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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| 20277. | Brian (brianxqonjnr3rf) | 75.91 | 89% | 2016-08-02 |
| 20278. | tmolls312 (tmolls313) | 75.91 | 97% | 2023-12-27 |
| 20279. | Zack (raichubuddy) | 75.91 | 95% | 2020-10-01 |
| 20280. | Skalk (skalk) | 75.91 | 95.8% | 2021-02-21 |
| 20281. | Cody (hippolytus) | 75.91 | 96% | 2021-01-20 |
| 20282. | hackthemoon (hackthemoon) | 75.91 | 97% | 2021-10-08 |
| 20283. | Aaron (zarjanda) | 75.91 | 96% | 2013-02-20 |
| 20284. | Akagami (terror33) | 75.91 | 95% | 2015-07-25 |
| 20285. | Dragonbonus (dragonbonus) | 75.91 | 96% | 2016-03-14 |
| 20286. | Stefan (cigol) | 75.91 | 99% | 2022-02-08 |
| 20287. | Cow (dikuthecow) | 75.91 | 95% | 2019-02-17 |
| 20288. | Jay (jayjay_7) | 75.90 | 99% | 2024-07-08 |
| 20289. | Dan (dkwall) | 75.90 | 91% | 2014-10-17 |
| 20290. | Mr (mrpink_5) | 75.90 | 95.4% | 2023-11-07 |
| 20291. | mius (xempyreal) | 75.90 | 94% | 2015-09-07 |
| 20292. | Masaki (hyron) | 75.90 | 90% | 2014-10-04 |
| 20293. | danish (daynish) | 75.89 | 98% | 2024-07-29 |
| 20294. | nilf (nilfs) | 75.89 | 96% | 2024-12-09 |
| 20295. | MuyRapido (jvickery75) | 75.89 | 98.8% | 2024-03-19 |
| 20296. | William (willeum) | 75.89 | 92% | 2014-12-27 |
| 20297. | Nepps (nepps) | 75.89 | 98% | 2024-03-07 |
| 20298. | Craig (craiggsell) | 75.89 | 97% | 2024-06-23 |
| 20299. | Charles (chocoboexodus) | 75.89 | 91% | 2011-09-28 |
| 20300. | Galih (sobig_f) | 75.89 | 95.5% | 2024-12-12 |
| 20301. | Richard (richarddow) | 75.89 | 96.7% | 2024-02-08 |
| 20302. | Begiato (begiato) | 75.89 | 97.1% | 2023-11-23 |
| 20303. | kasra (kasraclan) | 75.89 | 98.8% | 2025-03-14 |
| 20304. | TC Stinkey Mouse (thst4483) | 75.89 | 95% | 2020-12-24 |
| 20305. | Mario (marfredd) | 75.89 | 94% | 2015-06-10 |
| 20306. | Trisha (trighan1221) | 75.89 | 98% | 2018-09-10 |
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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 |