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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21333. | tiffany (thubbard1120) | 67.83 | 97% | 2024-02-14 |
21334. | Drop (dropnose) | 67.83 | 96% | 2024-04-27 |
21335. | Jordan (volto) | 67.83 | 93% | 2015-09-04 |
21336. | Joshua (zhou89) | 67.83 | 96% | 2020-10-03 |
21337. | 2Fingers (johndave_1998) | 67.83 | 96% | 2017-12-11 |
21338. | Gavin (meizlizard) | 67.83 | 96% | 2014-09-25 |
21339. | Sumeet (sumeet_best) | 67.83 | 94% | 2012-03-22 |
21340. | Carlos (carlmonserrate) | 67.82 | 96% | 2024-03-21 |
21341. | Bob (weal2020) | 67.82 | 95% | 2024-04-03 |
21342. | Jellie Ann (jellieberry) | 67.82 | 92% | 2016-04-14 |
21343. | Juan (juanto121) | 67.82 | 98% | 2016-01-10 |
21344. | Cuong (nespro) | 67.82 | 96% | 2014-01-01 |
21345. | Micheal (michaeltheturtle) | 67.82 | 97% | 2012-10-15 |
21346. | Bùi (blackfl_12) | 67.81 | 97% | 2021-04-25 |
21347. | Ruslan (rusbes) | 67.81 | 96% | 2018-06-18 |
21348. | Mihir (plibither8) | 67.81 | 96% | 2019-12-06 |
21349. | Adam (zurgok) | 67.80 | 88% | 2014-08-25 |
21350. | Wongalong (wongalong) | 67.80 | 94% | 2024-04-20 |
21351. | MPL (luthienmpl) | 67.80 | 97% | 2013-11-10 |
21352. | Benno (thawalrus) | 67.80 | 96% | 2014-09-09 |
21353. | JesúsFedericoAlvarezRivera... | 67.80 | 93% | 2011-06-25 |
21354. | Caleb (thetypist18) | 67.79 | 96% | 2023-12-15 |
21355. | lovos111 (lovos111) | 67.79 | 96% | 2024-02-27 |
21356. | RayKuro (ray_kuro) | 67.79 | 97% | 2024-01-27 |
21357. | Rhys (speedymole) | 67.79 | 91% | 2014-11-08 |
21358. | Melvin (mellikyun) | 67.79 | 95.4% | 2021-02-18 |
21359. | femonemonemo (femonemo) | 67.79 | 96% | 2022-05-19 |
21360. | Ego Bagas (egobagas) | 67.79 | 97% | 2017-07-18 |
21361. | Kurt (kurthu) | 67.79 | 97% | 2017-07-19 |
21362. | bzhlk (bzhlk) | 67.79 | — | 2011-02-26 |
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 |