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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28346. | Nilabjo (3genuski) | 54.11 | 93% | 2013-09-29 |
28347. | Tobi (tofi98) | 54.11 | 90% | 2015-02-24 |
28348. | Linh (linh_safi) | 54.11 | 96% | 2023-11-28 |
28349. | Wazih Abdullah (slow_wazih) | 54.10 | 95% | 2023-11-30 |
28350. | Hieu (hieu_96) | 54.10 | 93% | 2013-08-03 |
28351. | Ilya (il__ya) | 54.10 | 94% | 2012-06-30 |
28352. | Reyli (reyli) | 54.09 | 93% | 2017-05-02 |
28353. | Gaurav (amigauravsingh) | 54.09 | 95.8% | 2023-12-14 |
28354. | Nick (sliceandice) | 54.09 | 95.1% | 2024-01-01 |
28355. | Abby (abbydes13) | 54.09 | 96% | 2021-04-26 |
28356. | Rudolf (grudi) | 54.09 | 96% | 2013-08-14 |
28357. | Jags (jags_0101) | 54.09 | 93% | 2015-10-13 |
28358. | Stercus (hemantkatiyar) | 54.08 | 94% | 2013-06-19 |
28359. | Deep (dsg16) | 54.07 | 96.6% | 2023-11-27 |
28360. | alex (pluto3324) | 54.07 | 96% | 2021-03-18 |
28361. | Funeral Party (scudvirus2018) | 54.07 | 97% | 2021-04-03 |
28362. | Saikiran (sai_kiran_07) | 54.06 | 95% | 2022-08-03 |
28363. | Novian (novian) | 54.06 | 93% | 2016-10-01 |
28364. | Jatin (jatingarg) | 54.06 | 97% | 2020-12-10 |
28365. | Ed (zimmy) | 54.06 | — | 2010-11-08 |
28366. | Nicolai (niccofyren) | 54.06 | 95% | 2016-09-01 |
28367. | Ron (idobbyy) | 54.05 | 95% | 2023-12-27 |
28368. | Madhu (madhugul) | 54.05 | 97.7% | 2023-11-12 |
28369. | Luki_essa (lukiessa) | 54.05 | 95.9% | 2023-11-19 |
28370. | Romar (romarpatacsil) | 54.05 | 93% | 2012-09-26 |
28371. | Faizan (fmahmood) | 54.05 | 96% | 2013-01-30 |
28372. | Xi (cenariusxz) | 54.05 | 93% | 2017-06-02 |
28373. | zakir (zakirhossen) | 54.04 | 95% | 2023-09-02 |
28374. | lynn (lynnsweetspineda) | 54.04 | 95% | 2022-03-09 |
28375. | James (ryandaryno) | 54.04 | 98% | 2021-05-13 |
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 |