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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34501. | get_pip3d (wwerner11) | 61.20 | 96% | 2022-08-18 |
34502. | Ayan (ayan_007) | 61.20 | 97.5% | 2024-03-26 |
34503. | Colemak Since (colemakking) | 61.20 | 96.8% | 2021-02-20 |
34504. | Gary (zingzhang) | 61.20 | 93% | 2015-03-01 |
34505. | Gayan (charith89) | 61.20 | 99% | 2014-03-19 |
34506. | Ryan (s0n0s) | 61.19 | 93% | 2011-07-29 |
34507. | pimpaliciouscandycanemane (... | 61.19 | 98% | 2024-10-04 |
34508. | GaugeField (gaugefield) | 61.19 | 97% | 2024-04-21 |
34509. | Ørnheim (ornheim123) | 61.19 | 97% | 2024-10-31 |
34510. | Benjamin (zhaoyun369) | 61.19 | 93% | 2018-10-12 |
34511. | type_shark (evil_retype) | 61.19 | 93% | 2023-09-12 |
34512. | Askhat (smallboy) | 61.19 | 84% | 2016-07-25 |
34513. | tstats[general_iroh] (gener... | 61.19 | 94.6% | 2025-01-28 |
34514. | Mary (maryjiao) | 61.19 | 98% | 2013-11-23 |
34515. | Rahul (russellriago) | 61.19 | 95% | 2018-03-22 |
34516. | Long (darkboy) | 61.19 | — | 2011-04-08 |
34517. | Hannah (hms4) | 61.18 | 97.5% | 2025-02-21 |
34518. | Organic (organicothello) | 61.18 | 98% | 2024-04-15 |
34519. | Bibek (bibekkunnn) | 61.18 | 96% | 2024-01-20 |
34520. | Vin (vin_auro) | 61.18 | 95.4% | 2024-06-03 |
34521. | vari_kun (vari_kun) | 61.18 | 89% | 2013-11-30 |
34522. | Mimi (mimzo) | 61.18 | — | 2010-12-24 |
34523. | Takeshi (takeshi_workman) | 61.17 | 95% | 2021-03-25 |
34524. | Awalt (awalt3) | 61.17 | 95% | 2024-05-16 |
34525. | Hermes (gadersd) | 61.17 | 97% | 2024-01-01 |
34526. | Samit (samitkapoor) | 61.17 | 97% | 2021-07-05 |
34527. | Gus (doggogus) | 61.17 | 98% | 2018-11-02 |
34528. | 🤑 (liljasonmoney) | 61.16 | 97% | 2025-07-31 |
34529. | Dena (dsehwail799) | 61.16 | 97% | 2020-09-27 |
34530. | Rr (rrbb) | 61.16 | 96% | 2024-11-18 |
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 |