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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19999. | Danny (coloradodan) | 77.81 | 91% | 2012-10-17 |
| 20000. | Bob (bertramc) | 77.81 | — | 2010-07-11 |
| 20001. | Josh (whitebull) | 77.80 | — | 2010-10-08 |
| 20002. | ethan (ethanwander83) | 77.80 | 97.9% | 2024-08-08 |
| 20003. | lugier444 (lugier444) | 77.80 | 96% | 2024-09-09 |
| 20004. | Credo (credo_k) | 77.80 | 96.2% | 2024-10-23 |
| 20005. | Alexandr (alex13an) | 77.80 | 96.2% | 2023-12-26 |
| 20006. | Pär (plund) | 77.80 | 95.7% | 2023-05-29 |
| 20007. | M (kolk) | 77.80 | 89% | 2011-08-06 |
| 20008. | Nick (gheel2000) | 77.80 | 97% | 2016-09-09 |
| 20009. | Meme (mememarine) | 77.80 | 87% | 2017-03-10 |
| 20010. | Rafiul (rafiul41) | 77.80 | 99% | 2020-03-25 |
| 20011. | Ropeless and (indiazuri) | 77.80 | 95% | 2017-04-11 |
| 20012. | Teodor (demreps) | 77.80 | 92% | 2016-02-07 |
| 20013. | Jawon (jawon) | 77.80 | 93% | 2017-04-17 |
| 20014. | Lijin (lijinkurian) | 77.80 | 95% | 2016-07-02 |
| 20015. | Joe (captainkirk28) | 77.79 | 98% | 2022-08-28 |
| 20016. | BP (blarg_23) | 77.79 | 95% | 2022-10-18 |
| 20017. | Parker (_parker) | 77.79 | 98% | 2025-07-10 |
| 20018. | kumail (kumailraza) | 77.79 | 97.9% | 2025-02-14 |
| 20019. | Chensek (chensek) | 77.79 | 97.5% | 2025-03-28 |
| 20020. | Galngam (galngam) | 77.79 | 97.5% | 2024-04-28 |
| 20021. | DavyNeat (eojackson) | 77.79 | 99% | 2024-08-08 |
| 20022. | tanner (gigaling) | 77.79 | 97.9% | 2024-11-08 |
| 20023. | Dilan (luhana) | 77.79 | 96% | 2023-03-23 |
| 20024. | William (williamlowns) | 77.79 | 96.8% | 2023-11-17 |
| 20025. | (silaada) | 77.78 | 94% | 2012-11-11 |
| 20026. | Iyas (iyasze) | 77.78 | 98% | 2025-12-19 |
| 20027. | Ampex (ampex_) | 77.78 | 98.3% | 2024-11-04 |
| 20028. | Ken (ken_dv) | 77.78 | 98% | 2015-04-30 |
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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 |