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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31989. | anónimo (lincolnhs) | 63.75 | 98% | 2012-09-17 |
| 31990. | Srikanth (srikanth_sharma) | 63.75 | 94% | 2011-09-09 |
| 31991. | Tkeshi (mrtakeshi) | 63.75 | — | 2010-07-15 |
| 31992. | Lemonade (iwantmatcha_) | 63.74 | 97% | 2025-04-11 |
| 31993. | Nate N (tbaggypants) | 63.74 | 94% | 2024-07-09 |
| 31994. | Elfredom (elfredom) | 63.74 | 97.6% | 2025-01-21 |
| 31995. | quang (tmq1611) | 63.74 | 96% | 2024-09-06 |
| 31996. | Lil (lil_pats) | 63.74 | 96% | 2024-03-07 |
| 31997. | Kjay (itstov) | 63.74 | 96% | 2024-07-22 |
| 31998. | Merey (abdu_m) | 63.74 | 96% | 2024-08-22 |
| 31999. | Sodas (sodas69) | 63.74 | 95% | 2025-05-13 |
| 32000. | Alexander (griffin_king) | 63.74 | 95.6% | 2024-02-12 |
| 32001. | ducky (ducky48) | 63.74 | 94.5% | 2024-03-30 |
| 32002. | Zack (slothbear) | 63.74 | 93% | 2012-11-18 |
| 32003. | Jorge (vxsery) | 63.74 | 95% | 2012-06-30 |
| 32004. | shona (tamannashrm104@gmail... | 63.74 | 95% | 2011-12-16 |
| 32005. | Kris (sirkdagamer08) | 63.73 | 95.1% | 2023-09-16 |
| 32006. | jorby (binroy) | 63.73 | 96% | 2025-02-07 |
| 32007. | Minggao (speednomade) | 63.73 | 98% | 2025-01-15 |
| 32008. | Vlad (scriuincet) | 63.73 | 95.4% | 2024-11-16 |
| 32009. | Elmellia (elmellia) | 63.73 | 97.1% | 2024-09-18 |
| 32010. | Chra (chradora) | 63.73 | 97.5% | 2024-03-15 |
| 32011. | Sifat (sifatakon) | 63.73 | 97% | 2024-05-08 |
| 32012. | Joshua (manbearto) | 63.73 | 99% | 2025-07-01 |
| 32013. | ✨ (abhisekai) | 63.73 | 96% | 2024-05-05 |
| 32014. | Enormity (enormity_op) | 63.73 | 96% | 2021-05-22 |
| 32015. | Miss (shaman0897) | 63.73 | 96% | 2012-03-02 |
| 32016. | Tấn (tanbkhn) | 63.73 | 94% | 2013-11-27 |
| 32017. | Ben (corton1) | 63.72 | 98.1% | 2024-05-31 |
| 32018. | Saikou (saikousocial) | 63.72 | 97% | 2021-05-15 |
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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 |