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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28293. | Utkarsh (fate_uc) | 55.72 | 94.3% | 2021-02-18 |
28294. | Scwexxy (imscreecher) | 55.72 | 94% | 2020-12-22 |
28295. | sushila (sushilaraj4@gmail.... | 55.72 | 98% | 2011-07-06 |
28296. | 11ANGA11 (11anga11) | 55.71 | 95% | 2024-04-06 |
28297. | userfm (userflm) | 55.71 | 95% | 2024-01-14 |
28298. | Yo_Oyoo (gadoyouyou) | 55.71 | 97% | 2019-06-10 |
28299. | Nicolson (neosmith) | 55.71 | — | 2010-08-03 |
28300. | Gost (basharatabbasi) | 55.70 | 93% | 2024-03-11 |
28301. | vicky (vickymicky) | 55.70 | 97% | 2021-05-12 |
28302. | Shoden (shoden) | 55.70 | 93% | 2020-03-02 |
28303. | Not the chosen (qrota_1) | 55.70 | 95% | 2020-12-01 |
28304. | Mohammed Khaja (mk_ahsanuddin) | 55.70 | 94% | 2011-12-29 |
28305. | Imak (nimbo) | 55.70 | 95% | 2011-05-07 |
28306. | jakob (pluto527) | 55.70 | 94% | 2013-08-29 |
28307. | Phuong (cuti3m00n) | 55.70 | 91% | 2012-08-27 |
28308. | Nasser (_nasser) | 55.69 | 93% | 2014-06-10 |
28309. | Dalilah (penny007) | 55.68 | 95% | 2024-04-29 |
28310. | Nadya (limpylizzie) | 55.68 | 96% | 2016-04-29 |
28311. | twikel (twikel) | 55.68 | 97% | 2024-02-24 |
28312. | Frosty_Speed (frosty_s_speed) | 55.68 | 98% | 2024-01-29 |
28313. | Austin (millerlite) | 55.68 | 95% | 2021-12-28 |
28314. | Shikhar (shikhar_tyagi) | 55.68 | 95.3% | 2021-01-31 |
28315. | (mymymy141) | 55.68 | 97% | 2017-10-04 |
28316. | Kira (ak292) | 55.68 | 95% | 2016-10-10 |
28317. | Mathyou (mathyou_177) | 55.67 | 99% | 2021-09-15 |
28318. | Emily (emirose0609) | 55.67 | 93.9% | 2023-12-25 |
28319. | Xavier (qiltz) | 55.67 | 93% | 2023-05-16 |
28320. | Matthew (matx23) | 55.67 | 87% | 2015-10-21 |
28321. | FlexerBob (boburbek) | 55.66 | 91% | 2023-07-24 |
28322. | Rob (rockscoolkid) | 55.66 | 95% | 2017-07-25 |
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 |