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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12503. | muhged (muhged) | 86.24 | 98.1% | 2024-06-26 |
| 12504. | Jonathan (itzjonny) | 86.24 | 96% | 2017-07-21 |
| 12505. | Matt (misttam) | 86.24 | 95% | 2024-05-11 |
| 12506. | 🗿कालोऽस्... | 86.24 | 96.4% | 2025-04-30 |
| 12507. | Kristján (kripet) | 86.24 | — | 2011-01-07 |
| 12508. | Raja (rajamalik2004) | 86.24 | 99% | 2013-04-27 |
| 12509. | Unstoppable (lunstoppablel) | 86.23 | 97.4% | 2024-06-29 |
| 12510. | Ivan (ivked) | 86.23 | 96% | 2022-05-27 |
| 12511. | Nguyen (ntnghiabk) | 86.23 | 96% | 2015-11-14 |
| 12512. | Apple (samiryounan37) | 86.23 | 88% | 2012-04-08 |
| 12513. | Patrick (pmahones) | 86.23 | 97% | 2014-02-10 |
| 12514. | Jason (jkxm) | 86.22 | 97% | 2024-12-12 |
| 12515. | Luffy (oluffyyyy) | 86.22 | 99% | 2024-03-26 |
| 12516. | Alexandru (alexoaz5) | 86.22 | 97% | 2021-01-27 |
| 12517. | Steven (_typemaster_) | 86.22 | — | 2010-11-14 |
| 12518. | rdw (madison437) | 86.22 | 92% | 2013-11-27 |
| 12519. | immy (immywimmy) | 86.21 | 96% | 2024-04-12 |
| 12520. | jawad (jiqlsh) | 86.21 | 96.7% | 2025-03-02 |
| 12521. | Gaster (iamgaster) | 86.21 | 97% | 2021-03-03 |
| 12522. | Aron (aronbk) | 86.21 | 98% | 2022-07-20 |
| 12523. | Pei Bin (cheongpeibin) | 86.21 | 96% | 2014-12-06 |
| 12524. | Superior (scs_85) | 86.20 | 96% | 2025-01-19 |
| 12525. | NinjR (gingerninjr) | 86.20 | 95% | 2015-02-03 |
| 12526. | Nahuatl_19650 (asanch5169) | 86.20 | 95.6% | 2025-03-03 |
| 12527. | Sean (metrognome12) | 86.20 | 96.2% | 2024-03-22 |
| 12528. | Catalin (art_vendelay) | 86.20 | 99% | 2015-02-26 |
| 12529. | erfan (erfan561) | 86.19 | 98% | 2024-10-23 |
| 12530. | Maz3l (hitti47) | 86.19 | 98% | 2023-11-27 |
| 12531. | Tony (sarcasticbanana) | 86.19 | 97.2% | 2021-02-13 |
| 12532. | Alex (airstreamdriver) | 86.19 | 96% | 2015-05-07 |
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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 |