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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38558. | Swapnil (darklonewolf) | 58.50 | 96% | 2025-09-14 |
| 38559. | Adam (adamanz) | 58.50 | 96% | 2018-03-29 |
| 38560. | ochko (ochkofficial) | 58.50 | 96% | 2021-02-28 |
| 38561. | Guest (njdarton) | 58.50 | 95% | 2011-08-31 |
| 38562. | Irfan (rawalpindiexpress) | 58.50 | 97% | 2016-03-14 |
| 38563. | Fung (keith12321) | 58.50 | 95% | 2012-11-26 |
| 38564. | Frøya (froya12) | 58.49 | 97% | 2025-04-28 |
| 38565. | RogueSoul564 (roguesoul564) | 58.49 | 95.7% | 2025-04-24 |
| 38566. | zxc6521 (zxc6521) | 58.49 | 96% | 2025-01-14 |
| 38567. | Milly (millygoesfast) | 58.49 | 95% | 2024-08-29 |
| 38568. | Yerzhan (erzhands) | 58.49 | 97% | 2018-02-27 |
| 38569. | Abhinav Rawal (abhinavrawal) | 58.49 | 95.5% | 2023-07-23 |
| 38570. | Hassan (hamoro) | 58.49 | 94% | 2021-07-10 |
| 38571. | Tom (ttom91) | 58.49 | 95.7% | 2024-06-12 |
| 38572. | trien (hoangocvan) | 58.49 | 94% | 2011-08-24 |
| 38573. | Christopher (christophersit) | 58.49 | 88% | 2017-02-13 |
| 38574. | Gost (basharatabbasi) | 58.48 | 94% | 2024-03-18 |
| 38575. | Francis (completelyclueless) | 58.48 | 94% | 2015-11-21 |
| 38576. | ely (peqcomau) | 58.48 | 93.4% | 2024-08-12 |
| 38577. | ray (msunlucky) | 58.48 | 97.4% | 2024-12-08 |
| 38578. | Swarna (swarna_m) | 58.48 | 92.6% | 2024-02-19 |
| 38579. | Kent (qwertyuiop299) | 58.48 | 97% | 2025-09-03 |
| 38580. | NinoSack (adsflgtois) | 58.48 | 96% | 2020-05-07 |
| 38581. | Dhvanik (dj_viradiya) | 58.48 | 98% | 2021-11-30 |
| 38582. | Sakelig (sakelig) | 58.48 | 97% | 2021-05-07 |
| 38583. | French Fries (jhonreduard) | 58.48 | 90% | 2017-05-04 |
| 38584. | Ernesto (lordernest) | 58.48 | 91% | 2014-10-27 |
| 38585. | 61 (longfumoon) | 58.48 | 92% | 2016-07-03 |
| 38586. | Sha (ogisha150) | 58.47 | 97% | 2024-04-17 |
| 38587. | Count (countpro_21) | 58.47 | 97.2% | 2025-03-20 |
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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 |