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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39341. | type (typeracer21st) | 55.45 | 90% | 2013-09-11 |
| 39342. | Kha-Dn (sinchichiu) | 55.45 | 86% | 2014-07-02 |
| 39343. | baxis (baxis) | 55.45 | 90% | 2014-01-24 |
| 39344. | Abdul (abdulraffay) | 55.45 | 96% | 2012-03-13 |
| 39345. | Dan (galactusx) | 55.44 | 95% | 2025-06-17 |
| 39346. | Manuel (mansrz) | 55.44 | 92% | 2025-03-30 |
| 39347. | davidk40 (davidk40) | 55.44 | 94% | 2024-08-08 |
| 39348. | Harry (tls278) | 55.44 | 96.9% | 2024-02-16 |
| 39349. | Maxim (mvliksakov) | 55.44 | 96.5% | 2024-03-09 |
| 39350. | Jiten (jieten) | 55.44 | 90% | 2013-09-18 |
| 39351. | Miche (michekeytap) | 55.43 | 94% | 2025-03-09 |
| 39352. | Chili Panda (chili_panda) | 55.43 | 97% | 2025-05-17 |
| 39353. | kunal bhatt (kunal_bhatt01) | 55.43 | 97% | 2024-12-31 |
| 39354. | kit (kitkitit) | 55.43 | 94% | 2024-03-10 |
| 39355. | andrew c (andrew_cortina) | 55.43 | 96% | 2024-04-15 |
| 39356. | Alex (raisone) | 55.43 | 96% | 2014-10-23 |
| 39357. | Johnny (johnchan215) | 55.42 | 91% | 2013-04-17 |
| 39358. | cjroadster (cjroadster) | 55.42 | 96% | 2024-02-29 |
| 39359. | siit (siit__1) | 55.42 | 94% | 2024-05-26 |
| 39360. | Aye (rich_dr) | 55.42 | 97% | 2024-08-08 |
| 39361. | Stephen (shuh58) | 55.42 | 95.3% | 2024-03-04 |
| 39362. | Romit (junior12345) | 55.42 | 98% | 2021-06-16 |
| 39363. | NK (waone88) | 55.42 | 93% | 2013-03-26 |
| 39364. | Gary (unclegary) | 55.42 | 94% | 2014-09-15 |
| 39365. | Maddy (monkeytoes2) | 55.42 | 94% | 2012-01-13 |
| 39366. | Arun (arunbastola) | 55.41 | 96% | 2022-01-10 |
| 39367. | type (johnnjuki) | 55.41 | 96% | 2023-07-04 |
| 39368. | Mr Tristan Ellis (tellis_1) | 55.41 | 96% | 2024-07-29 |
| 39369. | MJ (munkhjavkhlan_23) | 55.41 | 94.8% | 2025-04-04 |
| 39370. | Jay (jayten010) | 55.41 | 97% | 2021-07-25 |
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| Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
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| 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 |