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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35115. | Dimitris (dimpo) | 58.26 | 98.2% | 2024-04-12 |
| 35116. | thelocalfbiagent (thelocalf... | 58.26 | 95% | 2023-12-29 |
| 35117. | nimbleone (nimbleone) | 58.26 | 97% | 2023-11-28 |
| 35118. | Rou (rouu) | 58.26 | 96% | 2024-05-11 |
| 35119. | Bob (ilikesoldat) | 58.26 | 93% | 2013-02-04 |
| 35120. | henry (filthy_rich86) | 58.26 | 95% | 2013-12-11 |
| 35121. | apt_share (apt_share) | 58.26 | 94% | 2011-06-24 |
| 35122. | akuatsobi (akuatsobi) | 58.25 | 95.8% | 2024-12-31 |
| 35123. | was (wassio) | 58.25 | 96% | 2023-03-04 |
| 35124. | Lucas (luctrox) | 58.25 | 93% | 2022-04-03 |
| 35125. | Lindsey (lindseytmacd) | 58.24 | 96.1% | 2025-01-23 |
| 35126. | social (social_scrub) | 58.24 | 95% | 2022-08-09 |
| 35127. | 小帅哥 (abecienchen) | 58.24 | 93% | 2023-12-27 |
| 35128. | Azam (mazam216) | 58.24 | 96% | 2021-06-04 |
| 35129. | Raman (rshant) | 58.24 | 93% | 2015-10-03 |
| 35130. | AST (emper0rr) | 58.24 | 95% | 2012-08-02 |
| 35131. | Daniel (quaque) | 58.23 | 96% | 2024-03-21 |
| 35132. | Elhadi (notelhadi1) | 58.23 | 94% | 2025-02-09 |
| 35133. | shmike (shmike3) | 58.23 | 95% | 2024-05-24 |
| 35134. | Kamshin (kamshin_18) | 58.23 | 95.6% | 2024-05-14 |
| 35135. | Jessica (terinhart_379) | 58.23 | 96% | 2024-07-18 |
| 35136. | Bob (popegraham) | 58.23 | 93% | 2014-04-06 |
| 35137. | Willy (willyosu) | 58.23 | 95% | 2021-01-27 |
| 35138. | Kit (kittoadinatha) | 58.23 | 91% | 2016-04-12 |
| 35139. | isleofscorn (isleofscorn) | 58.22 | 95% | 2024-08-06 |
| 35140. | neindanke (monekeyman089) | 58.22 | 96% | 2024-12-15 |
| 35141. | Avgjoe (avgjoe03) | 58.22 | 96% | 2024-12-30 |
| 35142. | Masked (masked_one) | 58.22 | 95% | 2024-04-11 |
| 35143. | ken (kai285) | 58.22 | 93% | 2024-02-01 |
| 35144. | Alex (alexm2air) | 58.22 | 96.8% | 2023-12-31 |
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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 |