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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2158. | 'ello (boerewors) | 114.17 | 98% | 2022-11-28 |
2159. | vishE (actuallynonquitforlife) | 114.16 | 98% | 2018-02-07 |
2160. | XH (xh192) | 114.16 | 99% | 2015-02-22 |
2161. | Ed (epackman) | 114.14 | 95% | 2011-07-28 |
2162. | (asonetuh) | 114.13 | 97% | 2024-04-24 |
2163. | kelly (greeneyes420) | 114.13 | 98% | 2013-07-25 |
2164. | Faith (asukero) | 114.12 | 98% | 2019-11-20 |
2165. | James (snoopjedi) | 114.12 | 97% | 2013-02-24 |
2166. | Oli (andvari) | 114.11 | 99% | 2019-10-13 |
2167. | batbold (bb__) | 114.11 | 100% | 2020-10-22 |
2168. | funny (tesseractbeyond) | 114.10 | 97% | 2022-08-29 |
2169. | Soy (perpetuallytriggered) | 114.09 | 98% | 2020-08-27 |
2170. | Topac (9topac) | 114.08 | 98% | 2014-03-28 |
2171. | Zakaria (zlurk) | 114.08 | 96% | 2012-10-19 |
2172. | Skillet (skillet18) | 114.06 | 98% | 2021-08-18 |
2173. | Subarudrift (subarudrift) | 114.05 | 97% | 2012-08-26 |
2174. | William (jitoyo) | 114.04 | 99% | 2020-08-11 |
2175. | Cizzo (mrcizzo) | 114.04 | 95% | 2016-04-24 |
2176. | COMMUNISM WILL (communism_w... | 114.04 | 92% | 2015-01-02 |
2177. | Lettara (lettara) | 114.04 | 91% | 2013-02-12 |
2178. | BELT (beltgirl) | 114.03 | — | 2011-03-17 |
2179. | Mobsky (kmobsky) | 114.01 | 98% | 2021-07-02 |
2180. | sly (slymaster11) | 114.01 | 98.6% | 2024-01-07 |
2181. | Arun (enzymez) | 114.01 | 99% | 2017-11-25 |
2182. | bombaa (bombaa) | 114.01 | 95% | 2013-10-25 |
2183. | Scott (roachmill) | 114.00 | 100% | 2019-07-11 |
2184. | Pein (haha8065) | 114.00 | 97% | 2019-03-04 |
2185. | frank (fastfingersfrank) | 114.00 | 97% | 2017-04-30 |
2186. | Dana (danayi) | 113.99 | 98% | 2021-04-17 |
2187. | MySpaceBarIsBroken (kanto) | 113.99 | 98% | 2017-06-24 |
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 |