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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21782. | Jo (joogawa) | 73.54 | 95% | 2011-11-29 |
21783. | ♦ Sharp ♦ (thesharpest) | 73.54 | 92% | 2015-06-26 |
21784. | Amit Jindal (jindalamit325) | 73.53 | 98% | 2024-02-02 |
21785. | Amaranath (amaranathfodcgisl) | 73.53 | 99% | 2023-09-14 |
21786. | Eesa (eesa10) | 73.53 | 98% | 2023-06-03 |
21787. | Jamie (jamiela11) | 73.53 | 95% | 2021-05-14 |
21788. | Yoan (yoanrl) | 73.53 | 97% | 2021-01-24 |
21789. | Marcus (mengkeshi) | 73.53 | 99% | 2015-09-05 |
21790. | pwr (pwr00) | 73.53 | 93% | 2013-12-18 |
21791. | Flansgorp (flansgorp) | 73.53 | 95% | 2015-08-09 |
21792. | Marine (reanoob) | 73.52 | 97% | 2024-04-26 |
21793. | Alexander (dencyh) | 73.52 | 98% | 2022-02-15 |
21794. | Sreedev (finetard) | 73.52 | 98% | 2023-03-23 |
21795. | Max (maltshuler20) | 73.52 | 97% | 2019-04-14 |
21796. | vivek (viveklakshmank) | 73.52 | — | 2010-07-19 |
21797. | HMM (hmaullon_cl) | 73.52 | 95% | 2014-10-16 |
21798. | Seina (seina123) | 73.51 | 96% | 2024-02-08 |
21799. | Aloun (alounv) | 73.51 | 98% | 2024-12-11 |
21800. | かりつた (shizuyoru) | 73.51 | 97% | 2024-03-29 |
21801. | Sambhav (sambhavjain) | 73.51 | 96% | 2024-04-07 |
21802. | Gregor (groovygregor) | 73.51 | 96% | 2013-10-13 |
21803. | Effie (nightstars) | 73.51 | 93% | 2013-05-21 |
21804. | Ashwin (spottedleaf2007) | 73.50 | 97% | 2024-11-28 |
21805. | TulipRacer (tulip_racer) | 73.50 | 96.6% | 2024-07-01 |
21806. | meli (m3lin) | 73.50 | 98% | 2024-02-29 |
21807. | Justin (der1) | 73.50 | 95.3% | 2025-02-27 |
21808. | Mangboi (richardmang) | 73.50 | 97% | 2015-03-28 |
21809. | Ramin (ramin2dkami) | 73.50 | 97% | 2014-01-08 |
21810. | Roy Angelo (lieloh) | 73.50 | 97% | 2013-02-19 |
21811. | TheBlackCrusade (theblackcr... | 73.49 | 96% | 2024-12-17 |
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 |