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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18054. | KobesMom (vradeus) | 80.10 | 96.7% | 2023-10-10 |
| 18055. | Alexander (aleb) | 80.10 | 98.5% | 2025-01-03 |
| 18056. | Apple (retroapplegamer) | 80.10 | 95% | 2024-06-30 |
| 18057. | uu.u.u (shruuuu) | 80.10 | 97.5% | 2021-02-13 |
| 18058. | LuksusPe (luksuspe) | 80.10 | 96% | 2012-11-19 |
| 18059. | Mr. Penguin (arcturusleng) | 80.10 | 95% | 2012-12-12 |
| 18060. | Reinaldo (reinaldotje) | 80.10 | 93% | 2016-03-20 |
| 18061. | Josiah (thejinjam) | 80.10 | 92% | 2017-02-25 |
| 18062. | tstats[jimmy125] (jimmy125) | 80.10 | 89% | 2016-12-23 |
| 18063. | jannis (controlla) | 80.09 | 97% | 2025-06-22 |
| 18064. | dirty dan (dirtydan321) | 80.09 | 97% | 2024-05-01 |
| 18065. | Duri (durlag) | 80.09 | 96% | 2024-10-15 |
| 18066. | YaNo Khmer (yano305) | 80.09 | 98.6% | 2024-03-14 |
| 18067. | ALED (elassyo) | 80.09 | 95% | 2022-02-04 |
| 18068. | Im-a-loser (rowdy_burns) | 80.09 | 98% | 2023-11-11 |
| 18069. | Lakshya (lakshya7878) | 80.09 | 98% | 2022-05-28 |
| 18070. | nwiluex (nwiluex) | 80.08 | 97% | 2022-01-19 |
| 18071. | zbswag (zbswag) | 80.08 | 92% | 2012-11-03 |
| 18072. | Kyle J Thompson (misterkyyle) | 80.08 | 97.4% | 2024-01-01 |
| 18073. | grace (koald) | 80.08 | 96% | 2021-01-19 |
| 18074. | -ItsMeFurZy (itsmefurzy) | 80.08 | 94% | 2016-03-01 |
| 18075. | Vojtěch (hudvoj) | 80.08 | 97% | 2016-06-22 |
| 18076. | Shreeram (sgnnb) | 80.08 | 98% | 2013-11-20 |
| 18077. | Stephen (palette) | 80.08 | 93% | 2016-02-11 |
| 18078. | ___ (bufoviridis) | 80.08 | 97% | 2017-10-09 |
| 18079. | Bailey (berk) | 80.08 | 98% | 2016-04-17 |
| 18080. | medD (mistermask___) | 80.07 | 97.4% | 2021-02-16 |
| 18081. | askksku (askksku) | 80.07 | 96.9% | 2023-12-10 |
| 18082. | Nathaniel (wetaketolong) | 80.07 | 95.1% | 2024-02-18 |
| 18083. | Alfred (d4m4s74) | 80.07 | — | 2010-10-12 |
| 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 |