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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7635. | Sammy (sammyf) | 92.29 | 98% | 2011-06-29 |
7636. | Jaren (jarenn) | 92.29 | 97% | 2012-11-08 |
7637. | Surendra (kshetrisurendra) | 92.28 | 96% | 2013-02-28 |
7638. | Minh (huynhcongminh) | 92.28 | 95% | 2012-07-21 |
7639. | Grandhal (grandhal) | 92.28 | 95% | 2014-11-07 |
7640. | TimTam_NZ (timtam_nz) | 92.27 | 99% | 2020-08-20 |
7641. | Xenu (xenu) | 92.27 | 100% | 2011-10-08 |
7642. | jeremy_bearimy (jeremy_bear... | 92.26 | 97% | 2022-06-17 |
7643. | Matt (finkel) | 92.26 | 97% | 2018-03-27 |
7644. | Andrew (commandrew11) | 92.26 | 98% | 2022-01-29 |
7645. | Elias (el_typo_jr) | 92.26 | 98% | 2023-05-17 |
7646. | Eric (ericchung) | 92.26 | 98% | 2018-07-08 |
7647. | bryan (bryantypin) | 92.25 | 97% | 2019-04-29 |
7648. | Sukant (sukant) | 92.25 | 98% | 2024-05-28 |
7649. | can't type :) (void7750) | 92.25 | 97% | 2021-02-24 |
7650. | dust in the wind (ditw) | 92.25 | 96% | 2015-12-26 |
7651. | 3epo (3eposempai) | 92.24 | 97% | 2022-04-11 |
7652. | Don (donisgoodboy) | 92.24 | 98% | 2018-01-29 |
7653. | Lily (hairdome) | 92.23 | 97.6% | 2023-11-02 |
7654. | The quick (ersamson) | 92.23 | 98% | 2013-10-29 |
7655. | Ryan Vanderlois (chickenlil... | 92.22 | 98% | 2022-12-17 |
7656. | Arma (armaggedun) | 92.22 | 91% | 2016-11-06 |
7657. | callanjerel (callanjerel) | 92.22 | 97.1% | 2023-10-24 |
7658. | Mellanik (mellanik) | 92.22 | 98% | 2023-01-06 |
7659. | Joshua (jlee755) | 92.22 | 96% | 2014-01-14 |
7660. | mrbean (mrbean1) | 92.21 | 98.6% | 2023-11-14 |
7661. | Apoorv Singhal (sasuke232) | 92.21 | 98% | 2023-07-03 |
7662. | TANEdos (tanedos) | 92.21 | 98% | 2021-01-27 |
7663. | aspirar (aspirar) | 92.20 | 98% | 2022-07-15 |
7664. | Chutiya (chutiya) | 92.20 | 98% | 2015-12-05 |
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 |