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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24435. | Supytalp (supytalp) | 73.19 | 98% | 2025-05-22 |
| 24436. | mikeeeee (typintypist) | 73.19 | 95.1% | 2023-11-30 |
| 24437. | H (dreamyox) | 73.19 | 97% | 2025-02-17 |
| 24438. | Dawn (dawndawndawn) | 73.19 | 94% | 2011-06-02 |
| 24439. | Tushchi Rocket (tushchi) | 73.19 | — | 2011-02-25 |
| 24440. | Vi (anne777) | 73.19 | — | 2010-10-03 |
| 24441. | rohith (rohith08) | 73.18 | 97% | 2025-06-24 |
| 24442. | caity (caity_g_) | 73.18 | 95% | 2025-02-08 |
| 24443. | lolofast (lolofast) | 73.18 | 95.5% | 2024-07-11 |
| 24444. | han (stuckinatimezone) | 73.18 | 97% | 2022-03-09 |
| 24445. | Atif (atif_zaheer) | 73.18 | 95% | 2021-04-29 |
| 24446. | Roshan (roshan_) | 73.18 | 96% | 2022-03-08 |
| 24447. | Jude (philivey) | 73.18 | 96% | 2025-09-24 |
| 24448. | matheus (matheus_manchester) | 73.18 | — | 2010-06-23 |
| 24449. | SuckIT (siddhant.alok@gmail... | 73.18 | 94% | 2011-09-07 |
| 24450. | Jose (joseandreasjr11) | 73.18 | 96% | 2021-12-29 |
| 24451. | HadiToori (haditoori) | 73.17 | 97.5% | 2024-03-13 |
| 24452. | Speed_Demon (m_therf_cker) | 73.17 | 96% | 2026-04-17 |
| 24453. | Marak (marak01) | 73.17 | 98.1% | 2024-09-19 |
| 24454. | Beasktekk (beastek) | 73.17 | 97% | 2024-03-31 |
| 24455. | syn (syntypes) | 73.17 | 95% | 2023-12-27 |
| 24456. | Ross (m0nday) | 73.17 | 95% | 2018-08-31 |
| 24457. | S (dontudare) | 73.17 | 96.8% | 2024-11-19 |
| 24458. | Y (taoyichen) | 73.17 | 97.6% | 2024-04-15 |
| 24459. | Amit (amitu7) | 73.17 | 98% | 2025-07-30 |
| 24460. | weird_virus (imsajan) | 73.17 | 95.5% | 2025-03-13 |
| 24461. | mr.purpose24 (hacker51) | 73.17 | 96% | 2022-02-20 |
| 24462. | janer (jcamann) | 73.17 | 92% | 2012-02-20 |
| 24463. | Bell (bell_jaye) | 73.16 | 99% | 2025-06-24 |
| 24464. | bobby (bobbybigbones) | 73.16 | 96% | 2025-01-16 |
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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 |