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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35196. | Aleph (catblahfishblah) | 59.83 | 95% | 2021-11-18 |
| 35197. | billy (bbilllyy) | 59.83 | 95% | 2020-12-26 |
| 35198. | Frank (onefun) | 59.83 | 97% | 2015-07-29 |
| 35199. | tristan (tristan__) | 59.83 | 91% | 2017-05-03 |
| 35200. | laiq (laiqahmad) | 59.83 | 94% | 2013-09-24 |
| 35201. | June (junehsw) | 59.83 | 95% | 2016-09-12 |
| 35202. | Bartosz (_bartosz_) | 59.82 | 97% | 2025-05-01 |
| 35203. | Phil (cojira) | 59.82 | 96% | 2023-08-21 |
| 35204. | Gilbernet (gilbertonava7) | 59.82 | 99% | 2024-12-27 |
| 35205. | ET (galani) | 59.82 | 92% | 2015-03-15 |
| 35206. | David (scholarlyfrog) | 59.82 | 89% | 2016-07-09 |
| 35207. | Vu (vuquynghia2) | 59.82 | 96.8% | 2024-03-25 |
| 35208. | Csilla (peldak) | 59.82 | 96% | 2020-11-19 |
| 35209. | wahaha (wakeke) | 59.82 | — | 2010-11-02 |
| 35210. | Gaurav (gorvarora) | 59.82 | 94% | 2016-03-14 |
| 35211. | c (cdavid010111) | 59.82 | — | 2011-02-02 |
| 35212. | Johnny Ng (chewy_chewy) | 59.81 | 97.3% | 2024-09-12 |
| 35213. | Glen (glennnnn) | 59.81 | 97% | 2019-09-18 |
| 35214. | zoooooom (zinnia_) | 59.81 | 97% | 2024-02-13 |
| 35215. | Chris (chris07) | 59.81 | 97% | 2019-06-25 |
| 35216. | Casshern (casshern) | 59.81 | 96% | 2023-12-17 |
| 35217. | Phoenix (phoenix_0001) | 59.81 | 94% | 2023-05-21 |
| 35218. | Jenna (jenna1213) | 59.81 | 92% | 2012-05-26 |
| 35219. | tanmay (tomato61) | 59.80 | 97% | 2024-09-22 |
| 35220. | Raymond (rayluzuvi232) | 59.80 | 97.5% | 2025-04-19 |
| 35221. | Harmonygrams (harmonygrams) | 59.80 | 95% | 2022-10-07 |
| 35222. | saint2fast (keezy2fast) | 59.80 | 95.2% | 2024-09-12 |
| 35223. | kokot (kokot1451) | 59.80 | 95.9% | 2024-08-16 |
| 35224. | KASMOT (eeijneb) | 59.80 | 94.8% | 2024-10-03 |
| 35225. | glassnet (glassnet) | 59.80 | 97% | 2021-05-14 |
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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 |