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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14265. | Abhinav (brainstorm56) | 78.78 | 96% | 2024-02-13 |
14266. | Y (qwertyracer) | 78.78 | 99% | 2023-05-20 |
14267. | Jack (g3no_typ3) | 78.78 | 95.7% | 2021-02-03 |
14268. | Max (max_pinc) | 78.78 | 96% | 2019-04-17 |
14269. | Tom (xledz) | 78.78 | 95% | 2013-02-25 |
14270. | 9thcalzone (10thcalzone) | 78.77 | 97% | 2024-02-16 |
14271. | clickclack (acreativeuserna... | 78.77 | 97% | 2024-01-12 |
14272. | ted (ted361) | 78.77 | 96% | 2023-12-23 |
14273. | cring (thatguyyoudontknow) | 78.77 | 97% | 2023-03-31 |
14274. | Pavlos (pavlogd) | 78.77 | 96.1% | 2024-02-19 |
14275. | Kyle (nakuz1988) | 78.77 | — | 2010-09-20 |
14276. | Machine (guldan) | 78.77 | 98% | 2018-02-15 |
14277. | alretha (alrethafranklin) | 78.77 | 95% | 2016-03-26 |
14278. | Xingjian (simulated_anneal) | 78.76 | 98% | 2020-10-16 |
14279. | Dickson (kldho2) | 78.76 | 99% | 2015-03-17 |
14280. | JongYoon (jongq) | 78.76 | 97% | 2017-09-27 |
14281. | Pavel (ohhokay) | 78.75 | 98% | 2023-12-28 |
14282. | Soumya (soumya4193) | 78.75 | 98% | 2024-04-01 |
14283. | Neil (pipped) | 78.75 | 98% | 2024-03-26 |
14284. | Zhantore (belayed) | 78.75 | 96% | 2024-02-11 |
14285. | Tong (tongvu) | 78.75 | 97% | 2022-06-25 |
14286. | Kevin (kjax) | 78.75 | 95% | 2020-09-18 |
14287. | Rasmus (lewins) | 78.75 | 89% | 2016-02-08 |
14288. | Bunjeyman (benjaminhale) | 78.75 | 95% | 2011-09-07 |
14289. | Džiugas (dzhvsh) | 78.74 | 92% | 2012-01-23 |
14290. | Peter (kinggamergeek) | 78.74 | 98% | 2022-02-16 |
14291. | Liam (ilickq) | 78.74 | 98% | 2020-09-21 |
14292. | Laurence (lmaddox) | 78.74 | 98% | 2012-10-06 |
14293. | Manel (manelvm) | 78.74 | 93% | 2015-07-06 |
14294. | Kaevex (kaevex) | 78.73 | 92% | 2011-09-03 |
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 |