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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37785. | gc21 (giim_chyn) | 59.67 | 95% | 2016-05-13 |
| 37786. | Bobby (seanxpark) | 59.67 | 93% | 2015-03-13 |
| 37787. | Jacosskap (mohamed1600000) | 59.67 | 98% | 2024-06-22 |
| 37788. | TyperGuy (sentinal2000) | 59.67 | 95.5% | 2024-06-04 |
| 37789. | Fauzan (fblues) | 59.67 | 95% | 2014-06-30 |
| 37790. | syed (nayaz) | 59.67 | 90% | 2013-09-17 |
| 37791. | (narzzz) | 59.67 | 94% | 2020-05-11 |
| 37792. | Yousef Ahmed Abdelatef (pri... | 59.66 | 96% | 2025-10-29 |
| 37793. | David (davidofun) | 59.66 | 96% | 2025-05-25 |
| 37794. | kaijubomb (kaijubomb) | 59.66 | 96% | 2024-05-04 |
| 37795. | TheGreat999 (thegreat999) | 59.66 | 96% | 2026-01-11 |
| 37796. | Giggly512 (giggly_) | 59.66 | 98% | 2026-04-02 |
| 37797. | Nathan (nayteo) | 59.66 | 92% | 2016-02-19 |
| 37798. | jacob (rednight17) | 59.66 | 92% | 2015-03-22 |
| 37799. | Taylor (taylorx) | 59.66 | — | 2010-12-15 |
| 37800. | Saugat (acharya_saugat) | 59.66 | 89% | 2016-03-03 |
| 37801. | desmond doss (stag_stog) | 59.65 | 98% | 2025-01-16 |
| 37802. | Hugo (bofibofi) | 59.65 | 97% | 2025-07-09 |
| 37803. | Rich (undertenpercent) | 59.65 | 97% | 2024-01-09 |
| 37804. | Nadeem (nadeemahmad560) | 59.65 | 98.3% | 2023-12-11 |
| 37805. | abc (seikou) | 59.65 | 96.2% | 2024-01-02 |
| 37806. | Wake (awriter) | 59.65 | 97% | 2019-06-24 |
| 37807. | Karan (sofastkaran) | 59.65 | 91% | 2014-12-20 |
| 37808. | Jacob (slickserpent99) | 59.64 | 81% | 2016-10-04 |
| 37809. | sdr (sdr1618) | 59.64 | 97% | 2025-07-22 |
| 37810. | balianofibelin (balianofibe... | 59.64 | 98% | 2025-03-18 |
| 37811. | Laptop keyboard (laptop_key... | 59.64 | 95% | 2024-12-24 |
| 37812. | Nikhil (nikhil_parab) | 59.64 | 94.2% | 2023-11-22 |
| 37813. | Jeje McCallister (jejemccal... | 59.64 | 98% | 2023-08-23 |
| 37814. | Florian (bflorian) | 59.64 | 95% | 2012-10-24 |
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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 |
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| ##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |