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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13269. | !_m3_mys3!f (i_m3_mys3lf) | 80.37 | 97% | 2014-09-09 |
13270. | sander (sander_blaadjes) | 80.37 | 94% | 2017-03-15 |
13271. | Brett (brett_t) | 80.37 | 98% | 2015-09-22 |
13272. | Ravi (131raviarya) | 80.36 | 98% | 2024-01-22 |
13273. | Ethan (ethene) | 80.36 | 96% | 2022-09-16 |
13274. | Butdikc (butdikc) | 80.36 | 97% | 2018-04-24 |
13275. | Ehren (ehrenthedragon) | 80.36 | 93% | 2014-05-12 |
13276. | salbahe (haneiroh) | 80.35 | 96% | 2024-01-07 |
13277. | Chris (ohkaychris) | 80.35 | 96% | 2021-07-17 |
13278. | Kamran (kamranagayev) | 80.35 | 100% | 2017-12-14 |
13279. | .ExE (shoeaglets) | 80.35 | 97% | 2023-12-18 |
13280. | (detector668) | 80.35 | 95% | 2014-07-18 |
13281. | Ju (juknju) | 80.35 | 98% | 2013-01-23 |
13282. | John Paul (aliasjp) | 80.34 | 95% | 2017-09-28 |
13283. | Truch (truch) | 80.34 | 94% | 2015-04-04 |
13284. | Kale (kaletypes) | 80.34 | 97% | 2014-07-13 |
13285. | Trenton (oochima) | 80.33 | 97% | 2018-08-27 |
13286. | t2fast4u (t2fast4u) | 80.33 | 95.8% | 2021-02-07 |
13287. | Kristyn (klaceylarson) | 80.33 | 95% | 2015-04-13 |
13288. | Slugmaster (slugmaster) | 80.33 | 95% | 2016-09-26 |
13289. | Bukhtaver (bat7722) | 80.33 | 97% | 2015-09-14 |
13290. | Ed (enormoused) | 80.32 | 96% | 2017-12-07 |
13291. | _ (gglean) | 80.32 | 98.1% | 2024-02-28 |
13292. | Icepanda (icepanda501) | 80.32 | 98% | 2024-03-01 |
13293. | Etan (probablylagging) | 80.32 | 96% | 2021-03-10 |
13294. | Liu (jazzkey) | 80.32 | 98% | 2022-10-08 |
13295. | Philip (lindeman) | 80.32 | 95% | 2014-04-29 |
13296. | Tyler (ttyler99) | 80.32 | 94% | 2015-06-02 |
13297. | Lawson (themessiah46) | 80.32 | 93% | 2016-10-09 |
13298. | Sam (knuk) | 80.32 | 95% | 2014-06-19 |
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 |