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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11508. | Shinji (nagkagrabe7) | 83.37 | 97% | 2021-04-10 |
11509. | Linn (runner_of_the_sun) | 83.37 | 97% | 2012-12-01 |
11510. | mistmanov (mistmanov) | 83.37 | — | 2011-02-23 |
11511. | Happy (ragtag) | 83.37 | — | 2010-09-12 |
11512. | Vishal (v_pandit) | 83.37 | 96% | 2011-10-04 |
11513. | Volker (volkr16) | 83.36 | 96% | 2012-10-31 |
11514. | Vivek (vivekvc) | 83.36 | 96% | 2023-06-13 |
11515. | Black (mommymania) | 83.36 | 97% | 2022-07-10 |
11516. | Ravi Nautiyal (ravi_nautiyal) | 83.36 | 97.5% | 2023-12-22 |
11517. | rubex01 (rubex01) | 83.36 | 97% | 2021-03-24 |
11518. | Jane (slalomwondergirl) | 83.36 | 97% | 2013-09-12 |
11519. | Paul (soonersfan6) | 83.36 | 98% | 2018-12-13 |
11520. | kkek (kkms2) | 83.35 | 97% | 2018-08-04 |
11521. | avi (dude571) | 83.35 | 99% | 2014-04-09 |
11522. | Jad (jadmoushi) | 83.34 | 97% | 2023-12-26 |
11523. | Michael (michaelhau) | 83.34 | 96% | 2020-06-22 |
11524. | Bailey (bbrusca98) | 83.33 | 96% | 2022-02-21 |
11525. | Weiszy (weisz) | 83.33 | 90% | 2017-03-18 |
11526. | ahmed (frizew) | 83.33 | 97% | 2019-12-02 |
11527. | Chordata (chordata) | 83.33 | 97% | 2012-03-23 |
11528. | T4Forfun (t4forfun) | 83.32 | 97% | 2024-01-15 |
11529. | Aldar Kose (hkoldas) | 83.32 | 95% | 2024-02-09 |
11530. | ⊂( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀)つ (sch... | 83.32 | 98% | 2020-06-02 |
11531. | Andrew (kirbyslayer) | 83.32 | 95% | 2012-06-23 |
11532. | flappybeingslappy (willpow1) | 83.31 | 97% | 2023-12-28 |
11533. | Nikhil (quill_workman) | 83.31 | 98% | 2023-06-19 |
11534. | BarbBlackburn (3xx8iycrr3xy... | 83.31 | 98% | 2023-09-18 |
11535. | RaspberryPi (don_bartolome) | 83.30 | 98% | 2021-04-15 |
11536. | Timothy (kadisontsh) | 83.30 | 96% | 2017-07-22 |
11537. | rae (thedarkoknight) | 83.30 | 92% | 2017-05-19 |
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 |