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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16224. | Felipe (saywut) | 75.09 | 98% | 2015-02-21 |
16225. | Peter (pero_k4) | 75.09 | 95% | 2014-07-16 |
16226. | sveros2001 (sveros2) | 75.08 | 95% | 2024-02-10 |
16227. | Jacek (akintos) | 75.08 | 95% | 2022-02-05 |
16228. | FlyAtNight (flyonkeyboard) | 75.08 | 97.7% | 2023-12-02 |
16229. | Stelister (stelister) | 75.08 | 96% | 2024-03-25 |
16230. | Jimi (shadron) | 75.08 | 97% | 2020-11-10 |
16231. | nick (colleyferdez) | 75.08 | 96% | 2014-07-09 |
16232. | mh (mhqwerty) | 75.07 | 97% | 2024-04-12 |
16233. | youngjeffy (kaoxiaojie) | 75.07 | 97.3% | 2023-12-13 |
16234. | Steven (seteven95) | 75.07 | 97.4% | 2023-12-18 |
16235. | rdnblg (rdnblg2) | 75.07 | 96% | 2022-07-10 |
16236. | Dulguun (dulguun_) | 75.07 | 95.5% | 2023-11-13 |
16237. | Mikael (mikaelcz) | 75.07 | 95% | 2015-07-30 |
16238. | Keoven (nelvindriz) | 75.07 | 98% | 2014-01-12 |
16239. | Madhur (madhurrajn) | 75.07 | — | 2010-11-22 |
16240. | Eetu (woltti) | 75.06 | 95% | 2024-03-14 |
16241. | Morp (8211morp) | 75.06 | 96% | 2024-02-03 |
16242. | Princetoony Azim (princeazim) | 75.06 | 99% | 2024-01-15 |
16243. | Textrovert (zasekle) | 75.06 | 97.5% | 2023-10-05 |
16244. | James (jrm371) | 75.06 | 95% | 2021-01-13 |
16245. | Jericho (typersimon) | 75.06 | 96% | 2021-01-18 |
16246. | Yuganshu (yuganshu) | 75.06 | 96% | 2018-11-20 |
16247. | Imme (immevdb) | 75.06 | 99% | 2018-10-05 |
16248. | Liam (liam236) | 75.06 | 98% | 2019-01-09 |
16249. | pi3_14 (pi3_14) | 75.05 | 96% | 2023-12-02 |
16250. | diamondreflect (diamondrefl... | 75.05 | 97.7% | 2023-11-26 |
16251. | Jovan (megpoidnebri) | 75.05 | 92% | 2017-04-21 |
16252. | mYTo (abhinay_ramineni) | 75.05 | 96% | 2023-09-29 |
16253. | TeMyOnG (mellin) | 75.05 | 94% | 2011-04-06 |
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 |