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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30442. | Theo (tbohnen) | 65.19 | 91% | 2016-01-08 |
| 30443. | farzan (farzanfrost) | 65.19 | 96% | 2021-06-01 |
| 30444. | Vali (valii2000) | 65.19 | 95% | 2016-08-19 |
| 30445. | Franklin (franklinchessstar) | 65.18 | 98% | 2021-10-26 |
| 30446. | rick (baggy_eyes) | 65.18 | 96% | 2025-01-20 |
| 30447. | Howdyboii (howdyboiii) | 65.18 | 93.4% | 2024-04-16 |
| 30448. | Alejo (alohalejo) | 65.18 | 95.1% | 2025-01-07 |
| 30449. | Paul (paulgao25) | 65.18 | 96% | 2025-01-08 |
| 30450. | Erick Ivanov (icyplain) | 65.18 | 96% | 2024-03-10 |
| 30451. | Leon (mattgeosnyder) | 65.18 | 96% | 2024-06-10 |
| 30452. | Manohar (mbmanohars) | 65.18 | 91% | 2014-01-09 |
| 30453. | Ramya (envisage) | 65.18 | 95.6% | 2024-03-01 |
| 30454. | Alex (alex__canales__) | 65.18 | 97% | 2022-09-04 |
| 30455. | jTactics (jtactics) | 65.18 | 97% | 2013-10-17 |
| 30456. | Noah (noah187) | 65.18 | 98% | 2020-11-22 |
| 30457. | hieu (hieult) | 65.18 | 97% | 2013-04-15 |
| 30458. | speedypete (fastfingers11) | 65.17 | 95% | 2024-07-24 |
| 30459. | kakarot (khambat56) | 65.17 | 97% | 2023-11-27 |
| 30460. | Sim (simron_) | 65.17 | 95% | 2022-04-02 |
| 30461. | Chris (amorae) | 65.17 | 84% | 2012-09-30 |
| 30462. | Gringo (igringo) | 65.17 | 96% | 2019-07-30 |
| 30463. | ej (ejmorii) | 65.16 | 96% | 2025-04-21 |
| 30464. | Pokey (pikachu3182) | 65.16 | 97% | 2022-12-14 |
| 30465. | binnycoco26 (dustinw) | 65.16 | 97.3% | 2025-04-27 |
| 30466. | Carlos (carlos_1995) | 65.16 | 98.1% | 2021-02-20 |
| 30467. | Kieran (kibthegreat) | 65.16 | 95% | 2018-01-15 |
| 30468. | Paul (peazy) | 65.16 | 89% | 2013-05-16 |
| 30469. | manoj (mshrestha20) | 65.16 | 92% | 2012-07-22 |
| 30470. | Mattias (matteusmauritz) | 65.16 | — | 2011-04-25 |
| 30471. | Lisanne (__lisanne__) | 65.15 | 98.8% | 2025-04-30 |
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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 |