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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33203. | Willian (vasconcelosbrazilian) | 62.16 | 97% | 2022-10-12 |
33204. | Maxwell (maxdeoliveira) | 62.16 | — | 2010-07-05 |
33205. | Tra (camellia90) | 62.16 | 93% | 2015-07-20 |
33206. | slowkay (slowwwkay) | 62.15 | 95% | 2024-03-02 |
33207. | keyboardchallenger7 (keyboa... | 62.15 | 96.1% | 2025-03-17 |
33208. | G (rontypewritermingo) | 62.15 | 95% | 2024-10-01 |
33209. | Hubert (itt_sem_vagyok) | 62.15 | 95.9% | 2024-08-14 |
33210. | Sandis (sandiss10) | 62.15 | 89% | 2012-10-08 |
33211. | omar CH (omarchaouch) | 62.15 | 98.1% | 2024-04-15 |
33212. | Erica (suzeyq86) | 62.15 | 95% | 2012-07-22 |
33213. | J (geonjr) | 62.15 | — | 2011-04-11 |
33214. | Mayasx (mayasx) | 62.14 | 96.7% | 2024-02-26 |
33215. | Clinton (sleeperr) | 62.14 | 97% | 2024-11-17 |
33216. | Lucy (sarluc) | 62.14 | 96% | 2021-04-28 |
33217. | Sahil (sahil_sa) | 62.14 | 97.2% | 2024-12-20 |
33218. | Kurisutaraito (crystalitez) | 62.14 | 94% | 2019-02-13 |
33219. | Dashi (dashi03131) | 62.13 | 96% | 2024-11-28 |
33220. | Cryptonics (cryptonics) | 62.13 | 91% | 2016-01-18 |
33221. | jhawiil (jhawiil) | 62.13 | 99.3% | 2024-01-09 |
33222. | Justin (lightningvoltix) | 62.13 | 94% | 2016-07-08 |
33223. | Hasan (hasan_elhussein) | 62.13 | 95% | 2020-07-09 |
33224. | Frank (fanyang) | 62.13 | 94% | 2013-07-21 |
33225. | ShakenNotStirredMobile (sha... | 62.13 | 95% | 2015-03-19 |
33226. | steven (urmoots) | 62.13 | 94% | 2018-03-02 |
33227. | Matt (weirdoperson) | 62.13 | 91% | 2013-05-03 |
33228. | orchid (orchidngo) | 62.13 | 94% | 2013-07-08 |
33229. | Carlos (carloshpf) | 62.12 | 93% | 2011-10-20 |
33230. | Vian (fadehimself) | 62.12 | 96.5% | 2024-04-19 |
33231. | Liszt (franz_liszt3) | 62.12 | 98.8% | 2024-01-08 |
33232. | gianlemon (gianlemon) | 62.12 | 96% | 2023-09-27 |
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 |