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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43178. | Marco (marcov641) | 53.37 | 94.8% | 2024-02-02 |
| 43179. | no (cetuslapetus) | 53.37 | 97% | 2024-04-11 |
| 43180. | kafka (kafkatamura) | 53.37 | 94.9% | 2023-12-08 |
| 43181. | Amoon (_amoon19) | 53.36 | 98% | 2021-04-03 |
| 43182. | Yitoo (yitoo_a) | 53.36 | 96% | 2023-05-19 |
| 43183. | Ahmed (ahemd1982) | 53.36 | 96% | 2023-08-16 |
| 43184. | Prince (princesharma07) | 53.36 | 97% | 2024-05-29 |
| 43185. | Mieszko Pasierbek (mieszek_00) | 53.36 | 96% | 2024-01-26 |
| 43186. | kima2k (kima2k) | 53.36 | 96% | 2025-09-05 |
| 43187. | Viet (vietbuzz) | 53.36 | 96% | 2016-07-16 |
| 43188. | sammy (saemyull) | 53.36 | 94% | 2024-03-14 |
| 43189. | slowwwwwwwwww (catalyst1985) | 53.35 | 98% | 2016-07-25 |
| 43190. | Kocsis (tisq13) | 53.35 | 95% | 2022-02-19 |
| 43191. | vega_lex (vega_lex) | 53.35 | 96% | 2024-06-26 |
| 43192. | John Pork (johnpork42069) | 53.35 | 96.4% | 2025-03-27 |
| 43193. | ayoub (ayoub33) | 53.35 | 93% | 2025-04-04 |
| 43194. | James (watashiii) | 53.34 | 94.8% | 2024-01-20 |
| 43195. | 8N (_8n_) | 53.34 | 93% | 2022-03-04 |
| 43196. | ben (peterpumpkineater96) | 53.34 | 95% | 2024-12-06 |
| 43197. | Aashirvad Jaiswal (aashirva... | 53.34 | 96.1% | 2025-01-10 |
| 43198. | Dipu (dipu_canada) | 53.34 | 96% | 2024-05-15 |
| 43199. | chotu (rishavkumar43) | 53.34 | 96.6% | 2025-01-03 |
| 43200. | ritik (mr_ritikhooda) | 53.34 | 95% | 2025-03-16 |
| 43201. | Leah (typebunny) | 53.34 | 97% | 2025-10-19 |
| 43202. | Joshtopher (joshtopher) | 53.33 | 94% | 2016-08-12 |
| 43203. | thanh (greenriver) | 53.33 | — | 2010-12-13 |
| 43204. | Ajitesh (adji2057) | 53.33 | 96% | 2021-01-06 |
| 43205. | Brian (patsby) | 53.33 | 93% | 2014-04-16 |
| 43206. | Jope (jope) | 53.32 | 92.3% | 2024-01-25 |
| 43207. | Matt (mdcfalcon) | 53.32 | 95% | 2016-08-24 |
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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 |