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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39058. | Finger Bang (beginner1) | 52.36 | 97% | 2017-08-11 |
39059. | jeoninsung (jeoninsung) | 52.35 | 95% | 2024-09-25 |
39060. | Sama (sama_126) | 52.35 | 94% | 2024-11-09 |
39061. | Jonathan (greenteajon) | 52.35 | 92% | 2024-02-18 |
39062. | Niloy (nilldas) | 52.35 | 94.1% | 2023-12-05 |
39063. | GREG (ogigis) | 52.35 | 96% | 2021-03-24 |
39064. | James (herbalremedies) | 52.35 | 94% | 2015-09-14 |
39065. | Sally (ssally36) | 52.34 | 96% | 2024-03-25 |
39066. | Dilly (dilly34) | 52.34 | 97% | 2024-09-19 |
39067. | Benjamin (slightly_off) | 52.34 | 94.1% | 2024-12-05 |
39068. | Nish (nishhere) | 52.34 | 96% | 2025-01-01 |
39069. | Vandan (1dan6500) | 52.34 | 95% | 2023-08-11 |
39070. | Julius (julius_hensel) | 52.34 | 97% | 2024-03-02 |
39071. | white_bolt (josip_rubcic) | 52.34 | 97% | 2024-08-10 |
39072. | Sushil (sushil7) | 52.34 | 95% | 2024-04-02 |
39073. | Drakka (drakkathedark) | 52.34 | 95% | 2021-06-25 |
39074. | BackSlash (backslash) | 52.33 | 96% | 2024-07-12 |
39075. | pinkysyaneth (pinkyhunhun) | 52.33 | 97% | 2024-08-27 |
39076. | Ilkhamzhan (ilkhamzhan) | 52.33 | 96% | 2017-11-11 |
39077. | Richard (rvidz) | 52.33 | 95% | 2024-10-24 |
39078. | Ross (rosstav) | 52.33 | 96% | 2021-01-21 |
39079. | james (jbeatty) | 52.33 | 96% | 2019-08-15 |
39080. | roei (roei231) | 52.32 | 97% | 2024-11-07 |
39081. | Weguza (weguza) | 52.32 | 97.2% | 2024-07-24 |
39082. | Kenz (adam1499) | 52.32 | 95% | 2024-03-03 |
39083. | Figgy (mistzulla_) | 52.31 | 96% | 2024-10-02 |
39084. | Paul G (r0nce) | 52.31 | 95.1% | 2024-01-09 |
39085. | Daryl (djjones217) | 52.31 | 93% | 2024-05-12 |
39086. | shayaansadiq (shayeep) | 52.31 | 94% | 2024-08-30 |
39087. | PgH (pgh3961) | 52.31 | 96% | 2024-08-15 |
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 |