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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20998. | Tonkata (_tonkata_) | 76.42 | 97.9% | 2023-12-16 |
| 20999. | Guestwith9 (guestwith9) | 76.42 | 94.2% | 2023-12-29 |
| 21000. | Banna (elbanna532000) | 76.42 | 95.2% | 2024-12-21 |
| 21001. | Henry (ambandi) | 76.42 | 97.7% | 2024-03-13 |
| 21002. | Affan (raging_fire37) | 76.42 | 96% | 2022-01-11 |
| 21003. | Slow (greenthunderstorm) | 76.42 | 96% | 2020-05-12 |
| 21004. | Ronalds (mrbonis) | 76.42 | 96% | 2019-12-10 |
| 21005. | Freedom (employ) | 76.42 | 99% | 2018-02-16 |
| 21006. | Dwayne (k120) | 76.42 | 93% | 2011-07-20 |
| 21007. | Ben (ben_dover1234) | 76.41 | 97.3% | 2024-11-21 |
| 21008. | Nerf (nerflongshotuv) | 76.41 | 97% | 2020-01-14 |
| 21009. | sezallagwal (ted09) | 76.41 | 96% | 2025-09-20 |
| 21010. | Kyle (kylea6) | 76.41 | 93% | 2012-11-19 |
| 21011. | ugluk (ugluk) | 76.41 | 95% | 2013-11-28 |
| 21012. | Leon (leon22) | 76.41 | 95% | 2015-12-24 |
| 21013. | Kevin (no2pzl) | 76.41 | 93% | 2013-04-02 |
| 21014. | Daeggy (daeggy) | 76.40 | 95% | 2013-01-20 |
| 21015. | Chicken (chicken_typer8) | 76.40 | 96% | 2022-12-15 |
| 21016. | Albara'a (albara_k) | 76.40 | 96.8% | 2024-03-01 |
| 21017. | Max (spongeye) | 76.40 | 98% | 2019-02-26 |
| 21018. | you (you) (tdtdtdttt) | 76.40 | 97% | 2016-06-08 |
| 21019. | Jo (kazekidou) | 76.40 | 94% | 2014-03-10 |
| 21020. | JS (druxl) | 76.40 | 98% | 2011-11-28 |
| 21021. | Danica (danica) | 76.40 | — | 2010-09-23 |
| 21022. | Lundun (lundun) | 76.39 | 97% | 2024-04-05 |
| 21023. | Jaiden (casiopao) | 76.39 | 96% | 2023-04-10 |
| 21024. | Derrick (ilandedit) | 76.39 | 97% | 2020-10-02 |
| 21025. | Vanshraj (vrsempire601) | 76.39 | 96% | 2022-01-30 |
| 21026. | Abu Shaikh (abu_nibir) | 76.39 | 97.7% | 2024-06-01 |
| 21027. | Ian (imatson9119) | 76.39 | 97% | 2019-06-20 |
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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 |