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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15705. | Bryan (bryangne) | 81.89 | 98% | 2024-12-04 |
15706. | yasir (yasir1) | 81.89 | — | 2010-07-17 |
15707. | kei (potassiumchloride_) | 81.88 | 94% | 2021-03-14 |
15708. | Lil Mama (ckennedy07) | 81.88 | 98% | 2024-09-03 |
15709. | Chicken (theflyingchicken) | 81.88 | 96% | 2024-04-24 |
15710. | Jerome (lykzomg) | 81.88 | 98% | 2016-07-26 |
15711. | Phu (phulish) | 81.88 | 90% | 2013-10-31 |
15712. | totoro (noskip) | 81.87 | 97.3% | 2024-02-13 |
15713. | Zachary (zminuk) | 81.87 | 94% | 2016-11-04 |
15714. | gevale (shachar126) | 81.87 | 92% | 2024-01-19 |
15715. | Marcus (h_mph) | 81.87 | 96.7% | 2023-12-27 |
15716. | Murray (mrry) | 81.87 | 95% | 2021-06-04 |
15717. | Michelle (meechii) | 81.87 | 97% | 2019-11-25 |
15718. | Dawson (jycy) | 81.87 | 97% | 2018-09-29 |
15719. | Sarah (sarahla2) | 81.87 | 96% | 2019-10-07 |
15720. | 09deaconX (09deaconx) | 81.87 | — | 2010-12-23 |
15721. | Wolf (lukathewolf) | 81.86 | 95% | 2024-11-18 |
15722. | INCOMPETENT (incompetent_co... | 81.86 | 96% | 2024-09-16 |
15723. | Megan (durvish) | 81.86 | 98.1% | 2024-06-17 |
15724. | Arthur, Ying Han (arthi98) | 81.86 | 91% | 2015-02-25 |
15725. | jsve (jsve) | 81.86 | 95% | 2024-05-17 |
15726. | 雪 (bbgotme) | 81.86 | 98% | 2022-04-04 |
15727. | thebes (thebes) | 81.86 | 96% | 2019-12-22 |
15728. | Alo (alosarv) | 81.86 | 95% | 2016-01-08 |
15729. | Jackie (jackie_7) | 81.85 | 96% | 2025-03-13 |
15730. | SodiumCitrate (ignaciokahn) | 81.85 | 98% | 2024-09-20 |
15731. | q (qmul) | 81.85 | 94% | 2024-01-04 |
15732. | TimApple (dualofdualisprimal) | 81.85 | 98% | 2025-03-11 |
15733. | Zhen (zhen_dev) | 81.85 | 99% | 2018-01-12 |
15734. | Leasa (leasadrew) | 81.85 | — | 2010-12-13 |
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 |