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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2671. | Joe (thetypist16) | 113.16 | 99% | 2016-09-16 |
| 2672. | おやすみ (ishki) | 113.15 | 94% | 2012-01-25 |
| 2673. | Ninja (gimpystyle) | 113.15 | — | 2010-10-20 |
| 2674. | Katherine (kirjava) | 113.15 | 95% | 2012-01-15 |
| 2675. | Dan (dangoth) | 113.15 | 97% | 2012-03-11 |
| 2676. | dloezz (dloezz) | 113.14 | 96.8% | 2025-02-09 |
| 2677. | Adryn/Aria (NoQuit) (adryn) | 113.13 | 98.4% | 2023-07-10 |
| 2678. | Brian (cronichazel) | 113.13 | 93% | 2012-09-13 |
| 2679. | David (nunyobusiness) | 113.13 | 99% | 2016-07-15 |
| 2680. | Helen (hhsandi) | 113.12 | 92% | 2012-11-06 |
| 2681. | Stephen (_arc27_) | 113.12 | 96% | 2011-05-13 |
| 2682. | Joey (endtroducing) | 113.11 | 96% | 2012-03-08 |
| 2683. | in (indavidkim) | 113.10 | 98% | 2022-01-08 |
| 2684. | SMR (onebarconnection) | 113.10 | 98% | 2025-07-19 |
| 2685. | Kris (kris_z) | 113.09 | 97% | 2022-12-25 |
| 2686. | imnotArt (winthenet) | 113.08 | 96% | 2014-10-19 |
| 2687. | RoSchnitzel (sab_lyptical42) | 113.07 | 99% | 2025-04-20 |
| 2688. | Breeze (driftbreeze) | 113.07 | 99% | 2025-07-13 |
| 2689. | Sum Sum (summerill) | 113.07 | 95% | 2016-12-20 |
| 2690. | dectuple (spectol99) | 113.07 | 94% | 2014-01-25 |
| 2691. | Joshua (redrouger) | 113.06 | 99% | 2018-11-30 |
| 2692. | CJ (cjquines) | 113.06 | 97% | 2019-10-09 |
| 2693. | FASTHUH (fasthuh) | 113.06 | 99% | 2025-04-17 |
| 2694. | The (seasick) | 113.05 | 94% | 2012-03-07 |
| 2695. | GSM BERKAH (andyyusuf) | 113.05 | 99% | 2019-07-19 |
| 2696. | Bmxyy (bmx30111) | 113.04 | 99% | 2019-07-21 |
| 2697. | Cody (copayne) | 113.03 | 96% | 2014-04-25 |
| 2698. | Llama (pimemorized) | 113.02 | 99% | 2022-10-06 |
| 2699. | richard (retagaine) | 113.02 | 96% | 2017-04-28 |
| 2700. | Lei Paul (polley) | 113.01 | 99.5% | 2025-02-21 |
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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 |