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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26308. | tristan (tristan__) | 59.83 | 91% | 2017-05-03 |
26309. | laiq (laiqahmad) | 59.83 | 94% | 2013-09-24 |
26310. | June (junehsw) | 59.83 | 95% | 2016-09-12 |
26311. | ET (galani) | 59.82 | 92% | 2015-03-15 |
26312. | David (scholarlyfrog) | 59.82 | 89% | 2016-07-09 |
26313. | Vu (vuquynghia2) | 59.82 | 97% | 2024-03-25 |
26314. | Csilla (peldak) | 59.82 | 96% | 2020-11-19 |
26315. | wahaha (wakeke) | 59.82 | — | 2010-11-02 |
26316. | Gaurav (gorvarora) | 59.82 | 94% | 2016-03-14 |
26317. | c (cdavid010111) | 59.82 | — | 2011-02-02 |
26318. | Glen (glennnnn) | 59.81 | 97% | 2019-09-18 |
26319. | zoooooom (zinnia_) | 59.81 | 97% | 2024-02-13 |
26320. | Chris (chris07) | 59.81 | 97% | 2019-06-25 |
26321. | Casshern (casshern) | 59.81 | 96% | 2023-12-17 |
26322. | Phoenix (phoenix_0001) | 59.81 | 94% | 2023-05-21 |
26323. | Jenna (jenna1213) | 59.81 | 92% | 2012-05-26 |
26324. | glassnet (glassnet) | 59.80 | 97% | 2021-05-14 |
26325. | Cedric (cedric_f) | 59.80 | 94% | 2022-08-14 |
26326. | yasser (yasblack) | 59.80 | 95% | 2022-05-30 |
26327. | Ashvin (krispyash1107) | 59.80 | 94% | 2021-03-16 |
26328. | Timothy (ttphout) | 59.80 | 96% | 2016-05-10 |
26329. | Mike (mightymike) | 59.80 | 93% | 2016-02-26 |
26330. | G (kalmyk) | 59.79 | 97% | 2022-09-13 |
26331. | tyler (laxbam) | 59.79 | 88% | 2017-03-08 |
26332. | Dima (zormik) | 59.79 | 94% | 2021-12-31 |
26333. | Arrietty (arrietty12) | 59.79 | 93% | 2016-04-30 |
26334. | Alexander Kordahi (isokg_) | 59.78 | 97% | 2024-02-22 |
26335. | tekasza (tekasza) | 59.78 | 96% | 2024-01-16 |
26336. | Aibek (aibek02) | 59.78 | 94.5% | 2024-04-10 |
26337. | shinto (shintocv) | 59.78 | 95% | 2016-09-02 |
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 |