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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44020. | Ahmed (ahmadco53) | 44.47 | 94% | 2024-03-18 |
| 44021. | vinhuchi (vinhuchi) | 44.47 | 96% | 2021-02-11 |
| 44022. | fea (dinafea) | 44.46 | 95% | 2024-11-25 |
| 44023. | Jis (ljs765) | 44.46 | 88% | 2016-02-01 |
| 44024. | Raunak (raunak_425114) | 44.46 | 92% | 2022-05-21 |
| 44025. | akash patwal (aakash7) | 44.45 | 95% | 2025-05-15 |
| 44026. | w0ng (w0ng_dvorak) | 44.45 | 96% | 2021-09-23 |
| 44027. | Ali (divine_typer) | 44.45 | 93.6% | 2021-02-15 |
| 44028. | Rachel (crazymom101) | 44.45 | 86% | 2012-05-17 |
| 44029. | Ona (onaxu) | 44.43 | 96% | 2024-12-18 |
| 44030. | basam (basam249) | 44.43 | 95.5% | 2024-05-19 |
| 44031. | Za_Lemon (za_lemon) | 44.41 | 95% | 2023-07-19 |
| 44032. | taco (tacorbell) | 44.41 | 93% | 2023-03-14 |
| 44033. | Bilal (bilal_8784) | 44.39 | 93.4% | 2024-01-04 |
| 44034. | codecalec (codecalec) | 44.39 | 94% | 2020-05-18 |
| 44035. | Ravshan (ravshan) | 44.39 | 88% | 2015-05-13 |
| 44036. | rithish (rithish06) | 44.38 | 91.2% | 2024-09-02 |
| 44037. | Shinamon (shinamon) | 44.36 | 95% | 2023-05-21 |
| 44038. | Noah (123nona123) | 44.36 | 95.5% | 2024-10-29 |
| 44039. | hazel (h4zel) | 44.36 | 93% | 2019-08-07 |
| 44040. | colin (crustyrustonline) | 44.36 | 92% | 2021-09-04 |
| 44041. | Stopmoving (markkrirving_0524) | 44.35 | 97% | 2024-03-15 |
| 44042. | Shivam (shivam_srivastava_18) | 44.35 | 94% | 2021-03-19 |
| 44043. | kjell (kjellbudal@gmail.com) | 44.35 | 94% | 2018-10-13 |
| 44044. | Masud Abdullah (masudabdullah) | 44.34 | 95% | 2024-04-14 |
| 44045. | bnikos (bnikos) | 44.34 | 93% | 2024-01-10 |
| 44046. | Ivo (semataryyy) | 44.34 | 94.9% | 2024-08-27 |
| 44047. | Dan (dansheme) | 44.34 | 95% | 2019-07-05 |
| 44048. | Jan-Edz (jan_edz) | 44.34 | 89% | 2014-07-03 |
| 44049. | Beginner (gamerguy1921) | 44.33 | 96% | 2024-06-10 |
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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 |