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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10810. | Hrant (hrant0) | 85.04 | 98% | 2021-11-03 |
10811. | Djovak (saebilopicke) | 85.04 | 96% | 2016-11-17 |
10812. | Alessio (alnav) | 85.04 | 95% | 2014-03-26 |
10813. | Ari (flooding) | 85.03 | 98% | 2024-05-17 |
10814. | Zend (zend1337) | 85.03 | 96% | 2023-11-26 |
10815. | Angélica (angie10410) | 85.03 | 95% | 2015-03-18 |
10816. | Mark (legendoniance) | 85.02 | 92% | 2016-01-09 |
10817. | Rob (destructo91) | 85.02 | 96% | 2017-09-17 |
10818. | 🐌 (lokshunhung) | 85.02 | 98% | 2020-03-26 |
10819. | Nikolaj (chizaque) | 85.02 | 94% | 2016-02-08 |
10820. | ThaBlackRose (thablackrose) | 85.02 | 91% | 2014-01-31 |
10821. | AimSpy (aimspy) | 85.01 | 99% | 2022-12-06 |
10822. | therobbed (therobbed) | 85.01 | 95% | 2023-03-13 |
10823. | King (lil_bygone) | 85.01 | 99% | 2018-07-09 |
10824. | Balazs (blazehills) | 85.01 | 92% | 2012-11-29 |
10825. | Leandro (darklbp) | 85.01 | 95% | 2017-03-04 |
10826. | Cole (cdmillions) | 85.00 | 97% | 2024-05-02 |
10827. | Chris (fuwasaki) | 85.00 | 97% | 2022-10-25 |
10828. | anya (monarchunder) | 85.00 | 96% | 2021-11-15 |
10829. | George (geoioanid) | 85.00 | 97% | 2020-09-15 |
10830. | Not_Stable (not_stable) | 85.00 | 97% | 2022-03-13 |
10831. | Bög (thebiggay271) | 85.00 | 95% | 2020-10-14 |
10832. | Roberto (mc_grady) | 85.00 | 96% | 2012-01-25 |
10833. | omar (33freezing) | 84.99 | 99% | 2021-01-30 |
10834. | Sonu (intellectualcreatures) | 84.99 | 99% | 2021-05-23 |
10835. | Thiago (thiagofm) | 84.99 | 97% | 2013-07-23 |
10836. | Sam (samuel1112) | 84.99 | 94% | 2017-03-28 |
10837. | Kate (kaprese) | 84.99 | 99% | 2012-06-03 |
10838. | foxieze (jonahcrowlinson) | 84.98 | 96% | 2023-01-04 |
10839. | Siempie30 (siempie30) | 84.98 | 96% | 2024-04-10 |
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 |