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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11150. | slowasfwuck (wubz) | 84.45 | 97% | 2013-08-27 |
11151. | salvation (mo7a_1913) | 84.44 | 97% | 2023-12-18 |
11152. | Luzonsker (luzonero) | 84.44 | 97% | 2022-01-11 |
11153. | Peter (ptrmai) | 84.44 | 98.6% | 2021-02-15 |
11154. | Filip (filipbitola) | 84.44 | 97% | 2014-05-05 |
11155. | Serv (servgd) | 84.43 | 95.6% | 2023-11-29 |
11156. | Austin (proded) | 84.43 | 95% | 2016-07-08 |
11157. | Andrew (aescay) | 84.43 | 98% | 2022-06-16 |
11158. | Jarek (yorrickus) | 84.43 | 98% | 2016-09-15 |
11159. | Geese (geese955) | 84.42 | 97% | 2024-04-05 |
11160. | João (gomendrown) | 84.42 | 99% | 2023-12-04 |
11161. | Andrei (headpats) | 84.42 | 98.8% | 2023-11-22 |
11162. | Nick (vergil_00) | 84.42 | 98% | 2023-05-31 |
11163. | ᕙ( ͡◉ ͜ ʖ ͡◉)ᕗ ... | 84.42 | 97.3% | 2023-10-09 |
11164. | Thi (rodingersmg) | 84.42 | 96% | 2021-06-24 |
11165. | haidanos (haidanos) | 84.42 | 96.8% | 2023-11-11 |
11166. | Mynte (myntepapir) | 84.41 | 96% | 2016-05-13 |
11167. | Boltcrasher (boltcrasher) | 84.41 | 95% | 2020-11-21 |
11168. | Ed (pelly1863) | 84.41 | 97% | 2020-09-17 |
11169. | Steven (whathecode) | 84.41 | 95% | 2011-07-24 |
11170. | unfalsent (typowriter16) | 84.41 | 96% | 2017-10-21 |
11171. | Arslan (arslan801007) | 84.40 | 96% | 2022-12-12 |
11172. | POSTURE (borat_kz) | 84.40 | 97.7% | 2023-11-29 |
11173. | Ninja (ninjaacat) | 84.40 | 97% | 2021-01-16 |
11174. | Ace (milkyboy12) | 84.40 | 96% | 2021-03-12 |
11175. | top2828 (top2828) | 84.39 | 98% | 2024-02-09 |
11176. | Apocolad (apocolad) | 84.39 | 96.5% | 2023-11-08 |
11177. | (atorpy) | 84.39 | 98% | 2022-02-10 |
11178. | Roy (roypon11) | 84.39 | 95% | 2014-03-14 |
11179. | sem (elsemyano) | 84.39 | 96% | 2012-10-05 |
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 |