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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20187. | ethiopianing (ethiopianing) | 76.11 | 96.2% | 2024-05-14 |
20188. | Rex (rexellington) | 76.11 | 96% | 2023-09-11 |
20189. | wjc1512 (wjc1512) | 76.11 | 96.7% | 2023-11-26 |
20190. | Osteicht (osteicht_7891) | 76.11 | 96% | 2024-01-04 |
20191. | Naba (naba0224) | 76.11 | 98% | 2019-12-17 |
20192. | Chim (window) | 76.11 | — | 2011-03-31 |
20193. | Quibz (white_fire) | 76.11 | 97% | 2017-10-16 |
20194. | Gui (gui1802) | 76.10 | 97% | 2019-02-14 |
20195. | K. Turner (ms_kturner) | 76.10 | 98% | 2025-04-01 |
20196. | Seapea (seapea2) | 76.10 | 96% | 2024-09-17 |
20197. | Quill (e_typer1) | 76.10 | 97% | 2025-01-28 |
20198. | Riley (nulll) | 76.10 | 97% | 2023-03-29 |
20199. | Joseph (appledood123) | 76.10 | 96% | 2021-12-08 |
20200. | JoshTheBear19 (joshthebear) | 76.10 | 97.3% | 2024-01-18 |
20201. | Amir (wolf_19) | 76.10 | 98% | 2017-08-30 |
20202. | ザク (dzak3) | 76.10 | 97% | 2016-08-07 |
20203. | Mitchell (jon159357) | 76.09 | 96% | 2015-06-22 |
20204. | jfan (juliafan) | 76.09 | 97% | 2024-07-18 |
20205. | Idlesloth (idlesloth) | 76.09 | 97% | 2025-02-23 |
20206. | RamboII (ramboii) | 76.09 | 98.6% | 2024-01-10 |
20207. | Nick (neepwithin) | 76.09 | 98% | 2021-08-31 |
20208. | Syed (hello_guest) | 76.09 | 97.9% | 2023-11-26 |
20209. | dwikydd (dwikydd) | 76.09 | 98.3% | 2024-06-09 |
20210. | Jorge (jquiroz728) | 76.09 | 95% | 2022-09-28 |
20211. | Christine (christine2812) | 76.09 | 98% | 2024-06-25 |
20212. | Bernie (bernie557) | 76.09 | 95% | 2021-01-20 |
20213. | oldaccforpracticing (xsdrea... | 76.09 | 95% | 2021-06-09 |
20214. | Sat (xxcoolguy101) | 76.08 | 95% | 2022-08-14 |
20215. | Speed is relative (hvan1998) | 76.08 | 98.4% | 2025-03-03 |
20216. | Chuck (typer_inflation) | 76.08 | 98% | 2023-02-02 |
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 |