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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25758. | TroulM (troulm) | 60.63 | 93% | 2020-07-06 |
25759. | krishna (krishnasai3cks) | 60.63 | 94% | 2019-10-08 |
25760. | Darius (dpar27) | 60.62 | 95% | 2022-02-07 |
25761. | Sarah (cyberx_x) | 60.62 | 96% | 2023-03-10 |
25762. | Ash (shadow20001r) | 60.62 | 95% | 2023-11-25 |
25763. | Mahbub (fmmr001bd) | 60.62 | 96% | 2019-11-09 |
25764. | Anurag (calicer1996) | 60.62 | 93% | 2013-08-21 |
25765. | Reitz (reitzcr7) | 60.61 | 95.6% | 2024-05-06 |
25766. | Safer (leafm) | 60.61 | 98% | 2021-06-07 |
25767. | Cheran (horse_chan) | 60.61 | 96% | 2019-08-10 |
25768. | Arun (linuxguy9) | 60.61 | 95% | 2013-03-23 |
25769. | Muhammad (diehardboi) | 60.61 | 98% | 2019-04-18 |
25770. | Eric (d_m_t) | 60.61 | 90% | 2016-12-24 |
25771. | Aman (aman123) | 60.61 | 90% | 2012-12-09 |
25772. | hinotori (hinotori) | 60.60 | 96.9% | 2024-01-28 |
25773. | Tim (eternalwind) | 60.60 | 97% | 2021-11-05 |
25774. | Haard (haard_26) | 60.59 | 96% | 2024-01-05 |
25775. | Anass (anass33) | 60.59 | 97% | 2024-02-21 |
25776. | Eli (perezinator8) | 60.59 | 97% | 2020-12-27 |
25777. | waga (wagadroid) | 60.59 | 96% | 2013-10-26 |
25778. | llama (eliengler) | 60.59 | 99% | 2016-11-22 |
25779. | tan (ghost15102009) | 60.59 | 94% | 2011-09-06 |
25780. | adam (wtl1998) | 60.59 | 90% | 2017-01-06 |
25781. | Adi33 (aditutu69) | 60.59 | 93% | 2011-07-27 |
25782. | Toxic (toxic_rsl) | 60.58 | 93.8% | 2024-02-11 |
25783. | MalhotraJI (chetaklal) | 60.58 | 97% | 2021-03-05 |
25784. | Annie (wibbie) | 60.58 | 94% | 2015-03-11 |
25785. | huang (huangmax) | 60.58 | — | 2011-04-03 |
25786. | Ugur (apparro) | 60.57 | 95.7% | 2024-01-18 |
25787. | Jeff (navigation07) | 60.57 | 95% | 2022-03-14 |
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 |