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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43262. | ken (nighttrap) | 45.70 | 89% | 2015-06-22 |
43263. | Nagy (gynagy) | 45.70 | 89% | 2013-05-25 |
43264. | Cayce (c_yce) | 45.69 | 97.5% | 2025-02-13 |
43265. | DBence07 (dbence) | 45.69 | 94% | 2024-02-07 |
43266. | Dipendra Lamsal (dr_deep) | 45.69 | 93% | 2023-10-04 |
43267. | kacer (kacer) | 45.69 | 94% | 2012-11-19 |
43268. | Erik (vike92) | 45.69 | 85% | 2016-02-08 |
43269. | Lon (lonfgt) | 45.69 | 86% | 2014-02-01 |
43270. | logan (logan1989) | 45.69 | 88% | 2016-09-20 |
43271. | JC (jeancarlos_1124) | 45.68 | 93.8% | 2025-02-16 |
43272. | taherul (taher053032) | 45.68 | 91% | 2011-07-28 |
43273. | amitabh alex (shshdtt) | 45.67 | 94% | 2025-04-24 |
43274. | Creenwal (creenwal) | 45.67 | 96% | 2025-03-07 |
43275. | totopokilal (totopokilal) | 45.67 | 95.3% | 2025-01-08 |
43276. | KeLvin (hkmkelvinha) | 45.66 | 93.9% | 2025-05-13 |
43277. | man (manyoeur) | 45.65 | — | 2010-10-20 |
43278. | Kai (dmnsvg) | 45.64 | 96% | 2014-12-31 |
43279. | Nadeem (nadeem.s.k.78@gmail... | 45.64 | 89% | 2014-05-22 |
43280. | surendra_varma (varmassss) | 45.63 | 94.3% | 2024-09-08 |
43281. | Jorawar (dumb_daas) | 45.63 | 94% | 2021-09-14 |
43282. | Klenn C-zar (lordklenzki) | 45.63 | 97.4% | 2024-12-26 |
43283. | Dabora (ddabol) | 45.62 | 94% | 2024-02-28 |
43284. | Wiktoria (wikunia123) | 45.62 | 96.2% | 2024-01-04 |
43285. | umair (umairunc) | 45.62 | 94% | 2023-04-06 |
43286. | Jakob Steinn (jakobsteinn) | 45.62 | 90% | 2011-06-07 |
43287. | Jvn_79 (jvn_79) | 45.61 | 92.2% | 2024-04-30 |
43288. | Tushar (perxshar) | 45.61 | 86% | 2014-01-01 |
43289. | Jacob (oshawott15) | 45.60 | 96% | 2013-10-07 |
43290. | kait (kaitcats) | 45.60 | 94.7% | 2024-10-02 |
43291. | speedysam (speedysammy1423) | 45.59 | 94% | 2024-09-14 |
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 |