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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15229. | Gustave (gustave_d) | 82.29 | 94% | 2013-12-11 |
| 15230. | dyaems (dyaems) | 82.29 | 97% | 2014-05-30 |
| 15231. | miina (miinariing) | 82.28 | 97% | 2023-01-28 |
| 15232. | Cassy (sapphiresheen) | 82.28 | 98.5% | 2024-10-02 |
| 15233. | Kaan (nkaant) | 82.28 | 97% | 2024-01-25 |
| 15234. | Basti (schinken38) | 82.28 | 96% | 2024-06-01 |
| 15235. | Ahjin (sakurajimasan) | 82.28 | 97% | 2021-01-11 |
| 15236. | Pim (pimxtreme) | 82.28 | 95% | 2016-11-14 |
| 15237. | Zach (zdude27closedrofl) | 82.28 | 97% | 2011-07-05 |
| 15238. | L (omar91089) | 82.28 | — | 2011-03-01 |
| 15239. | NormalPine (normalpine) | 82.27 | 95% | 2025-04-17 |
| 15240. | Trevor (thetrevormonreal) | 82.27 | 96% | 2022-03-07 |
| 15241. | Simon (szheng17) | 82.27 | 97% | 2019-11-13 |
| 15242. | Daki (dakissj) | 82.27 | 93% | 2012-10-21 |
| 15243. | Callie (le_jade) | 82.27 | 97% | 2019-08-07 |
| 15244. | shui (sammi76) | 82.27 | 98% | 2021-10-21 |
| 15245. | S (svstellar13) | 82.26 | 96% | 2022-11-27 |
| 15246. | solyd (solyd) | 82.26 | 95% | 2025-02-09 |
| 15247. | Mohamed Abdelfattah (mohame... | 82.26 | 96% | 2024-04-23 |
| 15248. | noint (noint) | 82.26 | 99% | 2025-06-12 |
| 15249. | keiwpie (keikuuuu) | 82.26 | 96% | 2021-11-24 |
| 15250. | Jhayesh (kidtoronto) | 82.26 | 94% | 2014-03-12 |
| 15251. | Piet (jompie) | 82.26 | 99% | 2016-09-12 |
| 15252. | Sepida (heartofthemoon) | 82.26 | 98% | 2013-02-26 |
| 15253. | Martijn (deknegt) | 82.26 | 96% | 2013-03-04 |
| 15254. | Aleksi (mehtae) | 82.26 | 93% | 2011-10-16 |
| 15255. | Kevzill (kevzilla) | 82.26 | 97% | 2012-09-16 |
| 15256. | snelens (lexylexington) | 82.26 | 96% | 2024-07-05 |
| 15257. | Liu (hoingfong) | 82.25 | — | 2011-04-17 |
| 15258. | Kaz (kaz_the_kuz) | 82.25 | 96.8% | 2023-11-18 |
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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 |