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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7284. | Guest (colorblindpilot) | 93.12 | 99% | 2016-12-28 |
7285. | Christina (bahserte) | 93.12 | 99% | 2012-03-13 |
7286. | brandaniels (toesinmyfeet) | 93.11 | 97% | 2019-11-25 |
7287. | Pranav Shetty (prawny_0) | 93.10 | 97.9% | 2024-01-23 |
7288. | Alinda (alindacheung) | 93.10 | 97% | 2020-04-14 |
7289. | Om (omsharma612) | 93.10 | 97% | 2023-03-27 |
7290. | Timothy (chokehech) | 93.10 | 96% | 2016-08-26 |
7291. | Dovid (dymusicguy) | 93.10 | 94% | 2015-05-21 |
7292. | Ev (finev) | 93.10 | 99% | 2014-12-15 |
7293. | Mike (kelinu) | 93.10 | 93% | 2012-03-04 |
7294. | JaMussCraft (jamusscraft) | 93.09 | 97.5% | 2023-11-28 |
7295. | a (suk_) | 93.09 | 97% | 2021-03-09 |
7296. | Mick (mickyuille) | 93.09 | 95% | 2011-12-27 |
7297. | Will (wkwon93) | 93.09 | 98% | 2017-06-14 |
7298. | LurN (lurn) | 93.09 | 94% | 2014-02-09 |
7299. | Nicholas (hyping4typing) | 93.08 | 96% | 2014-07-29 |
7300. | X (humanoidn) | 93.07 | 98.6% | 2024-01-05 |
7301. | Will (willist) | 93.07 | 96% | 2021-11-11 |
7302. | Spencer (spencer_) | 93.07 | 98% | 2023-12-15 |
7303. | Anthony (avt5678) | 93.07 | 98% | 2023-06-25 |
7304. | John (xjohnbx) | 93.07 | 97% | 2015-04-13 |
7305. | RakibimTHY (tekrakibimthy) | 93.07 | 94% | 2014-12-29 |
7306. | Hargreaves (hargreaves) | 93.07 | 98% | 2019-02-11 |
7307. | dhikshith (dhikshith) | 93.06 | 98% | 2022-05-22 |
7308. | Juro (seijuro808) | 93.06 | 98% | 2012-11-24 |
7309. | superman (lavee_singh) | 93.06 | 97% | 2015-12-09 |
7310. | Ryan (mast2143) | 93.05 | 98% | 2019-08-09 |
7311. | jhon (burnerjhon) | 93.05 | 97.2% | 2024-01-10 |
7312. | Ivan (big_ivan) | 93.05 | 96% | 2022-02-11 |
7313. | Joe (paul_allen) | 93.05 | 95% | 2016-02-04 |
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 |