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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30134. | Dan (sandaniel) | 46.60 | 93% | 2012-10-09 |
30135. | Jecht (dark_juice) | 46.60 | 93% | 2012-01-09 |
30136. | Kohl (kantis) | 46.59 | 92% | 2016-05-06 |
30137. | Declan (shakeshaque) | 46.58 | 93% | 2024-02-11 |
30138. | Basel (baselrx7) | 46.58 | 94% | 2022-09-10 |
30139. | Peter (pmdev) | 46.56 | 97.2% | 2023-12-08 |
30140. | Owen (theslumpgodowen) | 46.56 | 92% | 2021-09-10 |
30141. | gaitonde (amul02) | 46.54 | 94.5% | 2021-02-01 |
30142. | Diego (bacu) | 46.52 | 90% | 2015-02-15 |
30143. | sjbssm (sjbssm) | 46.51 | 93.7% | 2023-11-12 |
30144. | bathh (sambat) | 46.51 | 92% | 2020-12-27 |
30145. | lledor (gwapotangtanan) | 46.51 | 86% | 2011-05-11 |
30146. | Pankaj (thepankaj) | 46.50 | 96% | 2020-01-20 |
30147. | shoote (shoote) | 46.49 | 87% | 2014-05-14 |
30148. | Kushagra (kushagra_doodoo) | 46.49 | 93% | 2020-11-07 |
30149. | Pratham (prathamop) | 46.49 | 95% | 2023-02-14 |
30150. | bigboy (skogens) | 46.47 | 96% | 2018-12-06 |
30151. | Kindred (kindredsouls) | 46.47 | 95% | 2024-03-10 |
30152. | Osman Ahmed (duale260) | 46.47 | 96.2% | 2023-11-18 |
30153. | Trace (trace123) | 46.47 | 97% | 2018-10-09 |
30154. | nick (madddmantis) | 46.47 | 94% | 2020-09-13 |
30155. | iYAN-kun (iyankun) | 46.46 | — | 2011-03-15 |
30156. | UrMom (highspeedchase420) | 46.45 | 94% | 2024-03-15 |
30157. | TetraVoltX (wing_x) | 46.45 | 95% | 2021-07-10 |
30158. | Nitin (nitinfrnd5) | 46.43 | 95% | 2012-12-23 |
30159. | Caffeine (caffeinereptile) | 46.42 | 94% | 2020-12-24 |
30160. | Minh (blue002) | 46.40 | 95% | 2024-02-11 |
30161. | Savannah (e_r_) | 46.40 | 95% | 2011-09-23 |
30162. | Sultonkhuja (khodja) | 46.39 | 92% | 2016-01-09 |
30163. | Arafat (arafat_hasan) | 46.39 | 95% | 2022-08-16 |
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 |