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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16936. | Stephen (xstephen) | 81.44 | 98.2% | 2023-12-13 |
| 16937. | simon (i_am_simon) | 81.44 | 94% | 2015-05-18 |
| 16938. | Than (thelensguy) | 81.43 | 97% | 2014-06-13 |
| 16939. | Jace Miles (astroids) | 81.43 | 97.1% | 2025-03-26 |
| 16940. | Caden (calt16) | 81.43 | 97% | 2025-03-28 |
| 16941. | Florida (0007starfish) | 81.43 | 98% | 2024-06-13 |
| 16942. | juan (juannnnn_) | 81.43 | 97.1% | 2024-09-20 |
| 16943. | Krypton (krypton1) | 81.43 | 89% | 2012-01-26 |
| 16944. | wonton (wanton_wonton) | 81.42 | 98.3% | 2025-05-29 |
| 16945. | Maky (makyy13) | 81.42 | 98% | 2025-06-24 |
| 16946. | the_P_man (thepman) | 81.42 | 96% | 2026-01-16 |
| 16947. | Free Bird (kono_dio_da) | 81.42 | 98% | 2018-12-06 |
| 16948. | seven (seven_mark) | 81.42 | 97% | 2022-10-03 |
| 16949. | alkalime (cptsprinklez) | 81.42 | 98.1% | 2024-09-30 |
| 16950. | Quang Huy (mypoortom) | 81.42 | 98% | 2011-08-29 |
| 16951. | James (beatnik307) | 81.42 | 97% | 2015-01-07 |
| 16952. | first (uohjacxpanewezicfb) | 81.41 | 96% | 2025-06-15 |
| 16953. | kat (serin01) | 81.41 | 97% | 2024-07-23 |
| 16954. | PANTIOS (pantios) | 81.41 | 97% | 2026-01-25 |
| 16955. | Reed (reedaleson) | 81.41 | 98% | 2025-12-28 |
| 16956. | Peter (beten) | 81.41 | 94% | 2014-01-20 |
| 16957. | Flo (naggig) | 81.41 | 93% | 2016-04-07 |
| 16958. | Josephus (josephus) | 81.41 | 95% | 2015-11-07 |
| 16959. | Fer (fernandog13) | 81.41 | 94% | 2013-04-05 |
| 16960. | lecctron (lecctron) | 81.40 | 96% | 2022-10-14 |
| 16961. | ilyas (ilyasbika) | 81.40 | 97% | 2025-07-13 |
| 16962. | Mark (geneticbeastlobster) | 81.40 | 98% | 2024-08-16 |
| 16963. | tony (bellevue) | 81.40 | 96.3% | 2024-08-17 |
| 16964. | Sigurd (splapp) | 81.40 | 98.1% | 2024-01-14 |
| 16965. | carbonatedcarno (carbonated... | 81.40 | 97% | 2022-02-12 |
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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 |