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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15712. | Adam (maggot288) | 81.59 | 93% | 2013-09-05 |
| 15713. | SOAD (arindam26) | 81.59 | 95% | 2013-01-12 |
| 15714. | hailey (abbydabbylol) | 81.59 | 93% | 2015-01-30 |
| 15715. | Hannah (hhn2) | 81.58 | 97% | 2024-12-14 |
| 15716. | bambang (breakingkeyboards) | 81.58 | 96% | 2021-12-13 |
| 15717. | shanen (shanenliu) | 81.58 | — | 2010-08-06 |
| 15718. | Juan (rackpanda) | 81.58 | 95% | 2014-01-30 |
| 15719. | Mip (mipsuperk) | 81.58 | 95% | 2011-10-25 |
| 15720. | Nikita (lodo4ka1337) | 81.57 | 98.1% | 2025-01-06 |
| 15721. | Claire (c_bish) | 81.57 | 98% | 2024-05-16 |
| 15722. | DirtyRatMagno (dirtyratmango) | 81.57 | 95% | 2023-11-16 |
| 15723. | Mohammed (guitarist999) | 81.57 | 97% | 2024-05-22 |
| 15724. | Angela (angelarhe02) | 81.57 | 96% | 2021-09-05 |
| 15725. | Qwerty Trainee (cherryblue) | 81.57 | 96% | 2012-06-27 |
| 15726. | Gilbert (azulsky085) | 81.57 | 97.3% | 2025-05-18 |
| 15727. | John (sprainedankles) | 81.57 | 98% | 2017-08-10 |
| 15728. | spookswag (maccity) | 81.56 | 96% | 2024-07-19 |
| 15729. | vlad (crowgram) | 81.56 | 96% | 2023-04-27 |
| 15730. | thotbox (thotb0x) | 81.56 | 97% | 2024-06-21 |
| 15731. | andy (andypaling) | 81.56 | 97.1% | 2021-02-02 |
| 15732. | ไมค์ (snthsnth) | 81.56 | 97% | 2013-11-21 |
| 15733. | ♘Knight (greenchile) | 81.56 | 97% | 2014-05-06 |
| 15734. | Andrew (churrissimo) | 81.56 | 96% | 2013-09-10 |
| 15735. | Jared (varmitz1) | 81.55 | 96% | 2022-01-19 |
| 15736. | sygi (sygi) | 81.55 | 96% | 2024-11-26 |
| 15737. | diamondreflect (diamondrefl... | 81.55 | 97% | 2024-04-14 |
| 15738. | Darien (devonent) | 81.55 | 98% | 2023-08-22 |
| 15739. | Devin (eulertour) | 81.55 | 99% | 2025-04-16 |
| 15740. | Patrick (yevad) | 81.55 | 98% | 2018-09-27 |
| 15741. | Harley (zeomne) | 81.55 | 89% | 2011-09-08 |
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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 |