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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25422. | Pasindu (pasinducw) | 59.68 | 91% | 2016-01-04 |
25423. | Wugebe (wugebe) | 59.68 | 95% | 2020-09-29 |
25424. | Osas (osas_player) | 59.68 | 95.1% | 2021-02-19 |
25425. | Hei (heison) | 59.68 | 97% | 2011-12-19 |
25426. | Francis (ufo19900518) | 59.68 | — | 2011-03-26 |
25427. | THANK YOU (qwertydude6) | 59.68 | 92% | 2011-09-03 |
25428. | Kupo (kuponata) | 59.68 | 87% | 2016-03-24 |
25429. | Bobby (seanxpark) | 59.67 | 93% | 2015-03-13 |
25430. | Fauzan (fblues) | 59.67 | 95% | 2014-06-30 |
25431. | gc21 (giim_chyn) | 59.67 | 95% | 2016-05-13 |
25432. | syed (nayaz) | 59.67 | 90% | 2013-09-17 |
25433. | (narzzz) | 59.67 | 94% | 2020-05-11 |
25434. | Nathan (nayteo) | 59.66 | 92% | 2016-02-19 |
25435. | jacob (rednight17) | 59.66 | 92% | 2015-03-22 |
25436. | Taylor (taylorx) | 59.66 | — | 2010-12-15 |
25437. | Saugat (acharya_saugat) | 59.66 | 89% | 2016-03-03 |
25438. | Wake (awriter) | 59.65 | 97% | 2019-06-24 |
25439. | Rich (undertenpercent) | 59.65 | 97% | 2024-01-09 |
25440. | abc (seikou) | 59.65 | 96% | 2024-01-02 |
25441. | Nadeem (nadeemahmad560) | 59.65 | 98.3% | 2023-12-11 |
25442. | Vishal (vishal345verma) | 59.65 | 97% | 2018-04-28 |
25443. | Karan (sofastkaran) | 59.65 | 91% | 2014-12-20 |
25444. | Nikhil (nikhil_parab) | 59.64 | 94.2% | 2023-11-22 |
25445. | Kevin (lordofwreck) | 59.64 | 95% | 2022-07-22 |
25446. | Nani (karlord) | 59.64 | 95% | 2018-02-28 |
25447. | Jeje McCallister (jejemccal... | 59.64 | 98% | 2023-08-23 |
25448. | Florian (bflorian) | 59.64 | 95% | 2012-10-24 |
25449. | szarvas (nomenestomen) | 59.64 | 91% | 2014-11-27 |
25450. | Sahil (sahil_9861) | 59.63 | 93% | 2024-02-11 |
25451. | A Smokin' (alucardx) | 59.63 | 86% | 2016-09-07 |
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 |