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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40522. | Hanna (hanna@prudentialempl... | 52.44 | 94% | 2016-09-30 |
40523. | monovid (monovid) | 52.43 | 96% | 2024-12-20 |
40524. | worldfastsest (besttyeoer) | 52.43 | 94% | 2024-03-26 |
40525. | Clueless (kekwhale) | 52.43 | 97.3% | 2024-02-08 |
40526. | Pascal (pascaaal) | 52.43 | 86% | 2017-03-22 |
40527. | Jake (xrtzone) | 52.43 | 88% | 2014-09-19 |
40528. | Amith (amith_c_04) | 52.43 | 95% | 2021-01-26 |
40529. | haile (obsessedu) | 52.43 | 94% | 2022-06-16 |
40530. | __Noor-Isah (damregret) | 52.43 | 89% | 2013-06-10 |
40531. | DanielJMoser (danieljmoser) | 52.42 | 96% | 2024-12-10 |
40532. | Tambourin (tambourin) | 52.42 | 95.4% | 2024-04-20 |
40533. | asdf (meow_meow21) | 52.42 | 93.3% | 2023-12-12 |
40534. | Mahmoud (mahitotempest) | 52.42 | 94% | 2025-03-15 |
40535. | Luis (truku) | 52.42 | 96% | 2022-02-20 |
40536. | nguyenqb (nguyenqb) | 52.42 | — | 2010-08-13 |
40537. | Michaella (bubbaandcasey) | 52.42 | 93% | 2012-01-05 |
40538. | Josie (nivamp) | 52.41 | 97% | 2024-07-17 |
40539. | nope (vecksberex) | 52.41 | 93% | 2016-02-19 |
40540. | Edwin (musicbender) | 52.41 | 93% | 2016-04-24 |
40541. | Ag (agshaidun) | 52.41 | 88% | 2014-02-25 |
40542. | Keiwan (keiwan) | 52.40 | 88% | 2013-03-15 |
40543. | Jaaaggzzz (giolebio) | 52.40 | 93% | 2025-01-18 |
40544. | yeet to space (sn00py1310) | 52.40 | 96% | 2021-07-27 |
40545. | Ninetoko (nintoko) | 52.40 | 96% | 2023-01-02 |
40546. | Tim (techtasie) | 52.40 | 95% | 2021-02-28 |
40547. | Luke (liroj) | 52.40 | 98% | 2015-11-13 |
40548. | fighting (fighting0304) | 52.40 | 98% | 2016-04-25 |
40549. | Mitochondrag (andredv95) | 52.39 | 96.6% | 2025-02-21 |
40550. | Learner (user2141) | 52.39 | 95.5% | 2024-10-22 |
40551. | Nick (nick216) | 52.39 | 97% | 2024-04-01 |
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Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
Long Texts | 153 | 84.32 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 12 | 71.91 | January 1, 2024 |
##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |