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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17297. | Rohit Kumar Gupta (r0hit_98... | 79.82 | 97% | 2025-03-04 |
| 17298. | Will (willallendev) | 79.82 | 99% | 2023-07-18 |
| 17299. | Lakshya (lakshyasharma) | 79.82 | 97% | 2023-05-23 |
| 17300. | Luna (aicaya) | 79.82 | 97% | 2021-10-12 |
| 17301. | Kevin (bananarabbit) | 79.82 | — | 2011-04-09 |
| 17302. | glove80 (kleine80) | 79.81 | 95.3% | 2024-09-17 |
| 17303. | Shanon (shanon5) | 79.81 | 95.3% | 2024-06-25 |
| 17304. | Kavyam (killlur) | 79.81 | 95.6% | 2025-01-10 |
| 17305. | McKay (heyitsyaboi) | 79.81 | 98% | 2023-06-20 |
| 17306. | chicken (chethan819) | 79.81 | 96.4% | 2023-11-26 |
| 17307. | snowfall7550 (snowfall7550) | 79.81 | 99.5% | 2023-10-27 |
| 17308. | Samuel (ssesena) | 79.81 | 97% | 2023-02-15 |
| 17309. | xjiang26 (xjiang26) | 79.81 | 99% | 2021-03-19 |
| 17310. | Storm (storm_typer) | 79.81 | 96% | 2016-05-15 |
| 17311. | Phi (faithincode) | 79.81 | 98% | 2022-01-14 |
| 17312. | Scarrrz (scarrrz) | 79.81 | 97% | 2019-06-25 |
| 17313. | My1WordName (my1wordname) | 79.80 | 95.6% | 2023-11-16 |
| 17314. | Henrique (shyguywshame) | 79.80 | 95.5% | 2024-12-24 |
| 17315. | Nathan (nemdrud) | 79.80 | 96.1% | 2024-09-05 |
| 17316. | Sankalp (sankalp_gupta) | 79.80 | 99% | 2024-05-15 |
| 17317. | Manan (x_manan_x) | 79.80 | 98% | 2024-10-06 |
| 17318. | BenceX100 (bencex100) | 79.80 | 96% | 2025-03-14 |
| 17319. | Zephyr (introstealer) | 79.80 | 97% | 2025-06-25 |
| 17320. | Guy (guy_b) | 79.79 | 95.8% | 2024-06-13 |
| 17321. | tstats[praneeth_07] (pranee... | 79.79 | 96% | 2021-10-16 |
| 17322. | optional (itsmebr0) | 79.79 | 95.1% | 2023-10-03 |
| 17323. | oaksdu (oaksdu) | 79.79 | 96% | 2023-12-17 |
| 17324. | scollon (scollon) | 79.79 | 95.4% | 2023-11-16 |
| 17325. | Jack (jtv313) | 79.79 | 96.2% | 2021-02-11 |
| 17326. | Shawheen (shawheen) | 79.79 | 92% | 2013-06-04 |
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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 |