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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15334. | Nobody (little_turtle) | 82.10 | 98% | 2012-12-01 |
15335. | therea (theality) | 82.09 | 95.3% | 2025-04-14 |
15336. | StiVit (stivit) | 82.09 | 97% | 2025-03-17 |
15337. | Tiktaktoktok (toktok13) | 82.09 | 98% | 2024-11-11 |
15338. | Starry (starsky123) | 82.09 | 95.5% | 2024-05-07 |
15339. | Road_to_100wpm (lightningra... | 82.09 | 97% | 2024-08-09 |
15340. | C͕̬h͚͙rÌœÍ–Ì»ÍˆÌ Ì ÌºiÌ... | 82.09 | 94% | 2016-03-17 |
15341. | Bobby (robertpaulson) | 82.09 | 92% | 2014-09-17 |
15342. | Icy (ufsisi) | 82.09 | 99% | 2013-06-05 |
15343. | SteveC (spyjai) | 82.08 | 96.5% | 2023-12-04 |
15344. | Alexeï (g4520u10) | 82.08 | 98.1% | 2024-02-20 |
15345. | Abhinav (abhinav92003) | 82.08 | 93% | 2016-08-30 |
15346. | SalW3s (salw3s) | 82.07 | 96.9% | 2024-04-09 |
15347. | Abhishek (vbunny) | 82.07 | 97.3% | 2024-09-23 |
15348. | Meferx (meferx) | 82.07 | 96.9% | 2024-02-23 |
15349. | Mik (mchail12345) | 82.07 | 97% | 2021-04-07 |
15350. | Mitchell (mitchell_rogers) | 82.06 | 97% | 2024-03-15 |
15351. | Jango (jangofett934) | 82.06 | 97% | 2024-10-02 |
15352. | Rauan (testviking) | 82.06 | 99% | 2024-01-24 |
15353. | You (lord_of_letters) | 82.06 | 97.2% | 2023-12-21 |
15354. | Kok Kun (kokkun92) | 82.06 | 98% | 2021-12-09 |
15355. | Mr. Araujo (yvcs_mr_araujo) | 82.06 | 95% | 2015-03-26 |
15356. | Mihaela (mihaela6) | 82.06 | 95% | 2014-06-22 |
15357. | Howard (howardpeckerman) | 82.06 | 93% | 2013-09-13 |
15358. | andy (bit2agile) | 82.05 | 97% | 2023-02-04 |
15359. | sapheur (demondroid) | 82.05 | 96.1% | 2024-09-13 |
15360. | Snail (snail_geezer) | 82.05 | 97% | 2024-10-20 |
15361. | Razor Red Rage (ayyaz_nemesis) | 82.05 | 98% | 2021-06-27 |
15362. | Sambhav (sam_b_hav) | 82.05 | 97.4% | 2024-11-13 |
15363. | Kevin (chenboy) | 82.05 | 96% | 2024-06-19 |
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 |