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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23643. | Jerk (jerkric) | 62.78 | 95% | 2012-10-04 |
23644. | Linda Sparks (luckysparky) | 62.77 | 98% | 2024-01-16 |
23645. | SUCONDESE (layehing) | 62.77 | 97% | 2019-03-07 |
23646. | Binscuit (scoutzc) | 62.77 | 98.1% | 2021-02-04 |
23647. | lili (lilihsu) | 62.77 | 97% | 2022-09-28 |
23648. | Mindjolt (mindjolt) | 62.77 | 97% | 2019-01-03 |
23649. | JanAx (optimus1993) | 62.77 | 92% | 2015-03-17 |
23650. | Hawktalon (namorog) | 62.77 | 90% | 2012-09-26 |
23651. | Juho (safou) | 62.77 | 90% | 2017-05-03 |
23652. | Jontezy (jontezy) | 62.76 | 96% | 2022-12-17 |
23653. | pinkopromise (pinkopromise) | 62.76 | 95.8% | 2023-12-07 |
23654. | wassim (vira_was) | 62.76 | 96.8% | 2023-12-18 |
23655. | Divesh (bigdiv24) | 62.76 | 95% | 2023-10-24 |
23656. | colin (vanqswisher) | 62.76 | 92% | 2016-12-10 |
23657. | Kamil (finessegod_) | 62.76 | 96% | 2021-03-14 |
23658. | Sonya (jands625) | 62.76 | 93% | 2016-01-04 |
23659. | Rikuu (ryimanen) | 62.75 | 95% | 2024-04-19 |
23660. | Alex (ajax882) | 62.75 | 97.2% | 2024-02-10 |
23661. | SnekChrmr (snekchrmr) | 62.75 | 97% | 2024-01-25 |
23662. | SLSL (slslz) | 62.75 | 96% | 2021-11-29 |
23663. | Mia (mia2105) | 62.75 | 92% | 2015-07-28 |
23664. | 粘り (clayjarcm) | 62.75 | 97% | 2016-06-01 |
23665. | Jonatan Park (jonatrix02) | 62.74 | 97% | 2023-12-06 |
23666. | vivek (vc8bp) | 62.74 | 95.1% | 2024-02-12 |
23667. | Sowrabh (sowrabh) | 62.74 | 95% | 2011-05-07 |
23668. | Rohan (ashavijaysukne) | 62.74 | 93% | 2017-03-02 |
23669. | Navin (dobos_mukabe) | 62.73 | 98% | 2024-03-04 |
23670. | Austin (sausie) | 62.73 | 94% | 2024-02-13 |
23671. | Gilbert (gargoyletabbi) | 62.73 | 97% | 2022-01-25 |
23672. | soundcloudje (soundcloudje) | 62.73 | 97% | 2024-01-11 |
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 |