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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12691. | Zoom (typekindafast) | 86.31 | 98% | 2024-07-29 |
12692. | BetterThanYou (better_than_... | 86.31 | 95% | 2024-04-11 |
12693. | YK (kpzypher) | 86.31 | 100% | 2024-04-17 |
12694. | mustanggtgto (mustanggtgto) | 86.31 | 97% | 2023-12-30 |
12695. | Matt (kawemango) | 86.31 | 86% | 2015-04-13 |
12696. | LJ (lj6580) | 86.31 | 94% | 2015-11-07 |
12697. | L33T (01l33t) | 86.31 | 95.8% | 2024-07-03 |
12698. | Kavika (kavika30) | 86.31 | 97% | 2024-08-13 |
12699. | Emily (emibraille) | 86.31 | 96% | 2013-07-09 |
12700. | 脆卜卜 (crispybokbok) | 86.31 | 96% | 2011-09-11 |
12701. | Someone (somebodysofast) | 86.30 | 98% | 2025-05-22 |
12702. | Amir (kire101) | 86.30 | 96% | 2012-03-18 |
12703. | SLOW AF ;) (hetavr) | 86.30 | 97.1% | 2023-10-14 |
12704. | IDK (devin_4) | 86.30 | 98% | 2022-07-29 |
12705. | Vãi Trí (minhtrihard) | 86.30 | 98% | 2019-03-15 |
12706. | Ryan (breezybuster) | 86.30 | 97% | 2017-10-05 |
12707. | Ryan (ryanhz) | 86.29 | 98% | 2022-03-23 |
12708. | Deleo_03 (de_leo) | 86.29 | 97.9% | 2024-04-08 |
12709. | Ruari (killincookie) | 86.29 | 95% | 2024-11-20 |
12710. | Amir (amirahmedimtiaz) | 86.29 | 97.5% | 2024-05-12 |
12711. | Ryan (yanray) | 86.29 | 97% | 2017-11-09 |
12712. | Killbane (bnsoni) | 86.29 | 96% | 2014-12-16 |
12713. | pz (pingzhi) | 86.28 | 97.9% | 2024-08-20 |
12714. | choeqq (choeqq) | 86.28 | 96% | 2023-07-03 |
12715. | ellayy (ellayy) | 86.28 | 98% | 2021-03-20 |
12716. | m (miomo) | 86.28 | 97% | 2021-06-13 |
12717. | OOoo... (kekokako) | 86.28 | 99% | 2012-05-05 |
12718. | Nano (nanohezna) | 86.28 | 86% | 2016-04-06 |
12719. | www (dawdww) | 86.27 | 96.1% | 2024-04-29 |
12720. | Christian (xtian_olympus) | 86.27 | 97.4% | 2023-11-14 |
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 |