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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3093. | cliche (vviras) | 108.36 | 97% | 2021-05-13 |
3094. | Seth (ccocoa_colemak) | 108.36 | 96% | 2014-02-12 |
3095. | d (dcao) | 108.35 | 93% | 2012-04-17 |
3096. | StraightUpLuck (straightupl... | 108.34 | 99% | 2022-01-28 |
3097. | sidm (sidm) | 108.34 | 98% | 2020-10-10 |
3098. | Guy (supasilp) | 108.33 | 96% | 2024-04-06 |
3099. | datboi (datboiyaron) | 108.33 | 98% | 2021-05-01 |
3100. | (nonquitwarrior) | 108.33 | 97% | 2021-04-08 |
3101. | Adam (plutoking) | 108.33 | 98% | 2014-02-05 |
3102. | Vijay (pattisapu) | 108.32 | 96% | 2016-06-13 |
3103. | λ (yambda) | 108.31 | 97.9% | 2023-10-26 |
3104. | Al (quicksilver95) | 108.31 | 98.1% | 2021-02-05 |
3105. | Andrew (screepahh) | 108.31 | — | 2011-03-17 |
3106. | race_me_now (I miss Czy) (r... | 108.31 | 97% | 2022-08-15 |
3107. | quit = 20wpm handicap (tgon... | 108.30 | 97% | 2022-10-21 |
3108. | Oliver (olivertee) | 108.30 | 98% | 2020-08-06 |
3109. | Ryaichu (ryaichu) | 108.28 | 97% | 2014-07-27 |
3110. | (anthonywspt) | 108.28 | 97.3% | 2024-03-10 |
3111. | Martin (megdal02) | 108.28 | 98.1% | 2023-11-26 |
3112. | Anagram (_anagram) | 108.28 | 91% | 2011-06-21 |
3113. | Julian (coroin123) | 108.28 | 98% | 2023-02-15 |
3114. | Eivind (myrddhin) | 108.28 | 98% | 2012-11-16 |
3115. | Lane (laneondvorak) | 108.27 | 97% | 2022-07-15 |
3116. | Jack (user85793) | 108.27 | 99% | 2023-01-25 |
3117. | Put It In My (uni_xd) | 108.27 | 98% | 2021-03-22 |
3118. | voocsgo (voo055) | 108.26 | 98% | 2017-06-07 |
3119. | Hrist (bruttalized) | 108.25 | 97% | 2020-09-20 |
3120. | Sophie (sophiiee) | 108.25 | 97% | 2018-09-24 |
3121. | sandbox (sandboxes) | 108.25 | — | 2011-04-22 |
3122. | Eddie (liquidrl) | 108.24 | 98% | 2023-10-07 |
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 |