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 |
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| 7018. | Valgeir (buullsseye) | 97.63 | 99% | 2016-04-28 |
| 7019. | Andrew (akan2021) | 97.62 | 97% | 2023-03-23 |
| 7020. | Tinumír (tinumir) | 97.62 | 99% | 2022-04-13 |
| 7021. | Erik (erla1012) | 97.62 | 95% | 2012-11-11 |
| 7022. | Elise (alyssea) | 97.62 | 98% | 2011-07-11 |
| 7023. | bboyjrad (bboyjrad) | 97.62 | 94% | 2012-04-28 |
| 7024. | iLOVEtyping (ilovetyping1) | 97.61 | 98% | 2024-07-24 |
| 7025. | Connor (9757) | 97.61 | 98.6% | 2023-12-24 |
| 7026. | Noah (snugsy) | 97.61 | 98% | 2025-03-20 |
| 7027. | Julien Galons (jugalons) | 97.61 | 97.8% | 2024-03-19 |
| 7028. | Lex (lexlexlex) | 97.60 | 97% | 2017-07-26 |
| 7029. | Keedawg (_keedawg_) | 97.59 | 97% | 2025-09-27 |
| 7030. | slayerofthend (slayerofthend) | 97.59 | 97% | 2021-06-09 |
| 7031. | Dan (danpan) | 97.59 | 96% | 2015-12-06 |
| 7032. | Mason (hyojin2k) | 97.59 | 98% | 2020-01-29 |
| 7033. | Kyle (mainian) | 97.59 | 98% | 2013-03-15 |
| 7034. | Genghis (realadamsandler) | 97.58 | 97.1% | 2023-12-23 |
| 7035. | Dan (idevil) | 97.58 | 93% | 2013-01-19 |
| 7036. | Django (django_unchained) | 97.58 | 99% | 2016-07-07 |
| 7037. | Lizard8029 (lizard8029) | 97.57 | 97.1% | 2025-03-02 |
| 7038. | swagmaster893247 (swagswags... | 97.57 | 98% | 2024-05-30 |
| 7039. | Charles G. (charles241) | 97.57 | 99% | 2024-09-02 |
| 7040. | MrQuality (mr_quality) | 97.57 | 97.9% | 2024-10-09 |
| 7041. | skitter315 (skitter315) | 97.57 | 96% | 2021-09-02 |
| 7042. | fred (alfr6do) | 97.57 | 98% | 2022-04-28 |
| 7043. | odnihs (lightvolt) | 97.57 | 91% | 2015-10-06 |
| 7044. | Kainaru (kainaru) | 97.57 | — | 2010-12-06 |
| 7045. | IAmAtomicツ (from_phlol) | 97.56 | 97.2% | 2024-11-21 |
| 7046. | royrex07 (royrex) | 97.56 | 99% | 2025-01-22 |
| 7047. | patrickass (patrickas) | 97.56 | 97.7% | 2024-10-12 |
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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 |
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| ##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |