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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29586. | Abel (doubleaa_13) | 52.12 | 93% | 2014-12-06 |
29587. | Dustin (dustin099) | 52.12 | 95% | 2018-04-01 |
29588. | Cuong (cuongle1911) | 52.12 | 90% | 2014-06-07 |
29589. | Gaurav_GS (gsingh01234) | 52.12 | 95% | 2018-02-06 |
29590. | thyleak (tleak) | 52.12 | 94% | 2012-04-03 |
29591. | dayy (lordie) | 52.11 | 97% | 2022-04-17 |
29592. | Tobias (tobiassmithjr) | 52.11 | 95% | 2020-06-10 |
29593. | Connor (cmcl) | 52.11 | 97% | 2021-06-07 |
29594. | Nuoni (oceanpony) | 52.11 | 93% | 2015-03-16 |
29595. | Vance (vanceblack) | 52.11 | 97% | 2017-01-08 |
29596. | Brokelyn (brokelynprincess) | 52.10 | 94% | 2018-03-13 |
29597. | jorge (jluissuzuki) | 52.10 | 88% | 2012-02-25 |
29598. | Hannah (daughterofchrist) | 52.09 | 96% | 2019-08-09 |
29599. | Lias (lias_482) | 52.08 | 96% | 2023-01-24 |
29600. | Mithil (mith_dog) | 52.08 | 96% | 2022-01-13 |
29601. | Sarafraj (sarafraj) | 52.08 | 97% | 2023-12-19 |
29602. | Sylvia (sylborla) | 52.07 | 98% | 2024-03-12 |
29603. | Shashank Nigam (lucifer9747) | 52.06 | 96% | 2024-01-04 |
29604. | Danger Lala (taplu) | 52.05 | 95.5% | 2024-04-11 |
29605. | grego2612 (grego2612) | 52.05 | 99% | 2016-09-26 |
29606. | Christian (loggityloglog) | 52.05 | 95% | 2019-04-26 |
29607. | Mazzy (baylon) | 52.05 | 95% | 2014-10-26 |
29608. | dadacin (dadacin) | 52.04 | 95% | 2023-01-13 |
29609. | Thobi (tombibby10) | 52.04 | 93% | 2021-01-19 |
29610. | ApK99 (a_pk) | 52.04 | 97% | 2023-11-15 |
29611. | Amateur (rosie_081122) | 52.04 | 99% | 2021-03-04 |
29612. | dinesh (dinesh__) | 52.04 | 94% | 2016-01-03 |
29613. | Eric (reefguzzler) | 52.04 | 94% | 2015-11-12 |
29614. | Christina (cmkl85) | 52.04 | 95% | 2015-07-07 |
29615. | Kyle (kyle0608) | 52.03 | 96% | 2024-01-28 |
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 |