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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12711. | Peehole_Pincher (peeholepin... | 86.72 | 94% | 2011-07-09 |
12712. | Hamza (hamza1234) | 86.72 | 95% | 2014-12-20 |
12713. | Hans (geohans41) | 86.72 | 97% | 2016-06-12 |
12714. | Scott (scottsss123) | 86.71 | 98% | 2025-05-18 |
12715. | Shady (shadyhippo) | 86.71 | 97% | 2020-07-15 |
12716. | afhwafawj (kanoz) | 86.71 | 95% | 2021-08-11 |
12717. | Val (sgtvaltzu) | 86.71 | 97% | 2021-11-20 |
12718. | Jim (scarletvisage) | 86.71 | 91% | 2017-03-23 |
12719. | ant (ajwinch) | 86.70 | 97% | 2022-05-19 |
12720. | The Best (roblox_player1) | 86.70 | 98% | 2024-03-27 |
12721. | Issac (njchicken) | 86.70 | 97% | 2025-05-18 |
12722. | Patrick (crossuv) | 86.70 | 98% | 2019-04-14 |
12723. | Ms.F (msf_typeracer) | 86.70 | 99% | 2020-06-16 |
12724. | Csabi (csabaradi) | 86.70 | 99% | 2018-06-21 |
12725. | Khoa (stellarirk) | 86.70 | 92% | 2012-01-16 |
12726. | Valdis (kamis1232) | 86.70 | 98% | 2018-03-07 |
12727. | iloveeggs (alamatu) | 86.69 | 97% | 2024-08-09 |
12728. | armadillo638 (armadillo638) | 86.69 | 97.5% | 2024-03-17 |
12729. | Taro Misaki (tm_1970) | 86.69 | 98.6% | 2024-01-09 |
12730. | x (hchen732) | 86.69 | 94% | 2012-03-11 |
12731. | Jerry (jyoung2gu) | 86.69 | 98% | 2015-12-16 |
12732. | 12 Pixels (lukakrn) | 86.68 | 97.7% | 2025-02-12 |
12733. | Paul (bmwonton) | 86.68 | 97% | 2020-12-28 |
12734. | Omar (infus3d) | 86.68 | 98% | 2023-01-25 |
12735. | Austin (air_tree) | 86.68 | 98% | 2020-11-19 |
12736. | Ryan (pingu51472) | 86.68 | 91% | 2016-09-16 |
12737. | senturyo (senturyo) | 86.67 | 97.5% | 2024-03-10 |
12738. | Aaron (fox_mulder) | 86.67 | 97% | 2014-07-07 |
12739. | Kevin (pubhub) | 86.67 | 98% | 2018-12-30 |
12740. | Joseph R. (r_jo51) | 86.66 | 97.2% | 2024-04-14 |
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 |