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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19195. | Manuvel Chris Mano John (pa... | 77.21 | 97% | 2025-01-16 |
19196. | turtle typist (turtletypistt) | 77.21 | 97% | 2024-05-06 |
19197. | Nathaniel (natfx7) | 77.21 | 98% | 2017-06-17 |
19198. | WuhLuhWuh (wuhluhwuh) | 77.20 | 95.6% | 2025-02-06 |
19199. | Andres (andresvilla) | 77.20 | 95.1% | 2024-06-30 |
19200. | Mark (geronimus) | 77.20 | 96% | 2023-11-29 |
19201. | tstats[fty1777] (fty1777) | 77.20 | 97% | 2024-06-06 |
19202. | Julian (itsnutra) | 77.20 | 97% | 2019-01-26 |
19203. | admiral zombi (admiralzombi) | 77.20 | 96% | 2024-02-22 |
19204. | Alex (typeracer) | 77.20 | — | 2010-09-08 |
19205. | Gurman (khasla_1) | 77.19 | 97% | 2024-02-10 |
19206. | Blake (raccoonswoon) | 77.19 | 96% | 2023-11-15 |
19207. | Workman (dagl200) | 77.19 | 97% | 2021-08-26 |
19208. | Ancientworlds108 (ancientwo... | 77.19 | 96% | 2021-01-20 |
19209. | Duc (aduc6z) | 77.19 | 98.1% | 2023-12-04 |
19210. | We are all one. (psi_) | 77.19 | 97% | 2015-01-20 |
19211. | Joshua (joshiezzz) | 77.18 | 96% | 2025-05-06 |
19212. | makkapakka123 (makkapakka123) | 77.18 | 96% | 2024-03-23 |
19213. | Jessica (jeguar) | 77.18 | 97% | 2024-09-15 |
19214. | Katie (ktbojo) | 77.18 | 98% | 2024-02-07 |
19215. | ALec (apollyon08) | 77.18 | 96.4% | 2024-02-06 |
19216. | Stepan (a_s_v) | 77.18 | 96.7% | 2024-04-29 |
19217. | . (cuzto) | 77.18 | 95.5% | 2024-11-07 |
19218. | John (th3w4v3) | 77.18 | 96% | 2015-10-15 |
19219. | John (typist426) | 77.18 | 97% | 2017-02-04 |
19220. | CJ (cjhockeydude) | 77.17 | 96% | 2024-03-26 |
19221. | Demonsoulz (demonsoulz) | 77.17 | 98% | 2024-02-22 |
19222. | Angel (failwhale) | 77.17 | 95% | 2013-09-20 |
19223. | sammy bartholomew (s4mmyb) | 77.17 | 97% | 2023-11-25 |
19224. | Ponzito (ponzito) | 77.17 | 96.6% | 2025-03-10 |
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 |