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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31530. | sparks (forwardthinker) | 65.66 | 99% | 2015-06-12 |
| 31531. | (annadreya) | 65.65 | 97.3% | 2025-02-22 |
| 31532. | (deepak_chandani) | 65.65 | 98% | 2024-07-18 |
| 31533. | (povfrom5foot3) | 65.65 | 97% | 2023-08-15 |
| 31534. | (iwinters1020) | 65.65 | 96.5% | 2024-11-14 |
| 31535. | (galaxy_slayer_zed_2) | 65.65 | 98.1% | 2024-10-09 |
| 31536. | Declan (thecoolcyborg) | 65.65 | 97% | 2024-06-22 |
| 31537. | Hannah (hannahchiao) | 65.65 | 97% | 2024-03-21 |
| 31538. | Paloma (mmmmtype) | 65.65 | 95.7% | 2023-12-11 |
| 31539. | (typingcompany) | 65.65 | 97% | 2025-07-13 |
| 31540. | (astaroth04) | 65.65 | 96% | 2022-07-12 |
| 31541. | (rosmas) | 65.65 | 97.3% | 2024-03-04 |
| 31542. | (ctcngh) | 65.65 | 96% | 2016-07-05 |
| 31543. | (cartas) | 65.65 | 97% | 2021-06-22 |
| 31544. | kao (biohand2001) | 65.65 | 93% | 2014-03-09 |
| 31545. | (starzin) | 65.65 | 96% | 2011-07-18 |
| 31546. | (gkadar) | 65.64 | 96% | 2025-10-04 |
| 31547. | BUKELE (bukele) | 65.64 | 96.5% | 2024-10-22 |
| 31548. | (mystch) | 65.64 | 94% | 2012-12-27 |
| 31549. | fakafel (fakafel) | 65.64 | 97% | 2025-10-29 |
| 31550. | (its_not_me_tho) | 65.64 | 96% | 2021-01-24 |
| 31551. | (shrubber) | 65.64 | 96% | 2022-03-23 |
| 31552. | Jared (jareblah) | 65.64 | 96% | 2020-09-19 |
| 31553. | (kazspazz) | 65.64 | 96% | 2012-01-16 |
| 31554. | (ganestalay) | 65.64 | 95% | 2019-02-10 |
| 31555. | (phamhoney) | 65.63 | 95% | 2026-01-12 |
| 31556. | (shyam191999) | 65.63 | 96% | 2025-06-07 |
| 31557. | (fazrael07) | 65.63 | 96% | 2024-03-17 |
| 31558. | BABA (viku_y) | 65.63 | 95.7% | 2024-07-11 |
| 31559. | (fwdahlin) | 65.63 | 96% | 2018-05-10 |
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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 |