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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31088. | Tears (_tears) | 48.18 | 95% | 2024-03-22 |
31089. | Matthew (cwehttam) | 48.18 | 95% | 2022-09-15 |
31090. | Karthik Sandeep Kamath (kar... | 48.17 | 96% | 2024-05-31 |
31091. | Abdulrahman (at7t) | 48.17 | 95.7% | 2024-01-02 |
31092. | FA (fa00) | 48.16 | 94.6% | 2023-11-18 |
31093. | Djkh (djkh) | 48.16 | 95% | 2023-06-25 |
31094. | ncampos0033@.lausd.net (nik... | 48.15 | 98% | 2023-12-07 |
31095. | xuan (xcoivie) | 48.15 | — | 2011-02-19 |
31096. | Enzo (mr_salt_turtle) | 48.14 | 95.5% | 2023-12-18 |
31097. | hei (heihei31) | 48.13 | 93% | 2015-08-23 |
31098. | Arijit (arijit91) | 48.13 | — | 2010-09-09 |
31099. | MrBuis (mrbuis) | 48.12 | 97% | 2024-03-23 |
31100. | elvis (elvispresley) | 48.11 | 96% | 2013-11-03 |
31101. | . (nerdivist) | 48.11 | 91% | 2013-10-16 |
31102. | Trash (trshgod) | 48.10 | 96% | 2022-07-02 |
31103. | ProbablyMine (probablymine08) | 48.10 | 96% | 2020-07-31 |
31104. | sebastian Twisk (albatross1... | 48.09 | 96% | 2024-04-14 |
31105. | Istiaq (istiaq28) | 48.09 | 87% | 2016-03-10 |
31106. | Lewis (manorvic) | 48.09 | 90% | 2016-02-24 |
31107. | Sunny (hanc1970) | 48.09 | 94% | 2011-10-07 |
31108. | lebenson (lebenson) | 48.07 | 90% | 2013-01-18 |
31109. | Karla (meanlady) | 48.07 | 98% | 2016-08-03 |
31110. | m77o (m77o) | 48.05 | 94% | 2024-03-08 |
31111. | Steven (txp2037) | 48.05 | 96% | 2018-07-27 |
31112. | Hamideh (zigoorat_826) | 48.05 | 93% | 2017-04-11 |
31113. | Mia (mia_pie) | 48.04 | 91% | 2016-08-07 |
31114. | Akshay (akshay2604) | 48.03 | 93% | 2020-12-23 |
31115. | Ethan (emanfrazier) | 48.03 | 95% | 2018-02-16 |
31116. | Micho (micholime) | 48.03 | 84% | 2013-06-05 |
31117. | drex (disclaimer37) | 48.03 | 95% | 2011-05-04 |
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 |