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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17668. | Lance (lenzzyyy) | 73.46 | 95% | 2022-03-21 |
17669. | Ciceronianus (ciceronianus) | 73.46 | 98% | 2012-04-07 |
17670. | Joshua (jdong820) | 73.46 | 97% | 2019-03-08 |
17671. | Blaze (klblaz) | 73.45 | 96% | 2020-07-01 |
17672. | SabinShrestha (horrendousre... | 73.45 | 92% | 2011-11-12 |
17673. | Clay (clay10swag) | 73.44 | 96.5% | 2024-04-04 |
17674. | Renee (booboohead) | 73.44 | 99% | 2020-01-15 |
17675. | Ibrahim (ibrahimker) | 73.44 | 96% | 2015-09-11 |
17676. | Joel (xsinova) | 73.44 | 93% | 2016-07-11 |
17677. | AlejoGDOfficial (alejogdoff... | 73.43 | 96% | 2020-12-02 |
17678. | Salman (kagami48) | 73.43 | 97% | 2023-03-21 |
17679. | A (lvorg) | 73.43 | 97% | 2022-05-15 |
17680. | Turkey (xtra_large) | 73.43 | 95% | 2020-08-18 |
17681. | (shaun022) | 73.43 | 97% | 2021-12-13 |
17682. | Arnold (jintropin) | 73.43 | 96% | 2012-09-25 |
17683. | Manick (manickspeed) | 73.43 | 97% | 2019-12-02 |
17684. | Dorian (dws49) | 73.42 | 95% | 2022-02-12 |
17685. | Sam Aka 😏 (sam_at_40wpm) | 73.42 | 98% | 2022-01-06 |
17686. | pablo (pablo_rm1197) | 73.42 | 96% | 2021-10-16 |
17687. | Nicolas (fruscianterules) | 73.42 | 97% | 2021-03-24 |
17688. | Gideon (gwong97) | 73.42 | 94% | 2014-03-02 |
17689. | Takuya (takinoue) | 73.41 | 96.5% | 2024-02-12 |
17690. | Keenan (keenanyj) | 73.41 | 98% | 2022-03-31 |
17691. | Sean (knptzt) | 73.40 | 96% | 2020-04-12 |
17692. | sj (sjrobertson) | 73.40 | 93% | 2015-02-16 |
17693. | Rami (coolster01) | 73.40 | 92% | 2015-06-28 |
17694. | Piklits (piklits) | 73.40 | 97% | 2021-02-26 |
17695. | Maurício (mv4rgas) | 73.40 | 99% | 2017-01-11 |
17696. | Leo (kalbshirn) | 73.40 | 95% | 2013-01-20 |
17697. | Greg (colemaklearner824) | 73.40 | 92% | 2016-03-01 |
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 |