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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44012. | DOLORES (jjmon) | 39.79 | 96.2% | 2023-11-29 |
| 44013. | Elfry (elfrito27) | 39.78 | 90% | 2015-05-03 |
| 44014. | ain (nrvlavn) | 39.76 | 95% | 2024-04-07 |
| 44015. | Tin (tintran2712) | 39.75 | 93.8% | 2025-01-25 |
| 44016. | Lucas Eu (rubyeclair89_gluc... | 39.75 | 93% | 2024-04-08 |
| 44017. | andy (andyluvsmingi) | 39.74 | 93% | 2024-04-21 |
| 44018. | rahul (typer_typer) | 39.72 | 92.3% | 2024-10-16 |
| 44019. | cf (hcf001) | 39.70 | 95% | 2022-02-22 |
| 44020. | Gabriel (gabzpiano) | 39.70 | 94% | 2024-11-27 |
| 44021. | kilow (kilow) | 39.69 | 91.6% | 2025-03-28 |
| 44022. | Ann-Sophie Declercq (anso07) | 39.69 | 94% | 2023-12-03 |
| 44023. | David Idowu (daverine) | 39.57 | 93% | 2024-04-04 |
| 44024. | Ali (iemaly) | 39.55 | 93.5% | 2024-04-09 |
| 44025. | Kaz (zbrunner1) | 39.55 | 91% | 2022-01-31 |
| 44026. | Nachiketa (nachiketa) | 39.52 | 95% | 2024-02-06 |
| 44027. | Pri (prii) | 39.51 | 94% | 2020-06-23 |
| 44028. | Ali (ali_malikk) | 39.50 | 96% | 2024-06-15 |
| 44029. | The_coder (python_coder) | 39.50 | 92% | 2020-11-05 |
| 44030. | AnasElwkel (anaselwkel) | 39.49 | 94.1% | 2024-10-17 |
| 44031. | Egan (jokerstatus) | 39.48 | 84% | 2012-10-24 |
| 44032. | Ella (puppieb) | 39.47 | 94% | 2017-12-03 |
| 44033. | preeti (preetimt) | 39.45 | 95.1% | 2025-03-27 |
| 44034. | silje riis (silje_riis19) | 39.38 | 93.9% | 2024-05-23 |
| 44035. | Stoic (st_happiness) | 39.37 | 94% | 2024-09-26 |
| 44036. | tortoise (tortoise000) | 39.37 | 95% | 2024-08-13 |
| 44037. | Irtiza (tizababy) | 39.35 | 95% | 2020-12-28 |
| 44038. | Bekhzod (bekhzod) | 39.35 | 94% | 2021-03-30 |
| 44039. | matter (proazwriath) | 39.34 | 94.1% | 2025-02-01 |
| 44040. | Kevin (kevin_reynaldo) | 39.34 | 90% | 2016-05-03 |
| 44041. | sunny (sunnymilan) | 39.31 | 93% | 2024-07-19 |
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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 |