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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7244. | Thagliou (thagliou) | 97.40 | 97% | 2022-02-20 |
| 7245. | shwegdow (shwegdow) | 97.40 | 96% | 2021-04-15 |
| 7246. | razy (razynurin) | 97.40 | 97% | 2012-08-30 |
| 7247. | Daniel (egn56) | 97.40 | 93% | 2012-05-11 |
| 7248. | Bofa (koba1953) | 97.39 | 97.4% | 2023-11-20 |
| 7249. | Senhelp (tunnapats) | 97.39 | 95.5% | 2024-12-11 |
| 7250. | Away From Keyboard (AFK) (d... | 97.39 | 98.6% | 2023-07-10 |
| 7251. | Skillexed (shivam00100) | 97.39 | 98% | 2019-08-28 |
| 7252. | Said (surrenderordie) | 97.39 | 98% | 2022-11-08 |
| 7253. | Ryan (novachamp) | 97.39 | 98% | 2019-04-11 |
| 7254. | satoo (satoo) | 97.39 | — | 2010-12-15 |
| 7255. | eden (slothturtle) | 97.38 | 98.8% | 2024-12-12 |
| 7256. | One last time (ubershah) | 97.38 | 96% | 2022-06-21 |
| 7257. | Luckeh (luckeh11) | 97.38 | 98% | 2021-04-24 |
| 7258. | Miq (karmik) | 97.38 | 96% | 2016-12-04 |
| 7259. | John (1focus) | 97.38 | 94% | 2011-08-25 |
| 7260. | Nathan (happyfce) | 97.37 | 98% | 2023-06-09 |
| 7261. | Matt (mna851) | 97.37 | 99% | 2017-01-13 |
| 7262. | Jonathan (jonathanstone) | 97.37 | 100% | 2022-11-27 |
| 7263. | 🐱👤 (loomi) | 97.37 | 98% | 2019-01-11 |
| 7264. | timtam420 (timtam420) | 97.36 | 99% | 2025-12-20 |
| 7265. | Matt (mounta1njew) | 97.36 | 99% | 2024-10-17 |
| 7266. | bianj (bianj) | 97.36 | 95.7% | 2024-11-07 |
| 7267. | UrVAITGuy (ddesantis79) | 97.36 | 95% | 2016-04-06 |
| 7268. | torquemaster (bogdipufosu) | 97.36 | 98% | 2023-05-07 |
| 7269. | Joe (bop1000) | 97.36 | 98% | 2022-08-04 |
| 7270. | Addison (addisondj) | 97.36 | 98% | 2024-09-12 |
| 7271. | Colin (trymeagain) | 97.36 | 96% | 2020-09-11 |
| 7272. | . (xtypscer) | 97.36 | 98% | 2019-09-09 |
| 7273. | eg (eg__3) | 97.35 | 97.3% | 2025-03-31 |
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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 |