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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34676. | Jeff (navigation07) | 60.57 | 95% | 2022-03-14 |
34677. | Esha (eshahande) | 60.57 | 97% | 2019-11-20 |
34678. | Shine (shinekukkar) | 60.57 | 92% | 2016-06-03 |
34679. | Khan (khan2) | 60.57 | — | 2010-09-07 |
34680. | Hannes (bakkies22) | 60.56 | 97% | 2025-04-09 |
34681. | Andre (andrecr2000) | 60.56 | 96% | 2024-11-14 |
34682. | MOMO (_momo2000_) | 60.56 | 96% | 2022-05-05 |
34683. | Ryan (chaoticblitz) | 60.56 | 93.1% | 2023-10-11 |
34684. | Sean (felesper) | 60.56 | 95% | 2021-01-19 |
34685. | T-bage (rrraaadddaaa) | 60.56 | — | 2011-03-12 |
34686. | Juan (archangel615) | 60.56 | 89% | 2014-04-07 |
34687. | Siddhartha Rao (sidfreak) | 60.55 | 94% | 2025-06-05 |
34688. | Elias (dillenn) | 60.55 | 95% | 2021-04-19 |
34689. | Keiji (keiji453) | 60.55 | 95% | 2021-10-24 |
34690. | simon (kusin_simon) | 60.55 | 92% | 2012-11-19 |
34691. | Pewpewpew (paradoxon) | 60.55 | 97% | 2015-09-09 |
34692. | Simo (cimoa) | 60.54 | 96% | 2023-01-29 |
34693. | Sean ny (bufortjonesy) | 60.54 | 95.2% | 2025-02-04 |
34694. | Sangam Sunar (sangamsunar) | 60.54 | 97% | 2024-03-18 |
34695. | Jacques (jacques007) | 60.54 | 96.5% | 2025-01-17 |
34696. | Luke_ (luke____) | 60.54 | 95.4% | 2024-12-19 |
34697. | Thirsha (thirsha_of_zohn) | 60.54 | 96% | 2024-08-20 |
34698. | Mug Hill (mug_hill) | 60.54 | 97% | 2024-02-13 |
34699. | Sultan (sultannawazkhan) | 60.54 | 90% | 2016-05-09 |
34700. | Ajay (ajaytyper) | 60.54 | 98% | 2019-04-30 |
34701. | gerald (gbzapico) | 60.54 | 90% | 2012-07-16 |
34702. | Eveline (evergreen30) | 60.53 | 97% | 2025-06-04 |
34703. | Daniel (imagoodcitizen) | 60.53 | 93.7% | 2025-01-28 |
34704. | Jolyon (deltics) | 60.53 | 97% | 2021-05-28 |
34705. | Eva (niejingtan) | 60.53 | 94% | 2016-04-26 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
Long Texts | 153 | 84.32 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 12 | 71.91 | January 1, 2024 |
##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |