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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22066. | Eleanor (ocbeach) | 66.04 | — | 2011-04-24 |
22067. | Amol (amolrao) | 66.04 | 93% | 2016-02-22 |
22068. | SkyPromp (skyprompdvorak) | 66.02 | 97.6% | 2024-02-15 |
22069. | Mohammed (md_islam) | 66.02 | 97% | 2017-04-27 |
22070. | Dmitry (horizon_47) | 66.02 | 97% | 2020-09-24 |
22071. | dotyper (dotyper) | 66.02 | 94% | 2012-05-26 |
22072. | Rudy (rudyvqt) | 66.02 | 95% | 2012-10-31 |
22073. | laurent (ajgad) | 66.02 | 98% | 2015-04-03 |
22074. | Olivia (orangejuice246) | 66.02 | 96% | 2017-06-24 |
22075. | asdwe (asdwe) | 66.02 | 95% | 2015-02-01 |
22076. | greg (boctrorgc) | 66.01 | 98% | 2023-12-01 |
22077. | G (gbenz) | 66.01 | 94% | 2011-10-08 |
22078. | Lundun (lundun) | 66.00 | 96% | 2024-03-27 |
22079. | Erik (rocketdog_23) | 66.00 | 97% | 2023-02-03 |
22080. | Evan (eh30) | 66.00 | 96% | 2024-01-23 |
22081. | alec (alexrqs) | 66.00 | 98% | 2021-03-01 |
22082. | Darijuan (darijuan) | 65.99 | 96% | 2019-09-20 |
22083. | Ngo (winterbourne) | 65.99 | 97% | 2015-05-01 |
22084. | Zohar (zoharsah) | 65.99 | 96% | 2021-05-09 |
22085. | Charles (themythicalvlad) | 65.99 | 96% | 2020-12-18 |
22086. | Taylor (typinggirl17) | 65.99 | 85% | 2015-12-10 |
22087. | shadwll (bogits) | 65.99 | 91% | 2012-11-15 |
22088. | amin (aminyousef) | 65.99 | 88% | 2011-11-18 |
22089. | tstats[Cisco516] (cisco516) | 65.98 | 95% | 2017-07-14 |
22090. | Jordi (gandalfdablack1) | 65.98 | 98% | 2022-07-14 |
22091. | lost (cloudtraveling) | 65.98 | 96% | 2012-04-24 |
22092. | Mr. (doomfire) | 65.98 | 92% | 2015-12-24 |
22093. | Stewie (briank2025) | 65.98 | 94% | 2012-11-16 |
22094. | Aaryan (aaryansarnaik) | 65.97 | 94% | 2024-04-29 |
22095. | jake (jakesch) | 65.97 | 96% | 2024-02-01 |
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 |