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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35464. | Gerri (gerri) | 60.98 | — | 2010-12-22 |
35465. | abart (abart711) | 60.98 | 91% | 2014-05-16 |
35466. | Nidhiraj pv (unom17) | 60.97 | 98% | 2025-05-29 |
35467. | Rohan (krohan) | 60.97 | 97% | 2025-04-23 |
35468. | Emilia (emiliab29) | 60.97 | 96.7% | 2025-02-20 |
35469. | Efrain (efraincito1998) | 60.97 | 94% | 2024-04-27 |
35470. | mcracc (mcracc) | 60.97 | 96% | 2024-06-07 |
35471. | Leo ✰ (ludooy) | 60.97 | 97.2% | 2025-01-23 |
35472. | Devanshu (devanshu_1802) | 60.97 | 96% | 2024-09-27 |
35473. | WarHawk047 (disastrous_swor... | 60.97 | 95% | 2021-05-14 |
35474. | JuStEmO (justemo6) | 60.97 | 95% | 2024-02-16 |
35475. | Mehto (mehto22) | 60.97 | 95% | 2024-01-31 |
35476. | CommanderJiJi (jeromealmogu... | 60.97 | 95.3% | 2023-11-23 |
35477. | Joshua (havix) | 60.97 | 94% | 2016-04-13 |
35478. | Maxius (marioxorz) | 60.97 | 94% | 2012-11-21 |
35479. | Kareem (kimo1) | 60.97 | 94% | 2019-07-02 |
35480. | Aashish (khakurelaashish) | 60.96 | 95% | 2025-02-08 |
35481. | atmcab (atmosphericcabbage) | 60.96 | 94.8% | 2024-04-04 |
35482. | GreenNOOBGamer (greninja305) | 60.96 | 97% | 2025-01-11 |
35483. | Lan jiao (lanjiaojibai) | 60.96 | 93.3% | 2024-08-14 |
35484. | Shakhzodbek (yuldoshov) | 60.96 | 96% | 2021-03-01 |
35485. | Zephyr (zephyrkai) | 60.96 | 96% | 2020-08-11 |
35486. | Lekhraj (lekhrajprasad) | 60.96 | 95% | 2018-09-25 |
35487. | Kostyan (kostyan) | 60.96 | 96% | 2019-07-02 |
35488. | Vic (opposite) | 60.96 | — | 2011-03-03 |
35489. | Jackson (jackson1995) | 60.96 | 97% | 2014-07-15 |
35490. | Bao (b_lam) | 60.96 | 94% | 2011-07-08 |
35491. | Jacob Kirk Larsen (kirk2912) | 60.95 | 97% | 2025-03-20 |
35492. | Qwertycoolbeans (qwertycool... | 60.95 | 98.1% | 2025-02-19 |
35493. | Donny (donnylicious) | 60.95 | 97% | 2022-02-13 |
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 |