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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38955. | (aydeer) | 57.99 | 97.9% | 2025-04-15 |
| 38956. | (thenmno) | 57.99 | 95% | 2024-06-19 |
| 38957. | (a518_documents) | 57.99 | 95% | 2025-01-03 |
| 38958. | (tzzzzzzzzz) | 57.99 | 96.1% | 2024-10-25 |
| 38959. | (quod) | 57.99 | 97% | 2019-03-05 |
| 38960. | (tim_the_type_man_taylor) | 57.99 | 96% | 2021-05-10 |
| 38961. | (ultimumbull) | 57.99 | 87% | 2011-09-22 |
| 38962. | (arvindlamba454) | 57.99 | 95% | 2021-05-18 |
| 38963. | Norik (kingjulian1) | 57.99 | 97% | 2024-02-28 |
| 38964. | (erbium_mage) | 57.98 | 95% | 2025-02-25 |
| 38965. | (cadetemma) | 57.98 | 97% | 2025-01-08 |
| 38966. | Tyler (tyler_face) | 57.98 | 96.8% | 2023-11-13 |
| 38967. | (ice770) | 57.98 | 94.4% | 2024-04-23 |
| 38968. | Shatrunjai (shatru) | 57.98 | 98% | 2023-04-19 |
| 38969. | (aluminiumnavigator) | 57.98 | 94% | 2022-02-21 |
| 38970. | Ivy (riccia) | 57.98 | 91% | 2014-05-06 |
| 38971. | Mohamed (kogo) | 57.97 | 96% | 2026-03-31 |
| 38972. | (marzuq_speedcuber) | 57.97 | 98% | 2025-12-18 |
| 38973. | (tugulduruuu) | 57.97 | 96% | 2021-06-18 |
| 38974. | (wayne_jiang) | 57.97 | 95% | 2013-06-13 |
| 38975. | (gakcat2) | 57.96 | 97% | 2025-09-26 |
| 38976. | (tarabryn) | 57.96 | 97% | 2026-01-06 |
| 38977. | (chubbadiah) | 57.96 | 95% | 2024-04-04 |
| 38978. | Humanbeen (free_palestine_313) | 57.96 | 95.1% | 2024-12-09 |
| 38979. | (jeremythegant) | 57.96 | 97% | 2024-02-27 |
| 38980. | (venusbroken) | 57.96 | 94% | 2023-01-12 |
| 38981. | (reed1) | 57.96 | 93% | 2012-05-18 |
| 38982. | (duckcoder1) | 57.95 | 95% | 2025-09-08 |
| 38983. | (devngoat) | 57.95 | 95.5% | 2025-04-08 |
| 38984. | (athereus_) | 57.95 | 94.2% | 2025-01-24 |
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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 |