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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17037. | Akshay (sharma.akshay3@gmai... | 74.07 | 96% | 2017-03-04 |
17038. | quake0 (quake0) | 74.07 | 96% | 2015-02-16 |
17039. | owin (newwewwewe) | 74.06 | 95% | 2020-12-14 |
17040. | sumie (rage_unmuted) | 74.06 | 93% | 2020-12-24 |
17041. | sdfcv (4random4) | 74.06 | 97% | 2018-08-22 |
17042. | 🔻Youssef San (youssefsan... | 74.06 | 96% | 2024-01-23 |
17043. | idunno (idunno_) | 74.06 | 94% | 2020-10-16 |
17044. | Marco (holystorm) | 74.06 | 96% | 2017-09-22 |
17045. | Joshua (emperornaraxa) | 74.06 | 93% | 2014-02-23 |
17046. | Nikola (elenhar) | 74.06 | 96% | 2016-05-12 |
17047. | Ali Hassaan (ahmlmh) | 74.06 | 93% | 2012-11-23 |
17048. | Gronkaal (gronkaal) | 74.05 | 96% | 2024-04-04 |
17049. | sunnyoon (sunnyoon) | 74.05 | 97% | 2023-11-22 |
17050. | Bennie (punitive_medal) | 74.05 | 98% | 2023-11-14 |
17051. | luca (luc_vr_04) | 74.05 | 96% | 2020-03-16 |
17052. | Buiman001 (buiman001) | 74.05 | 95% | 2018-07-06 |
17053. | The_guy (the_great_guy) | 74.04 | 96% | 2024-01-03 |
17054. | Phirom (mc_rum_love_69) | 74.04 | 97% | 2023-12-05 |
17055. | kareem (ringsofsilence) | 74.04 | 97% | 2019-02-17 |
17056. | spaceraccoon (coders_lord) | 74.04 | 96% | 2023-01-17 |
17057. | rx (rxxc) | 74.04 | 97.7% | 2023-11-29 |
17058. | I'm five years old (boomsy) | 74.04 | 95% | 2011-11-26 |
17059. | Andy (andy_d) | 74.04 | 97% | 2021-01-05 |
17060. | Juan Carlos (jcgarfield) | 74.04 | — | 2010-09-28 |
17061. | Ken (chiefken92) | 74.03 | 97% | 2024-03-01 |
17062. | KALBOKO (kalboko) | 74.03 | 96% | 2024-03-06 |
17063. | jade (jadebox) | 74.03 | 96% | 2024-01-03 |
17064. | 0rav_gallium (0rav_gallium) | 74.03 | 97.3% | 2024-01-03 |
17065. | Hamid (hamid_21) | 74.03 | 97% | 2023-12-04 |
17066. | Pupapupa (pupapupa171) | 74.03 | 97% | 2022-07-24 |
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 |