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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21229. | Aaron (feast) | 67.91 | 97% | 2017-06-16 |
21230. | Cheryl (cheryltheslowturtle) | 67.91 | 92% | 2015-11-29 |
21231. | Cooper Morris (bossmancoop) | 67.90 | 93% | 2024-03-26 |
21232. | Quint (quintus7) | 67.90 | 97% | 2024-05-29 |
21233. | Shivam (shivam543) | 67.90 | 94% | 2016-04-30 |
21234. | Nam (shinemaster) | 67.90 | 96% | 2021-05-14 |
21235. | Antonio (onekorg) | 67.90 | 97% | 2017-07-04 |
21236. | Bill Nye (bill_nye_science_... | 67.89 | 98.8% | 2024-02-24 |
21237. | sverdejot (sverdejot) | 67.89 | 96% | 2024-04-01 |
21238. | Tarun (tpunhani) | 67.89 | 98% | 2022-05-04 |
21239. | stasis351 (stasis351) | 67.89 | 98% | 2022-06-16 |
21240. | PeriodicHAiL (periodichail) | 67.89 | 97.3% | 2023-11-23 |
21241. | Pranav (pranav0307) | 67.89 | 95% | 2022-04-19 |
21242. | A (jllkii123) | 67.89 | 96% | 2021-06-22 |
21243. | Ace (thaqif_805) | 67.89 | 98.3% | 2021-02-04 |
21244. | oli (olijuice) | 67.89 | 97% | 2016-01-08 |
21245. | Vincent (vincentvangoat) | 67.88 | 98% | 2024-05-18 |
21246. | mugiwaaraLuffy (mugiwaaralu... | 67.88 | 98.1% | 2024-01-23 |
21247. | Ridgetypewacer (ridgewacer) | 67.88 | 96% | 2023-11-29 |
21248. | Napat (omakaze) | 67.88 | 97% | 2022-03-05 |
21249. | Russell (neoques) | 67.88 | 98% | 2021-04-03 |
21250. | Pol (zegionx) | 67.88 | 95% | 2022-12-02 |
21251. | Ian (mightygi11) | 67.88 | 96% | 2022-11-24 |
21252. | Vy (vydinh) | 67.88 | 94% | 2012-06-06 |
21253. | samson (rangwin) | 67.88 | 95% | 2012-11-30 |
21254. | Andrey (andrey_) | 67.88 | 91% | 2017-03-30 |
21255. | Niels (picturetheory) | 67.88 | 94% | 2015-03-25 |
21256. | Victoria (victoria63) | 67.88 | 96% | 2015-12-29 |
21257. | Janacek (practice_in_new_la... | 67.88 | 96% | 2013-10-28 |
21258. | Aytac (aytac_neigel27) | 67.87 | 97% | 2021-11-13 |
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 |