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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13771. | Margaret (kangroos) | 79.22 | 91% | 2013-08-13 |
13772. | Knut (knutesten) | 79.22 | 95% | 2012-02-02 |
13773. | nguyen (nguyenmy) | 79.22 | 97% | 2013-04-10 |
13774. | 1asdf (posijab) | 79.21 | 97.4% | 2023-12-04 |
13775. | Lưu (luuanh) | 79.21 | 98% | 2013-03-06 |
13776. | tapos (mykdspyk) | 79.21 | — | 2010-12-10 |
13777. | perimetro (perimetro20) | 79.21 | 93% | 2017-02-04 |
13778. | Alexander (offbeat5024) | 79.21 | 95% | 2017-02-09 |
13779. | Fernando (fermu) | 79.21 | 96% | 2015-11-13 |
13780. | Neil Adrian (destroyer_46) | 79.20 | 96% | 2017-10-07 |
13781. | TheKing (theking69) | 79.20 | 98% | 2024-01-13 |
13782. | Mark (qwedas09) | 79.20 | 97% | 2019-06-07 |
13783. | matt (takatoasti) | 79.20 | 97% | 2019-06-04 |
13784. | shubham (shubham0007) | 79.20 | 97% | 2015-11-10 |
13785. | dude (udead1) | 79.20 | 96% | 2020-07-12 |
13786. | D-Hunter (xzabuzax) | 79.20 | 97% | 2018-04-05 |
13787. | Zarolitis (zarolitis) | 79.19 | 98% | 2016-06-02 |
13788. | Allen (nkstnkst) | 79.19 | 97% | 2019-12-01 |
13789. | Rico (duck98431) | 79.19 | 95% | 2013-01-22 |
13790. | duy (duyanhpt1) | 79.19 | 95% | 2013-05-04 |
13791. | Gaspar (gaspimienta) | 79.18 | 97% | 2021-10-07 |
13792. | Will (wbrocket) | 79.18 | 97.3% | 2021-02-19 |
13793. | Immanuel (i_mmanuel) | 79.18 | 93% | 2015-11-03 |
13794. | ASDFG (jassanna) | 79.18 | 91% | 2011-12-09 |
13795. | Biased (biased) | 79.18 | 96% | 2019-12-24 |
13796. | Steve (steve7414) | 79.18 | — | 2010-10-24 |
13797. | Phil (pliao39) | 79.18 | 97% | 2019-03-16 |
13798. | Tony (agimus) | 79.18 | 98% | 2014-09-15 |
13799. | Krystal (sunshinenmyeyes) | 79.17 | 95% | 2024-02-03 |
13800. | Gavin (perfectgavinator) | 79.17 | 96% | 2021-05-09 |
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 |