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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24033. | Tots (tots_023) | 72.00 | 96% | 2025-01-11 |
| 24034. | Jonathan (jmhall97) | 72.00 | 93% | 2017-04-19 |
| 24035. | Marko (m_boychuk) | 72.00 | 97.6% | 2023-11-10 |
| 24036. | Thomas (2baset) | 72.00 | 96% | 2021-03-21 |
| 24037. | Gabe (roastedleather) | 72.00 | 95% | 2022-12-01 |
| 24038. | vinc4n (vinc4n) | 72.00 | 97% | 2021-07-06 |
| 24039. | vaibhav (vaibhav1618) | 72.00 | 98% | 2012-05-15 |
| 24040. | melhim (melhimshaker3) | 72.00 | 96% | 2012-04-08 |
| 24041. | cheyenne (cheyenne62) | 72.00 | — | 2010-10-20 |
| 24042. | William (accugroove) | 72.00 | 90% | 2013-02-01 |
| 24043. | Curtis (crdis) | 71.99 | 96% | 2024-12-06 |
| 24044. | aaron (aaronj_09) | 71.99 | 99% | 2023-12-27 |
| 24045. | Bradley (gobbleknob) | 71.99 | 96% | 2015-05-27 |
| 24046. | Dan1elB (daniellk) | 71.99 | 98% | 2024-03-24 |
| 24047. | Simon (sxmxn) | 71.99 | 96% | 2019-12-02 |
| 24048. | Jared (jared779) | 71.99 | 93% | 2014-04-24 |
| 24049. | Uemi (uemichan) | 71.98 | 96% | 2020-09-13 |
| 24050. | TychoH (tijcho) | 71.98 | 98% | 2024-04-23 |
| 24051. | Dunno (dunno_) | 71.98 | 98% | 2023-12-13 |
| 24052. | Ulet (travalgar) | 71.98 | 97.3% | 2023-09-11 |
| 24053. | Will (top_hats_off) | 71.98 | 97% | 2021-12-18 |
| 24054. | big man noah (ironman4noah) | 71.97 | 95% | 2024-02-12 |
| 24055. | Matthew (m9thew) | 71.97 | 96% | 2020-03-22 |
| 24056. | Carlzanity. (carlzanity_02) | 71.96 | 97% | 2022-10-19 |
| 24057. | aaron (aaronjconway92) | 71.96 | 96.9% | 2024-03-28 |
| 24058. | Bishoy Hany (bishoy_hany) | 71.96 | 97% | 2025-07-06 |
| 24059. | kojima (lucaskojima) | 71.96 | 93.7% | 2024-03-07 |
| 24060. | jirafey (jirafey_non_quit) | 71.96 | 96% | 2024-04-26 |
| 24061. | Miguel (migsarm16) | 71.96 | 98% | 2021-11-08 |
| 24062. | Jake (wetfart1738) | 71.96 | 97% | 2024-11-20 |
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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 |