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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6325. | patrick (iaminarush) | 98.86 | 95% | 2016-06-16 |
| 6326. | Butterfield (cratorex) | 98.86 | 95% | 2014-04-22 |
| 6327. | Kramnik (st4ff) | 98.85 | 97% | 2025-06-01 |
| 6328. | I run on coffee (aspectus) | 98.85 | 98% | 2019-08-12 |
| 6329. | Bentsen (bentsen) | 98.85 | — | 2010-07-26 |
| 6330. | Ryan (ryanhernandez) | 98.84 | 98% | 2016-04-01 |
| 6331. | sadwipe (sadwipe) | 98.84 | 95.7% | 2024-10-21 |
| 6332. | Owa (0waa) | 98.84 | 98% | 2024-07-15 |
| 6333. | Eli Ferdinand Edralin (elfe... | 98.84 | 97% | 2012-08-31 |
| 6334. | payn (paynnn_) | 98.84 | 97% | 2023-04-14 |
| 6335. | Mudd_ME (mudd_me) | 98.84 | — | 2010-09-12 |
| 6336. | Rilka (grindelwald) | 98.84 | 89% | 2012-08-21 |
| 6337. | mclovingee (mclovingee) | 98.82 | 98% | 2024-10-20 |
| 6338. | Miguel (neonzyt_04) | 98.82 | 98% | 2024-09-22 |
| 6339. | Tyler (tf3090) | 98.82 | 96.7% | 2023-12-29 |
| 6340. | Lance (firball62) | 98.82 | 91% | 2017-02-09 |
| 6341. | Miles (mosheeboy) | 98.81 | 97% | 2023-07-26 |
| 6342. | Rawbeef (rawbeef98) | 98.81 | 97% | 2024-10-17 |
| 6343. | Beret (boina) | 98.81 | 97.9% | 2025-05-05 |
| 6344. | Joe (2513134) | 98.81 | 96% | 2024-09-27 |
| 6345. | Abhi (abhipro7) | 98.81 | 98% | 2017-03-08 |
| 6346. | Philip (vanp) | 98.81 | 94% | 2013-04-23 |
| 6347. | herpderpdurrrrrr (namenotva... | 98.81 | 96% | 2013-07-01 |
| 6348. | DEBILANA TOTALNA (demiurg) | 98.81 | 96% | 2019-01-02 |
| 6349. | mlhhsie (mlhhsie) | 98.80 | 98% | 2023-06-29 |
| 6350. | 😎 (armortec) | 98.80 | 98% | 2018-02-27 |
| 6351. | Sander (5andos) | 98.79 | 99.3% | 2024-05-05 |
| 6352. | Caio (caiouechi) | 98.79 | 94% | 2012-06-26 |
| 6353. | Thien (thieny_1) | 98.78 | 97% | 2024-11-09 |
| 6354. | Tim (tymolc) | 98.78 | 99% | 2023-12-18 |
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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 |