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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30489. | ghost (theghostbehindyou) | 65.41 | 94.9% | 2024-05-17 |
| 30490. | Dixie (dixie_rekt) | 65.41 | 94% | 2023-02-28 |
| 30491. | Shanli (shanlialefkhani) | 65.41 | 98% | 2025-06-05 |
| 30492. | nadeem (nadeemgujjar) | 65.41 | 99% | 2020-04-09 |
| 30493. | Ay (aaffs) | 65.41 | 92% | 2016-02-10 |
| 30494. | Ashraful (noid621376) | 65.41 | 95% | 2017-04-24 |
| 30495. | Krzysiek (ksm123) | 65.41 | 98% | 2012-09-10 |
| 30496. | Jude Tillman (jude_t) | 65.40 | 97% | 2025-03-31 |
| 30497. | Tomas (newtevans) | 65.40 | 98.3% | 2024-01-24 |
| 30498. | Ranbowshep (ranbowshep) | 65.40 | 96% | 2025-04-06 |
| 30499. | Artem (koberkout) | 65.40 | 93% | 2024-07-27 |
| 30500. | ineedhelp (ineedhelpp) | 65.40 | 96.9% | 2021-02-21 |
| 30501. | Daniel (danielpaanderson) | 65.40 | 100% | 2024-08-15 |
| 30502. | Sputnik25 (25dondon25) | 65.40 | 95% | 2011-07-17 |
| 30503. | sd (yoyoyou) | 65.40 | — | 2010-12-06 |
| 30504. | Wasim (ahsaanfd1) | 65.40 | 93% | 2016-12-23 |
| 30505. | goatqi (goatqi) | 65.39 | 96% | 2021-05-10 |
| 30506. | ObamaEbola (obama_has_ebola) | 65.39 | 96% | 2024-10-02 |
| 30507. | Arban (arbanmc) | 65.39 | 94% | 2024-11-08 |
| 30508. | Ben (benmar000) | 65.39 | 97% | 2024-08-30 |
| 30509. | GAfan(dr34ml3nd) (gafan_dr3... | 65.39 | 96% | 2025-03-05 |
| 30510. | rajesh (rmalli) | 65.39 | 96% | 2022-05-08 |
| 30511. | Nick (nick22985) | 65.39 | 95.1% | 2024-07-28 |
| 30512. | claudio (claudiov) | 65.39 | 98.4% | 2024-10-10 |
| 30513. | g (siden) | 65.39 | 92% | 2013-01-19 |
| 30514. | Mishel (holosight) | 65.39 | 95% | 2021-09-22 |
| 30515. | David (delkos) | 65.39 | 96% | 2019-10-30 |
| 30516. | Daggen (daggen96) | 65.39 | 94% | 2016-01-11 |
| 30517. | Rolf (epostenmin) | 65.39 | 92% | 2014-12-08 |
| 30518. | Intenternet (intenternet) | 65.38 | 96.5% | 2023-11-13 |
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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 |