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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38279. | Troy (ic3b3rg) | 56.91 | 93.8% | 2023-09-24 |
| 38280. | Timon (timonius) | 56.91 | 86% | 2014-05-27 |
| 38281. | Shoan Hosain (shoan) | 56.90 | 97.7% | 2025-01-25 |
| 38282. | Just (pretty_offender) | 56.90 | 96% | 2024-09-23 |
| 38283. | Daniel (danny7138) | 56.90 | 96% | 2024-03-31 |
| 38284. | Nishanth (nishanth_123) | 56.90 | 95% | 2023-10-01 |
| 38285. | Leon (leonnorth) | 56.90 | 96% | 2016-11-11 |
| 38286. | Smith (iamhablo) | 56.90 | 96% | 2022-05-16 |
| 38287. | Joan (joanwyss) | 56.90 | 95% | 2020-10-19 |
| 38288. | Asim (leoperdspeed) | 56.90 | — | 2011-02-02 |
| 38289. | surdl (surdl) | 56.90 | 95% | 2012-01-15 |
| 38290. | Anna (djdhillo) | 56.89 | 97% | 2025-07-05 |
| 38291. | kaream (kareamalaa1) | 56.89 | 95% | 2022-03-21 |
| 38292. | Trent (trentcentral) | 56.89 | 93% | 2024-02-06 |
| 38293. | Charles Lindsey (charles_li... | 56.89 | 97% | 2024-05-18 |
| 38294. | testtest (testtest1212) | 56.89 | 95% | 2023-04-17 |
| 38295. | WeiXuan You (you20610) | 56.88 | 96% | 2024-08-02 |
| 38296. | Jack M (xalucard) | 56.88 | 95% | 2025-02-18 |
| 38297. | Ashley (critiqlz) | 56.88 | 95% | 2021-10-12 |
| 38298. | Sicario Gato (sicario_gato) | 56.88 | 93% | 2024-07-02 |
| 38299. | Anish (anish_k) | 56.88 | 96% | 2023-05-26 |
| 38300. | Ethan (ethan_nzt11) | 56.88 | 97.1% | 2021-02-12 |
| 38301. | Robbie (robbiess) | 56.88 | 92% | 2017-02-12 |
| 38302. | Levente (levill) | 56.88 | — | 2011-01-17 |
| 38303. | tu (rose4love) | 56.88 | 93% | 2011-07-23 |
| 38304. | Macguir (macguir) | 56.88 | 94% | 2012-11-18 |
| 38305. | sharkie66 (sharkie66) | 56.87 | 95.6% | 2025-05-09 |
| 38306. | stely (stelyy) | 56.87 | 96.3% | 2024-11-28 |
| 38307. | Sam (sme321) | 56.87 | 93.9% | 2024-06-16 |
| 38308. | Macqyu (macqyu) | 56.87 | 95.4% | 2023-09-28 |
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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 |