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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37114. | Shakiba (shakiba_1) | 58.02 | 96% | 2024-06-13 |
37115. | womsajib (womsajib) | 58.02 | 96% | 2022-12-16 |
37116. | Elizabeth (elizabethjulia) | 58.02 | 97.3% | 2024-10-04 |
37117. | Darius Wiles (dariussw) | 58.02 | 93.5% | 2023-12-02 |
37118. | NuclearTurtle5 (alexblasquez5) | 58.02 | 97% | 2024-08-28 |
37119. | AggieMet (aggiemet) | 58.02 | 97% | 2022-02-08 |
37120. | Practicing (torodoki) | 58.02 | 96% | 2020-03-18 |
37121. | uskudar20 (uskudar20) | 58.01 | 95.8% | 2024-08-17 |
37122. | YoiHito Sensei (yoihito) | 58.01 | 98% | 2024-05-14 |
37123. | Mustafa (mustafah04) | 58.01 | 94.3% | 2023-11-30 |
37124. | Agamemnon (agamemnon_) | 58.01 | 95% | 2023-11-22 |
37125. | goobe (ilikescheese) | 58.01 | 94% | 2020-08-27 |
37126. | Helena (helena_mp) | 58.01 | 95% | 2024-02-07 |
37127. | John (hsuyaaa) | 58.01 | 96% | 2021-02-08 |
37128. | FStan (1024514) | 58.01 | 96% | 2016-09-09 |
37129. | testmyskills (testmyskills) | 58.01 | 93% | 2012-11-07 |
37130. | TravyPatty (travypatty12) | 58.00 | 96% | 2025-05-27 |
37131. | Lester (eprime567) | 58.00 | 97.9% | 2025-02-01 |
37132. | Go (gomar3n) | 58.00 | 95% | 2022-02-07 |
37133. | i_practice_colemak_at_work ... | 58.00 | 96% | 2025-04-17 |
37134. | Jerrod (jhza619) | 58.00 | 96% | 2025-02-20 |
37135. | Suchith (trueinvincible) | 58.00 | 95.5% | 2024-01-07 |
37136. | Abhuday (hodor69) | 58.00 | 93% | 2020-09-24 |
37137. | Tomasz (tomaszf) | 58.00 | 88% | 2012-04-30 |
37138. | Hans (panpan04) | 57.99 | 97% | 2025-03-21 |
37139. | Aydée (aydeer) | 57.99 | 97.9% | 2025-04-15 |
37140. | Tomáš Pilát (thenmno) | 57.99 | 95% | 2024-06-19 |
37141. | A518 (a518_documents) | 57.99 | 95% | 2025-01-03 |
37142. | Tejas C (tzzzzzzzzz) | 57.99 | 96% | 2024-10-25 |
37143. | Jose (quod) | 57.99 | 97% | 2019-03-05 |
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 |