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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6492. | Prabal (bloodymickey) | 95.18 | 96% | 2011-06-19 |
6493. | Pacatosu (bossbos23) | 95.17 | 95.7% | 2021-02-03 |
6494. | Faktor X (northern_lights) | 95.17 | 98% | 2017-11-30 |
6495. | Astro (astrobiological_vaga... | 95.16 | 98% | 2023-07-30 |
6496. | Clement (reversehaven) | 95.16 | 88% | 2014-02-19 |
6497. | dennis (ludennis0606) | 95.15 | 99% | 2021-07-23 |
6498. | Daniel (irrrlrvant) | 95.15 | 99% | 2021-08-04 |
6499. | Guest (bryce51202) | 95.15 | 96% | 2014-07-16 |
6500. | Timo (zorox) | 95.15 | 96% | 2012-10-07 |
6501. | mogeta (mogeta) | 95.15 | 94% | 2011-12-15 |
6502. | Elie (eliepr0) | 95.14 | 96% | 2021-06-25 |
6503. | Elizabeth (amazingobserver) | 95.13 | 98% | 2023-12-11 |
6504. | AHomieNucleus (galaxxyn1) | 95.13 | 97% | 2023-08-17 |
6505. | nets in 4 (eridpnc) | 95.13 | 98% | 2021-08-29 |
6506. | celina (faithpotato) | 95.13 | — | 2011-05-01 |
6507. | Kyourn (yosteve) | 95.13 | 87% | 2016-05-14 |
6508. | makaio (neosifr) | 95.12 | 94% | 2014-06-14 |
6509. | Darrive (darrive) | 95.12 | 99% | 2015-01-27 |
6510. | Cream (creamfireball) | 95.12 | 89% | 2016-07-28 |
6511. | Sai (sai7) | 95.12 | 96% | 2019-03-05 |
6512. | Uros (uroskrunic2) | 95.12 | 98% | 2016-03-19 |
6513. | Caesar (caesarrr) | 95.11 | 98% | 2022-08-30 |
6514. | Gustavo da Cruz (gustavodac... | 95.11 | 97.9% | 2021-02-04 |
6515. | sushi (sushi1234) | 95.10 | 98.3% | 2023-11-13 |
6516. | P100 (close280) | 95.10 | 93% | 2014-08-18 |
6517. | madeleine (maddogyee) | 95.09 | 96% | 2023-04-07 |
6518. | Espen (espenbv) | 95.09 | 94% | 2013-01-16 |
6519. | Aaron (aaronwham) | 95.09 | 93% | 2012-08-10 |
6520. | Oscar (peccary) | 95.08 | 98% | 2017-03-25 |
6521. | Amal (amaldevs) | 95.08 | 99% | 2017-09-23 |
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 |