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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14148. | lunamal (lunamal) | 78.81 | 97% | 2022-11-27 |
14149. | Jack (jackschpeck) | 78.81 | 98% | 2024-01-18 |
14150. | Epzilepzi (epzilepzi) | 78.81 | 97% | 2022-03-06 |
14151. | Jason (jhirshman) | 78.81 | 92% | 2012-01-28 |
14152. | Igor (exdark) | 78.81 | 99% | 2016-05-30 |
14153. | Sridhar347 (sri347_krish) | 78.81 | 90% | 2012-12-04 |
14154. | blueturtle (esraels) | 78.81 | 95% | 2013-05-13 |
14155. | Anon (0xff) | 78.81 | 95% | 2014-08-15 |
14156. | Nicholas (nsabadicci) | 78.80 | 97% | 2021-05-02 |
14157. | punit (thakelatyper) | 78.80 | 98% | 2022-06-04 |
14158. | Mesotelioma (mesotelioma) | 78.80 | 97% | 2021-03-21 |
14159. | Shirazy (shirazy) | 78.80 | — | 2011-03-16 |
14160. | Vincent (frostprime) | 78.79 | 95% | 2024-02-16 |
14161. | George (mrgiorgoulis) | 78.79 | 97% | 2022-10-07 |
14162. | Philipp (cpteinsicht) | 78.79 | 98% | 2015-11-30 |
14163. | new_ergo_kbd (suskeyhose) | 78.79 | 97% | 2017-11-15 |
14164. | VOIDFLOWERMATEO (voidflower) | 78.78 | 98% | 2024-03-14 |
14165. | Tengashi (tenkou) | 78.78 | 96% | 2019-11-21 |
14166. | u_r_loved (peace_and_love) | 78.78 | 96% | 2023-11-14 |
14167. | Alex (forthereallys) | 78.78 | 94% | 2015-06-12 |
14168. | Abhinav (brainstorm56) | 78.78 | 96% | 2024-02-13 |
14169. | Y (qwertyracer) | 78.78 | 99% | 2023-05-20 |
14170. | Jack (g3no_typ3) | 78.78 | 95.7% | 2021-02-03 |
14171. | Max (max_pinc) | 78.78 | 96% | 2019-04-17 |
14172. | Tom (xledz) | 78.78 | 95% | 2013-02-25 |
14173. | 9thcalzone (10thcalzone) | 78.77 | 97% | 2024-02-16 |
14174. | clickclack (acreativeuserna... | 78.77 | 97% | 2024-01-12 |
14175. | ted (ted361) | 78.77 | 96% | 2023-12-23 |
14176. | cring (thatguyyoudontknow) | 78.77 | 97% | 2023-03-31 |
14177. | Pavlos (pavlogd) | 78.77 | 96.1% | 2024-02-19 |
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 |