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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4215. | Dylan (impsy) | 103.32 | 98% | 2011-10-13 |
4216. | Nozden (neonozden) | 103.32 | 96% | 2016-12-09 |
4217. | Anargyros (argy) | 103.32 | 96% | 2012-05-10 |
4218. | Damon (luvsanimals2) | 103.31 | 100% | 2011-08-27 |
4219. | Fopuy (fopuy) | 103.29 | 99% | 2022-12-31 |
4220. | एक नेपाली (... | 103.29 | 95% | 2017-04-11 |
4221. | Dennis (dennissc) | 103.29 | 98% | 2012-06-15 |
4222. | Stuart (crazystu) | 103.28 | 96% | 2015-08-11 |
4223. | Baked and Buttered (mcallen... | 103.28 | 96% | 2022-04-12 |
4224. | Chetan (ch374n) | 103.28 | 98% | 2021-06-02 |
4225. | Kenji (moarkenji) | 103.28 | 95% | 2015-07-31 |
4226. | Boxie (boxiewoxie) | 103.26 | 97% | 2021-08-10 |
4227. | Deus (deusdeceit) | 103.26 | 99% | 2013-09-15 |
4228. | failzor (failzor) | 103.26 | 99% | 2018-09-07 |
4229. | UF Pakistan (umarpakistan) | 103.25 | 98.3% | 2023-12-19 |
4230. | Zonith (zonith) | 103.25 | 98% | 2021-09-22 |
4231. | bruh (acadao11) | 103.24 | 97.7% | 2023-10-21 |
4232. | Das FoO (foobird) | 103.24 | 99% | 2016-10-16 |
4233. | vroom💤 (noprop) | 103.24 | 97% | 2020-01-19 |
4234. | Take (teysolongo) | 103.24 | 99% | 2015-05-13 |
4235. | Chirag (acureon) | 103.24 | 98% | 2013-07-21 |
4236. | Justin🍝 (eliteshrimp) | 103.23 | 97% | 2015-09-12 |
4237. | henry~ (henryo) | 103.22 | 95% | 2013-07-28 |
4238. | Lark (sirhaxbard) | 103.21 | 99% | 2023-02-04 |
4239. | TLHG (tlhg) | 103.20 | 98.8% | 2023-10-29 |
4240. | Brendan (bamboozeled) | 103.20 | 97% | 2019-01-09 |
4241. | DickK (saltybokchoy) | 103.20 | 97.5% | 2021-02-09 |
4242. | Jeremy (flickyklicky) | 103.20 | 94% | 2013-02-25 |
4243. | Karim Alaswad (karim_alaswa... | 103.19 | 99% | 2023-03-08 |
4244. | bell (bellflower) | 103.19 | 96% | 2015-10-30 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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Default (English) | 70,097 | 81.38 | June 9, 2010 |
Long Texts | 89 | 92.00 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 0 | 0.00 | January 1, 1970 |