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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27088. | Khang (fireflies99) | 70.37 | 95% | 2015-04-10 |
| 27089. | Nate (noob4life) | 70.37 | — | 2010-07-06 |
| 27090. | Nguyen Thu Trang (ntt161) | 70.37 | 93% | 2013-10-21 |
| 27091. | Abhijith (abhijith97) | 70.36 | 96% | 2023-02-09 |
| 27092. | Jimmy McFly (jimmymcfries) | 70.36 | 97.9% | 2024-01-29 |
| 27093. | Maria (mirroreddreamz) | 70.36 | 98% | 2025-10-20 |
| 27094. | Shawn (shawtyper) | 70.36 | 97.3% | 2024-12-09 |
| 27095. | Ankit (ankit_chauhan) | 70.36 | 96% | 2023-02-25 |
| 27096. | Tsuguto (tkogamer) | 70.36 | 97% | 2021-09-17 |
| 27097. | Koen (koen_hautekeete) | 70.36 | 90% | 2012-02-21 |
| 27098. | Girts (gjirto) | 70.36 | 91% | 2012-01-22 |
| 27099. | Mike (rodman456) | 70.35 | 94.1% | 2023-12-23 |
| 27100. | Hung (iamblobish) | 70.35 | 96.7% | 2023-11-19 |
| 27101. | Mahdi (mahadoniii) | 70.35 | 96.1% | 2024-11-20 |
| 27102. | Porsit (porsit) | 70.35 | 95.6% | 2024-04-16 |
| 27103. | Golden Silver (goldensilver) | 70.35 | 99% | 2023-06-07 |
| 27104. | Owen (orangespeed11) | 70.34 | 96% | 2024-10-31 |
| 27105. | Franz (cenc_o) | 70.34 | 95.8% | 2024-09-01 |
| 27106. | novablast (novablast8) | 70.34 | 95.7% | 2024-10-17 |
| 27107. | Matthew (mattyg1233) | 70.34 | 96% | 2024-05-14 |
| 27108. | Md Aftab (smaftab) | 70.34 | 97.9% | 2024-04-07 |
| 27109. | TOTC (take_on_the_challenge) | 70.34 | 97% | 2022-08-04 |
| 27110. | Nodirbek (nodir_bek_19) | 70.34 | 97% | 2025-07-04 |
| 27111. | nic (noodleguy) | 70.34 | 96% | 2023-03-30 |
| 27112. | cielak_ (rafalcieslak) | 70.34 | 96% | 2023-02-18 |
| 27113. | Shivam (mavihs) | 70.34 | 92% | 2014-06-21 |
| 27114. | Manraj (man_123lama) | 70.34 | 97% | 2019-08-21 |
| 27115. | anatoly (popovanatoly) | 70.34 | 97% | 2017-05-05 |
| 27116. | Kishan (kishan1990) | 70.34 | 96% | 2015-03-28 |
| 27117. | Ben Lenox (deadend207) | 70.33 | 96% | 2024-04-19 |
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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 |