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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32673. | yaw (powitsyaw) | 62.34 | 97% | 2023-09-01 |
| 32674. | Brian (brianthetypist) | 62.34 | 95% | 2017-09-01 |
| 32675. | Pearl (amphetamine) | 62.34 | 84% | 2011-11-07 |
| 32676. | James Timothy (parapala23) | 62.34 | 86% | 2012-09-09 |
| 32677. | SS (ss_24) | 62.33 | 96.5% | 2024-10-28 |
| 32678. | Tu Anh Nguyen (tuanhnguyen) | 62.33 | 97.9% | 2025-02-21 |
| 32679. | Choobs (chooobss) | 62.33 | 98.1% | 2024-09-17 |
| 32680. | Arslan (malikarslan) | 62.33 | 96.4% | 2021-02-18 |
| 32681. | Daniel (maddan2016) | 62.33 | 90% | 2016-10-28 |
| 32682. | MagnoV (magnov) | 62.33 | 96% | 2024-06-13 |
| 32683. | Ro (rockable) | 62.33 | 96.1% | 2024-10-11 |
| 32684. | sujan (suprajsujan) | 62.33 | 96% | 2024-06-24 |
| 32685. | Dimitrije (dimitrije_s) | 62.33 | 96% | 2024-08-14 |
| 32686. | namakoro (namakoro) | 62.33 | 97.4% | 2024-01-08 |
| 32687. | Richard (rcasey88) | 62.33 | 97% | 2022-02-25 |
| 32688. | Meg (meganxjordan) | 62.33 | 89% | 2014-11-20 |
| 32689. | eduard777 (eduard777) | 62.32 | 96% | 2024-06-16 |
| 32690. | Flipt4 (flipt) | 62.32 | 95% | 2025-04-11 |
| 32691. | DoodieMan (doodieman) | 62.32 | 96% | 2024-04-17 |
| 32692. | sweeram (sweeram1) | 62.32 | 95.8% | 2023-11-14 |
| 32693. | CB942F70 (cb942f70) | 62.32 | 98% | 2021-01-17 |
| 32694. | Griffith (zuzzy) | 62.32 | 95% | 2020-12-05 |
| 32695. | JiaXing (hueng_jia_xing) | 62.32 | 98% | 2013-08-31 |
| 32696. | sadzanenyama (sadzanenyama) | 62.31 | 93.8% | 2024-07-21 |
| 32697. | Jan (bover) | 62.31 | 96% | 2024-05-26 |
| 32698. | Mamamia (ducky777) | 62.31 | 98% | 2024-09-09 |
| 32699. | Jenn (jbmoak) | 62.31 | 96% | 2023-07-22 |
| 32700. | Teratti (teratti) | 62.31 | 86% | 2017-05-30 |
| 32701. | Adam (apollo1) | 62.31 | 94% | 2013-02-05 |
| 32702. | jakers (jakers915) | 62.30 | 95% | 2025-05-30 |
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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 |