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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11913. | Pie (pie4) | 88.37 | 94% | 2014-06-30 |
| 11914. | pianoman (fudgecake6) | 88.37 | 97% | 2015-03-25 |
| 11915. | thefallenrat (_rat_) | 88.37 | 99% | 2016-09-14 |
| 11916. | Kevin (keubs) | 88.36 | 94% | 2016-01-13 |
| 11917. | texoport (texoport) | 88.36 | 96.6% | 2025-04-28 |
| 11918. | ian (iqtang) | 88.36 | 97% | 2024-01-21 |
| 11919. | Rem (remroid66) | 88.36 | 98.6% | 2024-03-30 |
| 11920. | Orwellian (orwellianpanda) | 88.35 | 96.3% | 2023-10-02 |
| 11921. | idk (abov3averag3) | 88.35 | 95% | 2024-03-04 |
| 11922. | David (dmmagic91) | 88.35 | 99% | 2019-09-04 |
| 11923. | Josh (josh627) | 88.35 | 97% | 2019-10-13 |
| 11924. | ☔️ (orella) | 88.35 | 96% | 2021-07-21 |
| 11925. | V01D (inferno888) | 88.35 | 96.6% | 2024-04-26 |
| 11926. | Marco (bajo85) | 88.35 | 96% | 2015-04-01 |
| 11927. | weicer (weicer) | 88.35 | 97% | 2021-01-05 |
| 11928. | Mark (silkyjohnston) | 88.35 | 97% | 2013-04-25 |
| 11929. | Naufal (naufalmahing) | 88.34 | 97.1% | 2024-01-23 |
| 11930. | bodaway (bodaway) | 88.34 | 99% | 2025-06-19 |
| 11931. | Wappy (wappy1) | 88.34 | 98% | 2025-04-14 |
| 11932. | Edward (eddimochi) | 88.34 | 98% | 2026-02-14 |
| 11933. | treespirit (treespirit) | 88.34 | 100% | 2021-10-23 |
| 11934. | Bill (trainingb4tests) | 88.34 | 97% | 2021-09-13 |
| 11935. | NOJ8 (noj8) | 88.34 | 97% | 2025-09-11 |
| 11936. | Sridhar (cure_kiddo) | 88.34 | 93% | 2012-11-30 |
| 11937. | Zn (z1ny) | 88.34 | 96% | 2018-03-16 |
| 11938. | João (johnrik) | 88.34 | 98% | 2018-02-22 |
| 11939. | Hersh (hgovi) | 88.33 | 97.7% | 2024-10-16 |
| 11940. | BiggieFast (biggie_fast) | 88.33 | 98% | 2024-06-10 |
| 11941. | Bruno (brunog) | 88.33 | 98% | 2019-01-14 |
| 11942. | Isaiah (comoesteban) | 88.33 | 97% | 2022-05-14 |
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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 |