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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17920. | Andre (dreson03) | 78.89 | 95% | 2021-09-24 |
| 17921. | Seth (tricarix) | 78.89 | 95% | 2012-11-06 |
| 17922. | Matthew (mastermatthew) | 78.89 | 96% | 2011-11-22 |
| 17923. | James (youngtack) | 78.89 | 97% | 2018-01-09 |
| 17924. | James (womalish) | 78.89 | 96% | 2017-06-15 |
| 17925. | Fan (fankay) | 78.89 | — | 2010-12-15 |
| 17926. | Haseeb (noob11169) | 78.88 | 98% | 2025-06-14 |
| 17927. | Gyroett (gyroett) | 78.88 | 97% | 2024-07-28 |
| 17928. | schlooop (schlooop) | 78.88 | 96% | 2024-06-26 |
| 17929. | Erico (normalicydoesntexist) | 78.88 | 97% | 2018-10-19 |
| 17930. | Shivanshu Raj (typinggodking) | 78.88 | 98% | 2024-11-28 |
| 17931. | Beardamus (ninjor) | 78.88 | 96% | 2016-06-20 |
| 17932. | Michal (compalistaor) | 78.88 | 98% | 2018-02-11 |
| 17933. | Andrea (twid) | 78.88 | 93% | 2012-01-30 |
| 17934. | Zhao (zhaox) | 78.88 | — | 2010-06-09 |
| 17935. | Stephanie (st133169) | 78.88 | 98% | 2018-05-20 |
| 17936. | Carlo (dfjid) | 78.87 | 96% | 2025-02-14 |
| 17937. | eric (ericmatulac) | 78.87 | 99% | 2024-01-19 |
| 17938. | 5P3C73R (_5p3c73r_) | 78.87 | 97% | 2024-05-09 |
| 17939. | Rendi (rendi_touchtype) | 78.87 | 96% | 2021-12-23 |
| 17940. | Taeha (shouren) | 78.87 | 98% | 2021-02-11 |
| 17941. | Nathaniel (rocketgenius) | 78.87 | 96% | 2013-10-14 |
| 17942. | Chad (godchad) | 78.87 | 95% | 2019-03-27 |
| 17943. | dredge (dredge) | 78.87 | 95% | 2013-07-13 |
| 17944. | gilbus (gilbus) | 78.86 | 97% | 2025-02-25 |
| 17945. | Joshua (jawshooah) | 78.86 | 97% | 2024-09-08 |
| 17946. | Goose (goossee) | 78.86 | 94.3% | 2024-09-15 |
| 17947. | getfingrd (piggo1228) | 78.86 | 97% | 2018-07-30 |
| 17948. | Tomáš (thomasan) | 78.86 | 95% | 2017-12-30 |
| 17949. | Chaos (chaoszed) | 78.85 | 97% | 2021-11-15 |
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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 |