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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43909. | jacky (jackycai) | 41.49 | 95% | 2019-08-17 |
| 43910. | Karthik Sudheer (karthik7) | 41.48 | 94% | 2024-07-22 |
| 43911. | Jesmond (jesmond) | 41.48 | 95.5% | 2023-11-16 |
| 43912. | Nico (nicomd) | 41.46 | 95% | 2024-12-11 |
| 43913. | padra (sabat) | 41.45 | 89% | 2012-12-04 |
| 43914. | Mark Carrico (mcarrico) | 41.44 | 97% | 2024-01-05 |
| 43915. | linye (zafkyel) | 41.43 | 94% | 2024-04-16 |
| 43916. | sarah (infiniterace) | 41.37 | — | 2011-01-24 |
| 43917. | Michael (mickeymount) | 41.37 | 93% | 2012-04-27 |
| 43918. | andrew (andrew504) | 41.34 | 92.5% | 2024-12-20 |
| 43919. | Darth Vaper (ylrequiem) | 41.33 | 93.8% | 2024-04-18 |
| 43920. | Marquis Coleman (mars_k3ys) | 41.32 | 94% | 2024-04-17 |
| 43921. | nitish (hunt_123) | 41.32 | 92% | 2016-03-05 |
| 43922. | Davis (davis239) | 41.32 | 93% | 2015-09-01 |
| 43923. | Yash Lade (yash_20) | 41.31 | 94.9% | 2025-01-12 |
| 43924. | Neel (neel131193) | 41.30 | 85% | 2014-01-13 |
| 43925. | Aizada (aizadulya) | 41.26 | 93% | 2023-09-30 |
| 43926. | Ashish (ashishkr004) | 41.26 | 85% | 2013-10-21 |
| 43927. | radu (radu215) | 41.23 | 92% | 2020-12-21 |
| 43928. | Ricky (rickytyper) | 41.23 | 95% | 2015-10-07 |
| 43929. | Dan eran (maccabi_tlv) | 41.21 | 96.8% | 2024-10-24 |
| 43930. | raceracetype (ty1t3d) | 41.15 | 97% | 2024-10-25 |
| 43931. | sardinesmuggler (its_rex) | 41.12 | 97.4% | 2024-02-13 |
| 43932. | Anton (askadv) | 41.11 | 92% | 2016-08-30 |
| 43933. | Susan (biotech) | 41.11 | 93% | 2014-01-28 |
| 43934. | Zylo (zylothetyper) | 41.10 | 93% | 2023-02-18 |
| 43935. | Dada (dada_313) | 41.06 | 95% | 2024-11-12 |
| 43936. | Andres (andr35) | 41.06 | 96% | 2020-01-13 |
| 43937. | mamoud (__mahmoud__) | 41.05 | 95% | 2021-11-16 |
| 43938. | chen (heheda) | 41.05 | 95% | 2016-04-27 |
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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 |