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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27147. | Amanda (pandabot0407) | 68.36 | 97% | 2012-07-16 |
27148. | C0br6 (c0br6) | 68.35 | 96.6% | 2025-02-21 |
27149. | Umar (umartangent) | 68.35 | 95.9% | 2024-11-15 |
27150. | T. C. (tc17) | 68.35 | 96% | 2023-08-18 |
27151. | Σίσυφος (elnoritada) | 68.35 | 97.9% | 2025-04-17 |
27152. | MewZex (mewzex) | 68.35 | 95.6% | 2024-02-11 |
27153. | Colemak-trainee (toffeebar) | 68.35 | 95% | 2025-01-13 |
27154. | UyPilipins (giatay) | 68.35 | 94.6% | 2024-09-08 |
27155. | Harry (goldensporkle) | 68.35 | 97% | 2017-12-18 |
27156. | Sean (polosauris) | 68.35 | 96% | 2021-08-08 |
27157. | Ricardo (ricardo1610) | 68.35 | 96% | 2022-08-09 |
27158. | joseph (cranetao) | 68.35 | 89% | 2017-05-07 |
27159. | Schuhuen (schuhuen) | 68.35 | — | 2010-10-12 |
27160. | Himanshu (himvins) | 68.35 | 97% | 2012-12-02 |
27161. | GoVegan (goveganf) | 68.35 | 93% | 2016-03-05 |
27162. | Thanh Chung (arch_angel) | 68.35 | 98% | 2016-03-08 |
27163. | Luis Andres (luis_andres2015) | 68.34 | 95% | 2025-05-03 |
27164. | songeunie (songeunie) | 68.34 | 98.1% | 2025-02-20 |
27165. | Benny T. (bennybrass) | 68.34 | 97% | 2025-02-09 |
27166. | shlibbidyfloop (shlibbidyflop) | 68.34 | 96% | 2025-03-05 |
27167. | Marco (chino01) | 68.34 | 97% | 2021-07-28 |
27168. | Milaan (milaan_raj) | 68.34 | 97.3% | 2024-04-08 |
27169. | Moodrammer (moodrammer) | 68.34 | 97% | 2022-06-17 |
27170. | Đỗ (bigcatyoyo) | 68.34 | 95% | 2021-11-26 |
27171. | Vincent (vincent242) | 68.34 | 95% | 2020-12-20 |
27172. | Tobias (tobi9891) | 68.33 | 97% | 2021-04-27 |
27173. | Heaven (heavenlyanne) | 68.33 | 97% | 2025-02-23 |
27174. | Peter Griffin (kosherpatty) | 68.33 | 96.5% | 2024-11-14 |
27175. | piensi2 (piensi2) | 68.33 | 94% | 2024-09-28 |
27176. | Bloubul (bloubulle) | 68.33 | 96% | 2024-02-29 |
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 |