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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5531. | arjun (arjunvor) | 101.98 | 97% | 2024-03-26 |
| 5532. | Pia (fitzy1691) | 101.98 | 98% | 2018-01-09 |
| 5533. | Jennifer (jennig1975) | 101.98 | 96% | 2013-11-16 |
| 5534. | argo (argoneus) | 101.98 | 90% | 2012-08-24 |
| 5535. | Dafort (dafpogi) | 101.98 | 96% | 2016-11-02 |
| 5536. | Richard (blueark88) | 101.98 | 95% | 2016-11-13 |
| 5537. | LE ANH QUAN (hacbachmaquan) | 101.97 | 98.6% | 2024-08-22 |
| 5538. | Jeyson (notgoodatgame) | 101.97 | 96% | 2019-06-27 |
| 5539. | BT (bt2024) | 101.96 | 98% | 2025-08-14 |
| 5540. | Jackson (jlouddd) | 101.96 | 97% | 2023-01-23 |
| 5541. | Tom (pugsay) | 101.96 | 98% | 2022-10-14 |
| 5542. | ksit (furysummoner) | 101.96 | 97% | 2017-12-14 |
| 5543. | Sean (programmatical) | 101.96 | 96% | 2024-05-17 |
| 5544. | Abdullah (abdullahuppal) | 101.95 | 99% | 2025-11-26 |
| 5545. | Lawrence (loklein) | 101.95 | 100% | 2011-09-29 |
| 5546. | Jiysus (jiysus) | 101.95 | 99% | 2019-03-26 |
| 5547. | Travis (ttboyd884) | 101.94 | 97.9% | 2024-10-05 |
| 5548. | Huy (hwythieu1) | 101.94 | 99% | 2022-06-08 |
| 5549. | Ryo (ashida4) | 101.94 | 99% | 2021-11-12 |
| 5550. | Nate (hoopstrings) | 101.94 | 99% | 2025-07-29 |
| 5551. | Mauricio (mauricioaniche) | 101.92 | — | 2010-08-21 |
| 5552. | Ahmed (ahmedmohamed) | 101.92 | 97% | 2017-10-18 |
| 5553. | Karen (karen12) | 101.92 | 96% | 2014-11-03 |
| 5554. | ppun (ppun) | 101.91 | 97.4% | 2024-09-26 |
| 5555. | Radu (horixyt21) | 101.91 | 96.3% | 2023-11-20 |
| 5556. | 65best (65best) | 101.91 | 97% | 2021-11-07 |
| 5557. | Luccia (ariende) | 101.91 | 95% | 2011-07-03 |
| 5558. | ARBAZ (arbaz_khan) | 101.90 | 99% | 2021-05-14 |
| 5559. | Ethan (rubiks3) | 101.89 | 98% | 2022-07-21 |
| 5560. | Steph (kibasuke) | 101.88 | — | 2011-03-28 |
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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 |