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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12922. | Sangi (sangi38) | 85.39 | 98% | 2022-07-06 |
| 12923. | Accuracy99 (copmysteez) | 85.39 | — | 2011-02-11 |
| 12924. | Josh (iccarus) | 85.39 | 97% | 2013-06-16 |
| 12925. | Huyen My (raincandy) | 85.38 | 98.1% | 2024-02-18 |
| 12926. | Moon (albertasdude) | 85.38 | 98% | 2023-03-15 |
| 12927. | Tammy (tammyding27) | 85.38 | 96% | 2016-06-28 |
| 12928. | Varun Pratap Singh (malakh6... | 85.38 | 97% | 2021-08-20 |
| 12929. | 7AV (duongdanyul) | 85.38 | 96% | 2021-04-11 |
| 12930. | RNG NICO (vaynegod) | 85.38 | 95% | 2016-08-10 |
| 12931. | Marimo (hiyoshi) | 85.38 | 95% | 2015-09-06 |
| 12932. | John (jagrad) | 85.38 | 95% | 2012-02-17 |
| 12933. | Colin (cwt1078) | 85.37 | 97% | 2025-04-09 |
| 12934. | Kris (ktale007) | 85.37 | 98% | 2021-10-25 |
| 12935. | Big Noob (typeracerscrub) | 85.37 | 98% | 2017-06-22 |
| 12936. | Skyler (hausky) | 85.37 | 97% | 2018-11-06 |
| 12937. | Brent (tyrranicide) | 85.37 | 90% | 2014-08-15 |
| 12938. | Marshall (marshallrules) | 85.36 | 97% | 2023-07-29 |
| 12939. | tstats[brandonisstupid] (br... | 85.36 | 96% | 2022-10-27 |
| 12940. | speed (speedsystem) | 85.36 | 98% | 2022-03-07 |
| 12941. | Luis (regneva17) | 85.36 | 98% | 2020-02-18 |
| 12942. | Heorhii (heorhii_hryhorov) | 85.36 | 97.3% | 2023-12-16 |
| 12943. | Yanik (yankolo) | 85.36 | 96% | 2017-03-31 |
| 12944. | Sandesh (sandeshjoshi) | 85.35 | 98% | 2024-06-16 |
| 12945. | Aaron (spacexglizzy) | 85.35 | 97% | 2024-05-07 |
| 12946. | Allison (zarfynn) | 85.35 | 98% | 2021-06-30 |
| 12947. | Dingoose (quantumtheory3) | 85.35 | 93% | 2014-09-04 |
| 12948. | Kris (yoda0316) | 85.34 | 98% | 2024-11-18 |
| 12949. | Brendan (logue1021) | 85.34 | 98% | 2017-10-15 |
| 12950. | NightWing (nightwing246) | 85.34 | 96% | 2021-03-22 |
| 12951. | Zeyad Elsayed (zetypist) | 85.34 | 97.7% | 2024-10-09 |
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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 |