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 |
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| 41911. | Mithun (mithunchandra) | 55.15 | 97% | 2020-08-05 |
| 41912. | Suzanne (sedorman) | 55.15 | 91% | 2013-01-17 |
| 41913. | Tomáš (tomashavlasek) | 55.14 | 96.1% | 2024-05-21 |
| 41914. | Henry Herbold (henryherbold) | 55.14 | 97% | 2023-06-02 |
| 41915. | typo dude (typofreak99) | 55.14 | 99% | 2024-09-24 |
| 41916. | LazyKnight (lazyknight) | 55.14 | 94% | 2020-10-07 |
| 41917. | beb (frgrgfrdf) | 55.14 | 97% | 2015-08-26 |
| 41918. | lolis (roonqvist) | 55.14 | 94% | 2025-04-07 |
| 41919. | BUTTER FINGERS (pbutterfing... | 55.13 | 95.1% | 2024-03-31 |
| 41920. | Kenilt (kenilt) | 55.13 | 93% | 2014-03-08 |
| 41921. | Neil (bryan_19) | 55.13 | 95% | 2023-11-30 |
| 41922. | gauraav (genesisck9) | 55.13 | 95% | 2025-06-05 |
| 41923. | Mizzark (mizzark54) | 55.13 | 93% | 2014-09-20 |
| 41924. | Dx†R (dxtr112591) | 55.13 | 88% | 2015-01-26 |
| 41925. | Bill (maderwc) | 55.13 | 96% | 2013-08-12 |
| 41926. | Hain (crosstoon) | 55.13 | 94% | 2013-01-01 |
| 41927. | Saminaminam (clumsysam) | 55.12 | 97% | 2026-04-17 |
| 41928. | yogesh (yogipapu15) | 55.12 | 97% | 2025-08-19 |
| 41929. | craig david's pee sack (b0s... | 55.12 | 96% | 2025-03-13 |
| 41930. | The flash (pongpipat1420) | 55.12 | 94% | 2024-06-12 |
| 41931. | Amr (jaaba) | 55.12 | 96.8% | 2024-01-08 |
| 41932. | Vrooom...!! (blueshirtguy9) | 55.12 | 96% | 2024-04-11 |
| 41933. | Keely (ladysongbird) | 55.12 | — | 2011-02-05 |
| 41934. | GNV (gnv0) | 55.11 | 96.5% | 2024-07-29 |
| 41935. | Benjamin (benye20) | 55.11 | 96% | 2024-06-14 |
| 41936. | Alex (esquiaqui) | 55.11 | 94.1% | 2023-09-06 |
| 41937. | catalin (q0werty) | 55.11 | 96% | 2021-02-11 |
| 41938. | Surajit (surajit) | 55.11 | 98% | 2017-07-24 |
| 41939. | RoCio (rocio123) | 55.11 | 93% | 2015-09-16 |
| 41940. | Mohammad (mohmah) | 55.10 | 94% | 2026-03-26 |
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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 |