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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25342. | Nguyen Thu Trang (ntt161) | 70.37 | 93% | 2013-10-21 |
25343. | Alicia (thereyougo153) | 70.37 | 93% | 2014-03-27 |
25344. | Donna (ereda) | 70.37 | 96% | 2011-06-12 |
25345. | Abhijith (abhijith97) | 70.36 | 96% | 2023-02-09 |
25346. | Jimmy McFly (jimmymcfries) | 70.36 | 97.9% | 2024-01-29 |
25347. | Shawn (shawtyper) | 70.36 | 97.3% | 2024-12-09 |
25348. | Ankit (ankit_chauhan) | 70.36 | 96% | 2023-02-25 |
25349. | Tsuguto (tkogamer) | 70.36 | 97% | 2021-09-17 |
25350. | Koen (koen_hautekeete) | 70.36 | 90% | 2012-02-21 |
25351. | Girts (gjirto) | 70.36 | 91% | 2012-01-22 |
25352. | Tomás Santos (a_very_fat_p... | 70.35 | 95% | 2025-04-01 |
25353. | Mike (rodman456) | 70.35 | 94.1% | 2023-12-23 |
25354. | Hung (iamblobish) | 70.35 | 96.7% | 2023-11-19 |
25355. | Mahdi (mahadoniii) | 70.35 | 96.1% | 2024-11-20 |
25356. | Porsit (porsit) | 70.35 | 95.6% | 2024-04-16 |
25357. | Golden Silver (goldensilver) | 70.35 | 99% | 2023-06-07 |
25358. | Owen (orangespeed11) | 70.34 | 96% | 2024-10-31 |
25359. | Franz (cenc_o) | 70.34 | 95.8% | 2024-09-01 |
25360. | novablast (novablast8) | 70.34 | 95.7% | 2024-10-17 |
25361. | Matthew (mattyg1233) | 70.34 | 96% | 2024-05-14 |
25362. | Nodirbek (nodir_bek_19) | 70.34 | 97% | 2025-07-04 |
25363. | Md Aftab (smaftab) | 70.34 | 97.9% | 2024-04-07 |
25364. | TOTC (take_on_the_challenge) | 70.34 | 97% | 2022-08-04 |
25365. | nic (noodleguy) | 70.34 | 96% | 2023-03-30 |
25366. | cielak_ (rafalcieslak) | 70.34 | 96% | 2023-02-18 |
25367. | Shivam (mavihs) | 70.34 | 92% | 2014-06-21 |
25368. | Manraj (man_123lama) | 70.34 | 97% | 2019-08-21 |
25369. | anatoly (popovanatoly) | 70.34 | 97% | 2017-05-05 |
25370. | Kishan (kishan1990) | 70.34 | 96% | 2015-03-28 |
25371. | nick frahm (nickfrahm) | 70.33 | 97.1% | 2025-04-18 |
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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 |