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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27663. | Kakashi (daikenkakashi) | 56.48 | 97% | 2021-03-13 |
27664. | Rajat (rajattiwari24) | 56.48 | 91% | 2015-07-26 |
27665. | Hossein (hossein_nas) | 56.48 | 94% | 2018-02-09 |
27666. | tesseractive (jupyter) | 56.47 | 94% | 2021-03-23 |
27667. | Danaye7 (dan_7) | 56.47 | 94.6% | 2023-11-30 |
27668. | greg (gregm) | 56.47 | — | 2010-12-26 |
27669. | James (watash1) | 56.46 | 98% | 2024-01-04 |
27670. | anisha (anisha10) | 56.46 | 95.7% | 2024-01-03 |
27671. | Sanji (kuroashi) | 56.46 | 89% | 2013-12-07 |
27672. | James (jkpuck) | 56.46 | 93% | 2014-07-17 |
27673. | Sasha (moongue) | 56.45 | 97% | 2021-07-06 |
27674. | wd (wd_champ) | 56.45 | 97% | 2023-12-05 |
27675. | Muhammad Omar (omar_farooq) | 56.45 | 94% | 2021-04-19 |
27676. | Hiromi (fukatsumi) | 56.45 | 97% | 2018-04-05 |
27677. | Nuk (soulquiz) | 56.45 | 93% | 2015-08-16 |
27678. | jack (pallicord) | 56.45 | 97% | 2015-09-09 |
27679. | Mrerran11 (mrerran11) | 56.44 | 94% | 2023-12-27 |
27680. | priyansh (itsspriyansh) | 56.44 | 97% | 2022-02-02 |
27681. | lhk (lighthouse_keeper) | 56.44 | 94% | 2020-08-07 |
27682. | Simon (cimon423) | 56.44 | 96% | 2020-10-12 |
27683. | Daniel (xoron) | 56.44 | 95% | 2012-01-17 |
27684. | May (thiyp) | 56.44 | 91% | 2016-07-12 |
27685. | Albard (albard) | 56.44 | 95% | 2012-07-10 |
27686. | yuktsi (yuktsi) | 56.43 | 88% | 2014-03-06 |
27687. | Batbold (burabatbolf) | 56.43 | 93% | 2021-04-27 |
27688. | Caster (scarctor) | 56.42 | 95.6% | 2023-12-17 |
27689. | Jeerati (folkjeerati) | 56.42 | 89% | 2014-05-11 |
27690. | Andrew (andrewto123) | 56.42 | — | 2010-10-29 |
27691. | Daniel (kix512) | 56.41 | 97% | 2024-05-15 |
27692. | Daniel (dxldan) | 56.41 | 86% | 2017-02-20 |
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 |