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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13426. | Alex (airstreamdriver) | 86.19 | 96% | 2015-05-07 |
| 13427. | scott (pmonkey) | 86.19 | 98% | 2013-12-08 |
| 13428. | Kevin (drezar) | 86.19 | 97% | 2016-06-15 |
| 13429. | Chathur (grandesonnerie) | 86.18 | 96% | 2021-09-04 |
| 13430. | Will (xebrion) | 86.18 | 97.9% | 2024-01-30 |
| 13431. | ethan (ethanizeta) | 86.18 | 97% | 2024-03-21 |
| 13432. | Amjo324 (amjo324) | 86.18 | 97% | 2011-07-01 |
| 13433. | Faye (queenyfaye) | 86.17 | 99% | 2025-02-22 |
| 13434. | ItypeSlow (me_type_so_slow) | 86.17 | 98% | 2024-05-14 |
| 13435. | chilloutt32 (chilloutt32) | 86.17 | 98% | 2024-08-07 |
| 13436. | dree (dre3) | 86.17 | 95% | 2024-06-23 |
| 13437. | Roma (useflame) | 86.17 | 97% | 2020-08-15 |
| 13438. | Tyler (superkai65) | 86.16 | 97% | 2021-04-01 |
| 13439. | BlindNinja (blindninja) | 86.16 | 98% | 2020-03-17 |
| 13440. | Mendel (mendeljacks) | 86.16 | 99% | 2021-09-18 |
| 13441. | Markus (magges) | 86.16 | 96% | 2012-10-08 |
| 13442. | Wolf (wolfwf) | 86.15 | 97% | 2021-12-24 |
| 13443. | hotaru (narwhalslayer) | 86.15 | 97% | 2026-04-22 |
| 13444. | Iswizzle (swizzle123) | 86.15 | 97.1% | 2024-08-21 |
| 13445. | farouk pavok (pavok) | 86.15 | 96.1% | 2024-11-17 |
| 13446. | Magoo (chris4891) | 86.15 | 98% | 2021-02-21 |
| 13447. | 🎃 (igorslow) | 86.15 | 97% | 2022-04-21 |
| 13448. | Filip (sixkey) | 86.15 | 98% | 2019-11-12 |
| 13449. | Radmilo (radmilo) | 86.15 | 98% | 2021-03-12 |
| 13450. | take (f_take) | 86.15 | 97% | 2012-03-24 |
| 13451. | Paul (jinzonam) | 86.15 | 98% | 2022-02-23 |
| 13452. | Adam (woohooman) | 86.15 | 98% | 2014-01-28 |
| 13453. | Steve (mcgee_00) | 86.15 | — | 2010-08-17 |
| 13454. | Matt (poot_nanny) | 86.14 | 98% | 2020-01-03 |
| 13455. | Trent (tdavis23540) | 86.14 | 98% | 2023-05-30 |
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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 |