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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27332. | Jenn (floxpotato) | 57.84 | — | 2011-03-06 |
27333. | Ehsan (ehsaan) | 57.84 | 96% | 2012-09-22 |
27334. | margi (margii) | 57.83 | 97% | 2024-04-13 |
27335. | Calvin (teddycom1) | 57.83 | 96% | 2021-03-14 |
27336. | Slow-K (lkei) | 57.83 | 95.9% | 2023-11-15 |
27337. | q4say (q4say) | 57.83 | 94% | 2022-06-24 |
27338. | Manendra (money1010) | 57.83 | 96% | 2018-05-04 |
27339. | Alex (high99) | 57.83 | 95% | 2018-11-29 |
27340. | Májki (majki) | 57.83 | — | 2011-04-07 |
27341. | Kevin (kc4tennis) | 57.83 | 99% | 2014-09-19 |
27342. | HellBoy (v3mil) | 57.82 | 96% | 2023-11-30 |
27343. | Abdullah (razerxopp) | 57.82 | 93% | 2023-09-16 |
27344. | wiz (_wiz_) | 57.82 | 95% | 2022-04-06 |
27345. | Greg (corei8) | 57.82 | 96% | 2021-10-07 |
27346. | Doug (failure28) | 57.82 | 96% | 2017-04-22 |
27347. | ▄︻̷̿┻̿═━一 (h... | 57.82 | 93% | 2014-08-12 |
27348. | ZETAJOTA (zetajota) | 57.81 | 95% | 2024-06-05 |
27349. | Miguel Pablo Guzman (obviiiii) | 57.81 | 96.2% | 2024-01-19 |
27350. | X (adentalis) | 57.81 | 95% | 2023-08-09 |
27351. | IP 355 (zot07) | 57.81 | — | 2010-09-17 |
27352. | Tee (mister_tee) | 57.81 | 97% | 2013-10-29 |
27353. | David (ipadpwner) | 57.81 | 91% | 2011-10-25 |
27354. | NamDuong36 (duogcognam) | 57.80 | 94% | 2023-11-28 |
27355. | Ben (dr_salt) | 57.80 | 90% | 2014-03-01 |
27356. | WilliamF.73 (williamf73) | 57.79 | 94% | 2024-02-17 |
27357. | Merwin (zaizai2012) | 57.79 | 97% | 2013-07-18 |
27358. | ariferrari (ariferrari) | 57.79 | 96% | 2018-05-31 |
27359. | sxrcch (sxrcch) | 57.78 | 97% | 2023-08-16 |
27360. | Vincenzo (vinni_boi) | 57.78 | 95% | 2021-01-20 |
27361. | Askur (askur00) | 57.78 | 94% | 2020-01-05 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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Default (English) | 70,097 | 81.38 | June 9, 2010 |
Long Texts | 89 | 92.00 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 0 | 0.00 | January 1, 1970 |