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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| 16647. | TimApple (dualofdualisprimal) | 81.85 | 97.9% | 2025-03-11 |
| 16648. | Damian (damian_k) | 81.85 | 98% | 2012-01-18 |
| 16649. | aaron (buckland1) | 81.84 | 99% | 2025-08-10 |
| 16650. | indonesianman (indonesianguy) | 81.84 | 98% | 2024-05-13 |
| 16651. | Dan (uberzoonie) | 81.84 | 97% | 2017-08-25 |
| 16652. | Andreas (andsten) | 81.84 | 98% | 2014-12-05 |
| 16653. | Rajasekhar (bonibabu) | 81.84 | 96% | 2014-08-12 |
| 16654. | Andrew (spearsa17) | 81.83 | 95% | 2014-02-05 |
| 16655. | Rasud (rasud) | 81.83 | 98% | 2026-03-29 |
| 16656. | Luke (trunks911) | 81.83 | 89% | 2012-07-21 |
| 16657. | Skooter (skooter69) | 81.83 | 97% | 2025-02-15 |
| 16658. | Boomer (typicalboomer) | 81.83 | 98.1% | 2024-10-24 |
| 16659. | Jose (romero_jose) | 81.83 | 96% | 2024-09-24 |
| 16660. | Yashesh (yashesh_07) | 81.83 | 97.5% | 2025-01-06 |
| 16661. | Rishi (ririhaha) | 81.83 | 97% | 2022-07-08 |
| 16662. | Amy (bluebluespirit) | 81.83 | — | 2011-01-09 |
| 16663. | bob frost (bertoort) | 81.82 | 97.7% | 2025-01-28 |
| 16664. | Miran (meeran) | 81.82 | 96% | 2022-04-12 |
| 16665. | Henrricos (henrricos) | 81.82 | 98% | 2021-05-05 |
| 16666. | fanta (fanta0001) | 81.82 | 96% | 2025-09-23 |
| 16667. | Girl (piemaniac) | 81.82 | 96.1% | 2025-04-30 |
| 16668. | Jos (joschrs) | 81.82 | 96% | 2022-01-29 |
| 16669. | Garrett (usernamegl) | 81.82 | 93% | 2014-05-04 |
| 16670. | Sofiya... Killing Lag... (s... | 81.82 | 91% | 2012-05-01 |
| 16671. | Joe (joeshmoe2220) | 81.82 | 99% | 2015-04-24 |
| 16672. | Mo Jo (deviousranger) | 81.81 | 97% | 2024-05-18 |
| 16673. | W (titanscouting) | 81.81 | 96.3% | 2024-11-15 |
| 16674. | Cosenter (cosenter) | 81.81 | 95.6% | 2024-03-15 |
| 16675. | mosho (sidosido) | 81.81 | 98.1% | 2023-12-16 |
| 16676. | FAT (fatfatfat) | 81.81 | — | 2010-07-20 |
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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 |