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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9195. | Steven (df1337) | 88.41 | 93% | 2011-05-21 |
9196. | Banasiak (dawidxspeeder) | 88.41 | 98% | 2017-06-22 |
9197. | Mina (minamonster) | 88.41 | 95% | 2012-02-08 |
9198. | bananatechnician (bananatec... | 88.40 | 96.6% | 2023-12-23 |
9199. | Spacer (spacertesting) | 88.40 | 97% | 2023-12-19 |
9200. | Sze Ying (dexinfan) | 88.40 | 95% | 2014-06-26 |
9201. | GodOfTheMetal (godofthemetal) | 88.40 | 99% | 2024-02-22 |
9202. | Agi (aginamon) | 88.40 | 98.5% | 2023-12-14 |
9203. | Blaine (aurot) | 88.40 | 93% | 2014-07-18 |
9204. | Cortello (cortello) | 88.40 | 95% | 2012-10-13 |
9205. | Bob (goatnotsheep) | 88.39 | — | 2010-10-02 |
9206. | tylgo (tylgo) | 88.39 | 97% | 2021-06-09 |
9207. | Daniel (danie1) | 88.39 | 98% | 2023-10-27 |
9208. | bws (russianpinoy) | 88.39 | 99% | 2019-03-22 |
9209. | Ikstym (ikstym) | 88.39 | 90% | 2016-02-22 |
9210. | JPepperwood (jpepperwood) | 88.39 | 96% | 2016-05-20 |
9211. | J (lyucypher) | 88.38 | 98% | 2024-03-27 |
9212. | chow (mrchowster) | 88.38 | 95% | 2016-10-31 |
9213. | Isaac (asapoya) | 88.38 | 97% | 2023-02-09 |
9214. | Hung (hung0702) | 88.38 | 97% | 2020-03-12 |
9215. | Brecken (breck1234) | 88.38 | 99% | 2021-03-08 |
9216. | Stan (generalstan) | 88.38 | 98% | 2014-01-08 |
9217. | Spyros (soulis) | 88.38 | 96% | 2015-07-09 |
9218. | jeff (scor) | 88.38 | 96% | 2014-03-02 |
9219. | Irene (decemberbabe) | 88.38 | 98% | 2011-05-31 |
9220. | AziziAziz (ziziaziz) | 88.37 | 99% | 2024-03-18 |
9221. | thefallenrat (_rat_) | 88.37 | 99% | 2016-09-14 |
9222. | Ai (aibah) | 88.37 | 97% | 2022-03-01 |
9223. | mustang (mustang51) | 88.37 | 97% | 2019-09-25 |
9224. | old profile (supremexd) | 88.37 | 93% | 2012-04-30 |
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 |