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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43791. | Jakob Steinn (jakobsteinn) | 45.62 | 90% | 2011-06-07 |
| 43792. | Jvn_79 (jvn_79) | 45.61 | 92.2% | 2024-04-30 |
| 43793. | Tushar (perxshar) | 45.61 | 86% | 2014-01-01 |
| 43794. | Jacob (oshawott15) | 45.60 | 96% | 2013-10-07 |
| 43795. | kait (kaitcats) | 45.60 | 94.7% | 2024-10-02 |
| 43796. | speedysam (speedysammy1423) | 45.59 | 94% | 2024-09-14 |
| 43797. | Mark (gontermark) | 45.59 | 94% | 2022-02-09 |
| 43798. | tinkerbell (ting1018) | 45.59 | 94% | 2011-09-20 |
| 43799. | Anushka (bowiesh) | 45.58 | 96% | 2022-07-19 |
| 43800. | sbthorpe (sbthorpe) | 45.58 | 94% | 2024-01-01 |
| 43801. | Better luck next time! (rus... | 45.57 | 95.4% | 2025-02-04 |
| 43802. | sherwin (appledog22) | 45.57 | 96% | 2024-10-01 |
| 43803. | Dhruvil Patel (dhruvil_patel) | 45.57 | 94% | 2024-08-26 |
| 43804. | jackn11 (jackn11) | 45.57 | 95% | 2018-12-30 |
| 43805. | jan vincent (janvincent31) | 45.57 | 91% | 2011-06-06 |
| 43806. | Chaudhary (dhankar) | 45.57 | 81% | 2012-04-01 |
| 43807. | Ahmed (anahmed122) | 45.56 | 96% | 2021-03-23 |
| 43808. | Thomas (thomasqc) | 45.55 | 93.4% | 2024-11-14 |
| 43809. | Ash (ash_the_goat) | 45.55 | 94% | 2024-05-20 |
| 43810. | noobispro (noobispro) | 45.55 | 88% | 2013-07-17 |
| 43811. | raman (raman_maan) | 45.55 | 90% | 2016-10-13 |
| 43812. | Jersey (zico) | 45.55 | 93% | 2011-08-05 |
| 43813. | Brian (birgen123) | 45.54 | 94% | 2018-11-12 |
| 43814. | Fazal Hadi (dfwererewr) | 45.54 | 94.1% | 2025-02-19 |
| 43815. | Parvez (parvez31) | 45.54 | 96% | 2024-04-08 |
| 43816. | Gaurav (blockcipherr) | 45.54 | 93% | 2021-08-01 |
| 43817. | joshmeow (joshmeow) | 45.53 | 95.5% | 2024-09-03 |
| 43818. | Andrew M (amahar7) | 45.53 | 93.4% | 2024-08-22 |
| 43819. | Alyuza (alyuzasp) | 45.53 | 86% | 2013-08-08 |
| 43820. | Flash (flash_og) | 45.52 | 94.5% | 2024-12-09 |
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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 |