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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43177. | Stacia (stacia44) | 45.11 | 94% | 2012-01-13 |
| 43178. | frinkless (frinkless) | 45.11 | 95% | 2016-04-22 |
| 43179. | Ibrahim (elmahdy) | 45.10 | 95% | 2025-03-05 |
| 43180. | Vidu (pererav) | 45.10 | 92% | 2020-04-21 |
| 43181. | Wilbert (luminore) | 45.10 | 94% | 2017-06-11 |
| 43182. | Nish (paradox123) | 45.10 | 95% | 2014-02-11 |
| 43183. | Linda (scottymaloney) | 45.09 | — | 2010-09-20 |
| 43184. | Mairi (mai_n) | 45.08 | 96% | 2022-06-17 |
| 43185. | sangbilha (sangbilha) | 45.07 | 96.5% | 2024-03-18 |
| 43186. | zalalala (zalalala) | 45.07 | 92.8% | 2021-02-09 |
| 43187. | batbaven (baislow) | 45.06 | 97% | 2022-01-13 |
| 43188. | martin (amezquitamartin) | 45.06 | 90% | 2016-08-31 |
| 43189. | Faz (fazzayne) | 45.05 | 94% | 2024-05-25 |
| 43190. | Igor (igotim) | 45.05 | 87% | 2013-08-30 |
| 43191. | Xavier (redanky) | 45.05 | 94% | 2019-11-14 |
| 43192. | big (bigdaddy2k) | 45.04 | 95.4% | 2024-03-06 |
| 43193. | Rashid (alirashidpk) | 45.03 | 88% | 2015-07-28 |
| 43194. | Jillian (bjornstad) | 45.03 | 93% | 2013-12-19 |
| 43195. | TouchTyping (cheesticks) | 45.03 | 94% | 2021-09-01 |
| 43196. | Naomi (nmb813) | 45.03 | 86% | 2014-05-26 |
| 43197. | ashutosh kumar jha (brownda... | 45.02 | 93% | 2025-05-10 |
| 43198. | Bert (bertmoney) | 45.02 | 96% | 2025-02-11 |
| 43199. | Tara:) (taradc) | 45.02 | 96% | 2022-10-13 |
| 43200. | andré (piten4) | 45.02 | 95% | 2023-02-24 |
| 43201. | Jhen (jhenhadz08) | 45.02 | 83% | 2012-02-22 |
| 43202. | Griffin (hawk6) | 45.01 | 94% | 2024-11-07 |
| 43203. | shubham (shubham_kotak) | 45.01 | 95% | 2024-04-22 |
| 43204. | 1 (shootingmonkey1) | 45.01 | 96% | 2021-03-17 |
| 43205. | umar (umar007) | 45.01 | 98% | 2012-09-03 |
| 43206. | magwell (magwell) | 45.00 | 94% | 2023-07-01 |
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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 |