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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31933. | nielzyow (nielzyow) | 63.38 | 96% | 2024-11-11 |
| 31934. | beq (beq_) | 63.38 | 95% | 2024-05-22 |
| 31935. | Speed (bate_1) | 63.38 | 96% | 2022-04-04 |
| 31936. | Vewake (vewake) | 63.38 | 98% | 2021-03-24 |
| 31937. | GOYARD (goyard) | 63.38 | 94% | 2017-10-08 |
| 31938. | Hao (truonganhhao) | 63.38 | 98% | 2018-10-12 |
| 31939. | Darth (kerbouchard) | 63.38 | 92% | 2015-10-27 |
| 31940. | Jonand (jonand) | 63.37 | 97% | 2024-12-04 |
| 31941. | inspirations (inspirations) | 63.37 | 97% | 2023-04-19 |
| 31942. | kazhy (palianite) | 63.37 | 97.3% | 2023-12-19 |
| 31943. | olivia (theoliviagarden) | 63.37 | 93% | 2025-02-23 |
| 31944. | Vivek (vp229) | 63.37 | 96% | 2012-10-07 |
| 31945. | Shalini (shalinikaleeswaran) | 63.37 | 96% | 2013-09-27 |
| 31946. | Ilya (rotator73) | 63.37 | 98% | 2014-03-14 |
| 31947. | Eric (lastdeath8) | 63.37 | 96% | 2014-10-10 |
| 31948. | Tuan Tran Anh (kidji8) | 63.37 | 92% | 2015-11-15 |
| 31949. | Georgio Zoughby (georgio_fa... | 63.36 | 95.8% | 2025-03-24 |
| 31950. | strawbutter (strawbutter) | 63.36 | 95% | 2024-11-19 |
| 31951. | Ging (turon__) | 63.36 | 96% | 2024-08-05 |
| 31952. | ZF (zfzq98) | 63.36 | 94% | 2024-01-23 |
| 31953. | Aditya (adityaraja) | 63.36 | 93% | 2014-03-21 |
| 31954. | Mo (mo5451) | 63.36 | 89% | 2015-03-22 |
| 31955. | Long (greenlongvn) | 63.36 | 97% | 2013-05-18 |
| 31956. | ButtCheeks (nunsmokingdope) | 63.35 | 96.5% | 2025-02-21 |
| 31957. | PastaSmuggler (pasta_smuggler) | 63.35 | 96.9% | 2024-12-23 |
| 31958. | Kelzai (kelzai_) | 63.35 | 97% | 2024-09-22 |
| 31959. | west (westschain) | 63.35 | 95% | 2024-01-17 |
| 31960. | Caleb (saelinor) | 63.35 | 96% | 2024-03-26 |
| 31961. | Chris (hotdogdaniel) | 63.35 | 94% | 2025-02-11 |
| 31962. | RUDIGER (rudiger100) | 63.34 | 98% | 2025-03-18 |
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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 |