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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14924. | mercy (mercy_13) | 77.75 | 96.5% | 2024-05-08 |
14925. | Phuong (phuongt89) | 77.75 | 93% | 2013-04-06 |
14926. | Caleb (caleb_80) | 77.74 | 98% | 2024-04-05 |
14927. | Smilax (smilax_09) | 77.74 | 96% | 2023-05-16 |
14928. | Oscar (ovallner) | 77.74 | 97% | 2016-04-09 |
14929. | Nathan (bananamilk9) | 77.74 | 97% | 2018-12-13 |
14930. | Alan (alanschafer) | 77.73 | 95% | 2024-02-16 |
14931. | Uno (typesmacker) | 77.73 | 96.5% | 2024-02-26 |
14932. | Manol (ari3s) | 77.73 | 98% | 2021-11-24 |
14933. | Dale (jammie_dodger) | 77.73 | 96% | 2017-01-15 |
14934. | Shawn (swampert360) | 77.73 | 93% | 2014-06-14 |
14935. | racer (bubblestwrap) | 77.72 | 96% | 2022-04-22 |
14936. | DxB (phantoma) | 77.72 | 96% | 2013-10-05 |
14937. | yixuan (ixuan) | 77.72 | 96% | 2021-08-29 |
14938. | gost (akasyh) | 77.72 | 97% | 2019-10-11 |
14939. | ShakenNotStirred (shakennot... | 77.72 | 98% | 2015-05-25 |
14940. | Hamiz (popega) | 77.71 | 96% | 2024-01-16 |
14941. | banana (bananacat72) | 77.71 | 98% | 2022-10-05 |
14942. | Des (desl) | 77.71 | 97% | 2022-02-10 |
14943. | M. (abdulmuhsee) | 77.71 | 94% | 2013-09-06 |
14944. | Falerian (rifleon) | 77.71 | 97% | 2018-06-13 |
14945. | SpartanerTom (spartanertom) | 77.71 | 98% | 2013-09-10 |
14946. | Sakib (mahmud1) | 77.71 | 98% | 2019-03-14 |
14947. | Sean (betterthancstein) | 77.71 | 93% | 2015-08-27 |
14948. | hhqefyccoctqybskkt (hhqefyc... | 77.70 | 97.3% | 2023-12-16 |
14949. | Jaden (stxatix) | 77.70 | 96% | 2022-01-13 |
14950. | Tomoasdf (tomoasdf) | 77.70 | 97% | 2021-01-16 |
14951. | Ben (lampost) | 77.70 | 98% | 2022-04-25 |
14952. | Ren (yozj) | 77.70 | 96% | 2017-02-06 |
14953. | Tasha (tashadimps) | 77.70 | 95% | 2012-07-02 |
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 |