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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9118. | oakles (oakles) | 88.81 | 93% | 2014-11-23 |
9119. | Discovery (afrosense8) | 88.81 | 91% | 2015-06-10 |
9120. | Sudip (donda) | 88.81 | 98% | 2023-04-18 |
9121. | Danielle (drhooke) | 88.81 | 96% | 2011-05-12 |
9122. | Kevin (baeyoona) | 88.81 | 94% | 2016-11-15 |
9123. | Rinne (rinne_15) | 88.80 | 97% | 2021-07-07 |
9124. | cc (guest008) | 88.80 | 99% | 2017-07-14 |
9125. | Rene (rgam) | 88.80 | 96% | 2012-04-30 |
9126. | Hailee (perkypotato) | 88.80 | 99% | 2016-09-30 |
9127. | nana (goomi) | 88.79 | 98% | 2021-09-27 |
9128. | Jimmy Le🇻🇳🇺🇸 (c... | 88.79 | 96.9% | 2024-01-09 |
9129. | Archie (archievald_ingco) | 88.79 | 96% | 2013-06-22 |
9130. | Boomer (boomer_typer) | 88.79 | 98% | 2021-07-24 |
9131. | candyyyyyyy (andewa_05) | 88.79 | 95.8% | 2024-01-10 |
9132. | Jennifer (jf07) | 88.79 | 99% | 2020-12-27 |
9133. | Dog (dogthepotato) | 88.79 | 97% | 2017-06-22 |
9134. | Potatsus (potatsus) | 88.78 | 98.1% | 2024-01-22 |
9135. | Hemant (hemu_sakunde) | 88.78 | 96% | 2024-03-16 |
9136. | ... (willnyeasianguy) | 88.78 | 97% | 2024-03-03 |
9137. | Ravi (ravi_malhotra) | 88.78 | 94% | 2012-04-05 |
9138. | Ich (dvoraklearner) | 88.78 | 96% | 2011-11-08 |
9139. | Corey (cjbro) | 88.77 | — | 2010-11-24 |
9140. | Ian Paoul Zurita (saboogey) | 88.76 | 98% | 2023-10-27 |
9141. | Isaac (i_emerge16) | 88.75 | 98% | 2024-01-19 |
9142. | NeighborlyRaven (neighborly... | 88.75 | 99% | 2021-02-13 |
9143. | James (jamesshi) | 88.75 | 97% | 2012-06-30 |
9144. | cluwei (cluwei) | 88.74 | 96% | 2019-08-30 |
9145. | Paul Baeg (poinkwagner) | 88.74 | 94% | 2024-01-11 |
9146. | contaminate (4a454646) | 88.74 | 97% | 2019-03-10 |
9147. | Kai (kai77) | 88.74 | 95% | 2017-03-22 |
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 |