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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24791. | Akbar Khan (akbar56) | 71.15 | 96.6% | 2024-12-16 |
| 24792. | Jabber (syncsq) | 71.15 | 95% | 2025-05-23 |
| 24793. | Timothy (skyblue7) | 71.15 | 96.4% | 2025-04-28 |
| 24794. | Sid (witcher3930) | 71.15 | 96% | 2016-07-28 |
| 24795. | Tal (tkalderon) | 71.15 | 95% | 2021-12-30 |
| 24796. | rphal (rphal) | 71.15 | 95% | 2024-03-21 |
| 24797. | Andreas (andr455i) | 71.15 | 96.4% | 2024-01-18 |
| 24798. | midmeh (midmeh) | 71.15 | 96.4% | 2024-01-31 |
| 24799. | ken (kuanying) | 71.15 | 97% | 2016-04-29 |
| 24800. | Imambek (imambek) | 71.15 | 97.3% | 2025-02-27 |
| 24801. | Mike (mikayelb) | 71.15 | 95.1% | 2024-05-30 |
| 24802. | Roi (roi4) | 71.15 | 97% | 2022-05-22 |
| 24803. | Josh (jleegreene) | 71.15 | 93% | 2016-04-14 |
| 24804. | Wade (Dvorak) (wberrier_d) | 71.15 | 99% | 2011-10-27 |
| 24805. | Rosalyn (raisetheroof) | 71.15 | 94% | 2013-08-17 |
| 24806. | Nehal (nehaldamania) | 71.15 | 96% | 2015-03-20 |
| 24807. | Semplex (semplex) | 71.14 | 97% | 2022-01-04 |
| 24808. | Till (artlessventure) | 71.14 | 97% | 2021-07-09 |
| 24809. | Paras Bhandari (iam_parass) | 71.14 | 96.6% | 2024-10-25 |
| 24810. | Kamil (spped1337) | 71.14 | 97% | 2024-04-28 |
| 24811. | yack (yardris) | 71.14 | 96% | 2024-07-14 |
| 24812. | Mitanshu (hermit1691) | 71.14 | 97% | 2023-11-27 |
| 24813. | Tony (adbaldini) | 71.14 | 98% | 2023-02-06 |
| 24814. | Caesar (techguru94) | 71.14 | 99% | 2016-06-02 |
| 24815. | Chrissy (chrissyleeperry) | 71.13 | 97.1% | 2024-01-09 |
| 24816. | h (hxmx) | 71.13 | 96.8% | 2025-04-07 |
| 24817. | PatrickIgnatiusAussie (wang... | 71.13 | 96.3% | 2024-05-18 |
| 24818. | Gunner (gunner_8) | 71.13 | 97% | 2024-09-18 |
| 24819. | sammie (sammiethelamest) | 71.13 | 94% | 2025-05-30 |
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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 |