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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18375. | Dominik (aeniwon) | 72.05 | 94% | 2015-06-13 |
18376. | Dmitriy (wenkaler) | 72.04 | 95% | 2022-08-31 |
18377. | Derek (tockedtyper) | 72.04 | 98% | 2024-01-04 |
18378. | Ethan (shadow542) | 72.04 | 94% | 2016-03-04 |
18379. | Duy (phamanhduy1990) | 72.04 | 97% | 2013-05-17 |
18380. | Hamidreza (cih2001) | 72.03 | 99% | 2022-07-26 |
18381. | tstats[alex9597] (alex9597) | 72.03 | 97% | 2022-12-14 |
18382. | Adam (aeoff72) | 72.03 | 97% | 2018-09-28 |
18383. | eugene (el871109) | 72.03 | 96% | 2020-09-24 |
18384. | Vamsi Krishna (icyspectre) | 72.02 | 97% | 2021-02-10 |
18385. | Sean (seantoasters) | 72.01 | 95% | 2014-11-06 |
18386. | codingmickey (kj_mickey) | 72.01 | 96% | 2022-02-20 |
18387. | P4t1enT (arya_juniko) | 72.01 | 96.8% | 2024-01-10 |
18388. | NoblePickle (noblepickle) | 72.01 | 96.2% | 2023-11-27 |
18389. | Dewy (z03r4) | 72.01 | 91% | 2011-06-10 |
18390. | Edward (dodo_zu) | 72.01 | — | 2010-09-25 |
18391. | Lilly (lilly_999) | 72.00 | 97% | 2024-04-15 |
18392. | Jonathan (jmhall97) | 72.00 | 93% | 2017-04-19 |
18393. | Marko (m_boychuk) | 72.00 | 97.6% | 2023-11-10 |
18394. | Thomas (2baset) | 72.00 | 96% | 2021-03-21 |
18395. | Gabe (roastedleather) | 72.00 | 95% | 2022-12-01 |
18396. | vinc4n (vinc4n) | 72.00 | 97% | 2021-07-06 |
18397. | vaibhav (vaibhav1618) | 72.00 | 98% | 2012-05-15 |
18398. | melhim (melhimshaker3) | 72.00 | 96% | 2012-04-08 |
18399. | cheyenne (cheyenne62) | 72.00 | — | 2010-10-20 |
18400. | William (accugroove) | 72.00 | 90% | 2013-02-01 |
18401. | aaron (aaronj_09) | 71.99 | 99% | 2023-12-27 |
18402. | Bradley (gobbleknob) | 71.99 | 96% | 2015-05-27 |
18403. | Simon (sxmxn) | 71.99 | 96% | 2019-12-02 |
18404. | Jared (jared779) | 71.99 | 93% | 2014-04-24 |
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 |