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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30561. | Andrei (kloudrazor) | 67.08 | 94% | 2014-04-18 |
| 30562. | danymanny (danymanny) | 67.08 | 95.5% | 2023-12-19 |
| 30563. | WikLina (wiklina) | 67.07 | 95.4% | 2025-01-11 |
| 30564. | James (jamesph) | 67.07 | 96% | 2025-02-23 |
| 30565. | jay (jay_yodie) | 67.07 | 98% | 2025-04-23 |
| 30566. | vyom (vyom2711) | 67.07 | 96% | 2025-01-07 |
| 30567. | ajay (linux_123) | 67.07 | 97% | 2024-05-25 |
| 30568. | johnny sims? (chickuzz_2917) | 67.07 | 96% | 2024-04-09 |
| 30569. | J (i_am_speeed) | 67.07 | 96% | 2022-05-16 |
| 30570. | Gavin (biteboy87) | 67.07 | 97% | 2023-09-18 |
| 30571. | poryout (poryout_coleman) | 67.07 | 95.9% | 2024-03-22 |
| 30572. | ~ (katana4teen) | 67.07 | 94.5% | 2024-05-05 |
| 30573. | Placebo (placebo_ct) | 67.07 | 97% | 2021-08-01 |
| 30574. | Norman (codificat) | 67.07 | 97% | 2021-08-04 |
| 30575. | tnagumo (tnagumo) | 67.07 | 86% | 2015-12-24 |
| 30576. | Lavell (adenda2) | 67.07 | 96% | 2024-10-25 |
| 30577. | dai(//-_-) (sugarplastic) | 67.06 | 96% | 2022-04-24 |
| 30578. | Milan (milanmish) | 67.06 | 96.8% | 2024-11-29 |
| 30579. | Victor (victor2024) | 67.06 | 94% | 2026-02-06 |
| 30580. | Nissan (nissan24) | 67.06 | 96.9% | 2024-03-13 |
| 30581. | Kickass (vivekvikysharma) | 67.06 | 96.1% | 2024-03-29 |
| 30582. | Ironclaw (ironclaw_nl) | 67.06 | 96% | 2023-09-30 |
| 30583. | ^_^ (fuuje) | 67.06 | 94% | 2021-09-22 |
| 30584. | Jameson (jamarr) | 67.06 | — | 2010-12-10 |
| 30585. | Ellie (daphne2) | 67.06 | 98% | 2019-04-01 |
| 30586. | Adarsh (adarsh_fxz) | 67.05 | 97% | 2025-11-16 |
| 30587. | Abhinav (abhinav42) | 67.05 | 97.2% | 2025-03-27 |
| 30588. | Daria (deeelis) | 67.05 | 97.7% | 2024-10-20 |
| 30589. | ngivanyh (vain_n) | 67.05 | 95.7% | 2024-07-09 |
| 30590. | zaid (undersigned_frenemy) | 67.05 | 97% | 2024-06-23 |
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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 |