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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18372. | Em (chuchu) | 71.32 | 98% | 2021-09-02 |
18373. | Eicy Mores (moreseicy18) | 71.32 | 93% | 2014-10-11 |
18374. | Bread (jalanorian) | 71.31 | 94% | 2024-01-20 |
18375. | danny (xsoii) | 71.31 | 95% | 2024-02-10 |
18376. | Rubn3 (rubn3) | 71.31 | 94.1% | 2023-10-17 |
18377. | Tom (imtp) | 71.31 | 96% | 2021-01-27 |
18378. | Kenshiro (toxicated) | 71.31 | 94% | 2023-02-09 |
18379. | Nick (lovedanathema) | 71.31 | 94% | 2012-10-09 |
18380. | Alex (smileorange) | 71.31 | 96% | 2018-03-26 |
18381. | Shafaqat (shafaqatali) | 71.31 | 99% | 2012-09-29 |
18382. | Luis Melquiades (luismelqui... | 71.31 | 100% | 2017-07-06 |
18383. | Pouya (pouyal) | 71.30 | 96% | 2024-04-12 |
18384. | Juan (lentin_) | 71.30 | 96% | 2023-06-14 |
18385. | Nick (nickbanderson) | 71.30 | 97% | 2020-03-21 |
18386. | Spencer (badgermanv2) | 71.30 | 98% | 2021-01-17 |
18387. | InfernoHues (infernohues) | 71.30 | 98% | 2022-01-24 |
18388. | Sri Bharath (__aragorn) | 71.29 | 97% | 2023-06-17 |
18389. | Bares3w3 (baresthreewthree) | 71.29 | 97% | 2023-04-04 |
18390. | i like typing (a_hole) | 71.29 | 94% | 2023-07-29 |
18391. | Marnexeultra (marnexe) | 71.29 | 95% | 2020-09-11 |
18392. | ProfessionalCamelRacer (pro... | 71.29 | 93% | 2016-10-06 |
18393. | Jebediah (jebediah144) | 71.29 | 99% | 2019-02-19 |
18394. | skate (skates) | 71.29 | 99% | 2014-08-26 |
18395. | Allie (romulusera) | 71.29 | 94% | 2014-01-10 |
18396. | Al (alalkemist) | 71.29 | 97% | 2013-04-05 |
18397. | adr (poison_pwn) | 71.28 | 96% | 2022-08-31 |
18398. | Jatavious (reborniswhat) | 71.28 | 97% | 2023-12-13 |
18399. | Femke (fffemke) | 71.28 | 97.7% | 2023-09-23 |
18400. | mrooogaboooga (foulackfoula... | 71.28 | 93% | 2016-01-07 |
18401. | Steven (steven3) | 71.28 | 97% | 2018-03-28 |
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 |