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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7684. | MIttens (socerkid_02) | 95.42 | 94% | 2014-04-18 |
| 7685. | Alex. (forger) | 95.42 | 99% | 2014-06-23 |
| 7686. | Arthur (artnet) | 95.42 | 96% | 2013-08-23 |
| 7687. | Ferdinando (rainedfond) | 95.41 | 97% | 2014-03-11 |
| 7688. | pklm (legitgod404) | 95.41 | 98% | 2022-02-10 |
| 7689. | Het234 (het234) | 95.40 | 100% | 2024-12-11 |
| 7690. | Smokey (flamingsword123) | 95.40 | 99% | 2024-05-24 |
| 7691. | Ridans (ridans) | 95.40 | 97.9% | 2023-10-11 |
| 7692. | Andrew (pingpongpewpew) | 95.40 | 97% | 2014-08-19 |
| 7693. | Basherte (basherte) | 95.40 | 99% | 2012-05-17 |
| 7694. | Essi (jessicalee4442) | 95.39 | 97.9% | 2023-12-13 |
| 7695. | Coach Mac (coachmac) | 95.39 | 99% | 2015-04-17 |
| 7696. | Brenda (bjschevy) | 95.39 | — | 2010-09-06 |
| 7697. | Nohin (nohin) | 95.38 | 97.9% | 2023-12-31 |
| 7698. | Lucjan (lucjan_09) | 95.38 | 98% | 2020-12-18 |
| 7699. | Coitus (curtisxuan) | 95.38 | 90% | 2016-08-13 |
| 7700. | Michael (toast23) | 95.37 | 98% | 2020-09-23 |
| 7701. | Mason (brainiac33) | 95.37 | 98.1% | 2024-02-05 |
| 7702. | Courtney (typesometimes) | 95.37 | 97% | 2022-04-24 |
| 7703. | Tony (aarup) | 95.37 | 97% | 2017-11-22 |
| 7704. | Alex (revl8er) | 95.37 | 98% | 2017-11-10 |
| 7705. | 737driver (737driver) | 95.37 | — | 2010-07-24 |
| 7706. | Jtogsetd (jtogse822) | 95.36 | 97.2% | 2025-02-02 |
| 7707. | ArtikLamartik (artiklamartik) | 95.36 | 98% | 2024-06-22 |
| 7708. | Name123 (name_123) | 95.36 | 97.1% | 2024-07-18 |
| 7709. | Theroarx (theroarx) | 95.36 | 98.1% | 2024-08-08 |
| 7710. | Darrin (1dur) | 95.36 | 93% | 2016-04-02 |
| 7711. | Varun (vvv44) | 95.36 | 95% | 2015-01-16 |
| 7712. | Donny (alphasm) | 95.35 | 96.8% | 2024-12-14 |
| 7713. | rain (rainehr) | 95.35 | 98% | 2024-07-15 |
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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 |