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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16757. | ed (sxxos) | 81.56 | 97% | 2025-11-02 |
| 16758. | andy (andypaling) | 81.56 | 97.1% | 2021-02-02 |
| 16759. | ไมค์ (snthsnth) | 81.56 | 97% | 2013-11-21 |
| 16760. | ♘Knight (greenchile) | 81.56 | 97% | 2014-05-06 |
| 16761. | Andrew (churrissimo) | 81.56 | 96% | 2013-09-10 |
| 16762. | sygi (sygi) | 81.55 | 96.4% | 2024-11-26 |
| 16763. | diamondreflect (diamondrefl... | 81.55 | 97% | 2024-04-14 |
| 16764. | Jared (varmitz1) | 81.55 | 96% | 2022-01-19 |
| 16765. | Darien (devonent) | 81.55 | 98% | 2023-08-22 |
| 16766. | Devin (eulertour) | 81.55 | 98.8% | 2025-04-16 |
| 16767. | Patrick (yevad) | 81.55 | 98% | 2018-09-27 |
| 16768. | Harley (zeomne) | 81.55 | 89% | 2011-09-08 |
| 16769. | domhack (domhack) | 81.54 | 99% | 2023-11-28 |
| 16770. | Callan (callick) | 81.54 | 95% | 2013-04-23 |
| 16771. | Minh Khoa (tmkhoahcmus) | 81.54 | 98% | 2022-11-27 |
| 16772. | P (keystrokes) | 81.54 | 98% | 2016-04-20 |
| 16773. | Rod (compangit) | 81.53 | 95.9% | 2024-04-12 |
| 16774. | daehoidar (daehoidar) | 81.53 | 97% | 2024-01-23 |
| 16775. | Jeffy (jaywhy729) | 81.53 | 92% | 2012-03-22 |
| 16776. | Pain (pain_i5) | 81.53 | 97% | 2025-05-29 |
| 16777. | Croii (croii) | 81.53 | 95.7% | 2023-11-24 |
| 16778. | Ed (eoyama) | 81.53 | 96% | 2022-06-22 |
| 16779. | ppbeto (ppesq) | 81.53 | 92% | 2015-04-26 |
| 16780. | DAndH (dandh) | 81.53 | 97% | 2022-04-21 |
| 16781. | Stéphanie (tirose) | 81.53 | 94% | 2012-06-13 |
| 16782. | Marcel (diammentrodon) | 81.53 | 96% | 2014-07-29 |
| 16783. | Dennis (dennis_3107) | 81.53 | 95% | 2013-02-16 |
| 16784. | Kelly (kellymonkey28) | 81.52 | 97.9% | 2023-11-20 |
| 16785. | Samuel (samuellll) | 81.52 | 95.5% | 2024-02-17 |
| 16786. | DSH (didsh) | 81.52 | 95% | 2016-01-27 |
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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 |