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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41283. | Phy (phycosmos) | 55.45 | 92% | 2013-07-29 |
| 41284. | type (typeracer21st) | 55.45 | 90% | 2013-09-11 |
| 41285. | Kha-Dn (sinchichiu) | 55.45 | 86% | 2014-07-02 |
| 41286. | baxis (baxis) | 55.45 | 90% | 2014-01-24 |
| 41287. | Abdul (abdulraffay) | 55.45 | 96% | 2012-03-13 |
| 41288. | Harry (tls278) | 55.44 | 96.9% | 2024-02-16 |
| 41289. | Maxim (mvliksakov) | 55.44 | 96.5% | 2024-03-09 |
| 41290. | Manuel (mansrz) | 55.44 | 92% | 2025-03-30 |
| 41291. | Dan (galactusx) | 55.44 | 95% | 2025-06-17 |
| 41292. | Jiten (jieten) | 55.44 | 90% | 2013-09-18 |
| 41293. | kunal bhatt (kunal_bhatt01) | 55.43 | 97.1% | 2024-12-31 |
| 41294. | Ashchess_2200 (ashchess_2200) | 55.43 | 95% | 2025-01-03 |
| 41295. | Miche (michekeytap) | 55.43 | 94% | 2025-03-09 |
| 41296. | kit (kitkitit) | 55.43 | 94% | 2024-03-10 |
| 41297. | andrew c (andrew_cortina) | 55.43 | 96% | 2024-04-15 |
| 41298. | Alex (raisone) | 55.43 | 96% | 2014-10-23 |
| 41299. | Stephen (shuh58) | 55.42 | 95.3% | 2024-03-04 |
| 41300. | akm07 (akm07) | 55.42 | 97% | 2025-05-11 |
| 41301. | Johnny (johnchan215) | 55.42 | 91% | 2013-04-17 |
| 41302. | cjroadster (cjroadster) | 55.42 | 96% | 2024-02-29 |
| 41303. | siit (siit__1) | 55.42 | 94% | 2024-05-26 |
| 41304. | Aye (rich_dr) | 55.42 | 97.2% | 2024-08-08 |
| 41305. | Romit (junior12345) | 55.42 | 98% | 2021-06-16 |
| 41306. | NK (waone88) | 55.42 | 93% | 2013-03-26 |
| 41307. | Gary (unclegary) | 55.42 | 94% | 2014-09-15 |
| 41308. | Maddy (monkeytoes2) | 55.42 | 94% | 2012-01-13 |
| 41309. | Arun (arunbastola) | 55.41 | 96% | 2022-01-10 |
| 41310. | type (johnnjuki) | 55.41 | 96% | 2023-07-04 |
| 41311. | Mr Tristan Ellis (tellis_1) | 55.41 | 96% | 2024-07-29 |
| 41312. | MJ (munkhjavkhlan_23) | 55.41 | 94.8% | 2025-04-04 |
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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 |