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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9573. | Matt (frostbyte) | 92.64 | 97% | 2011-10-21 |
| 9574. | Tyler (tylermcintyler) | 92.64 | 96% | 2016-05-12 |
| 9575. | Hans (hansvg) | 92.63 | 97.7% | 2024-08-11 |
| 9576. | Ian Lam (ljy200523) | 92.63 | 96.9% | 2024-11-24 |
| 9577. | Fabio (fabiogamer23) | 92.63 | 98% | 2017-07-14 |
| 9578. | BananaTree (noobverest) | 92.63 | 95% | 2014-10-13 |
| 9579. | equations (equationslayer12) | 92.63 | 96.8% | 2024-07-15 |
| 9580. | Parinaz (parinaz11) | 92.63 | 97% | 2025-05-28 |
| 9581. | Nima (nimayaqmuri) | 92.63 | 98.8% | 2025-01-19 |
| 9582. | AHHH (chuckles1357) | 92.63 | 98% | 2022-04-04 |
| 9583. | Sphage (sphage) | 92.63 | 97% | 2023-05-25 |
| 9584. | agm (ag__) | 92.63 | 90% | 2011-10-16 |
| 9585. | Jesse Garcia's biggest fan ... | 92.63 | 91% | 2017-02-26 |
| 9586. | sicx (sicx) | 92.63 | — | 2010-06-24 |
| 9587. | Gaz (gdeacon7) | 92.62 | 98% | 2014-04-18 |
| 9588. | clipoy (clipoy) | 92.62 | 95% | 2013-07-15 |
| 9589. | vin (ogooboogo) | 92.61 | 97% | 2023-05-05 |
| 9590. | Jay (thatguywiththepencil) | 92.61 | 97.9% | 2024-10-07 |
| 9591. | ゼロ (zeroballing) | 92.61 | 92% | 2016-11-06 |
| 9592. | Lesson (lesson21) | 92.61 | 97% | 2015-04-17 |
| 9593. | Emily (pufferfish717) | 92.61 | 96% | 2015-01-10 |
| 9594. | Connor Chang (fishycorner) | 92.60 | 97.7% | 2025-01-20 |
| 9595. | Ian (iandaking) | 92.60 | 97% | 2016-01-19 |
| 9596. | ryssh (ryssh) | 92.60 | 96% | 2015-04-07 |
| 9597. | ♥ (deuxanima) | 92.60 | 95% | 2011-08-18 |
| 9598. | A (aa1729) | 92.59 | 95% | 2011-10-08 |
| 9599. | goodtype (lolalvarooooy) | 92.59 | 97% | 2023-11-25 |
| 9600. | JiminL (jiminl) | 92.59 | 96% | 2011-07-30 |
| 9601. | WellHungOver (jmpayne) | 92.59 | 94% | 2016-03-06 |
| 9602. | 港女 (hkgal) | 92.59 | 97% | 2016-12-30 |
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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 |