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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29651. | David (artaust) | 49.40 | 95% | 2021-12-19 |
29652. | Aster (asterixx) | 49.40 | 94.8% | 2023-12-14 |
29653. | A (b04501012) | 49.40 | 97% | 2020-03-14 |
29654. | Zyzz (avdmp3) | 49.39 | 88% | 2016-09-17 |
29655. | TT (ttpp) | 49.39 | 93% | 2021-05-16 |
29656. | Jesper (remixic) | 49.38 | 82% | 2014-10-23 |
29657. | Mynameiscarl (mynameiscarl) | 49.38 | 93% | 2023-12-30 |
29658. | jean (jhyppoli) | 49.38 | 97% | 2022-03-09 |
29659. | aniraj (aniraj_race) | 49.38 | 95% | 2012-11-19 |
29660. | Leeham (you_smell) | 49.37 | 92% | 2021-08-16 |
29661. | Marco (marcov641) | 49.37 | 93% | 2022-08-08 |
29662. | Tom (csaboka) | 49.37 | — | 2010-08-21 |
29663. | Buttery (verybuttery) | 49.36 | 92% | 2021-02-24 |
29664. | kamuro (kamuro) | 49.35 | 96% | 2024-02-11 |
29665. | Pawan (pawanmsr) | 49.35 | 97% | 2022-01-03 |
29666. | Eren Yeager (eren_yeagerr25) | 49.35 | 95.2% | 2024-01-02 |
29667. | Raghav (raghavjpr) | 49.34 | 96% | 2024-04-20 |
29668. | FireFly (hammad_mazhar) | 49.34 | 96% | 2024-01-03 |
29669. | Firas (knight68) | 49.34 | 92.2% | 2023-12-17 |
29670. | Neil (hutch10809) | 49.34 | 90% | 2012-12-06 |
29671. | Benjamin (benjilois) | 49.34 | 95% | 2017-08-08 |
29672. | Esther (icing) | 49.34 | 90% | 2013-02-27 |
29673. | Liam (cadillac112) | 49.33 | 96% | 2016-02-12 |
29674. | Gaurang (gaurang14) | 49.33 | 92% | 2015-10-30 |
29675. | wwwohio (wwwohio) | 49.32 | 97% | 2024-01-03 |
29676. | Gaurab (logan_pi) | 49.32 | 95% | 2022-04-21 |
29677. | Marc (thehobbit6937) | 49.32 | 95% | 2020-09-22 |
29678. | jason (jbitz1) | 49.31 | 96.9% | 2023-11-25 |
29679. | Stephanie (stephstep) | 49.31 | 96% | 2022-06-22 |
29680. | minho (erhard91) | 49.31 | 88% | 2011-05-14 |
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 |