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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1642. | Putti (puttio) | 120.18 | 99% | 2012-09-27 |
| 1643. | Adeia (callistodusk) | 120.18 | 96% | 2012-04-13 |
| 1644. | Tyler (christensent) | 120.18 | 95% | 2011-10-04 |
| 1645. | Colby (cytotoxjq) | 120.17 | 99% | 2021-01-06 |
| 1646. | (lwycsrc) | 120.15 | 99% | 2020-06-20 |
| 1647. | Little Cherry (little_cherry) | 120.13 | 98% | 2012-09-13 |
| 1648. | 432 (rasfmar) | 120.12 | 99% | 2020-09-23 |
| 1649. | neo_gizmo_colemak (neo_gizm... | 120.11 | 98% | 2025-07-21 |
| 1650. | Kevin (noimkevin) | 120.11 | 98% | 2022-02-05 |
| 1651. | Dragon (dragoncurve) | 120.08 | — | 2011-05-02 |
| 1652. | TJ (tradigan) | 120.08 | 99% | 2014-12-16 |
| 1653. | why... (fourshademk2) | 120.08 | 100% | 2017-09-11 |
| 1654. | Adam (what_huh) | 120.07 | 96% | 2017-04-19 |
| 1655. | ~~~ (uvix) | 120.05 | 97% | 2023-02-04 |
| 1656. | Luigi (kaov) | 120.05 | 99% | 2018-09-14 |
| 1657. | James (james1215) | 120.05 | 99% | 2012-04-19 |
| 1658. | Baconerd (baconerd) | 120.04 | 100% | 2022-12-15 |
| 1659. | Chak (chakfu) | 120.03 | 93% | 2014-06-14 |
| 1660. | Raymond (szlesh) | 120.02 | 99% | 2025-07-11 |
| 1661. | 👻 (damoru) | 120.01 | 95% | 2015-12-27 |
| 1662. | Fast Cheese Girl (fastchees... | 120.01 | 99% | 2015-03-05 |
| 1663. | Shakib (jadside) | 120.00 | 97% | 2022-05-14 |
| 1664. | john (johnmarco123) | 119.99 | 99.3% | 2024-12-11 |
| 1665. | mack (mackhomie) | 119.98 | 100% | 2017-05-16 |
| 1666. | Scott (slinkyscott1) | 119.98 | 96% | 2012-12-01 |
| 1667. | Bob (harahune) | 119.98 | 92% | 2012-12-17 |
| 1668. | Poop (poopface14) | 119.95 | 94% | 2015-04-28 |
| 1669. | Julie (julie14786) | 119.95 | — | 2011-04-20 |
| 1670. | Chris (mamadroop) | 119.93 | 98% | 2024-10-16 |
| 1671. | Toyota (websitejunkie) | 119.93 | 97.6% | 2024-04-23 |
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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 |