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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13479. | Colin (colinhvu) | 84.82 | 96% | 2023-02-03 |
| 13480. | sausage fingers (otterrr) | 84.82 | 98.2% | 2023-12-08 |
| 13481. | Yo (seatx2022) | 84.82 | 98% | 2022-11-15 |
| 13482. | Nat (nat221b) | 84.82 | 96% | 2023-02-20 |
| 13483. | mibby (drspock4ever) | 84.82 | 98% | 2011-07-22 |
| 13484. | Leen (pogopanda) | 84.82 | 96% | 2012-04-04 |
| 13485. | Aon (aondutta) | 84.81 | 96.1% | 2023-07-31 |
| 13486. | Zander (sponge_soap) | 84.81 | 98% | 2024-11-07 |
| 13487. | SofleV2Practice (soflev2pra... | 84.81 | 97% | 2024-05-16 |
| 13488. | sleepyapple (sleepyapple) | 84.81 | 96.7% | 2024-12-28 |
| 13489. | Madison (madisonslol) | 84.81 | 97% | 2024-01-30 |
| 13490. | Mordoe (mortenhb) | 84.81 | 97% | 2024-08-07 |
| 13491. | Earendil (ardamire) | 84.81 | 95.9% | 2025-02-16 |
| 13492. | Matthew (matthewrocks1231) | 84.81 | 91% | 2013-05-21 |
| 13493. | no (caffeinatedphoenix) | 84.81 | 98% | 2024-03-17 |
| 13494. | Dnoman (dnoman56) | 84.81 | 94% | 2013-09-07 |
| 13495. | Emil (emle10) | 84.80 | 94% | 2017-05-09 |
| 13496. | Kesa (waelve) | 84.80 | 99% | 2016-10-28 |
| 13497. | Ryan (rdeorio) | 84.80 | 99% | 2021-01-11 |
| 13498. | Gabriel (devlishro) | 84.80 | 95% | 2011-07-11 |
| 13499. | mobo (mobomoga) | 84.80 | 95% | 2015-08-16 |
| 13500. | Vasileios (bkontorinis) | 84.80 | 95% | 2012-06-21 |
| 13501. | Emba (emba05) | 84.79 | 96% | 2024-08-05 |
| 13502. | Ronan (ronocoolo) | 84.79 | 97.6% | 2024-10-20 |
| 13503. | ананас (mnzk) | 84.79 | 97.3% | 2023-10-09 |
| 13504. | Cindy (cindaisy) | 84.79 | 97% | 2019-09-12 |
| 13505. | Tianyi (dreamatd) | 84.79 | 98.3% | 2025-02-06 |
| 13506. | Xophules (xophules) | 84.79 | 97% | 2023-04-02 |
| 13507. | Carrie (bccwjf7) | 84.79 | 99.5% | 2025-04-18 |
| 13508. | Zyune (spacebarhops) | 84.79 | 93% | 2016-07-05 |
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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 |