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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2554. | Stalactic (stalactic) | 111.18 | 97% | 2015-11-10 |
2555. | Luka (sercasm) | 111.17 | 99% | 2021-03-19 |
2556. | ..... (baskoroi) | 111.16 | 95% | 2014-11-30 |
2557. | Aria (ariarr) | 111.15 | 96% | 2014-05-20 |
2558. | Kerb (kerby_berby) | 111.13 | 97% | 2022-01-08 |
2559. | Clover (clover25) | 111.13 | — | 2010-08-15 |
2560. | Zac (zacharris) | 111.12 | 98% | 2018-08-31 |
2561. | Kelvin (onodoro) | 111.12 | 98% | 2019-02-10 |
2562. | fat (fatlard) | 111.10 | 96% | 2012-01-20 |
2563. | Egmont (lofstphe) | 111.08 | 97% | 2012-06-21 |
2564. | Kevin (kevinsun242) | 111.07 | 99% | 2013-12-18 |
2565. | Kim (chipmonger) | 111.07 | 99% | 2023-06-29 |
2566. | treefiddy (treefiddy69) | 111.07 | 96% | 2012-11-15 |
2567. | Disambiguous (disambiguous) | 111.04 | 99% | 2022-07-14 |
2568. | asd (duzai) | 111.04 | 95% | 2014-07-03 |
2569. | Kevin (ksun48) | 111.04 | 99% | 2020-12-25 |
2570. | Lucas (thewiz) | 111.03 | — | 2011-02-03 |
2571. | ender (_ender_) | 111.03 | 97% | 2015-03-20 |
2572. | . (hanthedude) | 111.01 | 99% | 2020-11-03 |
2573. | raine (raneksi) | 111.00 | 93% | 2012-03-24 |
2574. | Philip (philj_) | 110.99 | 98% | 2022-09-01 |
2575. | unmadeused (unmadeused) | 110.98 | 99% | 2022-10-01 |
2576. | Tôm (tomthecat94) | 110.98 | 93% | 2012-05-20 |
2577. | Dan (plagueis) | 110.98 | 98% | 2016-12-03 |
2578. | Joe (abnormallylargesquirrel) | 110.98 | 98% | 2014-07-29 |
2579. | SanderD (sanderd) | 110.97 | — | 2010-11-19 |
2580. | x (mxlxdx) | 110.97 | 100% | 2019-06-25 |
2581. | YJ (hanguoren) | 110.96 | 97% | 2021-01-14 |
2582. | tired (jlam55555) | 110.96 | 99% | 2020-05-28 |
2583. | Donald (dhonuill) | 110.95 | 98% | 2014-10-05 |
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 |