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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39280. | Saad (ultraman287) | 58.12 | 97% | 2020-07-26 |
| 39281. | Michael (michaelcasely) | 58.12 | 95% | 2012-03-09 |
| 39282. | Dhany (valdan) | 58.12 | 97% | 2011-05-14 |
| 39283. | Vannah (vanaur) | 58.11 | 97% | 2025-08-06 |
| 39284. | Gmo (gmo_1017) | 58.11 | 95.7% | 2024-11-04 |
| 39285. | Morgan (mom72) | 58.11 | 95.6% | 2024-09-03 |
| 39286. | MiSTA_64 (mista_64) | 58.11 | 97% | 2025-03-23 |
| 39287. | jaden (jaden25) | 58.11 | 95% | 2024-04-16 |
| 39288. | cheryl (cherylkaiser) | 58.11 | 98% | 2019-09-10 |
| 39289. | To the SUN. (kaindust123) | 58.11 | 92.3% | 2023-11-24 |
| 39290. | Bandit (bstorms57) | 58.11 | 98% | 2024-01-12 |
| 39291. | Sherzat (sherzat3) | 58.11 | — | 2011-03-10 |
| 39292. | Vincent (slybeans) | 58.11 | 96% | 2019-01-20 |
| 39293. | Erica (wozniak) | 58.11 | 91% | 2012-11-28 |
| 39294. | Chance (sparkychance) | 58.11 | 91% | 2017-06-01 |
| 39295. | Szabolcs (amerlas) | 58.11 | 95% | 2012-11-10 |
| 39296. | Nighil (nighil) | 58.10 | 96% | 2017-06-07 |
| 39297. | PepegaClap (b1nger) | 58.10 | 95% | 2019-03-22 |
| 39298. | sof_12 (sofiah1223) | 58.10 | 96% | 2026-04-19 |
| 39299. | Hayden (hctyping) | 58.10 | 94.9% | 2025-02-03 |
| 39300. | Slow Typer (slowtypistmaster) | 58.10 | 94.8% | 2024-10-23 |
| 39301. | Łukasz (krodzango) | 58.10 | 97% | 2025-11-12 |
| 39302. | ANJUM (mehranjum) | 58.10 | 96% | 2021-07-11 |
| 39303. | Tanvir Ahmed (tanvir_rasel) | 58.10 | 96% | 2020-04-24 |
| 39304. | patrick (the_brucey) | 58.10 | 97% | 2023-02-04 |
| 39305. | wes (wesxp44) | 58.10 | 98% | 2014-12-16 |
| 39306. | Adrian (adrianlooi) | 58.10 | 95% | 2019-04-06 |
| 39307. | Adderz (adderz7243) | 58.10 | 94% | 2020-12-02 |
| 39308. | nn (sslimshadyy) | 58.09 | 98% | 2024-07-08 |
| 39309. | Matteo (matteorooski) | 58.09 | 99% | 2025-04-06 |
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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 |