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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5545. | TapTapTappy (tomcolemak) | 101.35 | 97% | 2019-01-27 |
5546. | Jeff (im_a_chicken) | 101.35 | 96% | 2011-09-02 |
5547. | Lawrence (slayerzerg) | 101.33 | 99% | 2024-07-30 |
5548. | Hewwo (tytytypeeeee) | 101.33 | 99% | 2023-05-02 |
5549. | brackety (brackety) | 101.33 | 99% | 2022-12-16 |
5550. | Free (just_free2318) | 101.33 | 98% | 2023-04-22 |
5551. | Skones (raf_raf) | 101.33 | 96% | 2024-12-24 |
5552. | Grace (kitsumi) | 101.33 | 99% | 2024-05-11 |
5553. | hailee (haileegirlypop) | 101.32 | 99.5% | 2024-02-19 |
5554. | Tat (puramy) | 101.32 | 98% | 2013-05-04 |
5555. | Daniel F (herogeoo) | 101.32 | 93% | 2015-07-12 |
5556. | Silva (silvastein) | 101.32 | 97% | 2018-02-12 |
5557. | Patrick (galantis) | 101.32 | 95% | 2015-06-18 |
5558. | Spookeh (spookeeh) | 101.32 | 93% | 2016-10-28 |
5559. | MrTTomato (mrttomato) | 101.32 | 96% | 2012-06-07 |
5560. | soved (biglego) | 101.31 | 98% | 2022-06-18 |
5561. | Ili (humprawr) | 101.30 | 98% | 2017-02-06 |
5562. | 春茶 (pcdurp) | 101.30 | 98% | 2017-10-07 |
5563. | Zagorath (zagorath) | 101.30 | 96% | 2014-07-14 |
5564. | Jeremy (fatcj) | 101.30 | 98% | 2011-05-07 |
5565. | candid (candidchip) | 101.29 | 98% | 2025-01-10 |
5566. | rocky (rockybhai__) | 101.29 | 98.5% | 2024-03-25 |
5567. | Jin (jin_kx) | 101.29 | 95% | 2015-03-07 |
5568. | Danny (msplayer) | 101.29 | — | 2010-09-22 |
5569. | Carlo (porkvahkiin) | 101.28 | 93% | 2013-10-18 |
5570. | Harry (pandasboob) | 101.28 | 97.9% | 2024-02-01 |
5571. | Jason (jconstam) | 101.27 | 97% | 2014-11-06 |
5572. | Josh (josh1318) | 101.27 | 98% | 2022-02-22 |
5573. | Samuli (sparta92) | 101.26 | 92% | 2016-11-20 |
5574. | OK, YOU WIN. (you_win) | 101.26 | 96% | 2011-11-23 |
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 |