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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9036. | Streyt (streyt) | 88.71 | 97% | 2011-06-21 |
9037. | Trent (trentono) | 88.71 | 99% | 2016-06-28 |
9038. | Sam (realsamxu) | 88.71 | 98% | 2019-01-11 |
9039. | Allan (ajdx88) | 88.70 | 96% | 2017-10-04 |
9040. | William (tea_chan) | 88.70 | 97% | 2022-05-06 |
9041. | Shrwd (shrwd) | 88.69 | 96% | 2019-01-04 |
9042. | Bryan (bmoney217) | 88.69 | 98% | 2023-07-22 |
9043. | Typey (typeytyper) | 88.69 | 95% | 2012-03-14 |
9044. | Minjae (minjaesong) | 88.69 | 97% | 2018-03-16 |
9045. | Andrew (xj04129) | 88.69 | 98% | 2021-11-06 |
9046. | Andrew (entranco) | 88.68 | 96% | 2021-01-15 |
9047. | BigShow (mrkrakenthe1st) | 88.68 | 97% | 2022-03-06 |
9048. | robbie (robbie1) | 88.68 | — | 2010-12-21 |
9049. | Lefu (l1298) | 88.68 | 96% | 2016-05-11 |
9050. | Erik (ish4) | 88.68 | 93% | 2015-02-22 |
9051. | Austin (galactiac) | 88.68 | 97% | 2022-01-11 |
9052. | Jiaying (jiaying) | 88.67 | 96% | 2023-03-27 |
9053. | Sorin (tur7le0010) | 88.67 | 98% | 2021-01-13 |
9054. | dylan (dylannorng) | 88.67 | 97% | 2021-07-10 |
9055. | Soul (soulapple) | 88.67 | 97% | 2011-08-08 |
9056. | Hmm (sironronron) | 88.67 | 96% | 2017-07-16 |
9057. | aoki (ice273) | 88.67 | 98% | 2013-05-08 |
9058. | Anthony (avchen) | 88.66 | 94% | 2015-03-03 |
9059. | jacques (the_quick_brown_fox) | 88.65 | 97% | 2024-01-06 |
9060. | Sherry (cherrysu) | 88.64 | 97% | 2012-08-06 |
9061. | Sssaajj (sanjisan) | 88.64 | 98% | 2023-06-06 |
9062. | Orante (orante) | 88.64 | 95% | 2021-06-18 |
9063. | blade (sagirii) | 88.64 | 97% | 2021-01-13 |
9064. | Joanna (joanna_josie) | 88.64 | 95% | 2012-12-16 |
9065. | Zeyad (zeyad22) | 88.64 | 98% | 2020-05-21 |
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 |