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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6857. | Alex (alextamago) | 98.30 | 97% | 2022-05-29 |
| 6858. | Tom (combsto) | 98.30 | 98% | 2014-08-14 |
| 6859. | Ulysses (ulyzz) | 98.30 | 93% | 2013-02-01 |
| 6860. | SeanBona (pball4ever) | 98.30 | 98% | 2014-04-24 |
| 6861. | Tanner (twhite90) | 98.30 | 99% | 2017-04-12 |
| 6862. | Rob (shopwired) | 98.30 | 98% | 2016-12-27 |
| 6863. | Jesus C (girau) | 98.30 | — | 2011-03-29 |
| 6864. | Stelios (stelioskas) | 98.29 | 97% | 2020-02-13 |
| 6865. | spine (spineluvfeet) | 98.29 | 97.4% | 2024-03-26 |
| 6866. | Chris (fortunateolive) | 98.29 | 97% | 2021-12-21 |
| 6867. | Richard (dicklash) | 98.29 | 98.8% | 2024-12-15 |
| 6868. | Timothy (timothyl_) | 98.29 | 98% | 2021-12-26 |
| 6869. | thog (thogs) | 98.29 | 97% | 2014-01-12 |
| 6870. | Michael (baomoichoi122) | 98.28 | 99% | 2024-07-04 |
| 6871. | Markus (hejmck) | 98.28 | 97% | 2018-08-23 |
| 6872. | Person (relearner) | 98.28 | 99% | 2019-04-26 |
| 6873. | clocktwerk (clocktwerk) | 98.27 | 96.8% | 2023-11-28 |
| 6874. | ballshd (prosexer) | 98.27 | 98% | 2024-09-21 |
| 6875. | Juan (unbilivavl) | 98.27 | 97% | 2024-05-13 |
| 6876. | Tibbies (tibbies) | 98.27 | 99% | 2021-06-24 |
| 6877. | Sven (zeverit) | 98.27 | 98% | 2022-02-20 |
| 6878. | Travis (travis3372) | 98.26 | 98% | 2012-01-29 |
| 6879. | Jonathan (jlanesmith) | 98.26 | 97% | 2019-03-08 |
| 6880. | Angelo (eimusupai) | 98.25 | 99% | 2023-01-10 |
| 6881. | Andy (nycnets15) | 98.24 | 97% | 2016-04-18 |
| 6882. | pedro (febronio) | 98.24 | 97.3% | 2023-11-25 |
| 6883. | Kirinji (kirinji_blasphemous) | 98.24 | 96% | 2014-10-24 |
| 6884. | TasteOfCancer (tasteofcancer) | 98.23 | 98.5% | 2024-02-17 |
| 6885. | tstats[samdavidd] (samdavidd) | 98.23 | 98% | 2026-04-09 |
| 6886. | hus 🧟 (hus_the_bus) | 98.23 | 96% | 2022-10-20 |
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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 |