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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| 18147. | Andre (dreson03) | 78.89 | 95% | 2021-09-24 |
| 18148. | Seth (tricarix) | 78.89 | 95% | 2012-11-06 |
| 18149. | Matthew (mastermatthew) | 78.89 | 96% | 2011-11-22 |
| 18150. | James (youngtack) | 78.89 | 97% | 2018-01-09 |
| 18151. | James (womalish) | 78.89 | 96% | 2017-06-15 |
| 18152. | Fan (fankay) | 78.89 | — | 2010-12-15 |
| 18153. | Haseeb (noob11169) | 78.88 | 98% | 2025-06-14 |
| 18154. | Gyroett (gyroett) | 78.88 | 97% | 2024-07-28 |
| 18155. | schlooop (schlooop) | 78.88 | 96% | 2024-06-26 |
| 18156. | Erico (normalicydoesntexist) | 78.88 | 97% | 2018-10-19 |
| 18157. | Shivanshu Raj (typinggodking) | 78.88 | 98% | 2024-11-28 |
| 18158. | Beardamus (ninjor) | 78.88 | 96% | 2016-06-20 |
| 18159. | Michal (compalistaor) | 78.88 | 98% | 2018-02-11 |
| 18160. | Andrea (twid) | 78.88 | 93% | 2012-01-30 |
| 18161. | Zhao (zhaox) | 78.88 | — | 2010-06-09 |
| 18162. | Stephanie (st133169) | 78.88 | 98% | 2018-05-20 |
| 18163. | 5P3C7R3 (_5p3c73r_) | 78.87 | 97.5% | 2024-05-09 |
| 18164. | Carlo (dfjid) | 78.87 | 96% | 2025-02-14 |
| 18165. | eric (ericmatulac) | 78.87 | 99% | 2024-01-19 |
| 18166. | Rendi (rendi_touchtype) | 78.87 | 96% | 2021-12-23 |
| 18167. | Taeha (shouren) | 78.87 | 98% | 2021-02-11 |
| 18168. | Nathaniel (rocketgenius) | 78.87 | 96% | 2013-10-14 |
| 18169. | Chad (godchad) | 78.87 | 95% | 2019-03-27 |
| 18170. | dredge (dredge) | 78.87 | 95% | 2013-07-13 |
| 18171. | gilbus (gilbus) | 78.86 | 97% | 2025-02-25 |
| 18172. | Joshua (jawshooah) | 78.86 | 97% | 2024-09-08 |
| 18173. | Goose (goossee) | 78.86 | 94.3% | 2024-09-15 |
| 18174. | getfingrd (piggo1228) | 78.86 | 97% | 2018-07-30 |
| 18175. | Tomáš (thomasan) | 78.86 | 95% | 2017-12-30 |
| 18176. | jy. (meylolike) | 78.85 | 96.9% | 2025-01-09 |
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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 |