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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18765. | Brad (lilbrad52) | 71.56 | 98% | 2017-08-20 |
18766. | fallagrim (fallagrim) | 71.56 | 95% | 2021-02-10 |
18767. | Sailor (spongi12) | 71.56 | 95% | 2016-04-27 |
18768. | Madelaine (madtherad) | 71.56 | 91% | 2017-06-01 |
18769. | Gail (gailrickman@yahoo.com) | 71.56 | 95% | 2015-03-10 |
18770. | Chris (whocareidont) | 71.55 | 93% | 2016-10-20 |
18771. | one38 (one38) | 71.55 | 97.2% | 2023-11-30 |
18772. | ritwik (ritwik3856) | 71.55 | 97% | 2021-07-06 |
18773. | Bepsi (thesaltiestsea) | 71.55 | 94% | 2018-06-27 |
18774. | Daneshvar (daneshvara) | 71.55 | 87% | 2016-10-31 |
18775. | Ole Einar (zyphie) | 71.55 | 97% | 2013-07-04 |
18776. | mczerwi (mczerwi) | 71.55 | 94% | 2015-04-18 |
18777. | Flying Fingers (butler78) | 71.55 | 98% | 2013-09-13 |
18778. | Chelsea (oxfordkarma) | 71.54 | 96.8% | 2024-01-15 |
18779. | t (tvctft) | 71.54 | 97% | 2014-03-15 |
18780. | ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (sarsippius) | 71.54 | 96% | 2017-08-01 |
18781. | z1nk (z1nkz1nk) | 71.53 | 97.6% | 2023-12-29 |
18782. | Evan (eh30) | 71.53 | 97% | 2024-05-18 |
18783. | Bob (bobderbauer) | 71.53 | 96% | 2021-03-01 |
18784. | A (sd_era) | 71.53 | 96% | 2024-02-07 |
18785. | Stevens (typa) | 71.53 | 94% | 2012-06-02 |
18786. | Suppakorn (guearth) | 71.52 | 96% | 2022-11-22 |
18787. | dannyb (dannybthewhore) | 71.52 | 94% | 2015-10-27 |
18788. | Hue (zinaclye) | 71.52 | 79% | 2013-05-22 |
18789. | Alireza (sakura1987) | 71.52 | 95% | 2014-11-16 |
18790. | Nikola (nikola_joker) | 71.52 | 93% | 2012-04-13 |
18791. | Erfan (erfan_hedayati) | 71.51 | 96% | 2021-06-14 |
18792. | Acke (ackehjarn) | 71.51 | 95.6% | 2021-02-15 |
18793. | Marie (marievic) | 71.51 | 97.7% | 2023-11-22 |
18794. | James (pd_snipe) | 71.51 | 95% | 2013-04-02 |
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 |