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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35041. | Life'z gr8st bargain (miran... | 62.42 | 97% | 2012-03-16 |
| 35042. | T (tutteyfruttey) | 62.42 | — | 2010-12-15 |
| 35043. | keohone (keohone) | 62.41 | 92.9% | 2024-11-30 |
| 35044. | HJ (hjteq) | 62.41 | 97% | 2025-08-04 |
| 35045. | Kushal (gabroo_69) | 62.41 | 96% | 2025-06-01 |
| 35046. | bootingabend (bootingabend) | 62.41 | 95.4% | 2024-02-08 |
| 35047. | Mohammed (solo_bolo) | 62.41 | 94% | 2025-03-11 |
| 35048. | Sebastian (norskey) | 62.41 | 96.4% | 2024-11-18 |
| 35049. | ramouna (ramouna) | 62.41 | 95% | 2024-05-06 |
| 35050. | Ian (ian_2008) | 62.41 | 95% | 2024-02-09 |
| 35051. | ahmad (ahmadalasmar) | 62.41 | 95% | 2024-04-25 |
| 35052. | Rahul (badrii) | 62.41 | 95.9% | 2024-01-03 |
| 35053. | Nyaaaamk_Up (coconutbutter) | 62.41 | 96.1% | 2024-02-05 |
| 35054. | Zachary (zjroote) | 62.41 | 96% | 2020-10-18 |
| 35055. | Nanek (nlited) | 62.41 | 85% | 2016-07-05 |
| 35056. | Jahaziel (changofeliz) | 62.41 | 97% | 2018-06-18 |
| 35057. | James (blsmoke) | 62.40 | 95% | 2025-04-10 |
| 35058. | Chris (garr64) | 62.40 | 99% | 2014-09-25 |
| 35059. | Oh (cencoller) | 62.40 | 97% | 2023-01-02 |
| 35060. | M (mintuska) | 62.40 | 94% | 2022-08-05 |
| 35061. | Davit (yengoyan) | 62.40 | 94.1% | 2024-02-08 |
| 35062. | Ra (ratsquare) | 62.40 | 96.6% | 2023-06-25 |
| 35063. | Sanath (sunny_365) | 62.39 | 94.2% | 2024-07-12 |
| 35064. | buckets (bucketsui) | 62.39 | 96% | 2025-11-10 |
| 35065. | Ehzy (ryoach07) | 62.39 | 94.7% | 2025-05-07 |
| 35066. | Aasrith (mrhypeclown) | 62.39 | 93.8% | 2025-01-01 |
| 35067. | BigLuke69420 (bigluke69420) | 62.39 | 96.9% | 2025-02-11 |
| 35068. | Keaka (keaka23) | 62.39 | 98% | 2020-08-15 |
| 35069. | Kenzie (k3nzierae) | 62.39 | 97% | 2024-09-13 |
| 35070. | Matt (hanocr) | 62.39 | 97% | 2014-09-22 |
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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 |