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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11156. | Stephen (stephen_17) | 84.04 | 97% | 2013-12-04 |
11157. | karim (karimovic) | 84.04 | 97% | 2018-08-11 |
11158. | Ren (reitanna) | 84.03 | 97% | 2024-02-12 |
11159. | mo (stoney_freckles) | 84.03 | 97% | 2022-08-17 |
11160. | Order (orderadchaos) | 84.03 | 96% | 2022-01-06 |
11161. | NinerSechs (neunsechszwei) | 84.03 | 94% | 2014-09-29 |
11162. | Colozuz (erickjulvan) | 84.03 | 95% | 2016-01-07 |
11163. | Crouton (a99966) | 84.03 | 94% | 2015-03-12 |
11164. | Big Albert (bigalbertpickle... | 84.02 | 93.7% | 2024-01-09 |
11165. | Luffy (lutf) | 84.02 | 98% | 2023-12-10 |
11166. | Mangekyou (double_mangekyou) | 84.02 | 97% | 2021-05-20 |
11167. | Franco (rubikute) | 84.02 | 99% | 2022-06-26 |
11168. | PaceDJ (djpace) | 84.02 | 98% | 2013-10-17 |
11169. | P (prusswan) | 84.02 | 95% | 2011-12-16 |
11170. | Goscinny (goscinny) | 84.02 | 98% | 2017-10-12 |
11171. | Max (mcmax92) | 84.02 | 89% | 2016-08-20 |
11172. | Slim (slimshady2000) | 84.01 | 96% | 2022-08-25 |
11173. | Jotaro (udetha) | 84.01 | 98% | 2023-02-07 |
11174. | Yom (yomuro) | 84.01 | 95% | 2013-09-24 |
11175. | 6741 (6741) | 84.01 | 97% | 2013-07-20 |
11176. | george (deziire) | 84.00 | 98% | 2023-12-29 |
11177. | Blank (ct7567) | 84.00 | 96.5% | 2021-02-20 |
11178. | Mqrius (Colemak) (mqrius) | 84.00 | 99% | 2013-04-25 |
11179. | zyoda (zyoda) | 84.00 | 93% | 2013-05-28 |
11180. | tYpErAcEr (typeracerracer) | 84.00 | 97% | 2015-03-28 |
11181. | Nick (saumera) | 84.00 | 99% | 2015-11-23 |
11182. | Tommy B (tommyb02) | 83.99 | 98% | 2024-04-18 |
11183. | Seth (supernova825) | 83.99 | 97.9% | 2023-12-13 |
11184. | Shivam Rai (shivamrai162) | 83.99 | 96% | 2023-08-17 |
11185. | JoshAlfred (joshalfred) | 83.99 | 98% | 2012-07-25 |
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 |