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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37494. | Lonzo (lonzoball) | 56.75 | 96% | 2018-10-23 |
37495. | Chung Ming (ma_chung_ming) | 56.75 | 97% | 2016-04-30 |
37496. | Antonin (antonin) | 56.75 | 87% | 2015-02-12 |
37497. | Slow and Old (slow_and_old) | 56.74 | 97.2% | 2025-03-27 |
37498. | Trystan (trystan67) | 56.74 | 95% | 2024-05-24 |
37499. | willliam (ewilra) | 56.74 | 95% | 2024-09-08 |
37500. | Yunomi2 (yunomi2) | 56.74 | 94% | 2024-10-14 |
37501. | Kr6hva (kr6hvan2gu) | 56.74 | 94% | 2019-05-23 |
37502. | Edie (edolala) | 56.74 | 92% | 2016-02-03 |
37503. | Pongal (decoder96) | 56.74 | 94% | 2019-09-29 |
37504. | Lee (a20366joseph) | 56.74 | 95% | 2015-03-30 |
37505. | Sebastian (thebata) | 56.74 | 93% | 2017-04-28 |
37506. | Jake (ajek) | 56.74 | 95% | 2017-08-11 |
37507. | mium (_mium) | 56.73 | 96% | 2024-10-04 |
37508. | bestEU_2x (best_eu) | 56.73 | 95% | 2023-11-17 |
37509. | Roberto (ajaxlord28) | 56.73 | 89% | 2014-11-07 |
37510. | Arun Kumar (slowtortoise18) | 56.72 | 94.6% | 2024-09-26 |
37511. | naresh lohar (naresh86) | 56.72 | 99% | 2025-01-16 |
37512. | kirbyhashair (kirbyhashair) | 56.72 | 95.2% | 2024-01-28 |
37513. | ProfTheDev (profperson) | 56.72 | 97.1% | 2024-05-31 |
37514. | Lucas (thisdotlucas) | 56.72 | 96% | 2024-02-03 |
37515. | anonym (thefencr) | 56.72 | 94.2% | 2024-01-06 |
37516. | Brenden (embracesc2) | 56.72 | 97% | 2021-11-18 |
37517. | Achilles (areeengkingking) | 56.72 | 96.2% | 2024-01-12 |
37518. | Nolan (slimyshady420) | 56.72 | 95.5% | 2021-02-17 |
37519. | Masashi (nakamasa38) | 56.72 | 96% | 2011-08-10 |
37520. | Eugene (eugenemsc) | 56.72 | 93% | 2014-06-11 |
37521. | Mazin (wardyz94) | 56.71 | 96% | 2024-01-29 |
37522. | muclduck (muckduck) | 56.71 | 93.5% | 2024-11-14 |
37523. | Karan (karansinghgi18) | 56.71 | 96% | 2022-06-10 |
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 |