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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33316. | Spindel (spindelhalla) | 63.99 | 95% | 2016-07-04 |
| 33317. | Jam (jamlovesham) | 63.99 | 91% | 2014-02-05 |
| 33318. | Russell (russ_racer) | 63.98 | 97.8% | 2024-11-17 |
| 33319. | Biswayan (biswayan_ju) | 63.98 | 97% | 2025-04-21 |
| 33320. | Art (art_tour) | 63.98 | 96% | 2012-07-05 |
| 33321. | PieceOfSheet (piece_of_sheet) | 63.98 | 97% | 2024-11-20 |
| 33322. | awfulatthis (awfulatthis) | 63.98 | 98% | 2024-02-29 |
| 33323. | Ben (bens445) | 63.98 | 100% | 2021-03-26 |
| 33324. | Sam (shwestrick) | 63.98 | 96% | 2015-07-28 |
| 33325. | Syed Sheraz (syedsherazarshad) | 63.98 | 96.7% | 2023-12-21 |
| 33326. | RIP Byron ❤ (pdnegreiros) | 63.98 | 89% | 2016-03-19 |
| 33327. | ok (laggyfeetshake123) | 63.98 | 90% | 2015-06-19 |
| 33328. | Greg (xpec824) | 63.98 | — | 2010-11-17 |
| 33329. | Ben (lpisgood) | 63.98 | 92% | 2011-06-01 |
| 33330. | Wesley (wesabbal32) | 63.98 | 97% | 2016-03-16 |
| 33331. | Mancini (mancini) | 63.98 | 98% | 2016-03-09 |
| 33332. | Arjun (arjun857) | 63.97 | 94% | 2025-02-14 |
| 33333. | abdo (phcox_hunter) | 63.97 | 95% | 2020-01-25 |
| 33334. | David Karn (dkmackay) | 63.97 | 95% | 2016-04-26 |
| 33335. | OGCJN (ogcjn) | 63.97 | 97% | 2017-06-28 |
| 33336. | Perry (winterzero) | 63.97 | 99% | 2014-06-25 |
| 33337. | Shirish (shirish369) | 63.97 | 93% | 2013-10-14 |
| 33338. | Raj (raaj2rad) | 63.97 | 91% | 2013-03-25 |
| 33339. | Felix (felixvn) | 63.96 | 98% | 2024-08-01 |
| 33340. | Coffee Racer (i_need_coffee) | 63.96 | 98% | 2025-01-17 |
| 33341. | Bibek (harry_stha4742) | 63.96 | 95.9% | 2024-07-28 |
| 33342. | Kenyo (kenyoo) | 63.96 | 95.5% | 2024-12-09 |
| 33343. | terrorist: tangent (tangent... | 63.96 | 97% | 2023-11-25 |
| 33344. | kuku (kungain0122) | 63.96 | 91% | 2011-11-30 |
| 33345. | Jacob (horenzo) | 63.96 | 86% | 2016-08-23 |
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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 |