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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9125. | Teo (themightyghost) | 88.62 | 93% | 2015-12-31 |
9126. | Zach (morcheeba) | 88.62 | — | 2011-04-02 |
9127. | Harrison (hbguy1234) | 88.62 | — | 2010-12-02 |
9128. | the (thetrickster10) | 88.61 | 97% | 2021-04-14 |
9129. | dash (quoc_dat736) | 88.61 | 97% | 2012-03-02 |
9130. | Christopher (cribalik) | 88.61 | 96% | 2015-12-04 |
9131. | Eriksen (babaoriley) | 88.61 | 95% | 2013-08-13 |
9132. | Sarah (sarah2005meow) | 88.60 | 98% | 2020-03-28 |
9133. | Ngoc (maxq42) | 88.60 | 98% | 2021-02-23 |
9134. | Jackee (lilbully) | 88.60 | 97% | 2021-02-28 |
9135. | substring (substring) | 88.60 | 96% | 2015-08-24 |
9136. | Andrew (scythe89) | 88.60 | — | 2011-02-28 |
9137. | saed (matahen) | 88.59 | 96% | 2023-12-23 |
9138. | Jochen (s1mpx) | 88.59 | 93% | 2017-01-06 |
9139. | bryan (forzemi) | 88.58 | 98% | 2022-11-08 |
9140. | bananacake (bananacak3) | 88.58 | 98% | 2017-12-20 |
9141. | Fr0zen (inst4llman) | 88.57 | 97% | 2019-02-28 |
9142. | Arpeggio (itsarpeggio) | 88.57 | 97.2% | 2024-01-14 |
9143. | Mau (walfare_12) | 88.57 | 96% | 2021-08-16 |
9144. | reading is (the_library_is_... | 88.57 | 98% | 2024-01-09 |
9145. | Nightwong (thfw00) | 88.57 | 93% | 2016-11-01 |
9146. | Lan (bubbleangel33) | 88.56 | 93% | 2015-12-15 |
9147. | Mai Ngo (ngongocmai) | 88.56 | — | 2010-08-24 |
9148. | Blaise (syxeight) | 88.56 | 92% | 2016-11-26 |
9149. | RKT (fastestspeed) | 88.56 | 98% | 2015-06-01 |
9150. | Nick (nhumensk) | 88.55 | 98% | 2014-03-29 |
9151. | (ach3ron) | 88.55 | 99% | 2022-11-22 |
9152. | Lore_best (lore_best) | 88.55 | 92% | 2015-03-20 |
9153. | Shaun (anomalys) | 88.55 | 96% | 2012-04-02 |
9154. | Taylor (zarr_) | 88.54 | 93% | 2013-01-20 |
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 |