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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| 10079. | rdrf (rdrf2838) | 91.43 | 99% | 2024-05-18 |
| 10080. | Clickau (clickau) | 91.43 | 97% | 2022-08-25 |
| 10081. | Karol (adobonimama) | 91.43 | 97.5% | 2024-05-16 |
| 10082. | Steve (spahun13) | 91.43 | — | 2010-07-03 |
| 10083. | Rebecca (sleepdontvisit) | 91.43 | 95% | 2015-05-16 |
| 10084. | Dap (david26) | 91.43 | — | 2010-09-04 |
| 10085. | Brad (postal291) | 91.42 | 98% | 2018-10-30 |
| 10086. | Eliana (sunbrilo7) | 91.42 | 97.7% | 2023-09-01 |
| 10087. | Rafael (rafo430) | 91.42 | 95% | 2016-08-11 |
| 10088. | Nikhil (_programmer_) | 91.41 | 98.1% | 2024-02-06 |
| 10089. | Jose (speedygonzalez27) | 91.41 | 96.9% | 2023-12-31 |
| 10090. | drat (dratty) | 91.40 | 97% | 2022-05-20 |
| 10091. | Michael (killysheen) | 91.40 | 97% | 2024-06-11 |
| 10092. | Sarah (shionhimirai) | 91.40 | 96% | 2016-04-03 |
| 10093. | Rodrigo (synapse) | 91.40 | 97% | 2013-04-15 |
| 10094. | Savannah (pompom9999) | 91.40 | 94% | 2014-08-21 |
| 10095. | Henry (henrybutschool) | 91.39 | 97% | 2022-10-07 |
| 10096. | Emily (emerrin) | 91.39 | 98% | 2022-07-31 |
| 10097. | Anky (thecrankmachine) | 91.39 | 97% | 2016-12-07 |
| 10098. | iAmMichael (iammichael) | 91.39 | 97% | 2017-06-16 |
| 10099. | Jamie (niflunar) | 91.38 | 98% | 2026-01-20 |
| 10100. | Joao Paulo (umjotas) | 91.38 | 97.5% | 2025-04-02 |
| 10101. | June (avvieey) | 91.38 | 99% | 2022-01-10 |
| 10102. | 🇵🇸 (' _ゝ') (trickroom) | 91.38 | 97% | 2020-05-09 |
| 10103. | Pradyumn (sk0pe) | 91.37 | 98.3% | 2024-04-30 |
| 10104. | What (guesswhatt) | 91.37 | 97.1% | 2024-12-30 |
| 10105. | Tanzywarrior (tanzywarrior1) | 91.37 | 96.8% | 2024-11-19 |
| 10106. | oberstein (the_whisper) | 91.37 | 97% | 2023-12-29 |
| 10107. | Mukul (mukullegha25) | 91.37 | 98% | 2021-06-23 |
| 10108. | :) (jjz03) | 91.37 | 99% | 2018-12-29 |
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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 |