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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28417. | Yitoo (yitoo_a) | 53.36 | 96% | 2023-05-19 |
28418. | Amoon (_amoon19) | 53.36 | 98% | 2021-04-03 |
28419. | Nirmith (nirmith_akash) | 53.35 | 92% | 2023-05-07 |
28420. | Christiano (christiano_rona... | 53.35 | 96% | 2021-11-11 |
28421. | Kocsis (tisq13) | 53.35 | 95% | 2022-02-19 |
28422. | slowwwwwwwwww (catalyst1985) | 53.35 | 98% | 2016-07-25 |
28423. | James (watashiii) | 53.34 | 95% | 2024-01-20 |
28424. | 8N (_8n_) | 53.34 | 93% | 2022-03-04 |
28425. | Ajitesh (adji2057) | 53.33 | 96% | 2021-01-06 |
28426. | thanh (greenriver) | 53.33 | — | 2010-12-13 |
28427. | Brian (patsby) | 53.33 | 93% | 2014-04-16 |
28428. | Joshtopher (joshtopher) | 53.33 | 94% | 2016-08-12 |
28429. | Droprain (droprain) | 53.32 | 95% | 2024-02-17 |
28430. | Matt (mdcfalcon) | 53.32 | 95% | 2016-08-24 |
28431. | paul (paulzzzz) | 53.32 | 96% | 2015-11-30 |
28432. | Jope (jope) | 53.32 | 92.3% | 2024-01-25 |
28433. | Robert (robertmhf) | 53.31 | 95% | 2013-01-03 |
28434. | Praveen (praveenkj) | 53.30 | 96% | 2016-12-23 |
28435. | airil (airilsra) | 53.30 | 97% | 2017-09-15 |
28436. | Simon (neoneye2) | 53.30 | 97% | 2023-12-26 |
28437. | Van (vanradius) | 53.30 | 95% | 2022-02-14 |
28438. | Robert (rinnyzerg) | 53.30 | 90% | 2013-05-02 |
28439. | M (bravoecho) | 53.29 | 97% | 2012-04-19 |
28440. | BennyLou (bennylou131) | 53.29 | 97% | 2023-05-09 |
28441. | 1 (mutse) | 53.29 | 93% | 2023-03-13 |
28442. | Azerty (_azerty_) | 53.29 | 94% | 2020-12-27 |
28443. | Tamup (tamup) | 53.29 | 95.7% | 2021-02-17 |
28444. | BonG-YaB (seannsen) | 53.29 | 89% | 2012-04-10 |
28445. | l (q_bit) | 53.28 | 94% | 2016-08-07 |
28446. | Binod (binod_magar69) | 53.28 | 95.2% | 2024-01-04 |
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 |