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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12519. | Trevor Day (trevormicday) | 86.49 | 98% | 2024-07-15 |
12520. | CoolJoe (kormz) | 86.49 | 97% | 2024-03-14 |
12521. | Wuhchuknow (wuhchu) | 86.49 | 98% | 2017-12-03 |
12522. | Jimmy (ilovetyping2) | 86.49 | 97.9% | 2024-03-22 |
12523. | Zach (zachary989) | 86.49 | — | 2010-06-24 |
12524. | Liam (bangkokracer) | 86.49 | 97% | 2022-05-28 |
12525. | Haider (hiderbider) | 86.48 | 98.1% | 2025-05-06 |
12526. | Zaoxa (enkryptsyon) | 86.48 | 96% | 2020-03-16 |
12527. | Oli (oli94) | 86.48 | 97% | 2017-10-21 |
12528. | jack (jackerdd) | 86.48 | 96% | 2021-12-14 |
12529. | Kasper (kasperjuus) | 86.48 | 95% | 2019-12-22 |
12530. | UAegis (uaegis) | 86.47 | 95.1% | 2023-11-23 |
12531. | carti opium (opium1629) | 86.47 | 97.9% | 2023-11-29 |
12532. | Damn (dammmson) | 86.47 | 97.2% | 2024-04-16 |
12533. | jesse (jessef_9000) | 86.47 | 97.9% | 2024-06-25 |
12534. | Natural Typist (rayxz) | 86.47 | 98% | 2020-10-09 |
12535. | Fernando (frn4n) | 86.46 | 95% | 2022-11-08 |
12536. | Rhey Noel B. Rabanes (rheyn... | 86.46 | 98.4% | 2025-01-31 |
12537. | Billy (jadecybil) | 86.46 | 98% | 2019-10-15 |
12538. | Orca (bbbltpp) | 86.46 | 98% | 2024-05-27 |
12539. | Four fingers. (trankerlicer) | 86.46 | 91% | 2012-07-03 |
12540. | Sweeter (sweetervanilla) | 86.46 | 96% | 2021-05-30 |
12541. | Noman (khan_noman14) | 86.46 | 99% | 2017-07-26 |
12542. | Catherine (cl23409) | 86.45 | 96% | 2016-01-05 |
12543. | Tacos! (ihearttacos) | 86.45 | 99% | 2014-02-21 |
12544. | ITypeWith2Fingers (alewis999) | 86.45 | 93% | 2013-10-05 |
12545. | farhan (imdarkish) | 86.44 | 97.1% | 2024-09-21 |
12546. | TomVoldemort (tomvoldemort) | 86.44 | 96% | 2024-10-21 |
12547. | charles (vapedragon) | 86.44 | 98% | 2021-03-06 |
12548. | Smelly (burdturglar) | 86.44 | 97.7% | 2025-05-09 |
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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 |