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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24251. | slow_colemak (slow_colemak3) | 71.39 | 97% | 2024-06-18 |
| 24252. | kev (kevin_777) | 71.39 | 97.7% | 2024-02-08 |
| 24253. | zeeko (zeekomeeko) | 71.39 | 96.6% | 2024-03-26 |
| 24254. | MohammadMahdi (mohmahkho) | 71.39 | 96% | 2019-08-15 |
| 24255. | Sanjay (sanjaysins) | 71.39 | 99% | 2023-06-19 |
| 24256. | murker! (murker) | 71.39 | — | 2010-11-03 |
| 24257. | 景云 (__qwop) | 71.39 | 96% | 2014-07-14 |
| 24258. | Shaeleth (shaeleth) | 71.38 | 95% | 2024-03-29 |
| 24259. | Jad (jadsplice) | 71.38 | 97.1% | 2024-09-05 |
| 24260. | ephemeral (ephemeral1278) | 71.38 | 96% | 2024-04-19 |
| 24261. | Pirate (snail_racerz) | 71.38 | 99% | 2024-09-03 |
| 24262. | bart (bartani) | 71.38 | 96.2% | 2023-07-13 |
| 24263. | Todel (todelz) | 71.38 | 95% | 2023-05-30 |
| 24264. | Yujie Du (duyujie0817) | 71.38 | 98% | 2018-04-03 |
| 24265. | koen (chromoplast) | 71.38 | 96% | 2020-06-21 |
| 24266. | societyrubbish (societyrubb... | 71.38 | 97% | 2011-05-11 |
| 24267. | stephen (stoph3n) | 71.37 | 98% | 2025-03-05 |
| 24268. | Collin M (collinmartin) | 71.37 | 99% | 2024-09-11 |
| 24269. | dexxamm (dexxamm) | 71.37 | 97.6% | 2024-02-21 |
| 24270. | jonathan (verajonatha2408) | 71.37 | 98% | 2024-01-28 |
| 24271. | tstats[cout_helloworld] (co... | 71.37 | 97% | 2023-09-20 |
| 24272. | Arsen (arsenaghajanyan) | 71.37 | 95% | 2011-07-13 |
| 24273. | tstats[beedi] (beedi) | 71.37 | 96.5% | 2021-01-29 |
| 24274. | lex (lextonti) | 71.37 | 95% | 2013-07-23 |
| 24275. | hosssein (mhrimaz) | 71.37 | 98% | 2017-01-15 |
| 24276. | Daniel (fishcanroll) | 71.37 | 96% | 2019-08-02 |
| 24277. | Eric (etype) | 71.37 | — | 2010-06-24 |
| 24278. | John (architist) | 71.36 | 95% | 2024-11-07 |
| 24279. | Nick (poppyc_ck) | 71.36 | 97.8% | 2024-10-29 |
| 24280. | KrokoDylo (krokodylo) | 71.36 | 97.7% | 2024-09-03 |
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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 |