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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28952. | Chirag (crg91) | 53.07 | 89% | 2012-01-25 |
28953. | Vivek (vkpunique) | 53.06 | 98% | 2021-01-06 |
28954. | Merrie (mhareschs) | 53.05 | 93% | 2014-10-19 |
28955. | Rob (rmsare) | 53.05 | 92% | 2016-11-14 |
28956. | dmna17 (dzone) | 53.05 | 91% | 2016-07-07 |
28957. | Ammar (aur0ra) | 53.04 | 96.8% | 2023-12-04 |
28958. | Carla (cgalarza) | 53.04 | — | 2010-07-06 |
28959. | Daniel (shifu254) | 53.04 | 95% | 2019-09-10 |
28960. | JR (jr18) | 53.04 | 95% | 2011-09-13 |
28961. | catchpatch (catchpatch) | 53.04 | 93% | 2013-08-23 |
28962. | ora (oraz123) | 53.03 | 96% | 2023-12-13 |
28963. | fjfrancis (fjfrancis) | 53.03 | 94% | 2023-08-28 |
28964. | tstats[sirpudwhip] (sirpudw... | 53.03 | 89% | 2016-12-25 |
28965. | Rufin (uruzraido) | 53.03 | 97% | 2018-01-02 |
28966. | pang (pangjingen) | 53.03 | 95% | 2018-07-25 |
28967. | Jacky Lim (kingfinger) | 53.02 | 91% | 2013-05-23 |
28968. | Keith (hiimmiku) | 53.01 | 95% | 2017-10-01 |
28969. | Sam (bobfreely93) | 53.01 | 97% | 2022-12-20 |
28970. | Mirtininkas (mirtininkas) | 53.01 | 95% | 2021-12-16 |
28971. | PatrickSVM (patrick_svm) | 53.01 | 95% | 2023-12-18 |
28972. | Temirlan (bthero) | 53.01 | 93% | 2016-11-18 |
28973. | Mohammed (drmfmsa) | 53.01 | 87% | 2012-08-04 |
28974. | Jag (jag02) | 53.01 | — | 2010-06-09 |
28975. | Gorod Krovi (ch3wy) | 53.00 | 96% | 2024-01-20 |
28976. | Paul (paulm_drive) | 53.00 | 98% | 2014-02-22 |
28977. | Vuong (alamin) | 53.00 | — | 2010-06-22 |
28978. | Emily (emi1ly7) | 52.99 | 97% | 2024-02-19 |
28979. | Meta (meta_x0) | 52.99 | 96.5% | 2023-12-16 |
28980. | Marc (marcssayan) | 52.99 | 95% | 2014-10-20 |
28981. | Madhu (mathumathik) | 52.99 | 94% | 2017-06-07 |
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 |