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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11982. | tstats[kaitokidokuroba] (ka... | 82.79 | 97% | 2019-10-28 |
11983. | Sunkist (oktobiantodp) | 82.78 | 97% | 2023-04-09 |
11984. | lilililpy (lilililpy) | 82.78 | 95% | 2019-07-29 |
11985. | fufexan (fufexan) | 82.78 | 97% | 2022-06-19 |
11986. | Jill (jillblack) | 82.78 | 97% | 2022-05-30 |
11987. | 2Centuries (marwankhaled) | 82.78 | 97% | 2022-02-13 |
11988. | From0ToHero (lordmeliodas) | 82.78 | 97% | 2019-12-09 |
11989. | Vishal (vishuboy) | 82.78 | 97% | 2011-05-15 |
11990. | IM (slowandslow) | 82.78 | 97% | 2013-09-20 |
11991. | Ziggy (antioch) | 82.78 | 97% | 2013-04-10 |
11992. | Huy (kenvjnkute) | 82.78 | 95% | 2016-04-06 |
11993. | Tomas (tritz) | 82.77 | 97% | 2021-01-27 |
11994. | Drei (dreilacadin) | 82.77 | 98% | 2021-05-22 |
11995. | pap (papasi) | 82.77 | 98% | 2013-10-01 |
11996. | Russell (redsnake02) | 82.77 | 95% | 2017-05-03 |
11997. | Courtney (courtney_p86) | 82.77 | 97% | 2012-11-04 |
11998. | Dxstiny (saadgodly) | 82.76 | 95% | 2021-04-02 |
11999. | flaskur (flaskur) | 82.76 | 98% | 2021-01-27 |
12000. | DeeFly (deefly) | 82.76 | 96% | 2019-12-04 |
12001. | Annonymous (shahzad458) | 82.76 | 94% | 2015-04-11 |
12002. | Joe (rocco53) | 82.76 | — | 2010-09-22 |
12003. | Joshua (bigj0sh) | 82.76 | 98% | 2016-01-27 |
12004. | Shaur (shaur_herng) | 82.75 | 97.1% | 2023-11-29 |
12005. | use an appropriate name (ar... | 82.75 | 97.3% | 2023-12-04 |
12006. | hot (hotsingle) | 82.75 | 98.3% | 2023-12-10 |
12007. | iam rock (iam_rock) | 82.75 | 96% | 2024-03-13 |
12008. | Georgi (cybersicherheit) | 82.75 | 95% | 2015-04-03 |
12009. | Spaaaaaagheti (spagheti) | 82.75 | 96% | 2019-07-23 |
12010. | Tae (fartbox18) | 82.74 | 98% | 2021-12-08 |
12011. | n00b (gimape07) | 82.74 | 98% | 2024-01-15 |
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 |