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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39784. | Stercus (hemantkatiyar) | 54.08 | 94% | 2013-06-19 |
39785. | Daniel M. (madmax0407) | 54.08 | 95% | 2024-09-18 |
39786. | cucurkurma (cucurkurma98) | 54.08 | 97% | 2025-05-08 |
39787. | Somebody2425 (somebody2425) | 54.07 | 94% | 2024-10-20 |
39788. | Michael (dudemanmichael) | 54.07 | 95% | 2017-06-08 |
39789. | ATA (ataxia) | 54.07 | 92% | 2013-06-09 |
39790. | Deep (dsg16) | 54.07 | 96.6% | 2023-11-27 |
39791. | alex (pluto3324) | 54.07 | 96% | 2021-03-18 |
39792. | Funeral Party (scudvirus2018) | 54.07 | 97% | 2021-04-03 |
39793. | caesar (caesarrrr) | 54.06 | 96% | 2025-03-04 |
39794. | ShadowSniper (shadowsniper) | 54.06 | 95% | 2024-04-11 |
39795. | Jazz Terrier (jazz_terrier) | 54.06 | 96% | 2024-06-10 |
39796. | Novian (novian) | 54.06 | 93% | 2016-10-01 |
39797. | Jatin (jatingarg) | 54.06 | 97% | 2020-12-10 |
39798. | Ed (zimmy) | 54.06 | — | 2010-11-08 |
39799. | Nicolai (niccofyren) | 54.06 | 95% | 2016-09-01 |
39800. | Natalia (ngrcia) | 54.05 | 97% | 2024-03-08 |
39801. | Luki_essa (lukiessa) | 54.05 | 95.9% | 2023-11-19 |
39802. | Madhu (madhugul) | 54.05 | 97.7% | 2023-11-12 |
39803. | Ron (idobbyy) | 54.05 | 95.1% | 2023-12-27 |
39804. | Romar (romarpatacsil) | 54.05 | 93% | 2012-09-26 |
39805. | Faizan (fmahmood) | 54.05 | 96% | 2013-01-30 |
39806. | Xi (cenariusxz) | 54.05 | 93% | 2017-06-02 |
39807. | lynn (lynnsweetspineda) | 54.04 | 95% | 2022-03-09 |
39808. | TypeTyson (master_of_swag69) | 54.04 | 96% | 2025-04-23 |
39809. | Hai Cao (haicao123) | 54.04 | 93% | 2024-08-01 |
39810. | Patrick (pxtrick__) | 54.04 | 92.5% | 2025-01-11 |
39811. | ANURAG_JOD (anurag_jod_hai0... | 54.04 | 96% | 2024-10-16 |
39812. | zakir (zakirhossen) | 54.04 | 95% | 2023-09-02 |
39813. | James (ryandaryno) | 54.04 | 98% | 2021-05-13 |
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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 |