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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35116. | Ryan (8baller) | 61.33 | 96% | 2022-06-22 |
| 35117. | Yef (yef_2666) | 61.33 | 95.2% | 2024-04-17 |
| 35118. | Gruffydd (gruffydd) | 61.33 | 90% | 2016-09-26 |
| 35119. | Same (obsoletepotato) | 61.33 | 94.7% | 2024-07-27 |
| 35120. | sokkhai (sokkhai@hotmail.com) | 61.33 | 91% | 2011-10-27 |
| 35121. | John (rileytolentino13) | 61.33 | 90% | 2017-02-06 |
| 35122. | Jaren (waff13cak3) | 61.33 | 88% | 2017-03-04 |
| 35123. | Deni (travao) | 61.33 | 94% | 2016-07-19 |
| 35124. | lisa (little_bee) | 61.33 | — | 2010-10-31 |
| 35125. | Jimmy bill bob (jimmybillbob) | 61.32 | 94% | 2024-03-11 |
| 35126. | Sigma (chestermathews) | 61.32 | 96% | 2024-05-23 |
| 35127. | pp (electricpp) | 61.32 | 98% | 2021-05-10 |
| 35128. | Luis (luisfmanzanoa) | 61.32 | 96.5% | 2021-01-27 |
| 35129. | Yamn (yamn) | 61.32 | 91% | 2015-03-30 |
| 35130. | Ahmed (ryu_hayabusa) | 61.32 | 93% | 2014-05-30 |
| 35131. | JaumeBG (jaumebg) | 61.32 | — | 2010-10-23 |
| 35132. | hastur233 (hastur233) | 61.31 | 96.2% | 2025-04-22 |
| 35133. | braashy (braashy) | 61.31 | 95% | 2024-08-09 |
| 35134. | EmotionlessCoding (emotionl... | 61.31 | 95% | 2024-04-26 |
| 35135. | Rabi (rabiulislam9) | 61.31 | 97% | 2025-07-18 |
| 35136. | Joe (joegamer) | 61.31 | 95% | 2022-12-31 |
| 35137. | Ryan (rajaroc) | 61.31 | 94.5% | 2021-02-26 |
| 35138. | JustAnotherPerson (plankcip... | 61.31 | 94.5% | 2021-02-21 |
| 35139. | Orion (maggiea718) | 61.31 | 98% | 2020-06-26 |
| 35140. | sho (imagestreamer) | 61.31 | — | 2010-07-05 |
| 35141. | Jamie (grapefruitie) | 61.31 | 95% | 2019-07-15 |
| 35142. | Emmett (emaki8) | 61.30 | 98% | 2018-09-05 |
| 35143. | Python (slimpython) | 61.30 | 96% | 2025-03-22 |
| 35144. | Minh (n9duyminh) | 61.30 | 96% | 2024-11-07 |
| 35145. | Øyvind (oyvindsegrov) | 61.30 | 95% | 2023-10-25 |
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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 |