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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6470. | Mikey (mikeybox) | 99.28 | 95% | 2012-08-20 |
| 6471. | Lex (thegodlyalien) | 99.27 | 95% | 2016-02-28 |
| 6472. | Bruno (brunoooo) | 99.27 | 95% | 2012-01-30 |
| 6473. | Max (fallacy) | 99.27 | 98% | 2012-12-30 |
| 6474. | Tristan (tristansibug) | 99.27 | 98% | 2021-08-02 |
| 6475. | Mr.NoHands (kingus13) | 99.26 | 97% | 2025-12-09 |
| 6476. | Cyfer (cyfer) | 99.26 | 98.4% | 2024-02-15 |
| 6477. | JG (killerpiranahs) | 99.26 | — | 2010-12-14 |
| 6478. | Bob (typocheck) | 99.25 | 98.8% | 2023-11-26 |
| 6479. | Stewart Stewart (stewsquared) | 99.25 | 98% | 2025-08-16 |
| 6480. | Keren (balzaec) | 99.25 | 96% | 2014-03-28 |
| 6481. | S (anvilclash) | 99.25 | 97% | 2015-02-10 |
| 6482. | Patrick (negroider) | 99.25 | 92% | 2011-10-10 |
| 6483. | Demos (sprickels) | 99.24 | 97% | 2025-07-20 |
| 6484. | Nadav (trimalchio) | 99.24 | 90% | 2012-10-24 |
| 6485. | Instance (xinstw) | 99.24 | 98% | 2011-11-08 |
| 6486. | Philius (phi1ius) | 99.23 | 97.1% | 2025-02-06 |
| 6487. | Only One (only_one_left) | 99.23 | 97% | 2023-01-07 |
| 6488. | duckyful (duckydatyper) | 99.23 | 95.8% | 2024-04-19 |
| 6489. | varun (varunaadeez) | 99.23 | 99% | 2015-12-11 |
| 6490. | She (angel242424) | 99.22 | 98% | 2021-06-30 |
| 6491. | Austin (austin_p) | 99.21 | 96.6% | 2025-02-21 |
| 6492. | Jenny on a jetski (jasonyp) | 99.21 | 97.8% | 2024-10-24 |
| 6493. | Uxna (uxna) | 99.21 | 98% | 2021-11-11 |
| 6494. | Brian (briansunn) | 99.21 | 98% | 2019-09-09 |
| 6495. | Sockaholic (sockaholic) | 99.20 | 97% | 2025-04-30 |
| 6496. | Kevin (p_wumpkin) | 99.20 | 98% | 2023-06-20 |
| 6497. | Leander (swlee19) | 99.20 | 94% | 2016-06-13 |
| 6498. | CJ (quantum_boi) | 99.20 | 99.5% | 2023-11-08 |
| 6499. | Jihan (cynkhw) | 99.20 | 98.1% | 2023-11-06 |
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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 |