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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| 18050. | nate (yungnate) | 78.60 | 96% | 2021-02-23 |
| 18051. | Al (integralphysics) | 78.60 | 99% | 2017-11-07 |
| 18052. | 1st (toomtam) | 78.60 | 100% | 2019-02-20 |
| 18053. | King (kingshantha) | 78.60 | 97% | 2015-04-07 |
| 18054. | Tyson (frodozzi) | 78.59 | 96% | 2024-12-25 |
| 18055. | AnhFam (anhfam) | 78.59 | 97.5% | 2024-03-07 |
| 18056. | Ben (espo1234) | 78.59 | 90% | 2017-01-04 |
| 18057. | Manas (who_mana) | 78.59 | 98% | 2025-02-12 |
| 18058. | guis99 (carelessangel) | 78.59 | 98.1% | 2024-01-13 |
| 18059. | L (ynajd) | 78.59 | 97.9% | 2023-12-28 |
| 18060. | grass (grasschong_) | 78.58 | 97% | 2024-07-19 |
| 18061. | Eli (elewint) | 78.58 | 87% | 2016-02-19 |
| 18062. | Brad (lclp) | 78.58 | 98% | 2024-06-29 |
| 18063. | FATBUTTERYFINGERDS12312 (be... | 78.58 | 96% | 2021-08-11 |
| 18064. | Fourlamas (fourlamas) | 78.58 | 96% | 2018-02-27 |
| 18065. | Godlike (godlike228) | 78.58 | 92% | 2013-12-03 |
| 18066. | Ravindra (ravinder9090) | 78.57 | 99% | 2016-01-24 |
| 18067. | Ifar (mabrrrrr) | 78.57 | 96% | 2022-12-10 |
| 18068. | Shikhraj (shikhrajsingh) | 78.57 | 96% | 2021-06-28 |
| 18069. | Jacob (emptypaintbrush) | 78.57 | 98% | 2021-10-01 |
| 18070. | Mic (mku7) | 78.57 | 97% | 2013-07-29 |
| 18071. | Zach (fearxthis) | 78.57 | 93% | 2014-09-19 |
| 18072. | bidens dog (spacerider93) | 78.57 | 93% | 2012-03-18 |
| 18073. | Hopp (461am) | 78.56 | 99% | 2022-09-07 |
| 18074. | Christian (nivelheim) | 78.56 | 94% | 2012-10-01 |
| 18075. | Jimmy (jmtgr100) | 78.56 | 96.6% | 2025-02-25 |
| 18076. | Hugo (roborhugo) | 78.56 | 95% | 2024-03-24 |
| 18077. | Kapil (kapiltype) | 78.56 | 97.1% | 2024-03-30 |
| 18078. | Sarah (tiff801) | 78.56 | 93% | 2012-11-20 |
| 18079. | Emma (emabel) | 78.56 | 96% | 2012-11-01 |
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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 |