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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7982. | Bad Typer (prostatus5) | 95.78 | 98% | 2017-12-14 |
| 7983. | lianneo (bunzhun) | 95.77 | 96% | 2026-01-11 |
| 7984. | Sergey (stpdklown) | 95.77 | 100% | 2024-03-13 |
| 7985. | Wilford (wilfordjason) | 95.77 | 98% | 2021-01-23 |
| 7986. | vocabo (sahil21db) | 95.77 | 97% | 2026-05-05 |
| 7987. | Dileep (dileepnk) | 95.77 | 97% | 2015-04-20 |
| 7988. | Stephen (canasferatu) | 95.77 | 97% | 2021-12-12 |
| 7989. | Zahid (z1_529) | 95.77 | 97% | 2020-12-27 |
| 7990. | Marc (murderdolphin) | 95.77 | 95% | 2014-03-26 |
| 7991. | Paolo (koolkalang) | 95.77 | 97% | 2012-10-07 |
| 7992. | Onich (onich) | 95.76 | 96% | 2023-06-10 |
| 7993. | Athan (athanasiusliau) | 95.76 | 98% | 2022-04-12 |
| 7994. | Kimberly (kimberlynf) | 95.76 | 99% | 2014-12-07 |
| 7995. | Almighty (almightysosaakatu... | 95.76 | 97.1% | 2023-11-01 |
| 7996. | GL (gl2993) | 95.76 | 97% | 2015-03-18 |
| 7997. | D (dschrad) | 95.76 | 96% | 2016-08-31 |
| 7998. | Zx (zxloh) | 95.75 | 98.6% | 2024-09-01 |
| 7999. | Matt (mehmattski) | 95.75 | 97% | 2014-11-12 |
| 8000. | Scott (stranks90) | 95.75 | 96% | 2011-12-09 |
| 8001. | Dante (issaias) | 95.74 | 97% | 2025-07-19 |
| 8002. | fernbrake (fernbrake) | 95.74 | 99% | 2024-05-15 |
| 8003. | Gavin (gtm_) | 95.74 | 99% | 2024-01-28 |
| 8004. | viel (viel19) | 95.74 | 98% | 2021-06-23 |
| 8005. | Hieu (megaracerhieu) | 95.74 | 97% | 2025-12-10 |
| 8006. | Giulio (giulio89) | 95.74 | 98% | 2017-06-26 |
| 8007. | skaffold (skaffold2) | 95.73 | 97% | 2024-09-07 |
| 8008. | unrealdude (unrealdude6) | 95.73 | 96.6% | 2023-11-15 |
| 8009. | ZeroNine (dtrix) | 95.73 | 98% | 2012-10-09 |
| 8010. | NiceOne (pkzviiv) | 95.72 | 98% | 2023-03-10 |
| 8011. | Mexikorn (mexikorn) | 95.72 | 98% | 2021-08-16 |
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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 |