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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20398. | Leonardo (leonardooktavianu... | 77.46 | 97% | 2022-06-10 |
| 20399. | Ashish (ashishkr23438) | 77.46 | 96% | 2021-03-31 |
| 20400. | Dana (rubiksgh3) | 77.46 | 92% | 2013-11-28 |
| 20401. | Pichawee (pichaweek) | 77.46 | 97% | 2012-08-20 |
| 20402. | Albin (albinforsberg) | 77.45 | 98.3% | 2025-04-30 |
| 20403. | toporder (toporder) | 77.45 | 97.2% | 2025-03-05 |
| 20404. | Urmom (spicyweiner) | 77.45 | 97% | 2025-10-15 |
| 20405. | wael (wael64) | 77.45 | 99% | 2026-05-16 |
| 20406. | Elliott (eli3902101) | 77.45 | 95% | 2021-02-09 |
| 20407. | Becca (colour) | 77.45 | 92% | 2011-06-08 |
| 20408. | Speedy Gonzalez (_speedygon... | 77.44 | 95.4% | 2024-09-25 |
| 20409. | Darren (dpxx) | 77.44 | 97% | 2024-08-13 |
| 20410. | Tyler (tyty5949) | 77.44 | 93% | 2016-09-23 |
| 20411. | Abhinav (mosowitzstader) | 77.44 | 98% | 2024-08-08 |
| 20412. | _i_am_flash (_i_am_flash_) | 77.44 | 98% | 2021-06-17 |
| 20413. | Fabio (prosfearme) | 77.44 | 96% | 2018-02-02 |
| 20414. | Kubi (kubi314) | 77.43 | 95.3% | 2025-04-09 |
| 20415. | nada (nada11) | 77.43 | 98.2% | 2023-12-27 |
| 20416. | Dipesh (kvdipesh) | 77.43 | 98% | 2025-08-18 |
| 20417. | Daan (macdann6) | 77.43 | 98.1% | 2023-11-19 |
| 20418. | Discipline (huynhkhacdat2) | 77.43 | 96% | 2018-09-26 |
| 20419. | cherry (cherryyuk) | 77.43 | 97% | 2011-10-21 |
| 20420. | Milo (plaintoast02) | 77.42 | 95.7% | 2024-09-18 |
| 20421. | idon'tlike Reality it'ski... | 77.41 | 97% | 2026-04-27 |
| 20422. | MissinBrainCell (kelvin269) | 77.41 | 95.9% | 2025-01-18 |
| 20423. | Dylan (dbpowell) | 77.41 | 94% | 2016-09-30 |
| 20424. | d (redclout) | 77.41 | 97% | 2025-10-29 |
| 20425. | Vengeance (batman_vengeance) | 77.41 | 97% | 2024-05-28 |
| 20426. | Brendan (concice) | 77.41 | 97.1% | 2024-04-07 |
| 20427. | Prateek (pmach) | 77.41 | 97% | 2017-07-06 |
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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 |