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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8779. | Bruce (milothatch) | 89.12 | 96% | 2021-01-20 |
8780. | pokesawr (pokesawr3) | 89.11 | 96% | 2023-12-07 |
8781. | Astero (astero_amorphous) | 89.11 | 97% | 2021-10-29 |
8782. | Noel (noeltoh98) | 89.11 | 93% | 2014-04-05 |
8783. | Darrell (rocky814) | 89.11 | 95% | 2016-07-27 |
8784. | Joe (crzy) | 89.11 | 95% | 2015-04-14 |
8785. | yun (shtmlvbs) | 89.10 | 95% | 2017-04-17 |
8786. | Cheuk (cheuk2160) | 89.10 | 97% | 2023-08-04 |
8787. | Il Capitano (ilcapitano) | 89.10 | 97% | 2019-12-17 |
8788. | JO (nadegut) | 89.10 | 97% | 2017-07-08 |
8789. | Alex (tmbg13) | 89.09 | 95% | 2013-05-30 |
8790. | Ethan (ethanlee2006) | 89.09 | 99% | 2022-07-14 |
8791. | Julia (348753021) | 89.09 | 95% | 2019-11-16 |
8792. | Dig (digbo) | 89.09 | 97% | 2018-01-31 |
8793. | Zeeshan (zeeshanq) | 89.09 | 97% | 2013-03-28 |
8794. | peench (gozaimasu) | 89.09 | 94% | 2014-10-21 |
8795. | Timmy (chet09) | 89.08 | 94% | 2014-05-25 |
8796. | Daniel (stochastictinker) | 89.08 | 97% | 2015-01-14 |
8797. | Mille (heloamdew) | 89.08 | 95% | 2015-03-08 |
8798. | qwerty (_o0_) | 89.07 | 97.3% | 2023-12-01 |
8799. | Tyson (thanhts2) | 89.07 | 96% | 2021-04-04 |
8800. | ♞-✩ṕẢrtiDả-♞ (J... | 89.07 | 97% | 2014-06-24 |
8801. | Thomas (noxy) | 89.07 | — | 2010-06-09 |
8802. | yurk (yurk) | 89.07 | 97% | 2014-06-19 |
8803. | Lumeria (lyaiiro) | 89.05 | 98% | 2024-02-05 |
8804. | tokage (tokageturtle) | 89.05 | 97% | 2020-02-01 |
8805. | Cao (planetarygoxuanthinh) | 89.05 | 96% | 2022-02-22 |
8806. | Chief (chiefed_94) | 89.05 | 96% | 2022-09-10 |
8807. | Eduard (eduard20) | 89.05 | 92% | 2016-11-07 |
8808. | Aakanx (aakanx) | 89.04 | 98.4% | 2023-11-08 |
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 |