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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8272. | Secret (secretshinobi) | 90.36 | 98% | 2021-09-09 |
8273. | tstats[sinkingecstasies] (s... | 90.36 | 98% | 2020-01-12 |
8274. | _(:3) ∠) (neco36) | 90.36 | 96% | 2016-11-23 |
8275. | Jusuf (kz99) | 90.35 | 99% | 2024-03-01 |
8276. | Trenton (ragefast) | 90.35 | 95% | 2015-03-16 |
8277. | edisondotme (annuit02) | 90.35 | 97% | 2020-04-09 |
8278. | Heather (feedtheflames) | 90.35 | 94% | 2014-11-01 |
8279. | A (yarly) | 90.35 | 96% | 2012-02-01 |
8280. | Josh (h3hat3m3) | 90.34 | 97% | 2022-02-20 |
8281. | Anubhav (etra_567) | 90.34 | 97% | 2023-09-25 |
8282. | Charts (charizardpotato) | 90.34 | 98% | 2022-03-27 |
8283. | Josh (jxtu) | 90.34 | 93% | 2014-09-02 |
8284. | Danish (danishamir) | 90.33 | 97% | 2021-08-20 |
8285. | Jack (vaqxination) | 90.33 | 93% | 2013-02-11 |
8286. | Kasper (salared) | 90.33 | 95% | 2015-01-16 |
8287. | Cesar (firer) | 90.33 | 93% | 2011-10-24 |
8288. | Genghis (genghisrex) | 90.32 | 91% | 2015-04-13 |
8289. | Applequestria (applequestria) | 90.32 | 87% | 2013-12-13 |
8290. | Dan (wrightdp) | 90.32 | 96% | 2016-04-20 |
8291. | eminem (victormorph) | 90.32 | 98% | 2011-11-25 |
8292. | Justin (pwnage1000) | 90.31 | 97% | 2019-11-21 |
8293. | Julius (jtrade) | 90.31 | 97% | 2022-08-11 |
8294. | 水滴石穿 (pillowdo) | 90.31 | 97% | 2022-12-23 |
8295. | joe (corrinthians) | 90.31 | 96% | 2012-06-28 |
8296. | Kevin (pekkanator1) | 90.30 | 96% | 2022-06-02 |
8297. | Luke (savquatrav) | 90.30 | 98.3% | 2021-03-02 |
8298. | Nicholas (t0903591) | 90.30 | 97% | 2024-04-13 |
8299. | Busky (buskyhusk) | 90.30 | 99% | 2022-09-14 |
8300. | tjeu (thewendigo) | 90.29 | 97% | 2021-03-28 |
8301. | Nikolai (nikovertus) | 90.29 | 97% | 2023-06-21 |
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 |