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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20338. | Sidveed (sidveed) | 75.80 | 96% | 2021-07-06 |
20339. | Trillebårtom (trillebartom) | 75.80 | 92% | 2012-10-25 |
20340. | marcelos (meldels) | 75.80 | — | 2011-01-27 |
20341. | Alex (lalez) | 75.79 | 97% | 2025-04-03 |
20342. | Toxic213 (herofan123) | 75.79 | 95.2% | 2024-12-20 |
20343. | ed (plzdongo) | 75.79 | 97% | 2024-08-27 |
20344. | Walker (_walker) | 75.79 | 99% | 2024-02-08 |
20345. | Cray (kweikwei) | 75.79 | 96.6% | 2025-04-06 |
20346. | PonyTail (p0nytail) | 75.79 | 98.8% | 2024-09-18 |
20347. | Xyhop (xyhop) | 75.79 | 98% | 2021-05-10 |
20348. | Tanner (tankdh) | 75.79 | 92% | 2013-04-01 |
20349. | Ethan (an3223) | 75.79 | 98% | 2023-01-22 |
20350. | Denny (shizkr) | 75.79 | 98% | 2020-04-23 |
20351. | wiz (wizthethird) | 75.79 | 93% | 2012-12-05 |
20352. | saeednezamy@gmail.com (saee... | 75.79 | 95% | 2016-05-16 |
20353. | Krishna (krrish94) | 75.79 | 95% | 2015-10-13 |
20354. | casey (casecat) | 75.78 | 97.2% | 2025-04-20 |
20355. | Neil (neil_dudheker) | 75.78 | 98.5% | 2024-11-16 |
20356. | Eric (afrodisiac96) | 75.78 | 95.9% | 2023-12-29 |
20357. | Tyler (exilereject) | 75.78 | 95.6% | 2023-12-29 |
20358. | Brendan (skewy) | 75.78 | 97% | 2022-09-07 |
20359. | Miki (miki95) | 75.78 | 92% | 2013-12-05 |
20360. | Łukasz (paltarica) | 75.78 | 95% | 2021-07-31 |
20361. | Andrejs (e2e4) | 75.78 | 97% | 2012-07-25 |
20362. | Matt (mpochmara) | 75.78 | 96% | 2012-12-14 |
20363. | Sniperblackout (sniperblack... | 75.78 | 94% | 2012-04-10 |
20364. | Gabriel (gabpro) | 75.77 | 98% | 2024-11-11 |
20365. | Josh (armada120) | 75.77 | 95% | 2017-08-07 |
20366. | brad (slaccr) | 75.77 | 97% | 2024-04-09 |
20367. | alex (alexaesopos) | 75.77 | 97% | 2023-02-04 |
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 |