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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17222. | thehand (thehand) | 79.68 | 98% | 2014-06-02 |
| 17223. | Pepe (pepengcute@gmail.com) | 79.68 | 94% | 2015-05-19 |
| 17224. | cherry (cherryleung) | 79.68 | 96% | 2015-03-08 |
| 17225. | Hasfeldt (hasfeldt2804) | 79.67 | 98% | 2025-04-14 |
| 17226. | kilkuwu (kilkuwu) | 79.67 | 96% | 2024-04-12 |
| 17227. | Simon (simden12) | 79.67 | 98% | 2024-03-30 |
| 17228. | NIT (nit786) | 79.67 | 97% | 2025-05-29 |
| 17229. | Connor DVORAK (deepwaterbus) | 79.67 | 96% | 2024-02-14 |
| 17230. | Jenette (jenetttte) | 79.67 | 97.1% | 2021-01-28 |
| 17231. | sonderr (battery_sr) | 79.67 | 95% | 2019-11-14 |
| 17232. | James (jgray56) | 79.67 | 96% | 2018-09-19 |
| 17233. | Michael (mcassedy) | 79.67 | 92% | 2017-04-22 |
| 17234. | Jimmyâ™” (wujt) | 79.67 | 95% | 2014-06-19 |
| 17235. | Sohrab (ss_sohrab) | 79.67 | 95% | 2013-11-24 |
| 17236. | ronald (roclus) | 79.67 | — | 2010-09-29 |
| 17237. | Thomas (cephalopode) | 79.67 | 97% | 2014-02-15 |
| 17238. | Shashank (same_lame_name) | 79.66 | 97.9% | 2024-12-26 |
| 17239. | Julien (pigie) | 79.66 | 97% | 2025-06-06 |
| 17240. | idk (tooezzz) | 79.66 | 98% | 2022-07-15 |
| 17241. | Paxton (pswongaa) | 79.66 | 98.3% | 2023-11-16 |
| 17242. | txbklyn (txbklyn) | 79.66 | 98% | 2019-03-19 |
| 17243. | rime (zeliboid8) | 79.66 | 94% | 2013-05-19 |
| 17244. | singhvaibhav100@gmail.com (... | 79.66 | 98% | 2014-08-03 |
| 17245. | Shallan Davar (shallan_davar) | 79.65 | 97.9% | 2024-10-15 |
| 17246. | Jan (acpehalus) | 79.65 | 97.2% | 2024-09-18 |
| 17247. | kt (ktwizfan) | 79.65 | 88% | 2017-02-08 |
| 17248. | Kotaro (kotaro_qwerty) | 79.65 | 97% | 2022-01-31 |
| 17249. | nyet (slickman) | 79.65 | 96% | 2022-05-01 |
| 17250. | Duckytype-8 (dummy_2) | 79.65 | 97% | 2021-03-26 |
| 17251. | . (offoff) | 79.65 | 91% | 2014-01-27 |
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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 |