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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12621. | erfan (erfan561) | 86.19 | 98% | 2024-10-23 |
| 12622. | Maz3l (hitti47) | 86.19 | 98% | 2023-11-27 |
| 12623. | Tony (sarcasticbanana) | 86.19 | 97.2% | 2021-02-13 |
| 12624. | Alex (airstreamdriver) | 86.19 | 96% | 2015-05-07 |
| 12625. | scott (pmonkey) | 86.19 | 98% | 2013-12-08 |
| 12626. | Kevin (drezar) | 86.19 | 97% | 2016-06-15 |
| 12627. | ethan (ethanizeta) | 86.18 | 97% | 2024-03-21 |
| 12628. | Achraf (achrafixo) | 86.18 | 98.6% | 2025-01-22 |
| 12629. | Will (xebrion) | 86.18 | 97.9% | 2024-01-30 |
| 12630. | Korra (grandesonnerie) | 86.18 | 96% | 2021-09-04 |
| 12631. | Amjo324 (amjo324) | 86.18 | 97% | 2011-07-01 |
| 12632. | Faye (queenyfaye) | 86.17 | 99% | 2025-02-22 |
| 12633. | ItypeSlow (me_type_so_slow) | 86.17 | 98% | 2024-05-14 |
| 12634. | chilloutt32 (chilloutt32) | 86.17 | 98% | 2024-08-07 |
| 12635. | dree (dre3) | 86.17 | 95% | 2024-06-23 |
| 12636. | Roma (useflame) | 86.17 | 97% | 2020-08-15 |
| 12637. | BlindNinja (blindninja) | 86.16 | 98% | 2020-03-17 |
| 12638. | Mendel (mendeljacks) | 86.16 | 99% | 2021-09-18 |
| 12639. | Tyler (superkai65) | 86.16 | 97% | 2021-04-01 |
| 12640. | Markus (magges) | 86.16 | 96% | 2012-10-08 |
| 12641. | Iswizzle (swizzle123) | 86.15 | 97.1% | 2024-08-21 |
| 12642. | farouk pavok (pavok) | 86.15 | 96.1% | 2024-11-17 |
| 12643. | Wolf (wolfwf) | 86.15 | 97% | 2021-12-24 |
| 12644. | typeRacer (olegbucolo) | 86.15 | 97.3% | 2024-07-17 |
| 12645. | Radmilo (radmilo) | 86.15 | 98% | 2021-03-12 |
| 12646. | Magoo (chris4891) | 86.15 | 98% | 2021-02-21 |
| 12647. | 🎃 (igorslow) | 86.15 | 97% | 2022-04-21 |
| 12648. | Filip (sixkey) | 86.15 | 98% | 2019-11-12 |
| 12649. | take (f_take) | 86.15 | 97% | 2012-03-24 |
| 12650. | Paul (jinzonam) | 86.15 | 98% | 2022-02-23 |
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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 |