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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18178. | Veyron (theoh) | 72.74 | 97% | 2012-02-24 |
18179. | Rikrish (dardbador) | 72.74 | 97% | 2022-01-06 |
18180. | Chris (crispybat) | 72.74 | 97.7% | 2021-01-30 |
18181. | Meet (mhscool) | 72.74 | 93% | 2015-02-05 |
18182. | janet (janetcon) | 72.74 | — | 2010-12-10 |
18183. | Patrick (psheng) | 72.73 | 94% | 2022-05-15 |
18184. | Foxy (nam_nai) | 72.73 | 98% | 2022-09-09 |
18185. | Gengchen (thallium54) | 72.73 | 97% | 2021-09-16 |
18186. | Sjoerd (vitrus) | 72.73 | 95% | 2018-03-13 |
18187. | Ramen (clearride) | 72.72 | 96% | 2020-09-04 |
18188. | dnt (dntg) | 72.72 | 95% | 2024-04-01 |
18189. | Sabbir (sabbir_ahsan) | 72.72 | 98.1% | 2024-01-15 |
18190. | Ariscottle (ariscottle3106) | 72.72 | 97.2% | 2021-01-29 |
18191. | shaun (shaunbot_123) | 72.72 | 99% | 2022-01-13 |
18192. | Jessica (khalia12) | 72.72 | 98% | 2024-03-04 |
18193. | discbox_colemak (discbox_co... | 72.72 | 97% | 2013-01-20 |
18194. | sleepyyyyhead (sleepyyyyhead) | 72.71 | 94% | 2016-03-12 |
18195. | Junaed (junaed_siam) | 72.71 | 97.2% | 2023-12-31 |
18196. | Ethan (raintalonx) | 72.71 | 96% | 2022-04-06 |
18197. | Colin (cmothersead) | 72.71 | 97.5% | 2023-11-11 |
18198. | AvocadoTM (avocadotm) | 72.71 | 96.4% | 2023-12-16 |
18199. | You (checkicus) | 72.71 | 100% | 2020-06-05 |
18200. | White (beast_5) | 72.71 | 96% | 2021-12-30 |
18201. | Hopelezz (zerloth) | 72.71 | 97% | 2021-08-13 |
18202. | Andreas (lazyshoe) | 72.71 | 93% | 2012-11-03 |
18203. | K Man (wraynmakur) | 72.71 | 97% | 2012-06-04 |
18204. | Aside (aside) | 72.71 | 92% | 2016-02-22 |
18205. | Cruci999 (dumb_nigerian) | 72.70 | 97% | 2022-06-03 |
18206. | Abhijeet (flamekaiser) | 72.70 | 96% | 2020-11-23 |
18207. | bich (xuongrongloveanh) | 72.70 | 96% | 2011-11-01 |
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 |