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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27312. | Darius Wiles (dariussw) | 58.02 | 93.5% | 2023-12-02 |
27313. | Chandan (alexchandan) | 58.02 | 96% | 2024-03-30 |
27314. | KKR (freefaced) | 58.02 | 97% | 2024-02-09 |
27315. | Thenhow (thenhow) | 58.02 | 95% | 2018-02-10 |
27316. | AggieMet (aggiemet) | 58.02 | 97% | 2022-02-08 |
27317. | womsajib (womsajib) | 58.02 | 96% | 2022-12-16 |
27318. | Practicing (torodoki) | 58.02 | 96% | 2020-03-18 |
27319. | Agamemnon (agamemnon_) | 58.01 | 95% | 2023-11-22 |
27320. | Mustafa (mustafah04) | 58.01 | 94.3% | 2023-11-30 |
27321. | goobe (ilikescheese) | 58.01 | 94% | 2020-08-27 |
27322. | John (hsuyaaa) | 58.01 | 96% | 2021-02-08 |
27323. | FStan (1024514) | 58.01 | 96% | 2016-09-09 |
27324. | testmyskills (testmyskills) | 58.01 | 93% | 2012-11-07 |
27325. | Suchith (trueinvincible) | 58.00 | 96% | 2024-01-07 |
27326. | Abhuday (hodor69) | 58.00 | 93% | 2020-09-24 |
27327. | Tomasz (tomaszf) | 58.00 | 88% | 2012-04-30 |
27328. | tim (tim_the_type_man_taylor) | 57.99 | 96% | 2021-05-10 |
27329. | Jose (quod) | 57.99 | 97% | 2019-03-05 |
27330. | Ishitwa (ishitwa2000) | 57.99 | 97% | 2023-08-26 |
27331. | daniel (ultimumbull) | 57.99 | 87% | 2011-09-22 |
27332. | Arvind (arvindlamba454) | 57.99 | 95% | 2021-05-18 |
27333. | Majed (ice770) | 57.98 | 94% | 2024-04-23 |
27334. | Tyler (tyler_face) | 57.98 | 96.8% | 2023-11-13 |
27335. | Shatrunjai (shatru) | 57.98 | 98% | 2023-04-19 |
27336. | Ayush (aluminiumnavigator) | 57.98 | 94% | 2022-02-21 |
27337. | Mug Hill (mug_hill) | 57.98 | 95% | 2024-01-05 |
27338. | Ivy (riccia) | 57.98 | 91% | 2014-05-06 |
27339. | Paris (parwon) | 57.98 | 95% | 2021-01-24 |
27340. | Tuguldur (tugulduruuu) | 57.97 | 96% | 2021-06-18 |
27341. | Wayne (wayne_jiang) | 57.97 | 95% | 2013-06-13 |
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 |