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 |
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| 2022. | Mia (mialav) | 117.78 | 97% | 2017-03-10 |
| 2023. | The (thebandit) | 117.78 | — | 2010-08-16 |
| 2024. | Nikolai (purxiz) | 117.77 | 99% | 2023-03-28 |
| 2025. | test (testuser6655) | 117.77 | 97% | 2018-07-06 |
| 2026. | Miz (mizh00) | 117.77 | 99% | 2012-11-01 |
| 2027. | レイン (apeirohaon) | 117.76 | 98% | 2021-01-10 |
| 2028. | Solo (hansolo176) | 117.76 | 96.9% | 2021-02-12 |
| 2029. | Maarty (maartyisfast) | 117.75 | 99.3% | 2021-03-01 |
| 2030. | Leonard (lentan) | 117.75 | 97% | 2016-02-26 |
| 2031. | Sbhai (biscuitrollz) | 117.74 | 97% | 2016-07-08 |
| 2032. | Philip (greencheetaz) | 117.74 | 99% | 2016-05-24 |
| 2033. | Nobody (roastedtuna) | 117.74 | 96% | 2014-03-25 |
| 2034. | ukimub (ukimub) | 117.74 | 98% | 2020-12-13 |
| 2035. | sarajevo marlboro (clueou) | 117.73 | 97% | 2016-06-27 |
| 2036. | Phenombox (phenombox) | 117.73 | 96% | 2016-01-28 |
| 2037. | xena (scogx3281) | 117.72 | 98% | 2022-03-13 |
| 2038. | Bjorn (bjornbaboon) | 117.71 | 97.6% | 2024-08-03 |
| 2039. | Justin (rettmatic) | 117.71 | 98% | 2015-02-08 |
| 2040. | Slow Reader (idiot1) | 117.71 | 97% | 2014-03-20 |
| 2041. | (refsteon) | 117.69 | 99% | 2012-07-16 |
| 2042. | Tiffany (chiffanytin) | 117.69 | 95% | 2012-02-17 |
| 2043. | Jonathan (insanegamerwow) | 117.68 | 99% | 2021-09-30 |
| 2044. | Secret (secret_asian) | 117.68 | 99.5% | 2024-03-21 |
| 2045. | I play tetris too (hkgwife) | 117.68 | 99% | 2019-01-12 |
| 2046. | Mike (emrenegades) | 117.68 | 99% | 2018-01-02 |
| 2047. | Alexander (nomak) | 117.67 | 98% | 2016-07-02 |
| 2048. | dank nissan (osubora) | 117.66 | 97% | 2016-09-05 |
| 2049. | Hersh (hbhargava) | 117.65 | 98% | 2025-11-29 |
| 2050. | Zander (z4gee) | 117.65 | 97% | 2025-10-16 |
| 2051. | Mikey (miket349) | 117.65 | 99.5% | 2024-03-30 |
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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 |