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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15718. | andy (andypaling) | 81.56 | 97.1% | 2021-02-02 |
| 15719. | ไมค์ (snthsnth) | 81.56 | 97% | 2013-11-21 |
| 15720. | ♘Knight (greenchile) | 81.56 | 97% | 2014-05-06 |
| 15721. | Andrew (churrissimo) | 81.56 | 96% | 2013-09-10 |
| 15722. | Jared (varmitz1) | 81.55 | 96% | 2022-01-19 |
| 15723. | sygi (sygi) | 81.55 | 96% | 2024-11-26 |
| 15724. | diamondreflect (diamondrefl... | 81.55 | 97% | 2024-04-14 |
| 15725. | Darien (devonent) | 81.55 | 98% | 2023-08-22 |
| 15726. | Devin (eulertour) | 81.55 | 99% | 2025-04-16 |
| 15727. | Patrick (yevad) | 81.55 | 98% | 2018-09-27 |
| 15728. | Harley (zeomne) | 81.55 | 89% | 2011-09-08 |
| 15729. | domhack (domhack) | 81.54 | 99% | 2023-11-28 |
| 15730. | Maximal (maximalelder) | 81.54 | 96% | 2022-11-22 |
| 15731. | Callan (callick) | 81.54 | 95% | 2013-04-23 |
| 15732. | Minh Khoa (tmkhoahcmus) | 81.54 | 98% | 2022-11-27 |
| 15733. | P (keystrokes) | 81.54 | 98% | 2016-04-20 |
| 15734. | Jeffy (jaywhy729) | 81.53 | 92% | 2012-03-22 |
| 15735. | Croii (croii) | 81.53 | 95.7% | 2023-11-24 |
| 15736. | Rod (compangit) | 81.53 | 96% | 2024-04-12 |
| 15737. | Ed (eoyama) | 81.53 | 96% | 2022-06-22 |
| 15738. | Pain (pain_i5) | 81.53 | 97% | 2025-05-29 |
| 15739. | DAndH (dandh) | 81.53 | 97% | 2022-04-21 |
| 15740. | ppbeto (ppesq) | 81.53 | 92% | 2015-04-26 |
| 15741. | Hillary (typeymane) | 81.53 | 98% | 2017-08-21 |
| 15742. | Stéphanie (tirose) | 81.53 | 94% | 2012-06-13 |
| 15743. | Marcel (diammentrodon) | 81.53 | 96% | 2014-07-29 |
| 15744. | Dennis (dennis_3107) | 81.53 | 95% | 2013-02-16 |
| 15745. | Kelly (kellymonkey28) | 81.52 | 97.9% | 2023-11-20 |
| 15746. | Samuel (samuellll) | 81.52 | 95.5% | 2024-02-17 |
| 15747. | 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 |