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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18561. | Kevin (gkpc) | 71.06 | 94% | 2015-03-11 |
18562. | Vivek (vivthang) | 71.06 | 96% | 2014-10-04 |
18563. | Amanda (uhmanduh) | 71.06 | — | 2011-04-04 |
18564. | Dustin (jebeidiah) | 71.06 | 98% | 2015-09-28 |
18565. | CaptainJsparrow (captian_sp... | 71.05 | 95% | 2024-02-09 |
18566. | San (shinchan_typeracer) | 71.05 | 95.1% | 2023-11-13 |
18567. | Rusty (rustyembers) | 71.05 | 87% | 2016-11-04 |
18568. | Kim Jong-il (a9088391) | 71.05 | 98% | 2017-09-28 |
18569. | Typeracerplays main track O... | 71.05 | 83% | 2016-07-28 |
18570. | Noey (justnoey) | 71.05 | 98% | 2013-12-01 |
18571. | Sollyy (itssollyy) | 71.05 | 95% | 2017-06-07 |
18572. | dom (domeow) | 71.04 | 97% | 2022-10-24 |
18573. | Could be you (cycosniper) | 71.04 | 96% | 2021-01-29 |
18574. | anntz (reaction__) | 71.04 | 97% | 2020-07-22 |
18575. | hanno (busterity) | 71.04 | 95.8% | 2023-12-10 |
18576. | Rjnal (rjnal) | 71.04 | 98% | 2019-06-09 |
18577. | Milo (plaintoast02) | 71.03 | 97% | 2023-12-14 |
18578. | andreas (ansloge) | 71.03 | 98% | 2023-09-11 |
18579. | Andre (lapp13slaf) | 71.03 | 97% | 2023-08-28 |
18580. | Shayan (zackroos) | 71.03 | 98% | 2021-09-18 |
18581. | Emil (killer150398) | 71.03 | 93% | 2014-01-31 |
18582. | Rico (satoshi444) | 71.03 | 96% | 2018-02-13 |
18583. | Flow (vmscode) | 71.02 | 97% | 2023-05-28 |
18584. | Kakeru (kakeru99) | 71.02 | 95% | 2024-03-01 |
18585. | Ziondiac (ziondiac1) | 71.02 | 95.6% | 2023-12-10 |
18586. | jomar (jomar14) | 71.02 | 98% | 2024-01-11 |
18587. | Pigeon (raytracer) | 71.02 | 96% | 2023-12-11 |
18588. | Joseph (pingspoofinq) | 71.02 | 96% | 2021-01-06 |
18589. | Typer (papaisplaying) | 71.02 | 97% | 2022-04-12 |
18590. | Luka (lule15) | 71.02 | 97% | 2022-08-05 |
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 |