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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19948. | Isaac (veritechx2) | 77.93 | 93% | 2015-12-23 |
| 19949. | shindo (shindo) | 77.93 | 96% | 2011-10-27 |
| 19950. | Max (p1spastic) | 77.93 | 93% | 2017-03-23 |
| 19951. | Eugene (jemcik) | 77.92 | 98% | 2025-09-14 |
| 19952. | John Chris (jchris1221) | 77.92 | 97% | 2025-10-17 |
| 19953. | Julian (julian100wpm) | 77.92 | 96% | 2024-02-17 |
| 19954. | Donkguy52 (donkguy52) | 77.92 | 96% | 2024-11-23 |
| 19955. | Bernard (bernk) | 77.92 | 98% | 2024-07-13 |
| 19956. | bruh (aarrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... | 77.92 | 96.5% | 2024-09-28 |
| 19957. | Zac (lmswirl) | 77.92 | 96% | 2024-09-03 |
| 19958. | Filip (jagi125) | 77.92 | 97.8% | 2024-05-31 |
| 19959. | Nathan (hewittdallas) | 77.92 | 96% | 2019-09-14 |
| 19960. | Harry (harkiret) | 77.92 | 96.9% | 2024-07-08 |
| 19961. | Tocke (tockenjocke) | 77.92 | 96% | 2021-06-27 |
| 19962. | pedestrian (pedestrian) | 77.92 | 97% | 2021-04-08 |
| 19963. | Jump (toadjump) | 77.92 | 97% | 2020-11-19 |
| 19964. | Liz (eearnest@dcstigers.org) | 77.91 | 93% | 2012-05-11 |
| 19965. | Nicole (babyotter) | 77.91 | 97.3% | 2024-10-04 |
| 19966. | Lorinzooo (lorinzooo) | 77.91 | 96.1% | 2025-02-23 |
| 19967. | Dan (dtel) | 77.91 | 95.4% | 2023-06-16 |
| 19968. | Leaf123 (leaf_1230) | 77.91 | 97% | 2024-10-28 |
| 19969. | kaneki (akiyama_shinchi) | 77.91 | 98.3% | 2023-12-14 |
| 19970. | Daniel Wanger (danielwanger) | 77.91 | 98% | 2024-03-02 |
| 19971. | apoodle_ (molltenlol) | 77.91 | 97% | 2023-02-10 |
| 19972. | Adam (hannibal_ftw) | 77.91 | 96% | 2023-01-16 |
| 19973. | Grand Rice (grand_rice) | 77.91 | 97% | 2021-01-22 |
| 19974. | salem (salem_coder) | 77.91 | 96.6% | 2024-09-10 |
| 19975. | Duchamp (lpiechocki) | 77.91 | 98% | 2012-05-22 |
| 19976. | Kuki (kuki45cro) | 77.90 | 98% | 2024-12-05 |
| 19977. | Matthew (ma_tthews) | 77.90 | 97% | 2026-04-01 |
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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 |