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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38137. | Ahmed (aaaaamed) | 57.07 | 96.8% | 2024-12-07 |
38138. | Ela (elainaexe) | 57.07 | 97% | 2024-12-01 |
38139. | LeGrand (jesuislegrand) | 57.07 | 98.1% | 2024-04-19 |
38140. | geogeo3 (geogeo3) | 57.07 | 95% | 2022-11-29 |
38141. | annanas (attackland) | 57.07 | 96% | 2024-04-18 |
38142. | SunShine (littlemisssunshin... | 57.07 | 92% | 2012-07-15 |
38143. | Ybrael (ybrael) | 57.07 | 95% | 2016-01-10 |
38144. | SachiN (sachin_gupta) | 57.07 | 90% | 2016-10-30 |
38145. | Felipe (felipekde) | 57.07 | 89% | 2015-10-03 |
38146. | prashant (p7kumbhare) | 57.06 | 92% | 2014-09-20 |
38147. | Threek (threek) | 57.06 | 96.7% | 2024-03-19 |
38148. | Tommy (pyetzu) | 57.06 | 96.4% | 2024-05-31 |
38149. | Rishi (inv_rishi) | 57.06 | 96.6% | 2023-12-18 |
38150. | Annsie (annsie) | 57.06 | 86% | 2016-02-21 |
38151. | uh oh (uhoh_uhoh) | 57.06 | 96% | 2020-09-04 |
38152. | Doozer (john00197) | 57.06 | 89% | 2013-04-12 |
38153. | Zach (zachlloyd) | 57.05 | 95% | 2012-08-05 |
38154. | archu's anna (lord_kapildev... | 57.05 | 95% | 2018-06-12 |
38155. | Arash (arashx12) | 57.04 | 96.2% | 2025-02-17 |
38156. | 2dspot (2dspot) | 57.04 | 93.2% | 2024-12-04 |
38157. | Bisamratte (bisamratte) | 57.04 | 96% | 2024-05-28 |
38158. | chizu_? (chizu_ril) | 57.04 | 95.6% | 2024-04-21 |
38159. | Da Asian (c_urtlez) | 57.04 | 96.1% | 2024-09-29 |
38160. | Noobie (nooobie_typer) | 57.04 | 95% | 2022-10-08 |
38161. | krs (krss) | 57.04 | 94% | 2021-11-30 |
38162. | jncxxx (jncxxx) | 57.03 | 95.2% | 2024-03-14 |
38163. | jr (rjjrch11) | 57.03 | 96.9% | 2025-04-19 |
38164. | Jun_Yah (jramantoji) | 57.03 | 95.4% | 2024-08-30 |
38165. | Jared (filmman2k3) | 57.03 | 88% | 2016-12-22 |
38166. | Ivone (vonshelly) | 57.03 | 93% | 2014-12-09 |
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 |