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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19700. | Gean (geanfirst) | 78.19 | 98% | 2024-04-24 |
| 19701. | hi (bleuwhite) | 78.19 | 96.8% | 2023-08-31 |
| 19702. | Seth (kierlol) | 78.19 | 95.9% | 2025-03-27 |
| 19703. | Yuval (yuvalsaricov) | 78.19 | 96.4% | 2023-06-13 |
| 19704. | Kilanater7 (_kairu_) | 78.19 | 97% | 2021-02-21 |
| 19705. | Tommy (treemantom) | 78.19 | 98% | 2022-10-06 |
| 19706. | AbdulRaouf Mahmoud (oufa_jo... | 78.18 | 96% | 2025-12-09 |
| 19707. | JG (j32587) | 78.18 | 96.4% | 2024-11-26 |
| 19708. | JJ (jorhedpedkai) | 78.18 | 96% | 2024-09-11 |
| 19709. | Carlos Robles (carlangas1337) | 78.18 | 96.5% | 2024-09-02 |
| 19710. | Jack (jackshum) | 78.18 | 97% | 2024-04-24 |
| 19711. | scoli (scoli) | 78.18 | 98% | 2024-01-22 |
| 19712. | okita (okitawashere) | 78.18 | 97% | 2024-01-07 |
| 19713. | kekw (propann) | 78.18 | 97% | 2019-06-30 |
| 19714. | Andrej (apalias) | 78.18 | 97% | 2021-01-05 |
| 19715. | Brandon (brandstand) | 78.18 | 98% | 2013-09-12 |
| 19716. | Chinmay (taskterminator1) | 78.17 | 96% | 2025-07-09 |
| 19717. | SiRuSki (siruski) | 78.17 | 96% | 2025-06-27 |
| 19718. | vduodecim (vduodecim) | 78.17 | 96% | 2024-05-22 |
| 19719. | Oscar (phyrigian) | 78.17 | 90% | 2013-07-06 |
| 19720. | NyguhBoo (nyguhboo) | 78.17 | 96.5% | 2024-06-27 |
| 19721. | Mark (msg0192) | 78.17 | 96% | 2017-01-12 |
| 19722. | Ezona (sambumbuslayer) | 78.17 | 97% | 2024-02-06 |
| 19723. | Elizabeth (downbeat) | 78.17 | 98% | 2021-08-14 |
| 19724. | Nick (crimzynn) | 78.17 | 98% | 2019-10-26 |
| 19725. | Ivan (agrus) | 78.17 | 98% | 2018-06-12 |
| 19726. | Ethan (creamthehippo) | 78.16 | 97.2% | 2024-10-25 |
| 19727. | Bishwo (b_so) | 78.16 | 98.1% | 2024-05-07 |
| 19728. | Ok (okimfine) | 78.16 | 96% | 2026-05-16 |
| 19729. | cominginhotdog (danhan1234) | 78.16 | 95.9% | 2023-11-04 |
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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 |