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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13203. | Jawed (cenachaingang) | 86.58 | 95.5% | 2024-03-31 |
| 13204. | Mark (mkashani17) | 86.58 | 91% | 2017-02-03 |
| 13205. | Cary Zhang (vrozone) | 86.58 | 95% | 2021-08-01 |
| 13206. | Danail (dansarch) | 86.58 | 98.1% | 2024-06-16 |
| 13207. | Tedward (tedward765) | 86.58 | 97.2% | 2021-02-12 |
| 13208. | lemonade (agolemonade) | 86.58 | 98% | 2017-10-26 |
| 13209. | Lance (grixxr) | 86.57 | 96.8% | 2024-05-29 |
| 13210. | Artichamp (abhrajit_saha) | 86.57 | 97.1% | 2023-05-27 |
| 13211. | Marc (mdzy1334) | 86.57 | 96% | 2022-03-18 |
| 13212. | echovl (echovl) | 86.57 | 98% | 2024-02-01 |
| 13213. | Fast&Furious7 (fastandfurio... | 86.57 | 97% | 2014-08-08 |
| 13214. | Olleonline (olleonline) | 86.56 | 96% | 2026-02-13 |
| 13215. | QueBall (que_ball) | 86.56 | 98% | 2025-10-23 |
| 13216. | 2xchop (2xchop) | 86.56 | 95.9% | 2025-01-16 |
| 13217. | Gerben05 (gerbenklapwijk) | 86.56 | 98.8% | 2023-11-06 |
| 13218. | toki (kizunajemini2205) | 86.56 | 97% | 2021-02-24 |
| 13219. | Someone (someonetyping) | 86.55 | 99% | 2021-01-13 |
| 13220. | PKRZ Bright Red Hats (doesi... | 86.55 | 95% | 2016-07-20 |
| 13221. | Adas (auganov) | 86.55 | 97% | 2016-02-19 |
| 13222. | Jeffrey (jsb9942) | 86.55 | 93% | 2017-01-10 |
| 13223. | Basil Al Khaldi (bess_3) | 86.54 | 97% | 2024-10-23 |
| 13224. | Brian (crapfish) | 86.54 | 97% | 2016-05-12 |
| 13225. | Chris (chrisk_04) | 86.54 | 97% | 2026-01-28 |
| 13226. | Ben (tacosnak) | 86.54 | 95% | 2016-05-04 |
| 13227. | Ami (amivu) | 86.54 | — | 2010-10-18 |
| 13228. | trut (trut) | 86.54 | 98% | 2022-02-03 |
| 13229. | Miroslav (__mirdaa) | 86.54 | 98% | 2020-12-26 |
| 13230. | Bryant (arcadeshift) | 86.54 | 93% | 2016-04-28 |
| 13231. | Boris (bb667) | 86.53 | 96% | 2020-05-23 |
| 13232. | Thatness (thatness) | 86.53 | 94% | 2021-10-22 |
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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 |