25) | 101.60 | 91% | 2015-02-03 |
5413. | Inactive (seraphofthewind) | 101.59 | 97.1% | 2023-12-22 |
5414. | Georgie (georgiewen) | 101.58 | 99% | 2022-03-24 |
5415. | Andrew (epiandrew) | 101.58 | 99% | 2023-05-18 |
5416. | C (carengee) | 101.58 | 93% | 2011-06-09 |
5417. | —Redd ○ (divergence) | 101.57 | 99% | 2017-12-03 |
5418. | Zoe (neens) | 101.57 | 99% | 2020-06-26 |
5419. | rachie (grrachie) | 101.56 | 99% | 2025-05-30 |
5420. | South (rockingsouth) | 101.56 | 98% | 2019-10-23 |
5421. | maru (maru77) | 101.56 | 96% | 2012-02-27 |
5422. | Dantinyk (dantinyk) | 101.55 | 98% | 2021-05-06 |
5423. | Travis (travisjf) | 101.55 | 97% | 2016-04-13 |
5424. | Glaucoma (wngo22) | 101.55 | 95% | 2014-04-06 |
5425. | Hah (verdaderopan) | 101.54 | 99% | 2025-05-21 |
5426. | Hutsie (telekiwi) | 101.54 | 97% | 2020-12-07 |
5427. | DrDynamic (drdynamic) | 101.54 | 99% | 2014-02-08 |
5428. | Anthony (dammitanthony) | 101.53 | 96% | 2016-08-23 |
5429. | megham (megh4m) | 101.53 | 100% | 2024-01-15 |
5430. | Soufiane (shinigami25) | 101.53 | 99.5% | 2024-10-17 |
5431. | A Pigeon (a_pigeon) | 101.53 | 95% | 2015-09-21 |
5432. | I×Blazar×I (lblazarl) | 101.52 | 97% | 2021-09-14 |
5433. | Nicholas (theweeklynews) | 101.52 | 97% | 2019-08-04 |
5434. | Zal (zhester) | 101.52 | 92% | 2014-01-11 |
5435. | KV (kimbayaa) | 101.51 | 98% | 2025-06-12 |
5436. | B (peachlol) | 101.51 | 95% | 2014-07-23 |
5437. | johnny (treeawsome) | 101.50 | 98.1% | 2024-09-19 |
5438. | kljdfkj (dumpsterman) | 101.50 | 97% | 2025-04-16 |
5439. | suki (sackclothandashes) | 101.50 | 99% | 2024-05-01 |
5440. | Eremancer (eremancer) | 101.49 | — | 2011-04-20 |
5441. | Dan (dan5) | 101.49 | 96% | 2013-05-16 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
Long Texts | 153 | 84.32 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 12 | 71.91 | January 1, 2024 |
##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |