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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18459. | Scarrrz (scarrrz) | 79.81 | 97% | 2019-06-25 |
| 18460. | My1WordName (my1wordname) | 79.80 | 95.6% | 2023-11-16 |
| 18461. | Taevon (morris640) | 79.80 | 96% | 2025-07-24 |
| 18462. | Henrique (shyguywshame) | 79.80 | 95.5% | 2024-12-24 |
| 18463. | Nathan (nemdrud) | 79.80 | 96.1% | 2024-09-05 |
| 18464. | Sankalp (sankalp_gupta) | 79.80 | 99% | 2024-05-15 |
| 18465. | Manan (x_manan_x) | 79.80 | 98.1% | 2024-10-06 |
| 18466. | Zephyr (introstealer) | 79.80 | 97% | 2025-06-25 |
| 18467. | BenceX100 (bencex100) | 79.80 | 96.1% | 2025-03-14 |
| 18468. | Guy (guy_b) | 79.79 | 95.8% | 2024-06-13 |
| 18469. | tstats[praneeth_07] (pranee... | 79.79 | 96% | 2021-10-16 |
| 18470. | optional (itsmebr0) | 79.79 | 95.1% | 2023-10-03 |
| 18471. | oaksdu (oaksdu) | 79.79 | 96% | 2023-12-17 |
| 18472. | scollon (scollon) | 79.79 | 95.4% | 2023-11-16 |
| 18473. | Jack (jtv313) | 79.79 | 96.2% | 2021-02-11 |
| 18474. | Shawheen (shawheen) | 79.79 | 92% | 2013-06-04 |
| 18475. | Jason (jfeades1) | 79.78 | 97% | 2025-05-25 |
| 18476. | donkeykong (epsilonfunction) | 79.78 | 98% | 2025-11-29 |
| 18477. | Hezha (hezhasindi) | 79.78 | 97.6% | 2024-02-07 |
| 18478. | Gabriel (gazari) | 79.78 | 96% | 2019-11-14 |
| 18479. | cool_whip (cool_whip) | 79.78 | 98% | 2021-03-11 |
| 18480. | vodka (vodkatr) | 79.78 | 97% | 2021-01-27 |
| 18481. | Austin (quanglamtran346) | 79.78 | 99% | 2025-12-06 |
| 18482. | Aleksander (acidix) | 79.78 | 96% | 2020-07-14 |
| 18483. | Lee (hotdjlee) | 79.78 | 93% | 2013-02-15 |
| 18484. | elazer (elazer) | 79.78 | 98% | 2016-01-17 |
| 18485. | stayquietpeasants (neotitan... | 79.77 | 95% | 2025-05-03 |
| 18486. | Ivan (c0rn) | 79.77 | 97.4% | 2024-03-12 |
| 18487. | Robert (robnekaj) | 79.77 | 96% | 2023-02-15 |
| 18488. | Bob (bbobffrench) | 79.77 | 97% | 2025-04-20 |
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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 |