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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564. | Keys (zarmycin) | 132.43 | 96% | 2013-12-05 |
565. | Fluke (fever) | 132.41 | 100% | 2017-10-29 |
566. | (plateau) | 132.40 | 98.8% | 2024-02-02 |
567. | Pertsa (pertsaonerrfa) | 132.37 | 98% | 2013-07-11 |
568. | E (ee89) | 132.33 | 98.8% | 2023-12-31 |
569. | mako (mako640_dvorak) | 132.29 | 99% | 2014-06-21 |
570. | Ethan (ethan4444) | 132.21 | 98% | 2014-02-03 |
571. | johnny12345 (johnny123450106) | 132.20 | 99% | 2023-01-15 |
572. | Aya (ayamin) | 132.17 | 98% | 2017-06-20 |
573. | C$ (conaraj) | 132.07 | 99% | 2019-05-01 |
574. | (bummered) | 132.05 | 99% | 2021-01-09 |
575. | :/ (badtyper5) | 132.04 | 97% | 2017-04-09 |
576. | Yoki (yokidoki) | 132.01 | 96% | 2016-03-07 |
577. | Jeffrey (thejeffx) | 131.99 | 97% | 2013-11-24 |
578. | (tiltednonquit) | 131.97 | 95% | 2023-04-29 |
579. | Dan (tokiwotomare) | 131.96 | 95% | 2012-05-08 |
580. | Dr. Drags (newplayeriguess) | 131.92 | 99% | 2022-05-15 |
581. | Aakash (srinivasan41) | 131.92 | 99% | 2023-05-07 |
582. | Carl (himynameisrohitsingh) | 131.92 | 100% | 2019-03-09 |
583. | nothing (galaxiedhomerow) | 131.92 | 98% | 2019-02-19 |
584. | Christopher (phogue) | 131.89 | 95% | 2013-05-26 |
585. | Seena (bigghaz01) | 131.85 | 97% | 2011-12-17 |
586. | Max (tonren) | 131.85 | 91% | 2016-02-12 |
587. | Blake (blakesizzle) | 131.84 | 99% | 2015-02-20 |
588. | dva main (thedragonemperor) | 131.74 | 98% | 2022-02-05 |
589. | (scraex) | 131.73 | 98% | 2022-07-12 |
590. | Cecile (cecileb) | 131.68 | 94% | 2015-11-06 |
591. | MMK (mmk229) | 131.67 | 98.4% | 2023-11-14 |
592. | TA (tapar) | 131.63 | 98% | 2013-11-21 |
593. | Anh-Chi (anhchi) | 131.61 | 96% | 2011-12-12 |
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 |