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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12710. | Pierce (piercephillips7) | 86.85 | 97% | 2022-01-08 |
| 12711. | Evan (edawg525) | 86.85 | 97% | 2021-03-29 |
| 12712. | Evan (shnifflepuff) | 86.85 | 93% | 2013-02-03 |
| 12713. | Pupapupa (pupapupa171) | 86.84 | 97% | 2025-07-01 |
| 12714. | chrims (phurrymama) | 86.84 | 97.4% | 2024-07-01 |
| 12715. | Pogger (thestrangeblitz) | 86.84 | 96% | 2024-07-03 |
| 12716. | Andrew (completespud) | 86.84 | 99% | 2025-09-20 |
| 12717. | Adrian (leeroyjankeins) | 86.84 | 95% | 2016-02-10 |
| 12718. | Al Qassam (supermiki) | 86.84 | 95% | 2013-07-19 |
| 12719. | Reptile (raptilian) | 86.83 | 97.9% | 2024-08-30 |
| 12720. | Matt (mattman1804) | 86.83 | 98% | 2024-10-26 |
| 12721. | Nikita (nikiplayz) | 86.83 | 97% | 2024-10-04 |
| 12722. | Timothy (thekoreanbanana) | 86.83 | 96.3% | 2024-03-19 |
| 12723. | Rishi (rishipoonia) | 86.83 | 97.1% | 2025-05-05 |
| 12724. | Alessio (anyo94) | 86.83 | 95% | 2013-03-06 |
| 12725. | Jan (jangrue) | 86.83 | 97% | 2013-08-17 |
| 12726. | DwWRIter (dwwriter) | 86.82 | 98% | 2025-04-08 |
| 12727. | SPEEEED (kqhmaoerqnjgmfbpeh... | 86.82 | 97% | 2022-08-07 |
| 12728. | Jorge (jlh2000) | 86.82 | 97% | 2017-09-25 |
| 12729. | Matej (thieff) | 86.82 | 98% | 2017-09-06 |
| 12730. | Miri (youneedcheeses) | 86.82 | 98% | 2019-04-25 |
| 12731. | Chromaticism (avg_chromatic... | 86.81 | 97% | 2023-01-01 |
| 12732. | TrainingARC (imissreckfulalot) | 86.81 | 95% | 2023-05-15 |
| 12733. | James (jamesh0pe) | 86.81 | 98% | 2023-02-13 |
| 12734. | ilo_o (liuan) | 86.81 | 97.9% | 2023-10-04 |
| 12735. | leta (tukis) | 86.81 | 98% | 2014-03-25 |
| 12736. | Victor (vvega) | 86.81 | 95% | 2012-12-01 |
| 12737. | Tom (zukil) | 86.80 | 97.7% | 2025-03-07 |
| 12738. | Alexander (doskido) | 86.80 | 98% | 2018-07-24 |
| 12739. | Fadosa (fadosa) | 86.80 | 98% | 2022-02-20 |
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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 |