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 |
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28338. | Abhinav (abhinav42) | 67.05 | 97.2% | 2025-03-27 |
28339. | Daria (deeelis) | 67.05 | 97.7% | 2024-10-20 |
28340. | ngivanyh (vain_n) | 67.05 | 96% | 2024-07-09 |
28341. | Alex (aalleexx1) | 67.05 | 96.7% | 2025-03-24 |
28342. | Isabel (izle_) | 67.05 | 97% | 2021-01-21 |
28343. | Saoubin (subin_) | 67.05 | 98% | 2015-10-19 |
28344. | Solar (kngrichard) | 67.05 | 98% | 2016-09-13 |
28345. | sindarius (sindariust) | 67.04 | 95% | 2024-12-18 |
28346. | gotcha_btch (too__slow) | 67.04 | 96% | 2022-05-11 |
28347. | ico277 (ico277) | 67.04 | 95% | 2024-04-10 |
28348. | Milly (yllim) | 67.04 | 97% | 2022-10-17 |
28349. | Shafath (shafath_1) | 67.04 | 97.9% | 2023-11-26 |
28350. | Josh (pinoyone) | 67.04 | 94% | 2018-03-12 |
28351. | bettits (bettits) | 67.04 | 98% | 2020-10-13 |
28352. | Will (typemanthetypist) | 67.04 | 87% | 2015-04-24 |
28353. | Giulio (giumaz) | 67.04 | 95% | 2018-01-12 |
28354. | Mikeyistyping (mikeyistypin... | 67.03 | 98.4% | 2024-09-22 |
28355. | chris (nobuken) | 67.03 | 95% | 2011-05-29 |
28356. | Yes (idk000) | 67.03 | 96% | 2024-02-08 |
28357. | ait ahmed moussaab (utchiha) | 67.03 | 97.9% | 2024-05-24 |
28358. | vinnie (gun_xox) | 67.03 | 97% | 2024-05-05 |
28359. | stegmarb (stegmarb) | 67.03 | 95.1% | 2025-03-21 |
28360. | Norbert (5000wpm) | 67.03 | 91% | 2016-08-12 |
28361. | Ahmed (icebreaker192837) | 67.02 | 95% | 2025-04-23 |
28362. | Joy (joy_c) | 67.02 | 97% | 2025-04-09 |
28363. | Ching Wei Su (howardsu0901) | 67.02 | 95% | 2022-05-16 |
28364. | Tai (kungpaochicken) | 67.02 | 92% | 2012-01-11 |
28365. | Arun (arunraj) | 67.02 | 94% | 2011-12-19 |
28366. | Paul (paul1234) | 67.02 | — | 2011-03-27 |
28367. | Blarghh (blarghh) | 67.01 | 96% | 2012-04-10 |
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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 |