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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33282. | Kaycee (kaycee_) | 64.27 | 96% | 2024-07-06 |
| 33283. | whonoes (whon) | 64.27 | 98% | 2014-02-18 |
| 33284. | George (shpak_george) | 64.27 | 96% | 2019-06-27 |
| 33285. | Matej (mattfid) | 64.27 | 96% | 2020-09-11 |
| 33286. | Jack (keyboard_warrior_asdf) | 64.26 | 97% | 2024-08-19 |
| 33287. | Janko (janejebach69) | 64.26 | 93.9% | 2025-03-17 |
| 33288. | tamirkls (tamirkls123) | 64.26 | 96% | 2024-04-27 |
| 33289. | Vinay (vinay765) | 64.26 | 96% | 2024-12-11 |
| 33290. | Luke_ (luke____) | 64.26 | 97% | 2026-03-24 |
| 33291. | Anonymous (1cevil) | 64.26 | 97.7% | 2024-02-29 |
| 33292. | joe (joeyvojvodich) | 64.26 | 94.5% | 2024-09-07 |
| 33293. | Camel (bandar314@yahoo.com) | 64.26 | 95% | 2026-05-20 |
| 33294. | J (jossama) | 64.26 | 94% | 2022-01-02 |
| 33295. | Sadan (ultimates4ndm4n) | 64.26 | 86% | 2014-05-01 |
| 33296. | ☠ ₴ u ₪ i ₤ ☠ (su... | 64.26 | 98% | 2013-03-06 |
| 33297. | Sundar (sundarban) | 64.26 | 91% | 2015-12-31 |
| 33298. | theo chen (theocid) | 64.25 | 96% | 2025-08-27 |
| 33299. | Benjamin (benhundos) | 64.25 | 96% | 2021-06-17 |
| 33300. | Alex (fordalex) | 64.25 | 97% | 2021-02-09 |
| 33301. | Paansa (finalversus) | 64.25 | 97% | 2023-04-14 |
| 33302. | wong (fujisakinadeshiko) | 64.25 | 90% | 2012-09-13 |
| 33303. | Harrison (harrison171997) | 64.25 | 88% | 2015-02-06 |
| 33304. | pheng (sonita) | 64.25 | — | 2011-04-19 |
| 33305. | tiglas (tiglas) | 64.25 | 95% | 2017-02-18 |
| 33306. | Fasih (fasihhassan) | 64.25 | 95% | 2016-01-19 |
| 33307. | Cindy (cinnamonapple) | 64.24 | 96% | 2025-01-23 |
| 33308. | NAT (timecomplex) | 64.24 | 96% | 2025-05-05 |
| 33309. | Stu (generallyinsan3) | 64.24 | 94% | 2025-07-05 |
| 33310. | kroyski (kroyski) | 64.24 | 96% | 2024-06-13 |
| 33311. | DanielArceSoto (arceda2000) | 64.24 | 95% | 2024-09-19 |
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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 |