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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8098. | brettygood (thatdudeukno) | 94.42 | 94% | 2011-06-25 |
| 8099. | Matthew (matthew_hall2) | 94.41 | 97% | 2021-12-18 |
| 8100. | Andrew (altlearnsergo) | 94.41 | 98% | 2022-10-19 |
| 8101. | Matthew (mattyhassett) | 94.41 | 98.3% | 2021-02-02 |
| 8102. | Dan (dannymm) | 94.40 | 96% | 2012-03-21 |
| 8103. | Andrew (andy_pie) | 94.40 | 97.9% | 2024-08-25 |
| 8104. | Master (mcrockett) | 94.40 | 99% | 2018-09-13 |
| 8105. | stagbody (stagbody) | 94.39 | 98% | 2024-07-07 |
| 8106. | Cameron (cameroniup) | 94.39 | 98% | 2017-06-15 |
| 8107. | Ha (zgbnt) | 94.39 | 97% | 2013-06-08 |
| 8108. | tstats[legendarybbk] (legen... | 94.39 | 97% | 2022-07-08 |
| 8109. | C (ccc123) | 94.39 | 98% | 2022-06-10 |
| 8110. | Mitchell (mitchpaglia) | 94.39 | 91% | 2015-03-31 |
| 8111. | (treje) | 94.39 | 96.9% | 2025-01-11 |
| 8112. | Indira (dirascorpio) | 94.39 | 96% | 2012-02-20 |
| 8113. | Daniel (daniel_789) | 94.38 | 97.9% | 2024-06-17 |
| 8114. | BE4ST (jb2k1) | 94.37 | 98% | 2020-09-10 |
| 8115. | thea p (theap) | 94.37 | 97.1% | 2024-08-05 |
| 8116. | matt8221 (matt8221) | 94.37 | 98.2% | 2023-12-15 |
| 8117. | SenAlice (gokamiso) | 94.37 | 98.8% | 2025-03-20 |
| 8118. | E (pavonine) | 94.37 | 95.6% | 2023-10-23 |
| 8119. | Jeeoh (son_ofwind) | 94.37 | 97% | 2017-06-20 |
| 8120. | sketchyfigure (sketchyfigure) | 94.37 | 97% | 2016-10-30 |
| 8121. | ElConquistador13 (strikerfv... | 94.36 | 98% | 2024-09-22 |
| 8122. | Benjamin (benjaminsanta) | 94.36 | 97.3% | 2023-06-17 |
| 8123. | Isaac (newton6674) | 94.36 | 98% | 2025-04-11 |
| 8124. | SirSpeedy (sir_speedy) | 94.36 | 99% | 2016-12-21 |
| 8125. | Brad (brkirby) | 94.36 | 94% | 2013-07-30 |
| 8126. | Torrey (garveyt) | 94.35 | 98.8% | 2024-12-13 |
| 8127. | qwerty (longhongc) | 94.35 | 99% | 2022-11-11 |
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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 |