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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3796. | cliche (vviras) | 108.36 | 97% | 2021-05-13 |
| 3797. | sheep (theonesheep) | 108.36 | 98.6% | 2024-11-17 |
| 3798. | Seth (ccocoa_colemak) | 108.36 | 96% | 2014-02-12 |
| 3799. | d (dcao) | 108.35 | 93% | 2012-04-17 |
| 3800. | Edison (ewjl) | 108.34 | 100% | 2024-03-22 |
| 3801. | sidm (sidm) | 108.34 | 98% | 2020-10-10 |
| 3802. | banana (bananachicken27) | 108.33 | 96.6% | 2024-07-24 |
| 3803. | Guy (supasilp) | 108.33 | 96.3% | 2024-04-06 |
| 3804. | datboi (datboiyaron) | 108.33 | 98% | 2021-05-01 |
| 3805. | (nonquitwarrior) | 108.33 | 97% | 2021-04-08 |
| 3806. | Adam (plutoking) | 108.33 | 98% | 2014-02-05 |
| 3807. | Sebastian (cloutimus) | 108.32 | 96.9% | 2024-07-18 |
| 3808. | Vijay (pattisapu) | 108.32 | 96% | 2016-06-13 |
| 3809. | Andrew (screepahh) | 108.31 | — | 2011-03-17 |
| 3810. | race_me_now (I miss Czy) (r... | 108.31 | 97% | 2022-08-15 |
| 3811. | Al (quicksilver95) | 108.31 | 98.1% | 2021-02-05 |
| 3812. | BB (bb_2000) | 108.30 | 98% | 2026-04-26 |
| 3813. | quit = 20wpm handicap (tgon... | 108.30 | 97% | 2022-10-21 |
| 3814. | Oliver (olivertee) | 108.30 | 98% | 2020-08-06 |
| 3815. | waloogy (waloogy) | 108.29 | 97.5% | 2024-12-25 |
| 3816. | Experiment 626 (eee01) | 108.28 | 97.4% | 2024-07-30 |
| 3817. | Ryaichu (ryaichu) | 108.28 | 97% | 2014-07-27 |
| 3818. | Anagram (_anagram) | 108.28 | 91% | 2011-06-21 |
| 3819. | Julian (coroin123) | 108.28 | 98% | 2023-02-15 |
| 3820. | Eivind (myrddhin) | 108.28 | 98% | 2012-11-16 |
| 3821. | Jack (user85793) | 108.27 | 99% | 2023-01-25 |
| 3822. | Put It In My (uni_xd) | 108.27 | 98% | 2021-03-22 |
| 3823. | voocsgo (voo055) | 108.26 | 98% | 2017-06-07 |
| 3824. | Hristo (bruttalized) | 108.25 | 97% | 2020-09-20 |
| 3825. | Sophie (sophiiee) | 108.25 | 97% | 2018-09-24 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |