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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15957. | JC (jcfermin) | 76.04 | 93% | 2014-09-21 |
15958. | wawang (wangzfu) | 76.04 | 95% | 2012-05-15 |
15959. | PianoRadek (piano_radek) | 76.03 | 96.4% | 2023-10-11 |
15960. | Me (usernamehere_) | 76.03 | 98% | 2024-02-10 |
15961. | Lai (lai_) | 76.03 | 97% | 2021-11-02 |
15962. | Conor (conniepoo) | 76.03 | 93% | 2014-06-24 |
15963. | Gay Toyholi (l3hargav) | 76.03 | 97% | 2021-08-11 |
15964. | Amethyst (artesoscuras) | 76.03 | 94% | 2016-07-19 |
15965. | Kelvino (viperz28) | 76.03 | 94% | 2014-06-27 |
15966. | Ryan (ramblinreck) | 76.03 | 95% | 2015-10-09 |
15967. | Scott (a_simple_educator) | 76.02 | 97% | 2022-09-18 |
15968. | MazzaM (typingproxyz) | 76.02 | 96% | 2021-04-18 |
15969. | shane (dmavrcks) | 76.02 | — | 2011-04-17 |
15970. | Rob (hybrii) | 76.02 | 91% | 2013-11-09 |
15971. | rahul (rahuldeora) | 76.02 | 96% | 2013-09-13 |
15972. | N (nicktrick) | 76.02 | 97% | 2015-05-17 |
15973. | Zeno (ze_no) | 76.01 | 98% | 2024-04-09 |
15974. | Justas (justaslaur) | 76.01 | 96% | 2021-05-02 |
15975. | Rhodium (rhodium) | 76.01 | 95% | 2018-08-15 |
15976. | Niklas (niklash) | 76.01 | 98% | 2020-08-14 |
15977. | David (dazzlethc) | 76.01 | 97% | 2020-02-22 |
15978. | Nick (sidj0n) | 76.01 | 95% | 2016-03-03 |
15979. | daghag (daghag) | 76.00 | 97% | 2022-12-06 |
15980. | pranav (pranav_17) | 76.00 | 97% | 2024-03-29 |
15981. | taylor (pastford) | 76.00 | 96% | 2022-05-08 |
15982. | Largo (aswad2) | 76.00 | 96% | 2018-09-29 |
15983. | Andrew (wonginator1221) | 76.00 | 93% | 2014-04-08 |
15984. | Isak (s4uce0) | 75.99 | 97% | 2022-01-31 |
15985. | mabso (mabso) | 75.99 | 95% | 2014-03-29 |
15986. | try (tipewriter123) | 75.99 | 97% | 2021-01-25 |
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 |