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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21029. | Taiwan is a country (17lingh1) | 68.29 | 96% | 2021-03-29 |
21030. | ian (guccitora) | 68.29 | 97.3% | 2021-02-23 |
21031. | Vin (shadowage) | 68.29 | 94% | 2019-02-12 |
21032. | Cody (drez) | 68.29 | — | 2011-01-11 |
21033. | im (baongoc124) | 68.29 | 94% | 2012-07-04 |
21034. | Brian (btgrant76) | 68.28 | 97% | 2024-01-24 |
21035. | Dwi (yvbinjk) | 68.28 | 97% | 2021-12-21 |
21036. | Aaryan (tvirus) | 68.28 | 94% | 2021-03-26 |
21037. | jaycuaa (jaycuaa) | 68.28 | 94.7% | 2024-04-24 |
21038. | Mark Neil (mcneilm7) | 68.28 | — | 2010-12-20 |
21039. | Sazhuhy (sazhuhy) | 68.28 | 97% | 2012-10-21 |
21040. | aadhavan (to90percentile) | 68.27 | 97% | 2024-03-17 |
21041. | ᕙ( ͡◉ ͜ ʖ ͡◉)ᕗ ... | 68.27 | 96% | 2021-09-21 |
21042. | Joel (fonke) | 68.27 | 96% | 2019-11-29 |
21043. | daniel (eldani) | 68.27 | 96% | 2016-12-28 |
21044. | Rickard (ospf) | 68.27 | 95% | 2016-01-17 |
21045. | SilverSigns (silversigns) | 68.26 | 97% | 2024-03-15 |
21046. | T/0 (_trippz) | 68.26 | 96% | 2020-06-14 |
21047. | marvolo (happyraul) | 68.26 | 97% | 2017-03-29 |
21048. | M4L1AS (m4l1as) | 68.26 | 97% | 2024-05-05 |
21049. | Aidan (amess92304) | 68.26 | 94% | 2022-02-22 |
21050. | Mishaal (big_m) | 68.26 | — | 2011-04-12 |
21051. | Carlo (carlo12) | 68.26 | 95% | 2014-09-06 |
21052. | Akarsh (akarsh11) | 68.25 | 95% | 2024-04-12 |
21053. | arroncoot (arroncoot) | 68.25 | 96% | 2024-03-21 |
21054. | WhyRemaru (remaru) | 68.25 | 94% | 2024-01-28 |
21055. | Nathanael (tinkerer_nat) | 68.25 | 97% | 2021-08-20 |
21056. | Vanja (njavex) | 68.25 | 94.8% | 2024-01-16 |
21057. | Farhad (chuysrx) | 68.25 | 90% | 2016-01-02 |
21058. | Joshua (joshdosti95) | 68.25 | 94% | 2014-01-29 |
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 |