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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33350. | saqib (saqib19) | 62.29 | 95% | 2011-07-26 |
| 33351. | orcster (orcster13) | 62.28 | 94.5% | 2025-04-28 |
| 33352. | Gaurav Kumar (12gauravkumar) | 62.28 | 96.1% | 2025-02-17 |
| 33353. | hello (themuffinman23) | 62.28 | 97.7% | 2024-09-16 |
| 33354. | Cam (camchameleon) | 62.28 | 95.9% | 2024-08-13 |
| 33355. | greecetina (greecetina) | 62.28 | 97% | 2012-06-25 |
| 33356. | Feteru (feteru) | 62.28 | 96% | 2012-01-13 |
| 33357. | AvonJr (avonjr) | 62.27 | 96% | 2025-05-10 |
| 33358. | jesus55055 (jesus55055) | 62.27 | 95.5% | 2024-08-06 |
| 33359. | dragen57472 (dragen57472) | 62.27 | 97% | 2024-09-08 |
| 33360. | Sergei (tsvetkov) | 62.27 | 96% | 2023-07-22 |
| 33361. | Azamor (marchiaza) | 62.27 | 96% | 2024-04-12 |
| 33362. | scoutfan (scoutfan) | 62.27 | 94% | 2024-08-25 |
| 33363. | Dat (thanhdattqc) | 62.27 | 96.7% | 2024-01-14 |
| 33364. | Himanshu (himanshu.matta30@... | 62.27 | 95% | 2013-11-08 |
| 33365. | Calvin (realorideal) | 62.27 | 90% | 2013-07-05 |
| 33366. | Damanpreet Singh (idamanpre... | 62.26 | 97% | 2025-04-14 |
| 33367. | Azaad (carneazaad) | 62.26 | 93.6% | 2024-09-12 |
| 33368. | Chiller (chillerghost) | 62.26 | 97% | 2024-02-13 |
| 33369. | Yeongung (yeongung_kim) | 62.26 | 93.7% | 2023-10-18 |
| 33370. | Nicholas (ballermayne) | 62.26 | 91% | 2012-12-11 |
| 33371. | Michael (michaell018) | 62.26 | 96% | 2021-11-17 |
| 33372. | Ozan (homtiri) | 62.26 | 93% | 2012-02-25 |
| 33373. | Frank (frankthechamp) | 62.26 | 98% | 2012-08-04 |
| 33374. | Nou (noulife) | 62.25 | 97% | 2025-04-01 |
| 33375. | Ivar (ivar_22) | 62.25 | 97% | 2025-03-13 |
| 33376. | Olmos (diammmus) | 62.25 | 94% | 2025-04-15 |
| 33377. | Jman (jman598) | 62.25 | 95% | 2024-02-17 |
| 33378. | ElmoorI (elmoori) | 62.25 | 94% | 2023-06-11 |
| 33379. | camattaccio (camattaccio) | 62.25 | 95% | 2022-08-18 |
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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 |
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| ##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |