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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23966. | Mudit (n___) | 63.03 | 97.3% | 2024-04-23 |
23967. | Lance (lancedragonmaster) | 63.03 | 94% | 2021-02-21 |
23968. | Pierre (pyorple) | 63.03 | 95.7% | 2021-03-01 |
23969. | Nick (slotharms) | 63.03 | 96% | 2021-05-13 |
23970. | Szymon (oley) | 63.03 | 93% | 2022-01-13 |
23971. | van hai (tvhai) | 63.03 | 97% | 2015-08-13 |
23972. | Mr. (mrchoro) | 63.03 | 97% | 2022-11-25 |
23973. | nathan (nathan5471) | 63.02 | 95% | 2024-03-25 |
23974. | Zaini (zainizain) | 63.02 | 96% | 2023-09-20 |
23975. | emp (sorakotoha) | 63.02 | 97% | 2020-01-19 |
23976. | mralves (mralves) | 63.02 | 96.3% | 2023-12-15 |
23977. | cxtexpa (ctexpa) | 63.02 | 96% | 2021-01-16 |
23978. | liz (itzlizzz) | 63.02 | 96% | 2021-03-16 |
23979. | Vincent (vincentmnbvcxz) | 63.02 | 95% | 2016-12-12 |
23980. | Manish (manishmalaviya) | 63.02 | 99% | 2016-08-13 |
23981. | :3 (saschiablouse) | 63.02 | 89% | 2016-01-30 |
23982. | kashif (1122kashif) | 63.01 | 98% | 2016-07-02 |
23983. | India Israel (dajata3256) | 63.01 | 95% | 2023-12-11 |
23984. | guest_user9 (guest_user9) | 63.01 | 97% | 2023-08-16 |
23985. | CompNerd (mpra13) | 63.01 | 94.6% | 2023-11-10 |
23986. | Ken (kenbrace) | 63.01 | 92% | 2016-07-12 |
23987. | Juliano (julianosott) | 63.01 | 95% | 2013-12-02 |
23988. | Camerron (camerron) | 63.01 | 94% | 2017-01-10 |
23989. | Phillip (philipma) | 63.00 | 96% | 2020-10-15 |
23990. | Jack (jackweli) | 63.00 | 95% | 2020-10-22 |
23991. | Paul (masterxilo) | 63.00 | 96% | 2013-10-20 |
23992. | ros (heyokay1234) | 62.99 | 97% | 2021-09-24 |
23993. | kdpip (keffler) | 62.99 | 94.5% | 2021-01-28 |
23994. | Yhlas (stdfloat) | 62.99 | 93.5% | 2023-11-26 |
23995. | Thomas (thomast3) | 62.99 | 97% | 2019-04-10 |
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 |