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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22892. | Ethan (bigtypebrownie) | 65.04 | 96% | 2020-12-22 |
22893. | Mirage (mirage811) | 65.03 | 99% | 2024-01-13 |
22894. | Kaminari (kaminarisama) | 65.03 | 87% | 2017-04-03 |
22895. | Odo (odo_bean) | 65.03 | 96.7% | 2024-01-20 |
22896. | Ruben (choobs88) | 65.03 | 95% | 2014-04-10 |
22897. | Simeon (jinjoxx) | 65.03 | 95% | 2017-02-16 |
22898. | Iskender (iberdiev) | 65.03 | 98% | 2022-01-04 |
22899. | steeyo (stee) | 65.03 | 95% | 2022-03-01 |
22900. | Kristoffer (mollberg) | 65.03 | 92% | 2016-11-26 |
22901. | Aidan (wokwokwok) | 65.03 | 92% | 2017-05-08 |
22902. | Crispy Vegetables (crispy_v... | 65.02 | 96.6% | 2023-12-30 |
22903. | Rakshasta (rakshasta) | 65.02 | 95% | 2019-03-30 |
22904. | harshil (monsta_001) | 65.02 | 95% | 2022-06-12 |
22905. | Kamil (xcrunk) | 65.02 | 96% | 2017-02-14 |
22906. | pea (pbarakat) | 65.02 | 95% | 2016-04-15 |
22907. | asdf (floydian) | 65.02 | — | 2010-06-18 |
22908. | Veljko (veljko1231) | 65.01 | 96% | 2024-01-29 |
22909. | tstats[aimlect] (aimlect) | 65.01 | 95% | 2024-02-14 |
22910. | Nolan (nolangreub) | 65.01 | 94% | 2020-05-25 |
22911. | wonstar (won808) | 65.01 | 97% | 2021-01-10 |
22912. | Jo Reynold (joreynold182) | 65.01 | 94% | 2012-04-13 |
22913. | Alex (aescareno) | 65.01 | 96% | 2013-03-21 |
22914. | Marc (marco_bitz) | 65.01 | 93% | 2016-01-31 |
22915. | Ewa (ouifumertue) | 65.01 | 97% | 2014-07-02 |
22916. | TTTT (aa7608327) | 65.00 | 98% | 2024-04-04 |
22917. | Word-Eater: Devourer of Lit... | 65.00 | 95% | 2024-01-15 |
22918. | nemo (_nemo) | 65.00 | 94% | 2023-08-24 |
22919. | its_zaaid (its_zaaid) | 65.00 | 96% | 2022-09-15 |
22920. | Filip (t1lt) | 65.00 | 94% | 2017-10-16 |
22921. | Ashish (asis) | 65.00 | 93% | 2014-10-21 |
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 |