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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11911. | Ryan (lilchicken) | 82.93 | 97% | 2021-09-25 |
11912. | Kyle (soapynome) | 82.92 | — | 2010-06-13 |
11913. | Collin (cyfurix) | 82.92 | 91% | 2017-01-10 |
11914. | Raidan (raidan) | 82.92 | 89% | 2014-06-15 |
11915. | donkeysbanana (donkeysbanana) | 82.92 | 99.5% | 2023-11-07 |
11916. | Dagareth (mindcrime) | 82.92 | 98% | 2022-12-14 |
11917. | Saul (saulvsoto) | 82.92 | 96% | 2020-10-03 |
11918. | Brian (scottyb) | 82.92 | 97.7% | 2024-03-24 |
11919. | Brent (brentdrns) | 82.91 | 98% | 2020-01-11 |
11920. | ahmed (thebeliever) | 82.91 | 93% | 2015-11-05 |
11921. | ClutchMaster (clutchmaster) | 82.90 | 97% | 2023-11-16 |
11922. | cough cough (rizwan234) | 82.90 | 98% | 2023-04-25 |
11923. | fat fat fatty (fatfinga) | 82.90 | 97% | 2023-02-19 |
11924. | David (dave_em) | 82.90 | 99% | 2019-02-27 |
11925. | Michael (micklepru) | 82.90 | 98% | 2017-08-20 |
11926. | sanjul (s4njul) | 82.90 | 99% | 2020-10-06 |
11927. | Kaushik (yeswekey) | 82.89 | 97% | 2020-12-20 |
11928. | Paul (phlap) | 82.89 | 97% | 2019-11-13 |
11929. | Infer (infernova_122) | 82.89 | 98% | 2022-12-16 |
11930. | Davis (dey1234) | 82.89 | 90% | 2012-10-16 |
11931. | HDoll (hdoll) | 82.88 | 98% | 2021-07-25 |
11932. | John (skylark193) | 82.88 | 93% | 2014-09-03 |
11933. | ICEE lover (coopplusalaska) | 82.88 | 97% | 2021-01-04 |
11934. | Faizan (fishiaz) | 82.88 | 98% | 2022-01-17 |
11935. | Matthew (mattuncharted) | 82.88 | 97.9% | 2021-02-12 |
11936. | Ellis (babyeatingatheist) | 82.88 | 92% | 2016-05-30 |
11937. | Peter (riffert) | 82.88 | 94% | 2016-12-20 |
11938. | Praveen (kprav33n) | 82.88 | 98% | 2014-04-13 |
11939. | love (toesofthedamned) | 82.87 | 98% | 2021-05-02 |
11940. | Colemax (sqxleaxes) | 82.87 | 97% | 2021-11-02 |
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 |