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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14846. | Joe (rocco53) | 82.76 | — | 2010-09-22 |
14847. | Joshua (bigj0sh) | 82.76 | 98% | 2016-01-27 |
14848. | Francisco (franciscotii) | 82.75 | 97% | 2024-06-17 |
14849. | hot (hotsingle) | 82.75 | 98.3% | 2023-12-10 |
14850. | decaG0N (iam_rock) | 82.75 | 96.3% | 2024-03-13 |
14851. | use an appropriate name (ar... | 82.75 | 97.3% | 2023-12-04 |
14852. | Shaur (shaur_herng) | 82.75 | 97.1% | 2023-11-29 |
14853. | Georgi (cybersicherheit) | 82.75 | 95% | 2015-04-03 |
14854. | Spaaaaaagheti (spagheti) | 82.75 | 96% | 2019-07-23 |
14855. | Sven (svendiamond) | 82.74 | 97% | 2019-10-06 |
14856. | Lionel Messi (toxir) | 82.74 | 98% | 2024-11-09 |
14857. | Tae (fartbox18) | 82.74 | 98% | 2021-12-08 |
14858. | Stephen (nothamlet) | 82.74 | 99% | 2019-03-26 |
14859. | n00b (gimape07) | 82.74 | 97.6% | 2024-01-15 |
14860. | storm-gg (waytooclose) | 82.74 | 100% | 2017-03-10 |
14861. | Hung (hungbui081189) | 82.74 | 97% | 2013-04-10 |
14862. | Levi (leviberdin91) | 82.73 | 97% | 2019-09-16 |
14863. | Victor (erick45642) | 82.73 | 95.9% | 2024-01-09 |
14864. | Vaibhav (vaibhav3051) | 82.73 | 97.9% | 2024-09-12 |
14865. | LEntless (lentless) | 82.73 | 98% | 2017-09-23 |
14866. | javed (m.javediqbal51214@gm... | 82.73 | 96% | 2017-06-11 |
14867. | Annabelle (anuhbell) | 82.73 | 98% | 2015-11-03 |
14868. | GojoisGojo (gojoisgojo) | 82.72 | 99% | 2025-02-07 |
14869. | jazzy (typergal025) | 82.72 | 97.9% | 2024-04-21 |
14870. | ref (rwef) | 82.72 | 97% | 2021-04-21 |
14871. | Zhaux (zhaux) | 82.72 | 90% | 2014-08-04 |
14872. | saksham (saksham1) | 82.72 | 94.7% | 2023-11-18 |
14873. | Tui (ugler_i_mosen) | 82.72 | 97% | 2024-03-13 |
14874. | Ricky (chelsky) | 82.72 | 95% | 2016-11-23 |
14875. | bevoveb (bevoveb) | 82.71 | 95.9% | 2024-04-17 |
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 |