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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6621. | mitsuri (selkatta) | 98.13 | 97.5% | 2024-10-15 |
| 6622. | erik (trmerik) | 98.13 | 98% | 2018-05-14 |
| 6623. | Joe (pajama_cowboy) | 98.12 | 95% | 2016-09-21 |
| 6624. | Dylan (merrythought) | 98.12 | 96% | 2013-02-11 |
| 6625. | Sebastian (4555) | 98.11 | 99.5% | 2024-09-19 |
| 6626. | James (jhoffman1204) | 98.11 | 98% | 2020-01-13 |
| 6627. | A (oedd) | 98.11 | 98% | 2022-03-23 |
| 6628. | Sumit (sumit_ghag) | 98.11 | 98% | 2025-06-13 |
| 6629. | Kyle (kyle10910) | 98.11 | 96% | 2013-01-17 |
| 6630. | tahiti (tahiti06) | 98.10 | 99% | 2025-04-14 |
| 6631. | Leonspirit (ariantow) | 98.10 | 99% | 2012-12-14 |
| 6632. | Erika (rinachandayo) | 98.10 | 98% | 2019-06-11 |
| 6633. | sacredpine (sacredpineapple) | 98.09 | 97.4% | 2024-12-16 |
| 6634. | MST (stereotypist) | 98.09 | 99% | 2024-05-20 |
| 6635. | Reg (reggg) | 98.09 | 98% | 2022-04-30 |
| 6636. | Manuel (mannymnz) | 98.09 | 98% | 2022-03-30 |
| 6637. | Juggernaut (jugg07) | 98.08 | 99% | 2025-07-03 |
| 6638. | Icurus (icurusgg) | 98.08 | 97.7% | 2025-02-28 |
| 6639. | WhatTheHotDog (tdsar102094) | 98.08 | 98% | 2025-08-06 |
| 6640. | Daniel (dfliu19) | 98.08 | 98% | 2021-04-22 |
| 6641. | tstats[qwfpjl] (qwfpjl) | 98.08 | 97.6% | 2023-10-13 |
| 6642. | opperhoofd (wart) | 98.08 | 97.7% | 2025-05-01 |
| 6643. | Xutong (eliclax) | 98.08 | 98% | 2019-08-29 |
| 6644. | Ralph Abboud (ralph95) | 98.07 | 97% | 2024-08-02 |
| 6645. | richa (richa69) | 98.07 | 96% | 2021-04-27 |
| 6646. | Nicole (nokmit27) | 98.07 | 95% | 2012-12-08 |
| 6647. | Petri (pndragon) | 98.07 | 98% | 2014-04-19 |
| 6648. | Willie Loyd (neverfall) | 98.07 | 96% | 2011-05-21 |
| 6649. | Justin (justinngordon) | 98.07 | 98% | 2014-01-03 |
| 6650. | A (dicktucker) | 98.06 | 97% | 2021-11-13 |
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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 |