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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28100. | (payamazad) | 69.07 | 99% | 2014-07-17 |
| 28101. | (ahmad1997) | 69.07 | 96% | 2014-08-05 |
| 28102. | (j3b0ng) | 69.06 | 97% | 2025-11-22 |
| 28103. | Lucas (sydcsgo) | 69.06 | 97.7% | 2024-08-18 |
| 28104. | (notthatgreat) | 69.06 | 97% | 2021-05-18 |
| 28105. | (trontino) | 69.06 | 95.7% | 2023-05-22 |
| 28106. | NJ (njc99) | 69.06 | 98% | 2024-04-24 |
| 28107. | Linus (triplelinus) | 69.06 | 96% | 2020-11-12 |
| 28108. | (nasageek) | 69.06 | — | 2010-11-28 |
| 28109. | (captainblood) | 69.06 | 93% | 2012-11-03 |
| 28110. | marji (marjiva) | 69.06 | 97% | 2014-08-27 |
| 28111. | (vodkagunznbabez) | 69.06 | 90% | 2017-05-15 |
| 28112. | (maciek3290) | 69.05 | 95.6% | 2025-02-10 |
| 28113. | (supremestflame) | 69.05 | 95% | 2016-08-21 |
| 28114. | Case (sauceman6913) | 69.05 | 96% | 2019-09-04 |
| 28115. | (dipakv) | 69.05 | 95% | 2015-07-09 |
| 28116. | (refresh_iwnl) | 69.04 | 97% | 2024-11-17 |
| 28117. | (calumhood_) | 69.04 | 97% | 2025-12-07 |
| 28118. | (vishal__) | 69.04 | 96% | 2021-06-01 |
| 28119. | Nithish (theunique_123) | 69.04 | 95% | 2022-05-31 |
| 28120. | andrey (maksay) | 69.04 | — | 2011-01-25 |
| 28121. | pook-the-bear (pookthebear) | 69.03 | 98% | 2025-12-25 |
| 28122. | Karthik (_karthik_jamadagni) | 69.03 | 95.7% | 2024-03-20 |
| 28123. | (the_ortemon) | 69.03 | 97% | 2025-11-28 |
| 28124. | (suchaslowpoke) | 69.03 | 95% | 2022-07-21 |
| 28125. | (merlin1032) | 69.03 | 95% | 2024-08-05 |
| 28126. | (oper24) | 69.03 | 96% | 2024-04-11 |
| 28127. | (phoenixacxf) | 69.03 | 96% | 2024-10-10 |
| 28128. | (777yoyo777) | 69.03 | 96% | 2025-09-18 |
| 28129. | (howtowisnia) | 69.03 | 93% | 2017-03-29 |
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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 |