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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15588. | ZeRandom (fastnt) | 75.95 | 98% | 2021-10-14 |
15589. | d (dafeiji) | 75.95 | 95% | 2018-11-16 |
15590. | Sami (race_for_u) | 75.95 | 95% | 2012-11-18 |
15591. | Doreen Zhao (tyson_straight) | 75.95 | 89% | 2013-10-23 |
15592. | Alex (xandero) | 75.94 | 96% | 2024-03-08 |
15593. | wishiwasalt (wishiwasalt) | 75.94 | 99% | 2024-01-01 |
15594. | irene (iryy_890) | 75.94 | 96% | 2023-10-06 |
15595. | Amit (amtijais) | 75.94 | 96% | 2023-03-28 |
15596. | Tyrone (1shotmacro) | 75.94 | 91% | 2012-10-18 |
15597. | Zeph (ringofonion) | 75.94 | 97% | 2020-09-26 |
15598. | Werner (wernerstucky) | 75.94 | 95% | 2015-08-20 |
15599. | Marc (exorbis) | 75.93 | 90% | 2015-08-02 |
15600. | PavliPatch (pavlipatch) | 75.93 | 96% | 2021-12-21 |
15601. | cL (cynibro) | 75.93 | 95% | 2019-05-27 |
15602. | Teen (teenunicorn) | 75.93 | 93% | 2016-01-01 |
15603. | Jan (luke_suster) | 75.93 | 97% | 2014-09-20 |
15604. | R (rsrado) | 75.92 | 98% | 2024-03-05 |
15605. | cfeb (cfeb) | 75.92 | 98% | 2023-12-13 |
15606. | Draven (daniel4o0) | 75.92 | 97% | 2019-02-13 |
15607. | Inne (lonxonko) | 75.92 | 97.4% | 2024-01-28 |
15608. | George (meanong) | 75.92 | 98% | 2024-04-01 |
15609. | Wes (wracer) | 75.92 | 97% | 2020-08-29 |
15610. | Daniel (diltsman) | 75.92 | 98.6% | 2021-02-14 |
15611. | Tyler (pimpsalot) | 75.92 | — | 2010-11-10 |
15612. | Ruy (r_souza) | 75.92 | 94% | 2017-03-24 |
15613. | Pulse (pulsechase) | 75.92 | 97% | 2013-06-03 |
15614. | Nahuatl_19650 (asanch5169) | 75.92 | 91% | 2017-02-11 |
15615. | Skalk (skalk) | 75.91 | 95.8% | 2021-02-21 |
15616. | tmolls312 (tmolls313) | 75.91 | 97% | 2023-12-27 |
15617. | Stefan (cigol) | 75.91 | 99% | 2022-02-08 |
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 |