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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24634. | lelapin (lelapin743) | 72.27 | 87% | 2013-09-17 | 
| 24635. | Champion (error404_winner) | 72.27 | 99% | 2025-06-04 | 
| 24636. | August (august148) | 72.27 | 97.4% | 2023-12-06 | 
| 24637. | Baku (iliakarol) | 72.27 | 95.2% | 2023-12-02 | 
| 24638. | Rinmawia (rinmawia) | 72.27 | 98% | 2025-03-25 | 
| 24639. | Nooblet (noobletnub) | 72.27 | 95% | 2016-08-06 | 
| 24640. | Becca (niknup) | 72.27 | 93% | 2015-07-04 | 
| 24641. | Brian (brianmle86) | 72.27 | 98% | 2020-07-19 | 
| 24642. | Emma (olsonemma) | 72.27 | 97% | 2021-12-20 | 
| 24643. | Thomas (thomas70) | 72.27 | 99% | 2019-07-27 | 
| 24644. | BJD (bjd_rock) | 72.27 | 95% | 2012-01-25 | 
| 24645. | Vlad (eswcvlad) | 72.27 | 96% | 2025-07-04 | 
| 24646. | Rascu (rascu) | 72.27 | 89% | 2016-11-04 | 
| 24647. | Doctor (frazierpug) | 72.27 | 90% | 2015-11-06 | 
| 24648. | Alex (unworldlyfoot) | 72.27 | 96% | 2016-04-20 | 
| 24649. | Luis (redbeam) | 72.27 | 96% | 2011-12-16 | 
| 24650. | Gharafe (gharafe) | 72.26 | 95.8% | 2025-04-12 | 
| 24651. | smooll (smoollbrain) | 72.26 | 96.4% | 2024-11-29 | 
| 24652. | Shmomo (shmomo) | 72.26 | 97% | 2024-04-19 | 
| 24653. | Brad (brad2024) | 72.26 | 95.5% | 2023-12-19 | 
| 24654. | Khamza Shagdar (hamzacer) | 72.26 | 96% | 2025-09-29 | 
| 24655. | Gina (borbinon) | 72.26 | 95% | 2020-08-18 | 
| 24656. | Loren (lbrindze) | 72.26 | 95% | 2013-11-19 | 
| 24657. | cowboy (cowboy1) | 72.26 | — | 2010-06-26 | 
| 24658. | sappy (qndrezito) | 72.25 | 99.5% | 2025-04-02 | 
| 24659. | TaoZ (tao24k) | 72.25 | 95.8% | 2023-11-16 | 
| 24660. | DJCheeseburger1 (djcheesebu... | 72.25 | 98.8% | 2024-01-18 | 
| 24661. | Heufy (heufy) | 72.25 | 96% | 2022-01-13 | 
| 24662. | Elite (getgoodelite) | 72.25 | 97.1% | 2023-11-11 | 
| 24663. | raphael (rfal10) | 72.25 | 96% | 2012-07-06 | 
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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 |