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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4579. | Rice (riceant) | 104.26 | 99% | 2013-02-04 |
| 4580. | Bruno (brutexx) | 104.26 | 97% | 2023-10-15 |
| 4581. | Executable (maxentius) | 104.26 | 95% | 2013-01-18 |
| 4582. | Ahmadi (transporter) | 104.26 | 94% | 2016-07-19 |
| 4583. | Andrew (pikawubz) | 104.25 | 93% | 2016-07-29 |
| 4584. | tstats[jancs] (jancs) | 104.25 | 97% | 2021-11-04 |
| 4585. | havii (haviihavii) | 104.24 | 97% | 2021-07-03 |
| 4586. | yowhatsupitsmejacksonschlac... | 104.24 | 98% | 2024-01-25 |
| 4587. | Paul (___paul___) | 104.24 | 98% | 2022-06-02 |
| 4588. | 🐸bingus🐸 (dearmr) | 104.24 | 97% | 2021-08-10 |
| 4589. | Tom (varaxo) | 104.24 | 96% | 2012-11-17 |
| 4590. | Christopher (curryshoe) | 104.24 | 95% | 2016-01-11 |
| 4591. | Martin (martinshkreli) | 104.24 | 96% | 2016-11-09 |
| 4592. | Justin (fluents) | 104.24 | 92% | 2012-10-16 |
| 4593. | Cedrick (ceddyj) | 104.23 | 98.1% | 2024-02-21 |
| 4594. | Emma (kimy00) | 104.23 | 99% | 2022-05-02 |
| 4595. | 5quidwyrm (5quidwyrm) | 104.22 | 98.3% | 2025-01-09 |
| 4596. | Vsevolod (cosdaj_dv) | 104.22 | 97.7% | 2024-02-04 |
| 4597. | Kevin (kevinmeseeyou) | 104.21 | 100% | 2022-06-17 |
| 4598. | Alex (eggstreme) | 104.21 | 97% | 2021-08-10 |
| 4599. | sofeiuh (sofeiuh) | 104.20 | 96.3% | 2024-11-20 |
| 4600. | Ryan (ryanu) | 104.20 | 95% | 2017-02-01 |
| 4601. | Joshua (buwan) | 104.20 | 98% | 2022-04-08 |
| 4602. | Ryan (arjaysee) | 104.20 | 98% | 2019-07-21 |
| 4603. | Owen (h2owen) | 104.19 | 99% | 2014-10-22 |
| 4604. | daniel (danielphantom) | 104.18 | 98% | 2023-01-29 |
| 4605. | Ahmed (ahmedmostafa) | 104.18 | 97% | 2013-09-14 |
| 4606. | spag (spagtyper) | 104.17 | 96.2% | 2025-05-05 |
| 4607. | Austin (thespasticsurgeon) | 104.17 | 99% | 2024-11-19 |
| 4608. | . (trihard7) | 104.17 | 99% | 2018-12-01 |
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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 |