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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7828. | PixelFog (pixelfog) | 95.27 | 98% | 2021-10-30 |
| 7829. | Felix (felfel92) | 95.27 | 97% | 2021-06-29 |
| 7830. | Steve (srd93) | 95.27 | 99% | 2014-04-04 |
| 7831. | Light (shadesoflight) | 95.27 | 99% | 2013-08-17 |
| 7832. | Marcel (zyphx) | 95.27 | 97% | 2013-12-16 |
| 7833. | Aida (aida_sma_777) | 95.26 | 95.5% | 2024-08-01 |
| 7834. | MANGO (hector1098) | 95.26 | 97.7% | 2024-06-13 |
| 7835. | Raju (rajiun_) | 95.26 | 98% | 2025-07-08 |
| 7836. | Khanh (deny198) | 95.26 | 98% | 2020-05-01 |
| 7837. | Invictus (invictus69) | 95.26 | 98.3% | 2023-07-30 |
| 7838. | Stuji (stu_ji) | 95.26 | 97% | 2021-04-13 |
| 7839. | school (modernmarauder) | 95.26 | 98% | 2022-09-06 |
| 7840. | asepBoljug (mnien) | 95.25 | 97.2% | 2024-03-10 |
| 7841. | drifty (driftyrose) | 95.25 | 96% | 2018-02-24 |
| 7842. | Grant (typerguy119) | 95.25 | 95% | 2017-01-25 |
| 7843. | tsdliez (tsdliez) | 95.25 | 90% | 2012-02-08 |
| 7844. | Allay (allay_cool) | 95.24 | 97% | 2024-02-27 |
| 7845. | Quintino (quintino123) | 95.24 | 99% | 2020-12-20 |
| 7846. | Burritoes (burritoess) | 95.24 | 96.9% | 2025-04-19 |
| 7847. | Alfabetica (alfabetica) | 95.24 | 98.8% | 2024-05-06 |
| 7848. | Raph (raph_) | 95.24 | 99% | 2023-01-22 |
| 7849. | Sicoz (skyarc12) | 95.24 | 96% | 2019-01-16 |
| 7850. | Vytautas (brain5ide) | 95.24 | 98% | 2016-04-08 |
| 7851. | dootz (dootz1) | 95.23 | 96% | 2024-08-09 |
| 7852. | Chris (hofferick) | 95.23 | 97% | 2022-02-18 |
| 7853. | Michael (dumpling_factory) | 95.23 | 99% | 2022-04-16 |
| 7854. | OsuShallah (rstubtsc) | 95.23 | 97% | 2021-02-22 |
| 7855. | Pedraam (pedraam) | 95.23 | 97% | 2017-03-18 |
| 7856. | David (davidp298) | 95.22 | 98% | 2021-01-07 |
| 7857. | Jeemin (jeemini) | 95.22 | 98% | 2021-12-15 |
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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 |