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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32083. | B.Gettin'It (bgettinit) | 65.62 | 93% | 2015-12-26 |
| 32084. | nda888 (nda888) | 65.62 | — | 2011-04-03 |
| 32085. | Shukz (boulter1994) | 65.62 | 95% | 2013-11-24 |
| 32086. | Manuel Maria (brair) | 65.62 | 98% | 2018-11-02 |
| 32087. | Tom (tomgrey) | 65.62 | 96% | 2015-07-04 |
| 32088. | sigma (therizzlerkaicenat) | 65.61 | 94% | 2025-01-17 |
| 32089. | Brendan (bdann) | 65.61 | 99% | 2024-09-12 |
| 32090. | Dmitriy (pbpan) | 65.61 | 97% | 2024-04-24 |
| 32091. | justaseall (justaseall) | 65.61 | 96.5% | 2023-12-01 |
| 32092. | Seb (salabasti) | 65.61 | 97.4% | 2023-12-12 |
| 32093. | Charles (chuckie321) | 65.61 | 93% | 2016-11-06 |
| 32094. | Jeff (jeffbartolome5) | 65.61 | 96% | 2023-02-24 |
| 32095. | Madison Kinney (mkinney97) | 65.61 | 96.7% | 2023-10-12 |
| 32096. | Blu (blugama) | 65.61 | 94% | 2024-05-14 |
| 32097. | Miika (hakkerijehu) | 65.61 | 95% | 2020-02-03 |
| 32098. | Vidya (vidyaprasad) | 65.61 | 96% | 2014-11-21 |
| 32099. | Phreddy (phreddyseth) | 65.60 | 96% | 2025-04-08 |
| 32100. | Rakib (rating_gone) | 65.60 | 96% | 2025-04-16 |
| 32101. | henri beaumont (wefwef12) | 65.60 | 97% | 2025-05-16 |
| 32102. | Karim (karimkarim) | 65.60 | 95% | 2024-07-09 |
| 32103. | Sal Orozco (salspeedracer) | 65.60 | 99% | 2023-12-16 |
| 32104. | Computer200 (computer200) | 65.60 | 96.1% | 2023-12-06 |
| 32105. | Enti (entiiiiii) | 65.60 | 96% | 2023-10-09 |
| 32106. | Lauge (laugejuul14) | 65.60 | 96% | 2021-03-29 |
| 32107. | Shohan (ansshohan) | 65.60 | 97% | 2021-08-17 |
| 32108. | iqbal hakim (ballz_bazz) | 65.59 | 96% | 2022-12-19 |
| 32109. | Ryan (r2484550) | 65.59 | 88% | 2013-09-12 |
| 32110. | Aidan (aidanfin) | 65.59 | 98.8% | 2025-01-26 |
| 32111. | Edison Esteban (edd0224) | 65.59 | 96% | 2025-01-22 |
| 32112. | Christian (t1anb0ss) | 65.59 | 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 |