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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26789. | Rahul (gautamrahul) | 58.06 | 94% | 2012-06-02 |
26790. | Bu (buyongtatt) | 58.06 | 96% | 2017-02-17 |
26791. | James (blinkerfluid) | 58.06 | 95% | 2014-08-06 |
26792. | charles (abru) | 58.06 | 92% | 2015-04-02 |
26793. | Gunnar (rs_gunny) | 58.05 | 83% | 2016-01-23 |
26794. | elpresador (el_presador) | 58.05 | 89% | 2011-11-11 |
26795. | Ben (threefx) | 58.04 | 94% | 2016-05-20 |
26796. | Fvck Me! (faspitch) | 58.04 | 93% | 2016-04-02 |
26797. | Dominic (unoriginaldom) | 58.04 | 94% | 2012-10-22 |
26798. | tair (sohhab_001) | 58.04 | 95% | 2016-08-18 |
26799. | Brett (bpoole00@gmail.com) | 58.04 | 90% | 2016-09-03 |
26800. | Jeremy (urshr) | 58.03 | 95% | 2019-02-19 |
26801. | Ahmed (_ahmed2001youssef) | 58.03 | 95% | 2021-01-05 |
26802. | Matty (doyoufeelluckypunk) | 58.03 | 91% | 2012-08-07 |
26803. | wazaus (wazaus) | 58.03 | 91% | 2013-08-20 |
26804. | Vivien (vivienho25) | 58.03 | 97% | 2016-01-31 |
26805. | Darius Wiles (dariussw) | 58.02 | 93.5% | 2023-12-02 |
26806. | KKR (freefaced) | 58.02 | 97% | 2024-02-09 |
26807. | Thenhow (thenhow) | 58.02 | 95% | 2018-02-10 |
26808. | AggieMet (aggiemet) | 58.02 | 97% | 2022-02-08 |
26809. | womsajib (womsajib) | 58.02 | 96% | 2022-12-16 |
26810. | Practicing (torodoki) | 58.02 | 96% | 2020-03-18 |
26811. | Agamemnon (agamemnon_) | 58.01 | 95% | 2023-11-22 |
26812. | Mustafa (mustafah04) | 58.01 | 94.3% | 2023-11-30 |
26813. | goobe (ilikescheese) | 58.01 | 94% | 2020-08-27 |
26814. | John (hsuyaaa) | 58.01 | 96% | 2021-02-08 |
26815. | FStan (1024514) | 58.01 | 96% | 2016-09-09 |
26816. | testmyskills (testmyskills) | 58.01 | 93% | 2012-11-07 |
26817. | Suchith (trueinvincible) | 58.00 | 96% | 2024-01-07 |
26818. | Abhuday (hodor69) | 58.00 | 93% | 2020-09-24 |
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 |