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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8732. | Hargreaves (hargreaves) | 93.07 | 98% | 2019-02-11 |
8733. | Nillerr (nillerr) | 93.06 | 97% | 2019-01-21 |
8734. | dhikshith (dhikshith) | 93.06 | 98% | 2022-05-22 |
8735. | Juro (seijuro808) | 93.06 | 98% | 2012-11-24 |
8736. | superman (lavee_singh) | 93.06 | 97% | 2015-12-09 |
8737. | Asakujaku (asakujaku) | 93.05 | 98% | 2022-08-01 |
8738. | Ryan (mast2143) | 93.05 | 98% | 2019-08-09 |
8739. | (yaebk) | 93.05 | 96% | 2024-03-25 |
8740. | Ivan (big_ivan) | 93.05 | 96% | 2022-02-11 |
8741. | Joe (paul_allen) | 93.05 | 95% | 2016-02-04 |
8742. | AJ (zap101) | 93.05 | 97% | 2015-07-22 |
8743. | marius (marius_) | 93.05 | 93% | 2011-05-14 |
8744. | Oneness (dreamtime) | 93.05 | 98.8% | 2023-12-16 |
8745. | Typer4e (unbreakse) | 93.04 | 98.8% | 2024-03-29 |
8746. | David (angels2002) | 93.04 | 99% | 2016-05-13 |
8747. | Aventus (aventus) | 93.04 | 92% | 2015-07-10 |
8748. | SJ (sjtype11) | 93.03 | 98% | 2024-02-27 |
8749. | Heathe (hwhl) | 93.03 | 97% | 2021-06-28 |
8750. | muchinchai (muchinchai) | 93.03 | 99% | 2023-07-19 |
8751. | . (apeninspaaace) | 93.03 | 96% | 2023-02-21 |
8752. | NickBwalley (nickbiiy) | 93.03 | 97% | 2022-05-30 |
8753. | Irrestructable (limjacky) | 93.03 | 95% | 2015-08-09 |
8754. | twitch.tv/blumintea (8lava) | 93.03 | 95% | 2016-06-21 |
8755. | joseph (goonercorweem) | 93.02 | 97% | 2025-03-24 |
8756. | enivevine (iasbihtdtty) | 93.02 | 98.1% | 2024-11-29 |
8757. | Sylvester (sylvestertyper) | 93.02 | 99% | 2021-10-11 |
8758. | Gabriel (gerpaderp) | 93.02 | 90% | 2015-11-17 |
8759. | Frog (supersugoi) | 93.02 | 97% | 2017-06-17 |
8760. | toomuchads (toomuchads) | 93.01 | 98% | 2024-01-24 |
8761. | Anthony (pianokid88) | 93.01 | 93% | 2016-03-03 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
---|---|---|---|
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 |