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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29903. | Rokudan (rokudan) | 65.31 | 97% | 2012-01-12 |
| 29904. | yong (yocha@yahoo.com) | 65.31 | 96% | 2011-10-09 |
| 29905. | Roi (roimanor) | 65.31 | 95% | 2019-05-24 |
| 29906. | Chetan (encore) | 65.31 | 97% | 2011-09-23 |
| 29907. | Typer (ckyle) | 65.31 | 94% | 2015-01-16 |
| 29908. | Ananyobrata (ananyo141) | 65.30 | 97% | 2022-02-13 |
| 29909. | skrrt (ashraaf) | 65.30 | 95% | 2025-01-19 |
| 29910. | ATHARVA (atharva07) | 65.30 | 96.6% | 2025-02-10 |
| 29911. | datgrl (jlie) | 65.30 | 96% | 2023-11-26 |
| 29912. | Shubham (shubham_p) | 65.30 | 96.9% | 2023-12-05 |
| 29913. | shiva (shivatheboss) | 65.30 | 97% | 2016-03-29 |
| 29914. | Lucian (the_eighth_wonder) | 65.30 | 96% | 2023-04-14 |
| 29915. | Pedro (nonvegancyclist) | 65.30 | 95% | 2018-09-22 |
| 29916. | y̚o̵̹͉͖̻̓̇̆͒̏ͧ... | 65.30 | 95% | 2021-03-26 |
| 29917. | pfd (pfdalt) | 65.30 | 91% | 2013-11-04 |
| 29918. | Jack (detroitpistons16) | 65.30 | 96% | 2015-02-17 |
| 29919. | senpapi (b00bthebuilder) | 65.29 | 94% | 2024-06-24 |
| 29920. | James Eastwell (eastwelll) | 65.29 | 95% | 2024-03-14 |
| 29921. | Marcel (foyi) | 65.29 | 93.6% | 2024-01-19 |
| 29922. | tstats[jpatrocinio5436] (jp... | 65.29 | 98% | 2018-08-02 |
| 29923. | road_to_80wpm (xy_z) | 65.29 | 97.7% | 2023-12-26 |
| 29924. | Jack (jacjack) | 65.29 | 96.1% | 2024-08-11 |
| 29925. | Duy Thang (winx) | 65.29 | 95% | 2012-03-20 |
| 29926. | tstats[poffio] (poffio) | 65.29 | 94% | 2011-11-02 |
| 29927. | Garl (garltsagan) | 65.29 | 96% | 2012-10-10 |
| 29928. | Segale (barbara01) | 65.28 | 97% | 2025-01-16 |
| 29929. | Gwen (gwen_and_colette) | 65.28 | 95.8% | 2024-01-23 |
| 29930. | Timothy N (timakuni) | 65.28 | 96% | 2024-06-27 |
| 29931. | Dipankar (dipankarkumar275) | 65.28 | 98.1% | 2024-02-02 |
| 29932. | Martina (mrtna_sa) | 65.28 | 97% | 2024-02-07 |
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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 |