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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7018. | Dani (danianni) | 97.78 | 97% | 2020-08-18 |
| 7019. | Dominique (domynation) | 97.78 | 99% | 2016-02-22 |
| 7020. | Matt (mattwarren306) | 97.78 | 100% | 2022-06-10 |
| 7021. | Sourabh (sourabhtyping) | 97.78 | 96% | 2015-10-17 |
| 7022. | p1e (jackholly) | 97.78 | 97% | 2018-03-08 |
| 7023. | Cal (cal_on_colemak) | 97.77 | 97% | 2022-04-28 |
| 7024. | Max (ybmax) | 97.76 | 95.4% | 2023-10-27 |
| 7025. | Michael (spicypikachu) | 97.76 | 97% | 2012-07-25 |
| 7026. | Helen (28promises) | 97.76 | 94% | 2014-06-14 |
| 7027. | İlker (ikesen) | 97.76 | 98% | 2016-08-12 |
| 7028. | TheWhiteHood (teddylie) | 97.76 | 95% | 2015-07-10 |
| 7029. | Typing (typinggodthesecond) | 97.75 | 98% | 2025-03-31 |
| 7030. | Gabe (gwilkers) | 97.75 | 98% | 2016-12-20 |
| 7031. | SuckaSurprise (suckasurprise) | 97.75 | 98% | 2025-07-29 |
| 7032. | Frank (fchiem) | 97.74 | 96% | 2013-03-23 |
| 7033. | rUbbish (rubbisheap) | 97.74 | 96% | 2014-07-31 |
| 7034. | Guest (kiss_you) | 97.73 | 100% | 2025-04-09 |
| 7035. | Jake (four_cigarettes) | 97.73 | 95% | 2015-12-11 |
| 7036. | Slim (slimshady2000) | 97.72 | 96% | 2024-03-24 |
| 7037. | Gregg (galpy) | 97.72 | 98% | 2018-08-11 |
| 7038. | levi (leviathan_307) | 97.72 | 99% | 2024-07-17 |
| 7039. | daumis (chiutas) | 97.70 | 98.3% | 2024-12-03 |
| 7040. | Joshua (yeahacked) | 97.70 | 99% | 2021-06-07 |
| 7041. | Nicholas (nickymillz) | 97.70 | 97% | 2014-03-14 |
| 7042. | nizam (nizamovicxi) | 97.69 | 98% | 2024-11-17 |
| 7043. | notdallas (jjthot) | 97.69 | 98% | 2022-05-28 |
| 7044. | george (doctoras) | 97.69 | 99% | 2016-04-26 |
| 7045. | Harcha (harcha) | 97.69 | 98% | 2025-03-24 |
| 7046. | Khanh (aygentp) | 97.68 | 98.1% | 2024-04-20 |
| 7047. | tech (thetechboy) | 97.68 | 95.2% | 2023-12-22 |
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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 |