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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8418. | saidufhoiausdfjoi (siufhaoi... | 94.63 | 97% | 2024-06-06 |
| 8419. | zzr0t (sulj0o) | 94.63 | 97% | 2026-03-01 |
| 8420. | Sleepy (yipyap) | 94.63 | 97% | 2016-10-23 |
| 8421. | sdaaa (sdaaa) | 94.63 | 98% | 2018-11-27 |
| 8422. | (psyhackological) | 94.63 | 95% | 2019-04-03 |
| 8423. | tflaw (tflaw) | 94.62 | 97% | 2026-01-09 |
| 8424. | Julian (julian990132) | 94.62 | 97.5% | 2025-02-02 |
| 8425. | Szymon (pazdinho_) | 94.62 | 97% | 2024-05-20 |
| 8426. | Kim Phước (lykimphuoc020) | 94.62 | 95% | 2016-08-05 |
| 8427. | (supermonkeydx) | 94.62 | 94% | 2017-04-21 |
| 8428. | Jamie (jamietyper90) | 94.61 | 98.8% | 2024-06-11 |
| 8429. | William (gewu) | 94.61 | 100% | 2021-03-03 |
| 8430. | Keijite (keijite) | 94.61 | 96% | 2019-12-15 |
| 8431. | Conhor (lininmist) | 94.60 | 97.2% | 2023-12-21 |
| 8432. | Bill (glutamine) | 94.60 | 96% | 2022-02-23 |
| 8433. | Plotinus (plotinusdickens) | 94.60 | 97% | 2021-02-14 |
| 8434. | Insert_Name (insertnamecuzi... | 94.59 | 98.1% | 2024-08-20 |
| 8435. | hexanut (hexanut) | 94.59 | 97.9% | 2024-05-26 |
| 8436. | Alexander (julianty) | 94.59 | 96% | 2015-04-24 |
| 8437. | cool (coolcatslowtypist) | 94.59 | 98% | 2020-08-12 |
| 8438. | Fuzusu (fuzusu) | 94.59 | 98.2% | 2023-08-14 |
| 8439. | Aquarius (aquarius852) | 94.59 | 98% | 2026-04-22 |
| 8440. | kostas (kostas1) | 94.59 | — | 2011-03-17 |
| 8441. | Rajat Das (dassumanrajat888) | 94.58 | 97% | 2024-06-12 |
| 8442. | Han Yi (ohy1994) | 94.58 | 97% | 2013-10-31 |
| 8443. | Jacob (jacob643) | 94.57 | 99.8% | 2025-05-13 |
| 8444. | Kaiurse (kaiurse0804) | 94.57 | 96% | 2023-11-17 |
| 8445. | kj (crioyri) | 94.57 | 98% | 2021-08-02 |
| 8446. | Chwazt (chwazt) | 94.57 | 95% | 2013-10-10 |
| 8447. | ARCHEI (kangsi) | 94.57 | 99% | 2022-10-06 |
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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 |