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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6696. | Kyle (kyledacheetah) | 98.15 | 98% | 2025-08-16 |
| 6697. | Fabian (bengan) | 98.15 | — | 2011-03-26 |
| 6698. | Cheryl (portia75) | 98.15 | — | 2011-03-06 |
| 6699. | Erin (enrichandco) | 98.15 | 96% | 2014-05-24 |
| 6700. | Daniel (blackout769) | 98.15 | 97% | 2018-09-26 |
| 6701. | Star Fox (anarchy_v) | 98.14 | 99% | 2023-05-29 |
| 6702. | tstats[uwnicke] (uwnicke) | 98.14 | 98.6% | 2024-05-05 |
| 6703. | Jonathan (kamikazecupcake) | 98.14 | 99% | 2018-05-25 |
| 6704. | Adam (boazthejackpot) | 98.14 | 99% | 2016-05-13 |
| 6705. | zoldyck (mzoldyck) | 98.14 | 98% | 2012-04-15 |
| 6706. | Jose (1leggedhorse) | 98.14 | 99% | 2019-11-19 |
| 6707. | MigL (migl_) | 98.13 | 98% | 2025-08-01 |
| 6708. | mitsuri (selkatta) | 98.13 | 97.5% | 2024-10-15 |
| 6709. | erik (trmerik) | 98.13 | 98% | 2018-05-14 |
| 6710. | Joe (pajama_cowboy) | 98.12 | 95% | 2016-09-21 |
| 6711. | Dylan (merrythought) | 98.12 | 96% | 2013-02-11 |
| 6712. | Sumit (sumit_ghag) | 98.11 | 98% | 2025-06-13 |
| 6713. | Sebastian (4555) | 98.11 | 99.5% | 2024-09-19 |
| 6714. | James (jhoffman1204) | 98.11 | 98% | 2020-01-13 |
| 6715. | A (oedd) | 98.11 | 98% | 2022-03-23 |
| 6716. | Kyle (kyle10910) | 98.11 | 96% | 2013-01-17 |
| 6717. | tahiti (tahiti06) | 98.10 | 99% | 2025-04-14 |
| 6718. | Leonspirit (ariantow) | 98.10 | 99% | 2012-12-14 |
| 6719. | Erika (rinachandayo) | 98.10 | 98% | 2019-06-11 |
| 6720. | sacredpine (sacredpineapple) | 98.09 | 97.4% | 2024-12-16 |
| 6721. | MST (stereotypist) | 98.09 | 99% | 2024-05-20 |
| 6722. | Reg (reggg) | 98.09 | 98% | 2022-04-30 |
| 6723. | Manuel (mannymnz) | 98.09 | 98% | 2022-03-30 |
| 6724. | Nick (novelkeycreams) | 98.08 | 97% | 2025-06-02 |
| 6725. | Icurus (icurusgg) | 98.08 | 97.7% | 2025-02-28 |
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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 |