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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8665. | Veklion (veklion) | 94.20 | 93% | 2016-09-04 |
| 8666. | yo-ho! (shaminosalami) | 94.20 | 95% | 2013-01-24 |
| 8667. | journeyed (journeyed) | 94.20 | 97% | 2012-02-02 |
| 8668. | Philipp (buggybrain) | 94.20 | 96% | 2015-05-27 |
| 8669. | Paolo (pgajo) | 94.19 | 98% | 2024-08-07 |
| 8670. | kion (kionkun1) | 94.19 | 98% | 2026-01-19 |
| 8671. | Farid (faridmusayev) | 94.19 | 98% | 2022-02-28 |
| 8672. | Caleb (calebbueckert) | 94.19 | 99% | 2025-08-20 |
| 8673. | Bojack (runninginthe90s) | 94.19 | 94% | 2015-12-03 |
| 8674. | mohan (astrotypist) | 94.19 | 95% | 2014-01-24 |
| 8675. | Enrique (zero_ortho) | 94.19 | 98% | 2019-04-01 |
| 8676. | callum (changetowumbo) | 94.19 | 93% | 2016-10-13 |
| 8677. | jen (chennyjen) | 94.18 | 97% | 2022-01-28 |
| 8678. | smit (smit_mehta) | 94.18 | 97% | 2014-02-17 |
| 8679. | Hatandriya (tiko270303) | 94.18 | 97% | 2021-10-06 |
| 8680. | Jerry (jxu98dvorak) | 94.18 | 98% | 2017-11-19 |
| 8681. | Scott (scoootr) | 94.17 | 97% | 2024-01-23 |
| 8682. | Fritz (tony_baloney) | 94.17 | 98% | 2024-08-24 |
| 8683. | Dotatko (kobe0824mvp) | 94.17 | 93% | 2012-10-29 |
| 8684. | Denise (dontpanic) | 94.17 | 97% | 2012-06-01 |
| 8685. | Stallion (stallion2014) | 94.17 | 99% | 2015-04-19 |
| 8686. | Jack (pirates_of_caribbean) | 94.17 | 99% | 2011-06-05 |
| 8687. | Loyolta (loyolta) | 94.16 | 97% | 2025-10-05 |
| 8688. | aiden (yeshuaesrey) | 94.16 | 97% | 2024-08-31 |
| 8689. | Santika (setres8) | 94.16 | 97% | 2023-03-31 |
| 8690. | Joost (jsnellink) | 94.16 | 98% | 2015-06-02 |
| 8691. | yet (whatthewaht) | 94.15 | 93% | 2016-05-18 |
| 8692. | Free Palestine (mohamad01) | 94.14 | 98.3% | 2024-07-07 |
| 8693. | Allen (desiringclev) | 94.14 | 95.7% | 2025-03-20 |
| 8694. | y (y1266) | 94.14 | 98.8% | 2025-03-14 |
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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 |