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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11468. | Ree (accioemrys) | 83.92 | 95% | 2011-11-05 |
11469. | Samadhan Jadhav (samadhan) | 83.92 | 96% | 2016-08-18 |
11470. | Prabhu (prabhusengal) | 83.91 | 98% | 2020-07-07 |
11471. | foo (fool96) | 83.91 | 97% | 2022-12-03 |
11472. | Miccalo (miccalo_dv) | 83.91 | 96% | 2024-02-02 |
11473. | Kelvin (kyu1012) | 83.91 | 97% | 2014-01-27 |
11474. | Orin (pigeon0) | 83.90 | 97.2% | 2023-11-24 |
11475. | Edwin (pawncastle) | 83.90 | 94% | 2017-04-16 |
11476. | uvuvwevwevwe (onyetwenyevwe) | 83.90 | 97% | 2019-10-28 |
11477. | Kinfi4 (kinfi4) | 83.89 | 98% | 2023-02-25 |
11478. | Unstoppable (lunstoppablel) | 83.89 | 98% | 2023-01-22 |
11479. | Luka (the_lukec) | 83.89 | 98% | 2023-02-10 |
11480. | Train (trainm8) | 83.89 | 95% | 2022-05-21 |
11481. | Jag (jagriff) | 83.89 | 95% | 2012-01-28 |
11482. | Anna (ayyross) | 83.89 | 97% | 2013-02-16 |
11483. | twitch.tv/heynickolas (nick... | 83.89 | 89% | 2015-03-17 |
11484. | Brock (rockin_brock) | 83.88 | 90% | 2013-05-31 |
11485. | freedomisgold (freedomisgold) | 83.88 | 98% | 2022-09-21 |
11486. | CrashBandit (crashbandit) | 83.88 | 96% | 2021-06-21 |
11487. | Caleb (keyslayer17) | 83.88 | 97% | 2016-12-14 |
11488. | Sean (yotannt) | 83.88 | 97% | 2013-10-31 |
11489. | daddy (daddychristian) | 83.88 | 96% | 2018-11-22 |
11490. | Alex (acrucker) | 83.87 | 94% | 2013-10-24 |
11491. | Hol (holster) | 83.87 | 96% | 2021-08-19 |
11492. | deegl0rd (stimoze) | 83.87 | 96% | 2021-06-22 |
11493. | jaso (jasocanfly) | 83.87 | 97% | 2021-11-16 |
11494. | Radeyz (pineapples2925) | 83.87 | 97% | 2020-02-25 |
11495. | ben (liubenjamin) | 83.87 | 90% | 2017-06-01 |
11496. | ws (wdsyywd) | 83.86 | 97% | 2021-11-10 |
11497. | Minaricano (minaricano) | 83.86 | 96% | 2021-09-30 |
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 |