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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42801. | shroomerh (shroomerh) | 53.74 | 94.5% | 2025-02-07 |
| 42802. | sonunigam4097 (amarjith_4097) | 53.74 | 98% | 2024-04-30 |
| 42803. | Saimon (saimonne) | 53.74 | 94.9% | 2024-07-15 |
| 42804. | Protap Biswas (protapb1100) | 53.74 | 97% | 2025-05-05 |
| 42805. | Antman (antman22) | 53.74 | 93% | 2024-10-15 |
| 42806. | Stefani (st3fani) | 53.74 | 95% | 2022-07-09 |
| 42807. | adrian (taylorswifttyper) | 53.74 | 96% | 2024-03-31 |
| 42808. | Mohammed (msoliman) | 53.74 | 97% | 2025-07-24 |
| 42809. | PtmCn (most6678) | 53.74 | 96% | 2020-11-04 |
| 42810. | Ashuran (ashuran) | 53.74 | 95% | 2012-07-25 |
| 42811. | Su Lei Yee (su_su) | 53.73 | 98% | 2025-02-03 |
| 42812. | Rovie (dark_lord_sauron) | 53.73 | 94% | 2025-06-02 |
| 42813. | Tuygun (novtuy) | 53.73 | 95% | 2024-03-11 |
| 42814. | Pablo Palou (pablitopaloutdm) | 53.73 | 96% | 2022-05-05 |
| 42815. | ABCD (x007) | 53.73 | 97% | 2016-09-30 |
| 42816. | Francisco (pile) | 53.73 | — | 2010-11-25 |
| 42817. | Typo (kickpuncher) | 53.72 | 96% | 2025-07-10 |
| 42818. | KABUIppt (kabuiprecipitate) | 53.72 | 95.6% | 2024-12-23 |
| 42819. | Oops (oopsspaghetti) | 53.72 | 92% | 2022-11-21 |
| 42820. | UNEMPLOYED (keshav_) | 53.72 | 95.6% | 2024-03-22 |
| 42821. | paper (paperstar) | 53.72 | 96% | 2025-09-23 |
| 42822. | Rohit (rmguttal) | 53.72 | 89% | 2014-10-01 |
| 42823. | Crashtiano (crashtiano1) | 53.71 | 95.1% | 2025-03-27 |
| 42824. | Panha (sokpanha10) | 53.71 | 95.9% | 2024-11-18 |
| 42825. | Aaron (a_a_ron7) | 53.71 | 95.4% | 2024-04-25 |
| 42826. | Jose Nestor (dealwithjay) | 53.71 | 96% | 2018-06-09 |
| 42827. | joshido (joshido) | 53.71 | 97% | 2019-05-08 |
| 42828. | Anh (tienanh) | 53.71 | 95% | 2013-10-14 |
| 42829. | HiAgainItsM (hiagainitsm) | 53.70 | 94% | 2023-06-01 |
| 42830. | penguin (leoisfunnylol) | 53.70 | 93% | 2025-04-28 |
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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 |