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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23607. | Tomek (diathorn) | 73.80 | 94% | 2012-09-21 |
| 23608. | Chase (chasericker003) | 73.80 | 96% | 2018-03-15 |
| 23609. | Afifa (dirtshack) | 73.79 | 97% | 2025-03-10 |
| 23610. | moshrom6 (moshrom6) | 73.79 | 97.2% | 2025-05-02 |
| 23611. | veezefan (veezefan) | 73.79 | 96.6% | 2024-08-08 |
| 23612. | Cyrus (cyrus_248) | 73.79 | 94% | 2025-03-30 |
| 23613. | Dorfin (0dorfin) | 73.79 | 95.9% | 2024-11-21 |
| 23614. | Vikas (vikas7788) | 73.79 | 97% | 2024-06-23 |
| 23615. | ryce (ryce05) | 73.79 | 97.1% | 2024-06-13 |
| 23616. | YASAR (yasarbhat) | 73.79 | 97.7% | 2024-04-18 |
| 23617. | d (de9n) | 73.79 | 95.5% | 2024-03-08 |
| 23618. | Jerry (jerrybang) | 73.79 | 93% | 2015-06-10 |
| 23619. | khalil (khalilfa) | 73.79 | 95.2% | 2023-08-28 |
| 23620. | Rain (rain__drop) | 73.79 | 97% | 2021-02-28 |
| 23621. | Slack (slack) | 73.79 | 96% | 2014-12-06 |
| 23622. | kiril (cold_fire) | 73.79 | 95% | 2015-03-21 |
| 23623. | Themeh (themeh5) | 73.78 | 96.6% | 2025-01-31 |
| 23624. | Jamie (stiles128) | 73.78 | 97% | 2015-12-14 |
| 23625. | Erdenebat (speed8019) | 73.78 | 97.9% | 2024-08-24 |
| 23626. | daanos02 (daanos02) | 73.78 | 97% | 2024-12-18 |
| 23627. | FREEPALESTINE (fukzionists) | 73.78 | 95% | 2024-07-09 |
| 23628. | Simon (aasi) | 73.78 | 98% | 2013-05-31 |
| 23629. | Miles (miles_lauden) | 73.77 | 97% | 2025-04-25 |
| 23630. | Java (javatoxxi) | 73.77 | 96% | 2022-03-24 |
| 23631. | Hyena (wildhyena) | 73.77 | 95% | 2021-11-17 |
| 23632. | onah (learning_dvorak1) | 73.77 | 96% | 2020-07-01 |
| 23633. | Robert (trebordv) | 73.77 | 97% | 2020-05-05 |
| 23634. | Konrad (mathsage) | 73.77 | 95% | 2012-03-21 |
| 23635. | Derek (dtblanken81) | 73.77 | 99% | 2020-12-27 |
| 23636. | Dew123 (dew123) | 73.77 | 92% | 2013-02-06 |
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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 |