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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13183. | squall (squalllionheart) | 80.79 | 99% | 2023-12-14 |
13184. | Alex (raize) | 80.79 | — | 2011-04-20 |
13185. | Lemon (stealthdude) | 80.79 | 95% | 2022-03-31 |
13186. | aNicePlayer (aniceplayer) | 80.78 | 97% | 2022-04-10 |
13187. | constant (undeadconstant) | 80.78 | 98% | 2023-12-14 |
13188. | Declan Jones (expiredberry) | 80.78 | 96% | 2023-12-19 |
13189. | Sreshta Kamya (nikitha) | 80.78 | 98% | 2019-12-04 |
13190. | lhdk2712 (lhdk2712) | 80.78 | 97% | 2022-03-29 |
13191. | Armando (mandy1339) | 80.78 | 99.3% | 2024-01-30 |
13192. | cake (xsysi) | 80.78 | 97% | 2017-09-05 |
13193. | chaitanya (chaitunirf) | 80.77 | 98% | 2023-04-06 |
13194. | Harald (updatin) | 80.77 | 97% | 2021-11-01 |
13195. | cegprakash (cegprakash) | 80.77 | 94% | 2015-10-06 |
13196. | 🍁 (kaspars) | 80.77 | 88% | 2015-02-10 |
13197. | William (spartan308) | 80.77 | 97% | 2019-02-07 |
13198. | me_irl (powderer) | 80.77 | 98% | 2017-08-26 |
13199. | Kowalski (kowalskichris) | 80.76 | 97% | 2024-03-10 |
13200. | TheXFalcon (xavier_poh) | 80.76 | 98% | 2023-01-11 |
13201. | Thanh Huy (thanhhuyle) | 80.76 | 99% | 2012-06-07 |
13202. | rizon#.blank (lf94) | 80.76 | 91% | 2014-07-13 |
13203. | Sai (saiganesh7) | 80.76 | 95% | 2011-11-30 |
13204. | KeyboardHater3838 (keyboard... | 80.75 | 98% | 2024-05-12 |
13205. | omni (omniext) | 80.75 | 96% | 2024-04-26 |
13206. | Justin James (justinjamesyu) | 80.75 | 98% | 2023-05-28 |
13207. | nyatto (hhu94) | 80.75 | 98% | 2016-05-01 |
13208. | Nikolai (nikbeast) | 80.74 | 94.7% | 2023-11-13 |
13209. | Declan (2soup4declan) | 80.74 | 98% | 2023-07-19 |
13210. | Denec (denec) | 80.74 | 96.5% | 2024-05-06 |
13211. | hardik (labeitazer) | 80.74 | 96% | 2020-08-13 |
13212. | naaner (naaner) | 80.74 | 98% | 2012-04-02 |
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 |