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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31129. | Nate (naterj) | 64.12 | 96% | 2012-09-09 |
31130. | LAZER (lazerlarz) | 64.12 | 94% | 2015-07-15 |
31131. | Woraphol (woraphol) | 64.12 | 93% | 2016-12-24 |
31132. | Sayed Soroush (s_hashemi) | 64.12 | 95% | 2017-06-27 |
31133. | WaRnINg (rhastamaniak) | 64.12 | 88% | 2014-06-25 |
31134. | Lemon (nachsrk) | 64.11 | 95% | 2024-04-13 |
31135. | Eiran (nexsovia) | 64.11 | 95.2% | 2024-09-04 |
31136. | a_hsla.1 (floating_aqua_212) | 64.11 | 95% | 2024-05-12 |
31137. | Sidewalk (euantis) | 64.11 | 94% | 2022-05-20 |
31138. | Cream (pursam) | 64.11 | 96% | 2019-09-08 |
31139. | karthik (karthik_shrooms) | 64.11 | 93% | 2024-03-21 |
31140. | Nursultan (1servant96) | 64.11 | 97% | 2024-04-30 |
31141. | Jensa (spacejoker) | 64.11 | 91% | 2012-09-10 |
31142. | NighLanding (crystalpalace) | 64.11 | 100% | 2013-04-06 |
31143. | Noam (noamh) | 64.11 | 97% | 2013-05-27 |
31144. | Suman (grgsuman) | 64.11 | 87% | 2016-03-03 |
31145. | Ur Sweaty Uncle (ur_sweaty_... | 64.10 | 95% | 2024-05-03 |
31146. | Jeff (jeffspuzzle) | 64.10 | 95% | 2022-08-04 |
31147. | Astra (astrame) | 64.10 | 96% | 2021-06-05 |
31148. | Kauã (fernandes10) | 64.10 | 97.3% | 2021-02-14 |
31149. | jacey (pinkma77er) | 64.09 | 96% | 2024-05-30 |
31150. | Nihat (freakybob4) | 64.09 | 95% | 2024-08-08 |
31151. | boofcentral (boofcentral) | 64.09 | 94% | 2024-08-31 |
31152. | gabe (gabe415) | 64.09 | 98% | 2024-10-17 |
31153. | Dgm2709 (dgm_2709) | 64.09 | 92% | 2024-04-18 |
31154. | Matias (matzefyr) | 64.09 | 90% | 2012-12-17 |
31155. | Syntrx (syntrx) | 64.09 | 97% | 2021-03-22 |
31156. | Dras (dras227) | 64.09 | 96.2% | 2024-04-22 |
31157. | bq666 (bq666) | 64.09 | 98% | 2022-10-13 |
31158. | Jordan (oreodragonborn) | 64.09 | 86% | 2016-09-04 |
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 |