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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3480. | Dinner (dindinlicker) | 108.50 | 98% | 2017-10-12 |
| 3481. | alex (alex3213213) | 108.49 | 98% | 2021-11-24 |
| 3482. | Owen (boblaz) | 108.49 | 94% | 2013-03-08 |
| 3483. | Aaron (aarontc) | 108.49 | 97.9% | 2021-02-12 |
| 3484. | Savitar (chris4315) | 108.49 | 98% | 2022-11-09 |
| 3485. | my dad the typist (pho424) | 108.48 | 92% | 2012-10-30 |
| 3486. | my name (skrrtskrrtskrrrt) | 108.47 | 97.7% | 2024-01-11 |
| 3487. | Jeremy (daddystravinsky) | 108.47 | 98% | 2019-12-23 |
| 3488. | Brandon (kempy92) | 108.47 | 91% | 2011-08-23 |
| 3489. | Lee (lkx7_adhd) | 108.46 | 97% | 2020-10-05 |
| 3490. | 312211 (312211) | 108.46 | 99% | 2021-09-28 |
| 3491. | Evil (evilhom3r) | 108.46 | 95% | 2012-10-03 |
| 3492. | andy (andyh) | 108.46 | 96% | 2014-01-02 |
| 3493. | lolee (leptir) | 108.45 | 95% | 2011-05-13 |
| 3494. | Peter (ptnguyen) | 108.44 | 99% | 2021-03-15 |
| 3495. | Battesti (koubou) | 108.44 | 97% | 2011-07-21 |
| 3496. | Snowy (it_was_lag) | 108.43 | 98% | 2025-04-29 |
| 3497. | svk (svk01) | 108.43 | 97% | 2016-08-04 |
| 3498. | Zee (zeal0us) | 108.43 | 98% | 2014-05-27 |
| 3499. | sməxy (smexyflako) | 108.42 | 99% | 2023-03-19 |
| 3500. | Joey (rosuoammdo) | 108.42 | 95% | 2011-05-10 |
| 3501. | BABY SKRRT (allantruongx) | 108.41 | 98% | 2018-08-02 |
| 3502. | Kimberly (kmbrlyngyn) | 108.41 | 95% | 2016-11-15 |
| 3503. | (jasimk) | 108.41 | 97% | 2022-05-09 |
| 3504. | Chris (planedriver) | 108.40 | 97% | 2016-10-30 |
| 3505. | harry (orekkles) | 108.38 | 98% | 2019-09-30 |
| 3506. | Cole (colemix1002) | 108.38 | 96% | 2017-08-21 |
| 3507. | David (dpdd) | 108.38 | 97% | 2012-06-30 |
| 3508. | Meghan (nutmeg0686) | 108.37 | 98% | 2014-03-25 |
| 3509. | cliche (vviras) | 108.36 | 97% | 2021-05-13 |
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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 |