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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1945. | Archel (archflo) | 115.74 | 96% | 2014-03-08 |
1946. | ( ̄ー ̄) (zenresia) | 115.72 | 99% | 2017-06-23 |
1947. | nyehhh (riskirw) | 115.70 | 98% | 2022-07-01 |
1948. | Hadge (hadgeoriginal) | 115.69 | 96.5% | 2024-03-18 |
1949. | :) (bavadin) | 115.69 | 99% | 2020-08-27 |
1950. | rbb (rbbb) | 115.66 | 98% | 2019-11-14 |
1951. | will (willh) | 115.66 | 97% | 2015-05-02 |
1952. | (dafler) | 115.65 | 98% | 2022-03-19 |
1953. | Juudge (reburm) | 115.65 | 98% | 2012-07-29 |
1954. | Willem (whdeboer) | 115.64 | 97% | 2012-05-09 |
1955. | TvDM (lovelyscream) | 115.63 | 99% | 2018-02-01 |
1956. | Kupo (shinymoogle) | 115.63 | 99% | 2013-09-26 |
1957. | SunnyD (dnpsep05) | 115.63 | 96% | 2014-10-28 |
1958. | Limited (limited_atonement) | 115.62 | 98% | 2020-02-10 |
1959. | Richard (rtyz) | 115.61 | 93% | 2013-05-09 |
1960. | michelle (scorpionswag1234) | 115.60 | 99% | 2017-11-07 |
1961. | nizika (shouronpou) | 115.57 | 97.8% | 2023-11-26 |
1962. | Bill (buck1249) | 115.57 | 99% | 2015-07-28 |
1963. | King of the A (avidreaderty... | 115.56 | 98.1% | 2024-03-31 |
1964. | Coder100 (coder_onehundred) | 115.54 | 98% | 2021-12-27 |
1965. | ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (glandock1) | 115.54 | 99% | 2023-06-28 |
1966. | Tom (fruitocracy) | 115.54 | 92% | 2012-04-30 |
1967. | Nicolas (nickneault) | 115.52 | 96% | 2016-08-09 |
1968. | wtaw (cway) | 115.50 | 98% | 2014-09-11 |
1969. | Riley (rd0g) | 115.49 | 99% | 2024-01-25 |
1970. | poop (poopbutthole) | 115.48 | 96% | 2014-01-05 |
1971. | James (jomax101) | 115.47 | 97% | 2017-09-13 |
1972. | Glevion (glevion) | 115.47 | 98% | 2017-06-24 |
1973. | melanie (melanie2525) | 115.47 | 98% | 2015-09-27 |
1974. | Agus (baxia) | 115.46 | 99% | 2023-09-27 |
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 |