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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18374. | Mina (minmit) | 71.95 | 89% | 2013-01-13 |
18375. | Gismet (gismet_majidov) | 71.94 | 97% | 2024-02-29 |
18376. | henny (hennybenny) | 71.94 | 98% | 2024-02-21 |
18377. | I (blitzfinger_bob) | 71.94 | 96.6% | 2024-03-05 |
18378. | Nurzhan (gokirom) | 71.94 | 96% | 2022-10-16 |
18379. | Dengdeng (dengdeng) | 71.93 | 93% | 2016-07-09 |
18380. | Siberian (siberianexpress) | 71.93 | 92% | 2013-02-18 |
18381. | Jonathan (harddoom) | 71.93 | 95% | 2016-07-05 |
18382. | Solitude (gifoimir) | 71.93 | 90% | 2011-08-20 |
18383. | Invisible (invisible2506) | 71.92 | 97% | 2018-07-23 |
18384. | Matthew (yourtrashkld) | 71.92 | 97% | 2021-10-26 |
18385. | Shriram (shri_baj) | 71.92 | 98% | 2024-02-15 |
18386. | Brendan (brendan84213) | 71.92 | 95.6% | 2021-02-08 |
18387. | Desmond (desmondspeedy) | 71.92 | 97% | 2019-09-23 |
18388. | Priyanshu (singhpriyanshu5) | 71.92 | 98% | 2017-11-24 |
18389. | alika (alika) | 71.92 | 96% | 2013-01-27 |
18390. | Nate (npmaile) | 71.91 | 97% | 2016-01-26 |
18391. | Deborah (kittenkindness) | 71.91 | — | 2010-11-03 |
18392. | Kumar (kumar_thapa1) | 71.91 | 98% | 2020-06-05 |
18393. | Mr (mr_typer_70wpm) | 71.91 | 96% | 2023-01-12 |
18394. | Cicada (cicada3301) | 71.91 | 96% | 2017-07-06 |
18395. | peiizy (peiizy) | 71.91 | 95% | 2021-09-11 |
18396. | Jerome (jerome.mcdonald44@y... | 71.91 | 97% | 2013-12-29 |
18397. | Eugenio (eugenioleal) | 71.90 | 99.3% | 2023-11-14 |
18398. | Snake (edisonyu1017) | 71.90 | 96% | 2023-04-26 |
18399. | David (spurgeon) | 71.90 | 98% | 2018-10-27 |
18400. | ZanZ (zanz) | 71.90 | 90% | 2016-01-15 |
18401. | Billy (chipsdown) | 71.89 | 95% | 2018-12-12 |
18402. | Matrix (ss005) | 71.89 | 97% | 2021-04-05 |
18403. | Je (je_a) | 71.88 | 94% | 2021-09-21 |
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 |