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 |
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| 31921. | Mohand (mohandd_318) | 64.02 | 96% | 2022-01-16 |
| 31922. | VINNIEKIBITZ (vinniekibitz) | 64.02 | 96% | 2023-11-10 |
| 31923. | Vu (kroken_keyboard) | 64.02 | 96% | 2022-03-17 |
| 31924. | hypeiron (hypeiron) | 64.02 | 96.6% | 2024-11-24 |
| 31925. | Lazar (lazer123) | 64.02 | 96% | 2022-06-05 |
| 31926. | Enzo (rafiki88) | 64.02 | 94% | 2013-07-14 |
| 31927. | laura (laura2010xx) | 64.02 | 95% | 2012-08-27 |
| 31928. | ZephyWantsLole (zephy_1243) | 64.01 | 96% | 2025-05-11 |
| 31929. | Johnfallout (johnfallout) | 64.01 | 96% | 2024-07-14 |
| 31930. | Jona (ravioli_cheesecake12) | 64.01 | 98% | 2023-04-14 |
| 31931. | Michael (dr_fingers) | 64.01 | 95% | 2023-05-16 |
| 31932. | David (mrseaborg) | 64.01 | 98% | 2018-12-25 |
| 31933. | Yourein (yourein) | 64.01 | 97% | 2020-04-20 |
| 31934. | Rhetorik (mad6amer) | 64.01 | 98% | 2014-02-28 |
| 31935. | Ricky (oxblood) | 64.01 | 96% | 2011-06-26 |
| 31936. | Hong (dzaito) | 64.01 | 94% | 2016-05-18 |
| 31937. | Braeden (breadboimccroy) | 64.00 | 96.7% | 2024-01-17 |
| 31938. | Olivier (bingbang11) | 64.00 | 96.5% | 2025-04-28 |
| 31939. | Adelia (adeliasafira) | 64.00 | 95.4% | 2024-12-30 |
| 31940. | Joshua (j2fye11) | 64.00 | 96% | 2024-12-29 |
| 31941. | The Author (theauthor117) | 64.00 | 95.9% | 2023-12-24 |
| 31942. | Heriberto (c4rt4sbarajas) | 64.00 | 97% | 2021-09-08 |
| 31943. | Mohamad (kda_yamo) | 64.00 | 95.9% | 2023-11-13 |
| 31944. | elmies (elmies) | 64.00 | 96% | 2012-02-16 |
| 31945. | xng.tpcnn (xngtpcnn) | 64.00 | 96.5% | 2021-02-02 |
| 31946. | Zack (zackieboi123) | 64.00 | 96% | 2019-05-06 |
| 31947. | Schtolteheim (schtolteheim) | 64.00 | 94% | 2011-09-20 |
| 31948. | csirke (maxicsirke) | 64.00 | 91% | 2016-12-10 |
| 31949. | Murker90 (qwertypad) | 64.00 | — | 2010-10-18 |
| 31950. | Love (nicklove) | 64.00 | 95% | 2014-07-21 |
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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 |