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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| 8295. | Ludvig (luddez1) | 94.08 | 97% | 2021-11-01 |
| 8296. | Daniels (dontmesswith) | 94.08 | 88% | 2015-03-17 |
| 8297. | dave (mercurz) | 94.07 | 96% | 2012-09-03 |
| 8298. | Amy (dressi) | 94.07 | 94% | 2015-09-16 |
| 8299. | Rudy (72trebogydur) | 94.07 | 97% | 2021-02-11 |
| 8300. | y0ur_B@D (ambetter666s) | 94.06 | 97.8% | 2025-01-06 |
| 8301. | Preetham (pgujjula) | 94.06 | 99% | 2022-04-13 |
| 8302. | Ali (mrpropel) | 94.06 | 97% | 2023-04-02 |
| 8303. | muhammad afiq (afiq101) | 94.05 | 99% | 2022-07-25 |
| 8304. | ARK [alt for colemak-dhm] (... | 94.05 | 99% | 2022-07-26 |
| 8305. | Max (elsancho5) | 94.04 | 97% | 2025-05-30 |
| 8306. | Andrew (andrewlee1030) | 94.04 | 94% | 2012-08-01 |
| 8307. | Boran (boranroni) | 94.04 | 98.1% | 2025-03-25 |
| 8308. | Raymond (cid222) | 94.04 | 98% | 2021-07-28 |
| 8309. | Tina (teenytina) | 94.04 | 96% | 2012-08-20 |
| 8310. | random (randomasdf97) | 94.04 | 98% | 2015-03-31 |
| 8311. | Orange (calicer1996) | 94.03 | 98.8% | 2025-01-24 |
| 8312. | Bob (alfred_is_qwerty) | 94.03 | 99% | 2024-04-03 |
| 8313. | Henry (dumbutgood) | 94.03 | 97% | 2021-04-14 |
| 8314. | MC (marcone) | 94.03 | 97% | 2021-12-21 |
| 8315. | Ali (dracius16) | 94.03 | 99% | 2021-11-14 |
| 8316. | connor (i_cant_do_this) | 94.03 | 98% | 2015-06-26 |
| 8317. | Loc (tonimorrison) | 94.03 | 97% | 2012-12-29 |
| 8318. | Shourya (mastermind497) | 94.02 | 96% | 2021-02-10 |
| 8319. | s3Bz (reganisgod) | 94.02 | 98.5% | 2024-10-31 |
| 8320. | Sly (sly_) | 94.01 | 98.6% | 2023-10-22 |
| 8321. | Girffe (girffe) | 94.01 | 94% | 2013-02-02 |
| 8322. | Andrew (gazino) | 94.01 | 97% | 2019-09-12 |
| 8323. | usstudent101 (usstudent101) | 94.00 | 96% | 2021-09-30 |
| 8324. | personal (tefeuz) | 94.00 | 99% | 2021-01-19 |
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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 |