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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16767. | No mistakes (type_s) | 81.67 | 97% | 2024-08-21 |
| 16768. | Wilhelm (siopez) | 81.67 | 95% | 2019-07-15 |
| 16769. | Roberto (who______) | 81.67 | 98% | 2025-06-29 |
| 16770. | crow (ph4tomz) | 81.67 | 95.4% | 2024-01-14 |
| 16771. | Hey (groundhogs_are_cute) | 81.67 | 94% | 2016-03-25 |
| 16772. | mdog (mdogz) | 81.66 | 99% | 2025-02-23 |
| 16773. | lyndhurst (lyndhurst) | 81.66 | 98% | 2024-08-02 |
| 16774. | Trevor (tfresh) | 81.66 | 98% | 2024-09-11 |
| 16775. | Benjamin (dogast) | 81.66 | 98% | 2025-08-06 |
| 16776. | Reader (1reader) | 81.66 | 98% | 2022-11-11 |
| 16777. | unmurderable (unmurderable) | 81.66 | 97.3% | 2023-11-30 |
| 16778. | You (fairnight) | 81.66 | 98% | 2022-10-16 |
| 16779. | Charlie (pyrotix) | 81.66 | 96% | 2013-02-26 |
| 16780. | 839 (ynad) | 81.66 | 96% | 2013-08-18 |
| 16781. | Aseem (reigning_king) | 81.66 | 95% | 2016-05-07 |
| 16782. | Bryan (iduhowpeopledo150wpm) | 81.66 | 97% | 2020-01-13 |
| 16783. | Tom (speedor) | 81.65 | 95% | 2018-02-14 |
| 16784. | JEM (jem5268) | 81.65 | 99% | 2024-09-11 |
| 16785. | Bill (billsbiceps) | 81.65 | 98% | 2022-10-19 |
| 16786. | Riddy (songridv) | 81.65 | 97.9% | 2023-06-07 |
| 16787. | ttv/uvsvdu (uvsvdu) | 81.65 | 96% | 2021-01-24 |
| 16788. | Việt Hùng (minkate) | 81.65 | 97% | 2011-11-03 |
| 16789. | ptertyl (flipphone) | 81.65 | 94% | 2014-07-25 |
| 16790. | Morpheus (shades444) | 81.65 | — | 2010-10-24 |
| 16791. | Quang Hiển (quanghienitc) | 81.65 | — | 2010-11-03 |
| 16792. | Rear (rolotomassi) | 81.64 | 97% | 2018-10-18 |
| 16793. | FrekiFrekr (freki) | 81.64 | 98% | 2025-07-11 |
| 16794. | Tig Bitties (tigbitties1) | 81.64 | 98.8% | 2024-07-22 |
| 16795. | sAnideos (sanideos) | 81.64 | 98% | 2021-09-14 |
| 16796. | yorha (automata) | 81.64 | 98% | 2017-06-10 |
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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 |