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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43635. | finisher (finer) | 47.88 | 95% | 2025-03-24 |
43636. | Muhammad Awais Ali Khan (12... | 47.88 | 96% | 2023-07-15 |
43637. | Monu (aso_monu) | 47.88 | 98.3% | 2023-10-18 |
43638. | Hannes (hfhannes) | 47.87 | 97% | 2025-02-20 |
43639. | hdm (hdma) | 47.87 | 88% | 2011-10-04 |
43640. | SHUBHAM (shubham_misal) | 47.87 | 95% | 2022-12-02 |
43641. | Rudra Sajwan (justletmecutyou) | 47.87 | 97.7% | 2023-12-08 |
43642. | ritchie (xxxmen) | 47.87 | 91% | 2012-02-28 |
43643. | Kush (ku_sh) | 47.86 | 94% | 2025-05-19 |
43644. | steno va? The old typist (r... | 47.86 | 95.4% | 2025-03-17 |
43645. | Insomnia (insomnia99) | 47.86 | 93% | 2024-02-24 |
43646. | prince (princespeedtyper) | 47.86 | 97% | 2024-04-05 |
43647. | Baode (baode) | 47.86 | 94% | 2024-01-19 |
43648. | Fire (hrazvan) | 47.86 | 86% | 2017-01-12 |
43649. | Rajesh (rajeshbatra) | 47.86 | 84% | 2013-04-03 |
43650. | modern (pastocasto) | 47.86 | 91% | 2014-10-31 |
43651. | Fahim Shahriar (fifth_eight2) | 47.85 | 95% | 2024-04-22 |
43652. | Brandon (br5ndonn) | 47.85 | 93% | 2024-07-23 |
43653. | Cyan (cyannguyen) | 47.85 | 95% | 2024-03-21 |
43654. | Prasanth (jp0461) | 47.85 | 95% | 2014-02-03 |
43655. | tstats[blubenz67] (blubenz67) | 47.83 | 97% | 2023-02-06 |
43656. | Vishal (vishalnehra) | 47.83 | 88% | 2016-09-01 |
43657. | overlast (overlast) | 47.83 | 95% | 2012-11-13 |
43658. | samuel (blackhawk1928) | 47.82 | 93% | 2018-04-26 |
43659. | kikan (kikann) | 47.82 | 93.6% | 2024-01-26 |
43660. | Omedon (omdedon) | 47.82 | 95% | 2024-05-04 |
43661. | Michelle (michelle0102) | 47.82 | 94% | 2023-12-28 |
43662. | Imran (i_m_r_a_n) | 47.82 | 95% | 2018-02-14 |
43663. | Steve (neggersrulz) | 47.82 | 85% | 2014-05-01 |
43664. | Harjinder (hsbytes) | 47.81 | 97% | 2024-11-30 |
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 |