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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26509. | lindsay (user2341_) | 58.47 | 97% | 2024-03-06 |
26510. | vrum vrum (elex_) | 58.47 | 96.5% | 2024-02-03 |
26511. | Jan (jan_tran) | 58.47 | 96% | 2023-12-10 |
26512. | Thanh Canh (zuizui_123) | 58.47 | 92% | 2012-07-25 |
26513. | fronz (fronz) | 58.47 | 95% | 2012-06-01 |
26514. | nitin (mrnitz) | 58.46 | 95% | 2024-04-09 |
26515. | ATHARVA (atharva07) | 58.46 | 96% | 2023-08-16 |
26516. | Cookies (cookies523) | 58.46 | 96% | 2024-01-27 |
26517. | Funky Koval (funky_koval) | 58.46 | 96% | 2022-10-15 |
26518. | S (spencers0730) | 58.46 | 94.5% | 2023-12-26 |
26519. | Ronnel (ronnel012188) | 58.46 | 95% | 2013-04-28 |
26520. | tstats[2_himanshu] (2_himan... | 58.45 | 96% | 2022-05-22 |
26521. | mb (mbeezy182) | 58.45 | 96% | 2023-10-26 |
26522. | teddy (teddyweaber) | 58.45 | 94.4% | 2021-01-29 |
26523. | Imran (imrans) | 58.45 | 96% | 2013-08-05 |
26524. | Peter (peterpop) | 58.45 | 94% | 2012-06-01 |
26525. | Islom Makhsudov (islommakhs... | 58.44 | 98% | 2023-09-19 |
26526. | sophie (kikdedlol3454) | 58.44 | 94% | 2024-01-14 |
26527. | HOOPYZ (xxii_vimmvi) | 58.44 | 96% | 2023-12-17 |
26528. | Mouchachos (mouchachos) | 58.44 | 92% | 2017-04-03 |
26529. | tstats[Underdog26] (underdo... | 58.44 | 95% | 2024-02-10 |
26530. | Virat (nobleiii) | 58.44 | 91% | 2014-05-11 |
26531. | Andre (andr_ehh) | 58.44 | 95% | 2021-04-04 |
26532. | Ashish (rajvanshi) | 58.44 | — | 2011-04-08 |
26533. | chasing (chasingfastpoker9995) | 58.43 | 97% | 2021-06-18 |
26534. | Big Papi (itsmrbates1) | 58.43 | 96% | 2024-03-13 |
26535. | cuppalads (bruhit_cuppalads) | 58.43 | 95% | 2023-12-05 |
26536. | Tony (watery_tony) | 58.43 | 97% | 2023-06-06 |
26537. | Ham (hammah713) | 58.43 | 96% | 2022-08-04 |
26538. | sonakshi (sonakshi) | 58.43 | 95% | 2014-11-05 |
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 |