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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25819. | ede_saine (ede_saine) | 69.72 | 94.9% | 2023-12-03 |
25820. | Abdollah (budy_certain) | 69.72 | 94% | 2024-06-26 |
25821. | touchtypepracticer69 (touch... | 69.72 | 97% | 2021-06-19 |
25822. | sivam (mavis_breaking_bad) | 69.72 | 88% | 2014-02-23 |
25823. | Nirav (niravkothari) | 69.72 | 95% | 2016-06-23 |
25824. | Thai meo (mrme0c0n) | 69.72 | — | 2010-11-24 |
25825. | thistro (thistro) | 69.71 | 97% | 2025-04-28 |
25826. | buckland (buckland1) | 69.71 | 97.2% | 2025-02-28 |
25827. | sj (seuoh) | 69.71 | 96.1% | 2024-11-08 |
25828. | Markos (markos_markides) | 69.71 | 96% | 2021-01-13 |
25829. | krystall (krrystall) | 69.71 | 98% | 2022-12-26 |
25830. | Simon (scyter) | 69.71 | 91% | 2016-03-03 |
25831. | codiguero (codiguero) | 69.71 | 95.7% | 2024-06-11 |
25832. | yousef (yousef_badr23) | 69.71 | 95% | 2022-10-19 |
25833. | LOVE (nskumar278) | 69.71 | 98% | 2024-07-22 |
25834. | cyifkae (baiioon_colemak) | 69.71 | 96% | 2018-12-28 |
25835. | Mikey_R20 (mikey_r) | 69.70 | 96.6% | 2025-05-01 |
25836. | Brian (earthz) | 69.70 | 97.2% | 2024-11-19 |
25837. | abello (abello) | 69.70 | 97.4% | 2024-12-10 |
25838. | hansil (hj007) | 69.70 | 98% | 2025-03-16 |
25839. | malfple_colemak (malfple_co... | 69.70 | 97% | 2023-12-03 |
25840. | Preet (pr33t) | 69.70 | 95.6% | 2024-04-21 |
25841. | nicholas (p1kwa) | 69.70 | 95% | 2022-02-08 |
25842. | exdecial (exdecial) | 69.70 | 95% | 2022-06-18 |
25843. | stannny (stannic1) | 69.70 | 95% | 2012-09-06 |
25844. | Jany (janyk) | 69.70 | — | 2010-07-18 |
25845. | Bob (bobtheastronomer) | 69.69 | 96.5% | 2025-01-30 |
25846. | Shrub (mrschrubelhupf) | 69.69 | 96% | 2024-11-15 |
25847. | Bala Vignesh (balavignesh26) | 69.69 | 96% | 2024-05-05 |
25848. | El Basto (el_basto) | 69.69 | 97% | 2023-12-26 |
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 |