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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22808. | Marc (marco_bitz) | 65.01 | 93% | 2016-01-31 |
22809. | Ewa (ouifumertue) | 65.01 | 97% | 2014-07-02 |
22810. | TTTT (aa7608327) | 65.00 | 98% | 2024-04-04 |
22811. | Word-Eater: Devourer of Lit... | 65.00 | 95% | 2024-01-15 |
22812. | nemo (_nemo) | 65.00 | 94% | 2023-08-24 |
22813. | its_zaaid (its_zaaid) | 65.00 | 96% | 2022-09-15 |
22814. | Filip (t1lt) | 65.00 | 94% | 2017-10-16 |
22815. | Ashish (asis) | 65.00 | 93% | 2014-10-21 |
22816. | Arnav (phoenixcrusher369) | 64.99 | 95% | 2020-01-19 |
22817. | GK84 (nematomasis) | 64.99 | 96% | 2021-04-30 |
22818. | dirtydan (dirtyjdan) | 64.99 | 98% | 2020-09-20 |
22819. | subham (subhamrawat) | 64.99 | 97% | 2021-07-09 |
22820. | sam (sambruh) | 64.99 | 96% | 2021-04-09 |
22821. | Matthew (mattisdabomb77) | 64.99 | 96% | 2021-03-18 |
22822. | Schlomo (schlomon) | 64.99 | 97% | 2021-07-07 |
22823. | spy (noobtypebuddy) | 64.99 | 96% | 2020-06-19 |
22824. | Lucas (dunild) | 64.98 | 94% | 2024-04-11 |
22825. | mike1808 (mike1808) | 64.98 | 88% | 2015-06-18 |
22826. | George (giorgos1) | 64.98 | 94.6% | 2023-12-01 |
22827. | Christopher (chriskaee) | 64.98 | 96% | 2019-11-14 |
22828. | Mohammad Faisal (victoryland) | 64.98 | 95% | 2012-07-13 |
22829. | Alexandre (speedocubealex) | 64.98 | 94% | 2016-10-23 |
22830. | new (pookieface) | 64.98 | 95% | 2016-04-10 |
22831. | Kaban (kaban) | 64.98 | 95% | 2011-11-17 |
22832. | Topre (glados) | 64.98 | — | 2011-01-02 |
22833. | Joe (jjcassar02) | 64.97 | 96% | 2024-01-26 |
22834. | kizzgotnorest (kizznorest) | 64.97 | 94.4% | 2024-03-29 |
22835. | tihong12 (tihong12) | 64.97 | 98% | 2022-05-30 |
22836. | frog (frog_colemak) | 64.97 | 97% | 2020-10-09 |
22837. | Finny (finnyboy05) | 64.97 | 96% | 2020-07-31 |
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 |