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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29246. | Nick (tiegold) | 54.16 | 95% | 2015-04-11 |
29247. | Anders (korgull) | 54.16 | 90% | 2012-10-30 |
29248. | Stanislava (stashm) | 54.16 | 93% | 2018-08-27 |
29249. | Eden (carreras) | 54.16 | 90% | 2012-05-10 |
29250. | Towards (better2besimple) | 54.16 | 91% | 2014-03-03 |
29251. | A (aadimonk) | 54.16 | 91% | 2013-01-24 |
29252. | rps86000 (rps86000) | 54.15 | 95% | 2024-01-08 |
29253. | Jean Carlo (jcbambalan) | 54.15 | 93% | 2014-05-14 |
29254. | Joshua (zonazone95) | 54.15 | 96% | 2016-11-22 |
29255. | Moses Santos (ppslayer69420) | 54.14 | 97% | 2024-02-06 |
29256. | Kevin (creepymk) | 54.14 | 93% | 2015-10-27 |
29257. | zaemon (zaemon) | 54.14 | 94.5% | 2024-01-05 |
29258. | Bun (bunnypuc) | 54.14 | 94% | 2023-09-16 |
29259. | Saurus (saurus) | 54.14 | 94% | 2020-03-17 |
29260. | Yuval (yuval2b) | 54.14 | 96% | 2018-01-02 |
29261. | dying (anifminhaz) | 54.14 | 90% | 2017-01-20 |
29262. | Allan (allanx99) | 54.13 | 95% | 2024-04-30 |
29263. | leem (leeum13) | 54.13 | 94.7% | 2023-11-19 |
29264. | Akul Reddy (akulreddy) | 54.13 | 95.7% | 2023-11-11 |
29265. | Ervin (veno_23) | 54.13 | 97% | 2021-05-20 |
29266. | Cassi (slowerthanmolasses) | 54.13 | 95% | 2020-11-16 |
29267. | Josette (ceij12) | 54.13 | 89% | 2011-12-04 |
29268. | Sajid (pdmsajid) | 54.13 | 95% | 2015-11-12 |
29269. | Siyavash (siyavash) | 54.12 | 94% | 2017-04-26 |
29270. | Ruben (farobotics) | 54.12 | 96% | 2020-11-27 |
29271. | Makie (makie) | 54.12 | 93% | 2011-06-17 |
29272. | Salman (4lv1) | 54.11 | 96% | 2017-03-08 |
29273. | Nilabjo (3genuski) | 54.11 | 93% | 2013-09-29 |
29274. | Tobi (tofi98) | 54.11 | 90% | 2015-02-24 |
29275. | Linh (linh_safi) | 54.11 | 96% | 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 |