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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29633. | Tiya (thortilla86) | 68.08 | 96% | 2024-04-03 |
| 29634. | Jongus (lizzoslunchbox) | 68.08 | 96% | 2023-03-09 |
| 29635. | HackerBoy (hackerboy1324) | 68.08 | 97% | 2018-04-16 |
| 29636. | Dheerendra (dheerendra002) | 68.08 | 95% | 2024-12-19 |
| 29637. | gemini_moons (gemini_moons) | 68.08 | 96.9% | 2024-04-24 |
| 29638. | Benjamyn (benjamyn) | 68.07 | 95% | 2012-10-11 |
| 29639. | Christopher (tobu) | 68.07 | 94% | 2011-06-30 |
| 29640. | Rapha (17r12m96k) | 68.07 | 96% | 2015-06-16 |
| 29641. | cheese (cheeseka20) | 68.07 | 97% | 2021-01-12 |
| 29642. | Atm. Towhid (towhidbd) | 68.07 | 98.3% | 2024-10-19 |
| 29643. | Quer (queroin) | 68.07 | 95% | 2022-10-12 |
| 29644. | James (iyeuou) | 68.07 | 95.1% | 2023-11-13 |
| 29645. | Some (kenechi) | 68.07 | 95.3% | 2024-08-15 |
| 29646. | Nhan (stonevcandy) | 68.07 | 97% | 2024-06-07 |
| 29647. | Larry (redbarron12) | 68.07 | 97.7% | 2024-03-14 |
| 29648. | fb (fbexc1) | 68.07 | 96% | 2026-01-11 |
| 29649. | Junky (junkychunk) | 68.06 | 97% | 2011-05-27 |
| 29650. | soda (sodafortwo) | 68.06 | 92% | 2017-05-09 |
| 29651. | Beata (beata111) | 68.06 | 96% | 2021-10-04 |
| 29652. | derono (derono) | 68.06 | 95.7% | 2021-02-19 |
| 29653. | Xiaorui (dxr1234) | 68.06 | 98% | 2023-01-26 |
| 29654. | fahad (fahadahmed_lu) | 68.06 | 99% | 2024-01-02 |
| 29655. | Alex (alexdennis1234) | 68.06 | 96.1% | 2024-06-10 |
| 29656. | doanhong (doanhong) | 68.06 | 99% | 2024-01-31 |
| 29657. | Marco (marcoflu) | 68.06 | 97% | 2025-09-22 |
| 29658. | Clinton (eastwoodaussie) | 68.06 | 95% | 2012-12-22 |
| 29659. | TheAnachronism (theanachron... | 68.06 | 95% | 2022-11-17 |
| 29660. | Properal (properal) | 68.06 | 94.5% | 2025-01-23 |
| 29661. | RancidChineseChicken (ranci... | 68.06 | 93.4% | 2025-04-12 |
| 29662. | Abdullah (sqoor) | 68.06 | 97% | 2025-02-03 |
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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 |