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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3608. | Vijay (pattisapu) | 108.32 | 96% | 2016-06-13 |
3609. | λ (yambda) | 108.31 | 97.9% | 2023-10-26 |
3610. | Al (quicksilver95) | 108.31 | 98.1% | 2021-02-05 |
3611. | Andrew (screepahh) | 108.31 | — | 2011-03-17 |
3612. | race_me_now (I miss Czy) (r... | 108.31 | 97% | 2022-08-15 |
3613. | quit = 20wpm handicap (tgon... | 108.30 | 97% | 2022-10-21 |
3614. | Oliver (olivertee) | 108.30 | 98% | 2020-08-06 |
3615. | waloogy (waloogy) | 108.29 | 97.5% | 2024-12-25 |
3616. | Experiment 626 (eee01) | 108.28 | 97.4% | 2024-07-30 |
3617. | Ryaichu (ryaichu) | 108.28 | 97% | 2014-07-27 |
3618. | Anagram (_anagram) | 108.28 | 91% | 2011-06-21 |
3619. | Julian (coroin123) | 108.28 | 98% | 2023-02-15 |
3620. | Eivind (myrddhin) | 108.28 | 98% | 2012-11-16 |
3621. | Jack (user85793) | 108.27 | 99% | 2023-01-25 |
3622. | Put It In My (uni_xd) | 108.27 | 98% | 2021-03-22 |
3623. | voocsgo (voo055) | 108.26 | 98% | 2017-06-07 |
3624. | Hrist (bruttalized) | 108.25 | 97% | 2020-09-20 |
3625. | Sophie (sophiiee) | 108.25 | 97% | 2018-09-24 |
3626. | sandbox (sandboxes) | 108.25 | — | 2011-04-22 |
3627. | Eddie (liquidrl) | 108.24 | 98% | 2023-10-07 |
3628. | Slow (giorgiv4) | 108.23 | 98.8% | 2023-10-25 |
3629. | Cove (cove) | 108.23 | 99.3% | 2024-01-19 |
3630. | Saad (saadquadri) | 108.22 | 97% | 2015-01-04 |
3631. | Aren (tl8xv) | 108.22 | 99% | 2024-08-30 |
3632. | Olrepth (olrepth) | 108.22 | 96% | 2015-06-21 |
3633. | black google (peeperin) | 108.21 | 98% | 2024-10-07 |
3634. | asd (jl91) | 108.21 | 97% | 2022-10-02 |
3635. | polarbits (polarbits) | 108.21 | 99% | 2019-07-24 |
3636. | Ryan (notahoomansr) | 108.20 | 96% | 2022-04-06 |
3637. | tara (ponysaurus) | 108.20 | — | 2011-04-03 |
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 |