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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11659. | Zanuh (mrelister) | 83.33 | 96% | 2024-05-04 |
11660. | Chordata (chordata) | 83.33 | 97% | 2012-03-23 |
11661. | T4Forfun (t4forfun) | 83.32 | 97% | 2024-01-15 |
11662. | Aldar Kose (hkoldas) | 83.32 | 95% | 2024-02-09 |
11663. | ⊂( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀)つ (sch... | 83.32 | 98% | 2020-06-02 |
11664. | Andrew (kirbyslayer) | 83.32 | 95% | 2012-06-23 |
11665. | flappybeingslappy (willpow1) | 83.31 | 97% | 2023-12-28 |
11666. | otoniel (nrtrwater) | 83.31 | 98% | 2024-04-13 |
11667. | Nikhil (quill_workman) | 83.31 | 98% | 2023-06-19 |
11668. | BarbBlackburn (3xx8iycrr3xy... | 83.31 | 98% | 2023-09-18 |
11669. | RaspberryPi (don_bartolome) | 83.30 | 98% | 2021-04-15 |
11670. | Timothy (kadisontsh) | 83.30 | 96% | 2017-07-22 |
11671. | rae (thedarkoknight) | 83.30 | 92% | 2017-05-19 |
11672. | Hai (squallhai) | 83.30 | 98% | 2011-11-04 |
11673. | deckador (deckador) | 83.30 | 98% | 2017-05-31 |
11674. | Panduh (_panduh_) | 83.30 | 97% | 2019-04-14 |
11675. | Asif (asif04) | 83.29 | 99% | 2023-06-16 |
11676. | Mario (lemario) | 83.29 | 97% | 2024-01-07 |
11677. | Gwude (gwude) | 83.29 | 96% | 2022-05-25 |
11678. | Avinash (avinashmx7) | 83.29 | 98.1% | 2024-01-16 |
11679. | July (phi4069) | 83.29 | 98% | 2020-04-10 |
11680. | randfee (randfee) | 83.29 | 98% | 2017-02-05 |
11681. | Christian (gimslongvir) | 83.29 | 95% | 2012-04-10 |
11682. | Tyler (tylerwi) | 83.29 | — | 2011-03-11 |
11683. | blast (blastoff15) | 83.29 | 99% | 2021-05-24 |
11684. | J-Money (jacobbeaudway) | 83.28 | 97% | 2023-09-06 |
11685. | Andrew (monochromeocean) | 83.28 | 97% | 2022-02-01 |
11686. | huddled (haraldgb) | 83.28 | 98% | 2022-10-04 |
11687. | Fredrik (fur3x) | 83.28 | 89% | 2013-05-11 |
11688. | Chookat (chookat) | 83.28 | 95% | 2015-08-30 |
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 |