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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43081. | ABCD (manasaranjan) | 48.60 | 91% | 2013-03-29 |
43082. | Tomas (sapee) | 48.59 | 96% | 2024-03-08 |
43083. | Leonardo (leonardosoto) | 48.59 | 94% | 2022-05-12 |
43084. | adj (addddjjj) | 48.59 | 96% | 2024-12-22 |
43085. | Maksym (entegrio) | 48.59 | 96.6% | 2023-11-12 |
43086. | felix (felix3699) | 48.59 | 95% | 2024-04-25 |
43087. | Raymond (northernabyss) | 48.59 | 84% | 2016-05-11 |
43088. | King (tirdsab4) | 48.59 | 96.8% | 2021-02-08 |
43089. | RAGHU (raghu7889) | 48.59 | 92% | 2016-07-08 |
43090. | George Kalad (m1_ace) | 48.58 | 96% | 2025-01-21 |
43091. | Kaine (l0f13) | 48.58 | 96.1% | 2023-12-14 |
43092. | suyashpandey (lolnolm) | 48.58 | 94.1% | 2024-03-03 |
43093. | Lokomotywa Ciuciu (lokomoty... | 48.58 | 97.2% | 2024-04-18 |
43094. | Christian (the_fuz) | 48.58 | 93% | 2021-02-17 |
43095. | Tarashankar (tarashankar) | 48.58 | 96% | 2025-01-15 |
43096. | August (august64) | 48.58 | 93% | 2017-01-23 |
43097. | Bones (boneswon) | 48.57 | 95.6% | 2025-01-08 |
43098. | dino (satpaing) | 48.57 | 94% | 2024-03-30 |
43099. | Lumpy (lumpydeuce) | 48.57 | 94% | 2025-04-20 |
43100. | Mes Chief (meschief) | 48.57 | 96% | 2024-02-18 |
43101. | Vince (vinceisfast) | 48.57 | 94% | 2023-11-28 |
43102. | Taha (taha_pro) | 48.56 | 93% | 2024-03-14 |
43103. | Kareem Waleed (kagameryt) | 48.56 | 95% | 2024-07-27 |
43104. | elise (flrr) | 48.56 | 96% | 2023-08-14 |
43105. | Tae (nuttawatn) | 48.55 | 94% | 2023-08-27 |
43106. | GG (boldbrick) | 48.55 | 97.9% | 2024-09-11 |
43107. | Andrews (andocnr) | 48.55 | 88% | 2013-05-20 |
43108. | Dan (_dan__) | 48.55 | 96% | 2024-05-02 |
43109. | Aidan (xanthosus) | 48.54 | 89% | 2013-02-25 |
43110. | olwen (olwennnn) | 48.53 | 94% | 2018-10-03 |
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 |