| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
78.43 |
1.0060 |
0.2643 |
225 |
1 |
78.43 |
2011-03-08 |
| 2. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
75.06 |
1.0465 |
0.1594 |
183 |
1 |
75.06 |
2010-12-25 |
| 3. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
73.26 |
1.0881 |
0.0935 |
210 |
1 |
73.26 |
2011-03-03 |
| 4. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
70.66 |
1.0304 |
0.1093 |
256 |
1 |
70.66 |
2011-03-08 |
| 5. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
70.53 |
1.0543 |
0.0888 |
360 |
1 |
70.53 |
2011-03-10 |
| 6. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
69.86 |
0.9604 |
0.1673 |
285 |
1 |
69.86 |
2010-12-14 |
| 7. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
69.43 |
1.0139 |
0.1225 |
349 |
1 |
69.43 |
2011-03-08 |
| 8. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
69.40 |
0.9680 |
0.1548 |
256 |
1 |
69.40 |
2010-12-25 |
| 9. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
69.10 |
1.0125 |
0.1038 |
232 |
2 |
67.08 |
2010-06-26 |
| 10. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
69.07 |
1.0057 |
0.1147 |
382 |
1 |
69.07 |
2010-07-01 |
| 11. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
69.05 |
0.9128 |
0.2009 |
237 |
1 |
69.05 |
2011-03-08 |
| 12. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
68.79 |
1.1086 |
0.0040 |
233 |
1 |
68.79 |
2010-07-01 |
| 13. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
68.40 |
0.9926 |
0.1252 |
413 |
2 |
63.89 |
2010-07-05 |
| 14. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
68.38 |
0.9809 |
0.1210 |
209 |
1 |
68.38 |
2010-07-05 |
| 15. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
67.67 |
1.0301 |
0.0631 |
268 |
2 |
66.83 |
2012-05-01 |
| 16. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
67.48 |
1.0466 |
0.0444 |
230 |
2 |
59.65 |
2010-12-08 |
| 17. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
67.03 |
1.0372 |
0.0464 |
249 |
1 |
67.03 |
2010-06-26 |
| 18. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
66.70 |
0.9480 |
0.1312 |
297 |
1 |
66.70 |
2010-06-26 |
| 19. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
66.45 |
1.0035 |
0.0718 |
310 |
1 |
66.45 |
2010-07-05 |
| 20. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
66.38 |
1.0427 |
0.0315 |
269 |
1 |
66.38 |
2010-12-25 |
| 21. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
66.05 |
1.0283 |
0.0464 |
272 |
1 |
66.05 |
2010-06-26 |
| 22. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
65.53 |
1.0144 |
0.0460 |
162 |
1 |
65.53 |
2010-07-01 |
| 23. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
65.31 |
1.0291 |
0.0250 |
240 |
1 |
65.31 |
2012-04-22 |
| 24. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
65.06 |
0.9136 |
0.1416 |
348 |
1 |
65.06 |
2010-06-25 |
| 25. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
65.03 |
1.0654 |
-0.0167 |
247 |
1 |
65.03 |
2012-04-25 |
| 26. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
65.01 |
0.9422 |
0.1039 |
190 |
1 |
65.01 |
2010-07-01 |
| 27. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
64.87 |
1.0227 |
0.0325 |
378 |
1 |
64.87 |
2010-07-06 |
| 28. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
64.83 |
1.0682 |
-0.0188 |
266 |
1 |
64.83 |
2010-07-05 |
| 29. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
64.56 |
0.9338 |
0.1200 |
326 |
1 |
64.56 |
2010-07-01 |
| 30. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
64.53 |
0.9408 |
0.0968 |
177 |
1 |
64.53 |
2010-07-01 |
| 31. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
64.44 |
0.9873 |
0.0529 |
274 |
1 |
64.44 |
2011-03-08 |
| 32. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
64.36 |
0.9783 |
0.0699 |
273 |
2 |
61.85 |
2010-07-05 |
| 33. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
64.28 |
1.0086 |
0.0262 |
218 |
1 |
64.28 |
2010-07-06 |
| 34. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
63.87 |
1.0755 |
-0.0423 |
243 |
3 |
63.39 |
2010-07-05 |
| 35. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
63.87 |
1.0090 |
0.0296 |
300 |
1 |
63.87 |
2010-07-05 |
| 36. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
63.75 |
0.9996 |
0.0384 |
483 |
1 |
63.75 |
2010-06-26 |
| 37. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
63.62 |
0.9952 |
0.0357 |
220 |
1 |
63.62 |
2010-06-25 |
| 38. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
63.38 |
1.0582 |
-0.0367 |
180 |
1 |
63.38 |
2010-07-05 |
| 39. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
63.37 |
1.0561 |
-0.0338 |
227 |
1 |
63.37 |
2012-03-25 |
| 40. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
63.26 |
0.9564 |
0.0598 |
263 |
1 |
63.26 |
2010-07-05 |
| 41. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
63.07 |
0.9801 |
0.0396 |
289 |
1 |
63.07 |
2010-07-05 |
| 42. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
63.01 |
1.0521 |
-0.0390 |
197 |
2 |
59.90 |
2012-04-24 |
| 43. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
62.71 |
1.0600 |
-0.0459 |
351 |
1 |
62.71 |
2012-05-01 |
| 44. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
62.44 |
1.0131 |
-0.0005 |
245 |
2 |
62.10 |
2012-04-24 |
| 45. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
62.41 |
1.0511 |
-0.0407 |
252 |
1 |
62.41 |
2011-03-08 |
| 46. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
62.07 |
1.0616 |
-0.0514 |
304 |
1 |
62.07 |
2010-06-26 |
| 47. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. The work was generall... |
61.79 |
0.9692 |
0.0462 |
405 |
1 |
61.79 |
2012-04-22 |
| 48. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
61.62 |
0.9909 |
0.0100 |
293 |
2 |
59.85 |
2011-03-03 |
| 49. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
61.40 |
1.0492 |
-0.0516 |
284 |
1 |
61.40 |
2010-06-22 |
| 50. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
61.36 |
0.9713 |
0.0193 |
193 |
1 |
61.36 |
2010-07-01 |
| 51. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
60.56 |
0.9678 |
0.0152 |
392 |
1 |
60.56 |
2010-06-26 |
| 52. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
60.42 |
0.9820 |
0.0027 |
297 |
1 |
60.42 |
2010-06-26 |
| 53. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
60.29 |
1.0287 |
-0.0552 |
269 |
1 |
60.29 |
2010-06-22 |
| 54. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
60.28 |
0.9594 |
0.0130 |
258 |
1 |
60.28 |
2010-07-05 |
| 55. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
60.25 |
1.0529 |
-0.0763 |
373 |
1 |
60.25 |
2010-12-27 |
| 56. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
60.11 |
0.9113 |
0.0560 |
225 |
1 |
60.11 |
2010-07-01 |
| 57. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
59.95 |
0.9183 |
0.0515 |
308 |
1 |
59.95 |
2010-07-05 |
| 58. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
59.77 |
0.9757 |
-0.0134 |
176 |
1 |
59.77 |
2010-12-25 |
| 59. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
59.77 |
1.0094 |
-0.0436 |
256 |
2 |
56.48 |
2010-12-01 |
| 60. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
59.68 |
1.0315 |
-0.0680 |
193 |
1 |
59.68 |
2010-12-01 |
| 61. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
59.57 |
1.0063 |
-0.0388 |
293 |
1 |
59.57 |
2010-06-22 |
| 62. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
59.57 |
0.9561 |
0.0141 |
364 |
2 |
57.45 |
2010-07-05 |
| 63. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
59.45 |
0.9650 |
-0.0017 |
347 |
1 |
59.45 |
2010-06-21 |
| 64. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
59.16 |
1.0506 |
-0.0952 |
259 |
1 |
59.16 |
2011-03-03 |
| 65. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
59.10 |
0.9673 |
-0.0097 |
292 |
1 |
59.10 |
2010-12-08 |
| 66. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
59.03 |
0.9743 |
-0.0091 |
397 |
1 |
59.03 |
2012-05-01 |
| 67. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
58.94 |
1.0199 |
-0.0712 |
225 |
1 |
58.94 |
2010-07-05 |
| 68. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
58.58 |
1.0698 |
-0.1163 |
303 |
1 |
58.58 |
2010-06-22 |
| 69. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
58.49 |
0.9632 |
-0.0169 |
287 |
1 |
58.49 |
2011-03-08 |
| 70. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
58.48 |
1.0753 |
-0.1235 |
206 |
1 |
58.48 |
2010-06-21 |
| 71. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
58.35 |
0.8172 |
0.1211 |
204 |
1 |
58.35 |
2010-06-26 |
| 72. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
58.25 |
0.9637 |
-0.0103 |
342 |
1 |
58.25 |
2010-06-22 |
| 73. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
58.21 |
0.9849 |
-0.0432 |
337 |
1 |
58.21 |
2010-12-08 |
| 74. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
58.00 |
0.9543 |
-0.0103 |
265 |
1 |
58.00 |
2010-06-26 |
| 75. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
57.85 |
0.9597 |
-0.0245 |
251 |
2 |
55.24 |
2010-12-08 |
| 76. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
57.66 |
0.9931 |
-0.0572 |
339 |
1 |
57.66 |
2010-06-22 |
| 77. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
57.66 |
0.9445 |
-0.0043 |
389 |
1 |
57.66 |
2010-06-21 |
| 78. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
57.56 |
1.0197 |
-0.0917 |
204 |
2 |
55.04 |
2010-06-21 |
| 79. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
57.52 |
0.9947 |
-0.0554 |
346 |
1 |
57.52 |
2010-06-26 |
| 80. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
57.44 |
0.9763 |
-0.0492 |
283 |
1 |
57.44 |
2010-06-22 |
| 81. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
57.38 |
1.0432 |
-0.1158 |
276 |
1 |
57.38 |
2010-12-12 |
| 82. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
57.00 |
0.9927 |
-0.0752 |
234 |
1 |
57.00 |
2010-11-24 |
| 83. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
56.84 |
0.9354 |
-0.0057 |
384 |
1 |
56.84 |
2010-12-12 |
| 84. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
56.59 |
0.9673 |
-0.0489 |
393 |
1 |
56.59 |
2010-12-12 |
| 85. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
56.37 |
0.9736 |
-0.0560 |
378 |
1 |
56.37 |
2010-07-01 |
| 86. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
55.93 |
0.9137 |
-0.0086 |
342 |
1 |
55.93 |
2010-06-22 |
| 87. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
55.92 |
0.9424 |
-0.0359 |
320 |
2 |
55.59 |
2010-06-26 |
| 88. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
55.48 |
1.0426 |
-0.1505 |
131 |
1 |
55.48 |
2010-06-21 |
| 89. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
55.29 |
0.9425 |
-0.0486 |
248 |
1 |
55.29 |
2010-07-01 |
| 90. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
55.18 |
0.9561 |
-0.0634 |
362 |
1 |
55.18 |
2010-11-24 |
| 91. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
54.60 |
0.9644 |
-0.0794 |
398 |
1 |
54.60 |
2010-06-21 |
| 92. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
54.56 |
1.0392 |
-0.1531 |
258 |
1 |
54.56 |
2011-03-03 |
| 93. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
54.50 |
0.9756 |
-0.0962 |
223 |
1 |
54.50 |
2010-06-26 |
| 94. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
54.32 |
0.9352 |
-0.0592 |
194 |
1 |
54.32 |
2010-06-26 |
| 95. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
54.31 |
1.0628 |
-0.1836 |
363 |
1 |
54.31 |
2010-06-26 |
| 96. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
53.73 |
0.8984 |
-0.0229 |
267 |
1 |
53.73 |
2010-06-26 |
| 97. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
53.40 |
0.9981 |
-0.1364 |
211 |
1 |
53.40 |
2010-06-23 |
| 98. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
52.81 |
0.9854 |
-0.1313 |
174 |
2 |
50.71 |
2010-12-12 |
| 99. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
49.28 |
0.8328 |
-0.0335 |
343 |
1 |
49.28 |
2010-06-25 |
| 100. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
31.43 |
1.0877 |
-0.5869 |
129 |
1 |
31.43 |
2010-07-06 |