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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27219. | Iamjce (iamjce) | 68.55 | 98% | 2024-08-14 |
| 27220. | Patryk (patryk69) | 68.55 | 99% | 2024-04-07 |
| 27221. | Ayush (ayush_1511) | 68.55 | 95.5% | 2024-03-31 |
| 27222. | Jacob (jvoges) | 68.55 | 94% | 2012-10-25 |
| 27223. | john (er3g10us) | 68.55 | 97% | 2012-06-17 |
| 27224. | dang quang (dangquanghienitc) | 68.55 | — | 2010-06-14 |
| 27225. | Esther (pepperbaby) | 68.54 | 95% | 2011-08-02 |
| 27226. | Mike (mike7483) | 68.54 | 97% | 2013-10-28 |
| 27227. | TheWizard0920 (thewizard0920) | 68.54 | 96% | 2024-03-17 |
| 27228. | ptrickr (gabriel7patrick) | 68.54 | 96% | 2018-12-17 |
| 27229. | Tuan (nauthnim) | 68.54 | 95% | 2019-02-09 |
| 27230. | Aidil (aidil42) | 68.54 | 96% | 2020-05-18 |
| 27231. | Blake (blakeh36) | 68.54 | 97% | 2015-08-20 |
| 27232. | boyoftoy (boyoftoy) | 68.54 | 99% | 2012-03-17 |
| 27233. | David (raginhio) | 68.54 | 91% | 2016-07-28 |
| 27234. | Paul (handel1) | 68.54 | 93% | 2013-05-31 |
| 27235. | Seing (seing) | 68.53 | 96.7% | 2024-02-25 |
| 27236. | YoJiran (fs_types) | 68.53 | 95% | 2025-04-15 |
| 27237. | Ken (kensizner) | 68.53 | 95% | 2023-08-15 |
| 27238. | Quin (quindb) | 68.53 | 98% | 2025-03-06 |
| 27239. | xRoshx (roshdip) | 68.53 | 97% | 2024-06-19 |
| 27240. | Spoxx (imsped) | 68.53 | 94% | 2020-08-20 |
| 27241. | Dylan (loveat425) | 68.53 | 95.2% | 2025-05-14 |
| 27242. | Hayden (r1plee) | 68.53 | 95% | 2020-03-23 |
| 27243. | OldMcFarlane (oldmcfarlane) | 68.53 | — | 2010-10-22 |
| 27244. | Kevin (ksantos21) | 68.53 | 97% | 2018-10-26 |
| 27245. | Speed (speed_mann) | 68.52 | 96% | 2024-08-30 |
| 27246. | grey (brianshits) | 68.52 | 97% | 2025-01-23 |
| 27247. | Oscar (nicoya007) | 68.52 | 98% | 2021-12-09 |
| 27248. | Killamon (killamon) | 68.52 | 98% | 2024-07-11 |
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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 |