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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| 28119. | bettits (bettits) | 67.04 | 98% | 2020-10-13 |
| 28120. | Will (typemanthetypist) | 67.04 | 87% | 2015-04-24 |
| 28121. | Giulio (giumaz) | 67.04 | 95% | 2018-01-12 |
| 28122. | chris (nobuken) | 67.03 | 95% | 2011-05-29 |
| 28123. | Mikeyistyping (mikeyistypin... | 67.03 | 98% | 2024-09-22 |
| 28124. | Yes (idk000) | 67.03 | 96% | 2024-02-08 |
| 28125. | ait ahmed moussaab (utchiha) | 67.03 | 97.9% | 2024-05-24 |
| 28126. | vinnie (gun_xox) | 67.03 | 97% | 2024-05-05 |
| 28127. | stegmarb (stegmarb) | 67.03 | 95.1% | 2025-03-21 |
| 28128. | Norbert (5000wpm) | 67.03 | 91% | 2016-08-12 |
| 28129. | Ahmed (icebreaker192837) | 67.02 | 95% | 2025-04-23 |
| 28130. | Joy (joy_c) | 67.02 | 97% | 2025-04-09 |
| 28131. | Ching Wei Su (howardsu0901) | 67.02 | 95% | 2022-05-16 |
| 28132. | Tai (kungpaochicken) | 67.02 | 92% | 2012-01-11 |
| 28133. | Arun (arunraj) | 67.02 | 94% | 2011-12-19 |
| 28134. | Paul (paul1234) | 67.02 | — | 2011-03-27 |
| 28135. | Blarghh (blarghh) | 67.01 | 96% | 2012-04-10 |
| 28136. | Alexys Mandziak (mansack) | 67.01 | 97.1% | 2024-12-09 |
| 28137. | Sokunyali (sokunyali) | 67.01 | 97% | 2024-04-01 |
| 28138. | Xueren (snowmania96) | 67.01 | 96% | 2024-09-19 |
| 28139. | Guest (guestyl) | 67.01 | 96.6% | 2024-11-13 |
| 28140. | archie (reoochi) | 67.01 | 96.9% | 2024-09-16 |
| 28141. | Randall (randyyanish) | 67.01 | 97% | 2025-04-08 |
| 28142. | Luke (bingcrosby) | 67.01 | 95% | 2012-12-18 |
| 28143. | Sun (sunshinez) | 67.01 | 93% | 2012-10-24 |
| 28144. | Bhushan Mer (merbhushan15) | 67.01 | 97.8% | 2023-11-22 |
| 28145. | Cortacesped (cortacesped) | 67.01 | 94.6% | 2023-11-14 |
| 28146. | Julius (juliuschai) | 67.01 | 93% | 2016-08-07 |
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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 |