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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38367. | Deathsuki (deathsuki) | 56.53 | 94% | 2024-11-14 |
38368. | Michael (buffblitz) | 56.53 | 94.2% | 2021-02-19 |
38369. | parker (carkey_2009) | 56.53 | 95% | 2024-05-06 |
38370. | kevin (saystereo) | 56.53 | 95.3% | 2023-12-08 |
38371. | Hjalmar (hjalmardur) | 56.53 | 95% | 2021-01-04 |
38372. | Irvin (irvmed) | 56.53 | 92% | 2015-09-25 |
38373. | Val (lavmotoh) | 56.53 | 93% | 2015-10-10 |
38374. | Sebastiaan Ultee (imreallyb... | 56.52 | 96.2% | 2025-01-26 |
38375. | Aaron (aom29) | 56.52 | 97% | 2024-12-27 |
38376. | George Sun (georgecodes) | 56.52 | 94% | 2024-08-20 |
38377. | Above All (thebesttyperprog... | 56.52 | 96.7% | 2023-12-11 |
38378. | Bertram (onemansand) | 56.52 | 95% | 2022-09-22 |
38379. | Kris (krilleliten) | 56.52 | 97% | 2021-05-04 |
38380. | Alexander (codec4) | 56.52 | 94% | 2014-07-10 |
38381. | April (apping) | 56.52 | 97% | 2023-11-16 |
38382. | Maciej (mac13k) | 56.52 | 91% | 2015-03-19 |
38383. | Memo (increadeable) | 56.51 | 97% | 2019-12-07 |
38384. | beep (beeppp123) | 56.51 | 97% | 2024-05-31 |
38385. | JohnSam (johnsam) | 56.51 | 95% | 2024-01-05 |
38386. | Yohanes (yohanes78) | 56.51 | 96.3% | 2023-10-15 |
38387. | Vlaad (vladiii) | 56.51 | 91% | 2022-01-02 |
38388. | Nova (supernovax4) | 56.51 | 94% | 2014-02-05 |
38389. | snail (mashiro123) | 56.51 | 95% | 2020-12-26 |
38390. | Bubble (trouble_bubble) | 56.50 | 95% | 2024-04-13 |
38391. | punchi (punchi) | 56.50 | 95.4% | 2024-06-16 |
38392. | Azrael (_azrael) | 56.50 | 94% | 2025-06-26 |
38393. | Ritvik (darkside07) | 56.50 | 95% | 2020-08-26 |
38394. | Idu (iddu) | 56.50 | 98% | 2024-08-15 |
38395. | Yeh (aaa43521) | 56.50 | 96.6% | 2024-04-18 |
38396. | technobok (technobok) | 56.50 | 93% | 2013-06-03 |
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 |