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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14867. | Peshraw-Kurdi (peshraw) | 84.01 | 97.9% | 2024-11-20 |
| 14868. | Penguin (superpenguin9) | 84.01 | 98% | 2024-05-09 |
| 14869. | Jotaro (udetha) | 84.01 | 98% | 2023-02-07 |
| 14870. | Yom (yomuro) | 84.01 | 95% | 2013-09-24 |
| 14871. | 6741 (6741) | 84.01 | 97% | 2013-07-20 |
| 14872. | Evelio (evelioff) | 84.00 | 97% | 2013-03-08 |
| 14873. | george (deziire) | 84.00 | 97.9% | 2023-12-29 |
| 14874. | Maegix (maegix) | 84.00 | 97.9% | 2024-11-21 |
| 14875. | Hai (haiphan) | 84.00 | 97% | 2025-05-17 |
| 14876. | Pumpkin Raj (chillreksai) | 84.00 | 98.6% | 2025-04-12 |
| 14877. | Amaanudeen (amaanudeen) | 84.00 | 99% | 2025-09-28 |
| 14878. | Blank (ct7567) | 84.00 | 96.5% | 2021-02-20 |
| 14879. | Mqrius (Colemak) (mqrius) | 84.00 | 99% | 2013-04-25 |
| 14880. | zyoda (zyoda) | 84.00 | 93% | 2013-05-28 |
| 14881. | tYpErAcEr (typeracerracer) | 84.00 | 97% | 2015-03-28 |
| 14882. | Nick (saumera) | 84.00 | 99% | 2015-11-23 |
| 14883. | superNGA (super_nga) | 83.99 | 97% | 2026-02-03 |
| 14884. | Lim (doxel) | 83.99 | 96% | 2025-12-29 |
| 14885. | Tommy B (tommyb02) | 83.99 | 97.7% | 2024-04-18 |
| 14886. | Seth (supernova825) | 83.99 | 97.9% | 2023-12-13 |
| 14887. | MrSteal (mrstealyospam) | 83.99 | 99% | 2024-05-07 |
| 14888. | JoshAlfred (joshalfred) | 83.99 | 98% | 2012-07-25 |
| 14889. | Blender (taktisy) | 83.99 | 94% | 2015-09-22 |
| 14890. | Cody (cpark231) | 83.99 | 94% | 2014-01-21 |
| 14891. | Rupanshu (rupanshu) | 83.98 | 97.9% | 2024-06-27 |
| 14892. | alpaca (alpaca08) | 83.98 | 98% | 2025-03-31 |
| 14893. | Armando (miani) | 83.98 | 93% | 2012-04-23 |
| 14894. | bloodtype (bloodtype) | 83.98 | 96% | 2025-02-14 |
| 14895. | Juan (jupalaja) | 83.98 | 98.8% | 2024-11-18 |
| 14896. | JJcoolyt808_onYT (jjcoolyt8... | 83.98 | 96% | 2024-10-27 |
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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 |