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We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy literally everything. And the majority of us live lifestyles undreamed of only a generation or two ago. One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the average household in Europe or North America has so many devices and such a variety of food and clothing that to produce the same lifestyle in Roman times would have required six thousand slaves.

—from Confessions of an Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff, a book by Fred Pearce

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Rank Username WPM Accuracy Date
20983. Ayush (ayush08) 71.85 96% 2024-02-02
20984. Tom (tombutcher1990) 71.85 93% 2012-11-20
20985. tstats[rover_rk] (rover_rk) 71.84 98.8% 2023-12-07
20986. chang_dvorak (chang_dvorak) 71.84 92% 2014-07-21
20987. Ethan (shadow542) 71.84 91% 2015-12-21
20988. Blah (blahg) 71.84 93% 2021-03-17
20989. Nikhil (nikhilaii93) 71.84 97% 2020-04-18
20990. Minh (minhz) 71.84 94% 2013-07-15
20991. André (andrehamada) 71.84 2011-02-09
20992. Alex (al3xx) 71.84 94% 2012-11-05
20993. Venus (marivenz) 71.83 96% 2023-12-31
20994. Malichi Marichi (mmarichi7) 71.83 97% 2023-12-13
20995. troy (gambler2k4) 71.83 97% 2014-06-30
20996. Grant (hinso) 71.83 97% 2019-10-11
20997. Edvard (hooverz) 71.83 94% 2015-03-25
20998. Trystal (trystal) 71.83 95% 2016-06-22
20999. Lightning LTE (lightningfib... 71.82 96% 2023-11-20
21000. Friggin (deth_lettus) 71.82 97.2% 2023-11-17
21001. dylan (dbfilmm) 71.82 91% 2017-01-23
21002. Nicholas (nseniow) 71.82 96.9% 2021-02-02
21003. Yasser (yasserhma) 71.82 97% 2020-03-12
21004. snape (snape_94) 71.82 97% 2017-11-08
21005. handover (handover) 71.82 2011-01-04
21006. Alexis (xi545) 71.82 96% 2017-04-02
21007. rei (applepi_e) 71.81 97% 2023-12-26
21008. Lapis (jeff3077) 71.81 97% 2023-03-09
21009. Faris (ichfaris) 71.81 92% 2013-11-17
21010. Nenokem (abyssiniawii) 71.81 96% 2012-04-24
21011. Pavel (trialtry) 71.81 96% 2017-02-13
21012. Trent (priyank45) 71.81 97% 2017-08-24

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Universe Races Average WPM First Race
Default (English) 78,307 84.73 May 21, 2010
Long Texts 98 93.20 December 30, 2016
Instant Death Mode 49 83.74 July 22, 2010
Smoke Rise Prep 3 85.06 May 10, 2016
##typeracer 1 88.64 February 3, 2021
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