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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14331. | zzz (snorl4x) | 78.72 | 97.9% | 2021-02-07 |
14332. | Mar (niodalaz) | 78.72 | 95% | 2015-01-17 |
14333. | Nemanja (air_cone) | 78.71 | 97% | 2024-03-14 |
14334. | Intruder (mad_sam) | 78.70 | 96% | 2015-12-17 |
14335. | Tyler (t_racer1904) | 78.70 | 98% | 2021-01-13 |
14336. | CrashRAcer1 (crashracer1) | 78.69 | 97.4% | 2023-10-15 |
14337. | KLITSCHKO (dr_steel_hammer) | 78.69 | 95% | 2013-02-02 |
14338. | Joshua (darkleeroy) | 78.69 | — | 2010-12-28 |
14339. | Matthew (wormshurm) | 78.69 | 97% | 2022-04-25 |
14340. | Petiks (petiks) | 78.69 | 96% | 2015-04-04 |
14341. | tyler (malon) | 78.69 | — | 2010-09-23 |
14342. | Lorenzo (lorenzo_) | 78.68 | 95% | 2017-02-04 |
14343. | Grass (saltygrass) | 78.68 | 96% | 2024-04-09 |
14344. | Karim (karim909) | 78.68 | 95% | 2022-04-24 |
14345. | Veeridel (del_234) | 78.68 | 97% | 2024-04-13 |
14346. | Wan (zenag) | 78.68 | 95% | 2020-12-18 |
14347. | Izzy (izz_rdx) | 78.67 | 96% | 2024-04-01 |
14348. | D1eg8 (drm86) | 78.67 | 98% | 2021-08-30 |
14349. | Bram (bramdd) | 78.67 | 96.2% | 2021-01-29 |
14350. | Roy (lordkite) | 78.67 | 95% | 2021-10-20 |
14351. | Bob (mrgeeses) | 78.67 | 95% | 2022-02-11 |
14352. | Max (thebigoddone) | 78.67 | 96.4% | 2024-01-05 |
14353. | Plebber (plebber_typing) | 78.67 | 98% | 2021-08-12 |
14354. | Kerollos (pesticidez) | 78.67 | 97% | 2013-07-05 |
14355. | ayytimbo (ayytimbo) | 78.67 | 97% | 2019-10-24 |
14356. | Nguyen (kidtrum) | 78.67 | 98% | 2017-07-30 |
14357. | Clive (black2dark1) | 78.67 | 93% | 2016-01-18 |
14358. | Chien (xuanchien) | 78.67 | 96% | 2017-04-19 |
14359. | Kody (´・ω・`) (septerion) | 78.67 | 96% | 2018-11-01 |
14360. | Jedryc (jeddddd) | 78.66 | 95% | 2024-05-13 |
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 |