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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1255. | Aaron (mrduckface32) | 123.26 | 98% | 2022-11-20 |
1256. | a. (secretariat) | 123.25 | — | 2010-06-27 |
1257. | Elite Andy (whatpage15) | 123.23 | 98% | 2016-12-03 |
1258. | rodger (rogerz343) | 123.23 | 98% | 2019-11-17 |
1259. | lol (noobermensch) | 123.23 | 99% | 2014-07-17 |
1260. | Disturbed (nonquit_tomato) | 123.21 | 96% | 2022-10-15 |
1261. | Claire (claire_is_here) | 123.18 | 98% | 2024-06-17 |
1262. | anty (antyboi) | 123.16 | 99.5% | 2023-09-19 |
1263. | sey (impp) | 123.15 | 89% | 2013-01-12 |
1264. | Nigel (3l81n50) | 123.14 | 96% | 2012-10-07 |
1265. | Albert (viewfindr) | 123.12 | 93% | 2014-02-06 |
1266. | Brett (mrmahn) | 123.10 | 99% | 2024-06-19 |
1267. | thanos (thanosmpath) | 123.10 | 98% | 2025-01-31 |
1268. | Aaron (arcfide) | 123.10 | 98% | 2016-06-22 |
1269. | Joan (pilky01) | 123.09 | 97% | 2015-02-26 |
1270. | Mira (mbi615) | 123.09 | 100% | 2018-11-14 |
1271. | Mariah (arcaisha) | 123.08 | 95% | 2013-11-11 |
1272. | maiko (maikoh) | 123.08 | 97% | 2024-03-31 |
1273. | funny (tesseractbeyond) | 123.08 | 98.2% | 2024-11-11 |
1274. | DraMaTiK (dr_amatik) | 123.08 | 96% | 2014-10-17 |
1275. | Steve (haxmatix) | 123.03 | 97% | 2016-05-21 |
1276. | Sundae (lazysundae) | 123.00 | 97% | 2016-03-21 |
1277. | Robin (robinthompin) | 122.98 | 98% | 2022-03-31 |
1278. | eric (supercire) | 122.98 | — | 2010-07-24 |
1279. | Jiahui (jumban) | 122.97 | 99% | 2013-07-25 |
1280. | Diego (diegowaffle) | 122.96 | 97% | 2011-07-06 |
1281. | (✿◠‿◠) (101202) | 122.95 | 99% | 2021-04-01 |
1282. | HudYA (hudyusuf) | 122.93 | 99% | 2025-03-09 |
1283. | SORRY JACK, EVO_X BACK !! (... | 122.93 | 19% | 2011-07-08 |
1284. | Xedra (xedra) | 122.93 | 96% | 2016-08-29 |
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 |