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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31062. | cf (hcf001) | 39.70 | 95% | 2022-02-22 |
31063. | Ann-Sophie Declercq (anso07) | 39.69 | 94% | 2023-12-03 |
31064. | Ali (iemaly) | 39.55 | 93.5% | 2024-04-09 |
31065. | Kaz (zbrunner1) | 39.55 | 91% | 2022-01-31 |
31066. | Pri (prii) | 39.51 | 94% | 2020-06-23 |
31067. | The_coder (python_coder) | 39.50 | 92% | 2020-11-05 |
31068. | Ella (puppieb) | 39.47 | 94% | 2017-12-03 |
31069. | Irtiza (tizababy) | 39.35 | 95% | 2020-12-28 |
31070. | Bekhzod (bekhzod) | 39.35 | 94% | 2021-03-30 |
31071. | Kevin (kevin_reynaldo) | 39.34 | 90% | 2016-05-03 |
31072. | Nhat (mn2brightsun) | 39.31 | 89% | 2011-06-05 |
31073. | Theonekurt (theonekurt) | 39.24 | 94% | 2021-05-12 |
31074. | Linda (lsnyder) | 39.14 | — | 2010-09-22 |
31075. | new (newbie777) | 39.13 | — | 2010-11-09 |
31076. | ᗜ (stenick) | 39.12 | 92% | 2018-07-15 |
31077. | Laurenzo (laurenzoo) | 39.09 | 92% | 2021-03-09 |
31078. | Skywolf (heheskywolf) | 39.07 | 92% | 2020-05-03 |
31079. | Shinagi (shinagi) | 39.06 | 93.9% | 2023-12-10 |
31080. | Marcus (marcusteo2) | 39.05 | 95% | 2021-03-09 |
31081. | weldon (welison) | 39.02 | 95% | 2021-02-28 |
31082. | Khwaja (waqaskhwaja7624) | 38.99 | 95% | 2024-02-25 |
31083. | Miya (miyamotomusakey) | 38.96 | 96% | 2023-01-27 |
31084. | Ghazanfar (ghazanfar6121) | 38.95 | 92% | 2015-10-10 |
31085. | Cody (thesaltyviking) | 38.92 | 96% | 2020-04-29 |
31086. | Zubair (zubidoobi) | 38.91 | 88% | 2014-03-26 |
31087. | frank (2ndchoice) | 38.87 | 93% | 2020-08-28 |
31088. | "(◕‿◕)" (rocky_pogi) | 38.82 | 81% | 2011-10-28 |
31089. | R4ven (r4ven) | 38.81 | 96% | 2021-01-08 |
31090. | Anton (hoovett) | 38.78 | 98% | 2024-02-11 |
31091. | Kayleigh (kayleigh_denise) | 38.74 | 92% | 2014-07-07 |
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 |