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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15384. | Martin (thetaron) | 83.01 | 97% | 2017-09-01 |
| 15385. | Red (redhood07) | 83.01 | 97% | 2022-03-09 |
| 15386. | rose (roselynne) | 83.01 | 98% | 2014-11-04 |
| 15387. | J (jls247) | 83.01 | 96% | 2015-05-01 |
| 15388. | Bach (bwv988) | 83.01 | 97% | 2019-10-10 |
| 15389. | Joe (fireflygrave) | 83.00 | 97.9% | 2024-03-06 |
| 15390. | jack (suckyourmum2021) | 83.00 | 95.3% | 2024-06-05 |
| 15391. | Andrew (buttmann64) | 83.00 | 97% | 2018-08-27 |
| 15392. | Nathan (enzo024) | 83.00 | 92% | 2013-12-05 |
| 15393. | Simon (ario147) | 83.00 | 97% | 2016-01-13 |
| 15394. | Brandnorth (brandnorth) | 82.99 | 98% | 2021-05-06 |
| 15395. | CurryEater (curryeater) | 82.99 | 96% | 2020-09-07 |
| 15396. | Kaushik (kaushik_nna) | 82.99 | 97% | 2021-06-22 |
| 15397. | Dingli (dinglichao) | 82.99 | 98% | 2019-01-18 |
| 15398. | Jermy (grandmastafunk) | 82.99 | 93% | 2015-04-01 |
| 15399. | Life (f_m_l) | 82.99 | 89% | 2011-11-10 |
| 15400. | (bittery) | 82.98 | 96% | 2025-07-19 |
| 15401. | Carissa (carissa610) | 82.98 | 98.8% | 2024-09-20 |
| 15402. | Sherman (shemsan) | 82.98 | 94% | 2012-03-24 |
| 15403. | C (easywincg) | 82.98 | 97% | 2021-09-20 |
| 15404. | Lars (aaberg) | 82.98 | 98.5% | 2024-09-15 |
| 15405. | Alex (typh0n) | 82.98 | 97% | 2023-01-31 |
| 15406. | J (jerrrybeansman) | 82.97 | 97% | 2019-08-31 |
| 15407. | cius (cius1) | 82.97 | 97% | 2023-08-24 |
| 15408. | Ben (bensnake) | 82.97 | 97% | 2021-07-10 |
| 15409. | kk0mi (miks_0) | 82.96 | 98% | 2025-02-08 |
| 15410. | E (phillipcool127) | 82.96 | 96.3% | 2023-11-29 |
| 15411. | Karl (relentlesstyper) | 82.96 | 98% | 2021-11-07 |
| 15412. | Henry (dreamej) | 82.96 | 96% | 2018-08-01 |
| 15413. | shahbaz (shahbaz_kazi09) | 82.96 | 98% | 2019-03-06 |
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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 |