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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31138. | Vathan (bruddinha) | 64.63 | 98% | 2018-12-25 |
31139. | Steven (nerobot) | 64.63 | 97.9% | 2021-02-12 |
31140. | Mohd Juned Indian (mjuned795) | 64.63 | 98% | 2018-10-22 |
31141. | [AhK] Vinícius ✰ (vinici... | 64.63 | 91% | 2015-03-03 |
31142. | Ostap (tossfromua) | 64.63 | 91% | 2017-04-02 |
31143. | Turbo (turb0time) | 64.62 | 95% | 2024-09-29 |
31144. | Tristan (sinned_callgod) | 64.62 | 94% | 2023-04-28 |
31145. | Zaki (menza_zm) | 64.62 | 94.3% | 2023-11-27 |
31146. | Sergey (hasatsu) | 64.62 | 95% | 2013-04-18 |
31147. | Inessa (inessas) | 64.61 | 94% | 2024-08-01 |
31148. | Race (im_not_cheating_ur_wi... | 64.61 | 95% | 2021-01-14 |
31149. | Owen (baallerr) | 64.61 | 93.8% | 2023-10-09 |
31150. | Isabella (regardedtarted) | 64.61 | 96.9% | 2024-05-17 |
31151. | David (davejiggy) | 64.61 | 96% | 2025-05-12 |
31152. | Ric (batgolds) | 64.61 | 97% | 2024-09-28 |
31153. | Mr. Robinson (cogili) | 64.61 | 98% | 2016-09-13 |
31154. | Matt (matts53) | 64.60 | 95% | 2022-05-26 |
31155. | kevingone (kevingone) | 64.60 | 98.6% | 2025-01-27 |
31156. | saad (eljarida) | 64.60 | 97% | 2024-12-22 |
31157. | EXakiToR (exakitor) | 64.60 | 96.6% | 2024-11-28 |
31158. | Anshul (anshul_khangar) | 64.60 | 98.1% | 2025-03-17 |
31159. | malfple_recurva (malfple_re... | 64.60 | 97.2% | 2024-02-08 |
31160. | R0my00 (romyoo) | 64.60 | 97% | 2023-12-17 |
31161. | Marco (adventurek0ala) | 64.60 | 94% | 2022-01-13 |
31162. | Funkey (yofunkey) | 64.60 | 95% | 2013-09-27 |
31163. | Vladislav (johnsonkh96) | 64.60 | 94% | 2020-07-25 |
31164. | Waleed (waleedinh0) | 64.59 | 94.9% | 2025-02-09 |
31165. | Ishan (ishan_rana) | 64.59 | 96.6% | 2024-11-23 |
31166. | colemak_dh (evil_emacs) | 64.59 | 97% | 2021-06-29 |
31167. | BC (thunderthud) | 64.59 | 96% | 2014-02-14 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
Long Texts | 153 | 84.32 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 12 | 71.91 | January 1, 2024 |
##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |