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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11971. | Clod (clodus) | 82.81 | — | 2010-06-15 |
11972. | NUH_DVORAK (nuh_dvorak) | 82.81 | 93% | 2012-07-31 |
11973. | wayne (nonlimit) | 82.81 | 98% | 2018-05-09 |
11974. | huu duy (huu_duy99) | 82.81 | 99% | 2023-03-10 |
11975. | Archangel (arkhangelos) | 82.80 | 97% | 2024-05-17 |
11976. | Annalise (esilanna) | 82.80 | 98.2% | 2024-03-13 |
11977. | Shrek Of Justice (shrek_of_... | 82.80 | 92% | 2015-11-20 |
11978. | Cuyler (trekkie) | 82.80 | 97% | 2011-08-11 |
11979. | Tyler (hiboflavin) | 82.80 | 96% | 2017-11-18 |
11980. | Sean (sho01) | 82.80 | 94% | 2015-05-10 |
11981. | Andrew (andrewmclellan) | 82.79 | 98.5% | 2021-02-27 |
11982. | Miccalo (miccalo_dv) | 82.79 | 96% | 2023-03-02 |
11983. | Sarah (sh_milk) | 82.79 | 98% | 2021-05-09 |
11984. | Robert (hsk0114) | 82.79 | — | 2011-04-16 |
11985. | TW (trwo) | 82.79 | 97% | 2014-02-01 |
11986. | tstats[kaitokidokuroba] (ka... | 82.79 | 97% | 2019-10-28 |
11987. | Sunkist (oktobiantodp) | 82.78 | 97% | 2023-04-09 |
11988. | lilililpy (lilililpy) | 82.78 | 95% | 2019-07-29 |
11989. | Ziggy (antioch) | 82.78 | 97% | 2013-04-10 |
11990. | fufexan (fufexan) | 82.78 | 97% | 2022-06-19 |
11991. | Jill (jillblack) | 82.78 | 97% | 2022-05-30 |
11992. | 2Centuries (marwankhaled) | 82.78 | 97% | 2022-02-13 |
11993. | From0ToHero (lordmeliodas) | 82.78 | 97% | 2019-12-09 |
11994. | Vishal (vishuboy) | 82.78 | 97% | 2011-05-15 |
11995. | IM (slowandslow) | 82.78 | 97% | 2013-09-20 |
11996. | Huy (kenvjnkute) | 82.78 | 95% | 2016-04-06 |
11997. | Tomas (tritz) | 82.77 | 97% | 2021-01-27 |
11998. | Drei (dreilacadin) | 82.77 | 98% | 2021-05-22 |
11999. | pap (papasi) | 82.77 | 98% | 2013-10-01 |
12000. | Russell (redsnake02) | 82.77 | 95% | 2017-05-03 |
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 |