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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11006. | Andrew (xj04129) | 88.69 | 98% | 2021-11-06 |
| 11007. | jojo :) (jojowiththebow) | 88.68 | 95.8% | 2025-03-24 |
| 11008. | HodgeVJ (hodgevj) | 88.68 | 96.5% | 2025-03-13 |
| 11009. | Andrew (entranco) | 88.68 | 96% | 2021-01-15 |
| 11010. | פלסטין חופשית (... | 88.68 | 97% | 2022-03-06 |
| 11011. | Erik (ish4) | 88.68 | 93% | 2015-02-22 |
| 11012. | robbie (robbie1) | 88.68 | — | 2010-12-21 |
| 11013. | Lefu (l1298) | 88.68 | 96% | 2016-05-11 |
| 11014. | Austin (galactiac) | 88.68 | 97% | 2022-01-11 |
| 11015. | st1lled (st1lled) | 88.67 | 96% | 2025-01-16 |
| 11016. | Jiaying (jiaying) | 88.67 | 96% | 2023-03-27 |
| 11017. | Sorin (tur7le0010) | 88.67 | 98% | 2021-01-13 |
| 11018. | dylan (dylannorng) | 88.67 | 97% | 2021-07-10 |
| 11019. | Hmm (sironronron) | 88.67 | 96% | 2017-07-16 |
| 11020. | Soul (soulapple) | 88.67 | 97% | 2011-08-08 |
| 11021. | aoki (ice273) | 88.67 | 98% | 2013-05-08 |
| 11022. | Enaam (enaamo) | 88.66 | 96.5% | 2025-02-05 |
| 11023. | Genocidist (genocidist) | 88.66 | 98% | 2025-03-09 |
| 11024. | Anthony (avchen) | 88.66 | 94% | 2015-03-03 |
| 11025. | boxler (boxler135) | 88.65 | 97.1% | 2025-03-13 |
| 11026. | jacques (the_quick_brown_fox) | 88.65 | 97% | 2024-01-06 |
| 11027. | Daniel (zdaniel02_) | 88.65 | 97.1% | 2024-04-18 |
| 11028. | Fermin (ferminv) | 88.64 | 98% | 2023-04-27 |
| 11029. | Sherry (cherrysu) | 88.64 | 97% | 2012-08-06 |
| 11030. | Sssaajj (sanjisan) | 88.64 | 97.7% | 2023-06-06 |
| 11031. | Orante (orante) | 88.64 | 95% | 2021-06-18 |
| 11032. | blade (sagirii) | 88.64 | 97% | 2021-01-13 |
| 11033. | Joanna (joanna_josie) | 88.64 | 95% | 2012-12-16 |
| 11034. | Zeyad (zeyad22) | 88.64 | 98% | 2020-05-21 |
| 11035. | PPC (speedysteno) | 88.63 | — | 2010-11-04 |
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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 |