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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39387. | Wazih Abdullah (slow_wazih) | 54.10 | 94.7% | 2023-11-30 |
39388. | corbin (cball2021) | 54.10 | 98.8% | 2024-10-15 |
39389. | DRD (slo_est_typer) | 54.10 | 95% | 2024-05-17 |
39390. | Ammar (ammar_hammoud) | 54.10 | 94% | 2024-12-03 |
39391. | Hieu (hieu_96) | 54.10 | 93% | 2013-08-03 |
39392. | Ilya (il__ya) | 54.10 | 94% | 2012-06-30 |
39393. | Mor (mor0620) | 54.09 | 95.4% | 2025-02-27 |
39394. | Rhafly (logan0013) | 54.09 | 93% | 2024-09-30 |
39395. | Yatin Singh (fast331) | 54.09 | 95% | 2024-07-22 |
39396. | karlw221 (karlw221) | 54.09 | 95.2% | 2024-03-06 |
39397. | Reyli (reyli) | 54.09 | 93% | 2017-05-02 |
39398. | Bavin01 (bavin01) | 54.09 | 95.4% | 2024-09-19 |
39399. | Nick (sliceandice) | 54.09 | 95.1% | 2024-01-01 |
39400. | Abby (abbydes13) | 54.09 | 96% | 2021-04-26 |
39401. | Rudolf (grudi) | 54.09 | 96% | 2013-08-14 |
39402. | Jags (jags_0101) | 54.09 | 93% | 2015-10-13 |
39403. | Pradhan (gurjar_pradhan) | 54.08 | 96.6% | 2025-03-09 |
39404. | Oscypciek (oscypciek) | 54.08 | 95% | 2024-07-28 |
39405. | pascal (rezuto) | 54.08 | 96% | 2024-11-20 |
39406. | tagnaa (tagnaa) | 54.08 | 96% | 2024-09-08 |
39407. | Gregory (gregoryh) | 54.08 | 96% | 2024-05-14 |
39408. | Stercus (hemantkatiyar) | 54.08 | 94% | 2013-06-19 |
39409. | Daniel M. (madmax0407) | 54.08 | 95% | 2024-09-18 |
39410. | cucurkurma (cucurkurma98) | 54.08 | 97% | 2025-05-08 |
39411. | Somebody2425 (somebody2425) | 54.07 | 94% | 2024-10-20 |
39412. | Michael (dudemanmichael) | 54.07 | 95% | 2017-06-08 |
39413. | ATA (ataxia) | 54.07 | 92% | 2013-06-09 |
39414. | Deep (dsg16) | 54.07 | 96.6% | 2023-11-27 |
39415. | alex (pluto3324) | 54.07 | 96% | 2021-03-18 |
39416. | Funeral Party (scudvirus2018) | 54.07 | 97% | 2021-04-03 |
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 |