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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12576. | mtk (mowntankik) | 81.69 | 97.7% | 2021-02-15 |
12577. | Jayfeather (jayfeather787) | 81.69 | 97% | 2024-02-09 |
12578. | Jim (jimjimbles123) | 81.68 | 96% | 2023-02-09 |
12579. | focus on acc (doofenshmirtz1) | 81.68 | 96.4% | 2023-12-07 |
12580. | Shriram (shrirammc55) | 81.68 | 97% | 2022-11-08 |
12581. | Evan (ortholomus) | 81.68 | 94% | 2014-10-14 |
12582. | Wilhelm (siopez) | 81.67 | 95% | 2019-07-15 |
12583. | crow (ph4tomz) | 81.67 | 95.4% | 2024-01-14 |
12584. | Hey (groundhogs_are_cute) | 81.67 | 94% | 2016-03-25 |
12585. | Reader (1reader) | 81.66 | 98% | 2022-11-11 |
12586. | unmurderable (unmurderable) | 81.66 | 97.3% | 2023-11-30 |
12587. | You (fairnight) | 81.66 | 98% | 2022-10-16 |
12588. | Charlie (pyrotix) | 81.66 | 96% | 2013-02-26 |
12589. | 839 (ynad) | 81.66 | 96% | 2013-08-18 |
12590. | Aseem (reigning_king) | 81.66 | 95% | 2016-05-07 |
12591. | Bryan (iduhowpeopledo150wpm) | 81.66 | 97% | 2020-01-13 |
12592. | Bill (billsbiceps) | 81.65 | 98% | 2022-10-19 |
12593. | Riddy (songridv) | 81.65 | 98% | 2023-06-07 |
12594. | Tom (speedor) | 81.65 | 95% | 2018-02-14 |
12595. | ttv/uvsvdu (uvsvdu) | 81.65 | 96% | 2021-01-24 |
12596. | Việt Hùng (minkate) | 81.65 | 97% | 2011-11-03 |
12597. | ptertyl (flipphone) | 81.65 | 94% | 2014-07-25 |
12598. | Morpheus (shades444) | 81.65 | — | 2010-10-24 |
12599. | Quang Hiển (quanghienitc) | 81.65 | — | 2010-11-03 |
12600. | sAnideos (sanideos) | 81.64 | 98% | 2021-09-14 |
12601. | Rear (rolotomassi) | 81.64 | 97% | 2018-10-18 |
12602. | yorha (automata) | 81.64 | 98% | 2017-06-10 |
12603. | Felix (aeto) | 81.63 | 96% | 2019-02-05 |
12604. | tstats[omegaman] (omegaman) | 81.63 | 97% | 2019-01-13 |
12605. | deeznts (deeznts00) | 81.62 | 98% | 2024-02-06 |
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 |