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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| 4391. | (dzaefn) | 105.55 | 99% | 2015-12-22 |
| 4392. | (adifferentperson) | 105.54 | 97.2% | 2023-12-14 |
| 4393. | (chazzzle) | 105.54 | 96% | 2012-08-31 |
| 4394. | (derrickhnguyen) | 105.53 | 99.1% | 2024-01-10 |
| 4395. | Ky Anh🧛 (kyanh123987) | 105.53 | 96% | 2022-10-19 |
| 4396. | (bassist23) | 105.53 | 97% | 2014-09-22 |
| 4397. | Bart (hubba485) | 105.52 | 98% | 2023-03-09 |
| 4398. | (evilmodew) | 105.51 | 97% | 2024-12-12 |
| 4399. | (yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy... | 105.51 | 100% | 2023-08-24 |
| 4400. | (d0ge) | 105.51 | 97.2% | 2025-05-29 |
| 4401. | (misteeque) | 105.51 | 99% | 2019-02-03 |
| 4402. | (liamawesome3) | 105.50 | 97% | 2026-03-12 |
| 4403. | Justin (flamingoed02) | 105.49 | 98% | 2021-09-04 |
| 4404. | Tony (pianoforte) | 105.49 | 95% | 2014-09-23 |
| 4405. | (nonquitvinpho) | 105.48 | 97% | 2022-01-25 |
| 4406. | (wyzzard123) | 105.48 | 97% | 2015-02-22 |
| 4407. | Sean (coolstoryb) | 105.47 | 98% | 2022-08-15 |
| 4408. | mlhhsid (mlhhsid) | 105.47 | 99% | 2022-10-29 |
| 4409. | くろ (lst31602) | 105.47 | 93% | 2012-04-30 |
| 4410. | (blingmama) | 105.46 | 96% | 2014-04-06 |
| 4411. | (slow_but_furious) | 105.46 | 97.2% | 2024-11-19 |
| 4412. | (sheldonc) | 105.46 | 90% | 2013-10-31 |
| 4413. | NOT_Esmael_Samir (3agwa_79) | 105.45 | 98.1% | 2024-04-20 |
| 4414. | (fishfalcon) | 105.43 | 97% | 2015-03-08 |
| 4415. | Umberto (peixinho) | 105.43 | 96% | 2012-09-18 |
| 4416. | (theangryblobfish) | 105.41 | 98% | 2025-03-05 |
| 4417. | taylor (taayloorho) | 105.41 | 98.1% | 2024-04-05 |
| 4418. | (laptopbenje) | 105.41 | 98% | 2019-06-19 |
| 4419. | (netcreatured) | 105.41 | 98.4% | 2023-07-10 |
| 4420. | (12345142) | 105.41 | — | 2010-12-07 |
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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 |