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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20620. | casey (casecat) | 75.78 | 97.2% | 2025-04-20 |
| 20621. | Neil (neil_dudheker) | 75.78 | 98.5% | 2024-11-16 |
| 20622. | Eric (afrodisiac96) | 75.78 | 95.9% | 2023-12-29 |
| 20623. | Brendan (skewy) | 75.78 | 97% | 2022-09-07 |
| 20624. | Miki (miki95) | 75.78 | 92% | 2013-12-05 |
| 20625. | Tyler (exilereject) | 75.78 | 95.6% | 2023-12-29 |
| 20626. | Łukasz (paltarica) | 75.78 | 95% | 2021-07-31 |
| 20627. | Andrejs (e2e4) | 75.78 | 97% | 2012-07-25 |
| 20628. | Matt (mpochmara) | 75.78 | 96% | 2012-12-14 |
| 20629. | Sniperblackout (sniperblack... | 75.78 | 94% | 2012-04-10 |
| 20630. | 2 Second Headstart (in_lect... | 75.77 | 96% | 2025-05-18 |
| 20631. | Gabriel (gabpro) | 75.77 | 98% | 2024-11-11 |
| 20632. | Josh (armada120) | 75.77 | 95% | 2017-08-07 |
| 20633. | brad (slaccr) | 75.77 | 97% | 2024-04-09 |
| 20634. | alex (alexaesopos) | 75.77 | 97% | 2023-02-04 |
| 20635. | Declan (declan) | 75.77 | — | 2010-07-26 |
| 20636. | Ever (efebo) | 75.76 | 89% | 2013-12-23 |
| 20637. | Paulo (paulo0506) | 75.76 | 97% | 2019-01-01 |
| 20638. | garry (ganesh1998) | 75.76 | 97% | 2025-04-10 |
| 20639. | Heooo (heooooo) | 75.76 | 98% | 2020-07-31 |
| 20640. | Dharma (nooblikeyou) | 75.76 | 95% | 2011-09-10 |
| 20641. | Zudio (ildosrel) | 75.76 | 98% | 2020-03-27 |
| 20642. | Julian Ramos (julian_one_hu... | 75.75 | 96% | 2023-09-12 |
| 20643. | The Falcon (hero1_2024) | 75.75 | 97% | 2024-05-27 |
| 20644. | EATEd (jacksmyrl) | 75.75 | 95.6% | 2024-06-18 |
| 20645. | Landon Dehn (landon_dehn2) | 75.75 | 96% | 2024-04-09 |
| 20646. | Tim (tim28) | 75.75 | 96% | 2019-11-12 |
| 20647. | Morgane (just_me_morgane) | 75.75 | 98% | 2024-04-27 |
| 20648. | Theo (theodosis_aga) | 75.75 | 98% | 2021-06-06 |
| 20649. | Leo (leofuller) | 75.75 | 96% | 2019-02-16 |
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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 |