Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
68.09 |
1.0664 |
0.3327 |
389 |
1 |
68.09 |
2010-07-26 |
2. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
67.89 |
1.0969 |
0.2968 |
303 |
2 |
64.77 |
2010-08-07 |
3. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
64.68 |
1.0800 |
0.2425 |
213 |
1 |
64.68 |
2010-07-25 |
4. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
60.42 |
1.0399 |
0.2027 |
257 |
1 |
60.42 |
2010-07-26 |
5. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
60.38 |
1.0865 |
0.1502 |
237 |
1 |
60.38 |
2010-07-25 |
6. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
60.24 |
0.9807 |
0.2417 |
129 |
1 |
60.24 |
2010-07-25 |
7. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
59.38 |
1.0199 |
0.1926 |
225 |
1 |
59.38 |
2010-07-26 |
8. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
59.19 |
1.0264 |
0.1818 |
191 |
1 |
59.19 |
2010-08-07 |
9. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
59.17 |
0.9749 |
0.2462 |
337 |
1 |
59.17 |
2010-10-09 |
10. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
58.99 |
1.0511 |
0.1590 |
252 |
1 |
58.99 |
2010-07-25 |
11. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
58.55 |
1.0487 |
0.1483 |
253 |
1 |
58.55 |
2010-08-07 |
12. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
57.61 |
1.1198 |
0.0591 |
247 |
1 |
57.61 |
2010-07-25 |
13. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
57.38 |
1.0194 |
0.1536 |
224 |
1 |
57.38 |
2010-07-26 |
14. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
56.90 |
0.8656 |
0.3005 |
299 |
1 |
56.90 |
2010-08-07 |
15. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
55.83 |
1.0287 |
0.1134 |
269 |
1 |
55.83 |
2010-08-07 |
16. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
55.39 |
1.0495 |
0.0842 |
323 |
2 |
54.85 |
2010-07-26 |
17. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
55.22 |
1.0561 |
0.0727 |
227 |
1 |
55.22 |
2010-07-24 |
18. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
54.92 |
0.9839 |
0.1404 |
308 |
3 |
50.32 |
2010-07-26 |
19. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
54.72 |
1.0051 |
0.1102 |
162 |
1 |
54.72 |
2010-07-24 |
20. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
54.71 |
0.8935 |
0.2356 |
351 |
2 |
52.46 |
2010-08-07 |
21. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
54.47 |
1.0777 |
0.0354 |
226 |
3 |
53.50 |
2010-08-07 |
22. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
53.90 |
0.9948 |
0.1076 |
233 |
1 |
53.90 |
2010-07-25 |
23. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
53.74 |
1.0615 |
0.0357 |
201 |
1 |
53.74 |
2010-07-24 |
24. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
52.97 |
0.9338 |
0.1605 |
326 |
1 |
52.97 |
2010-07-25 |
25. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
52.86 |
1.0960 |
-0.0098 |
315 |
1 |
52.86 |
2010-07-24 |
26. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
52.85 |
1.0616 |
0.0272 |
304 |
1 |
52.85 |
2010-07-24 |
27. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
51.64 |
0.9866 |
0.0708 |
308 |
1 |
51.64 |
2010-07-24 |
28. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
51.52 |
1.0036 |
0.0519 |
277 |
1 |
51.52 |
2010-07-26 |
29. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
51.44 |
1.0432 |
0.0103 |
276 |
1 |
51.44 |
2010-08-07 |
30. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
51.21 |
1.0341 |
0.0134 |
273 |
2 |
51.11 |
2010-07-25 |
31. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
51.01 |
0.9836 |
0.0605 |
289 |
1 |
51.01 |
2010-07-26 |
32. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
50.98 |
1.0095 |
0.0325 |
211 |
1 |
50.98 |
2010-07-24 |
33. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
50.73 |
1.0106 |
0.0266 |
302 |
2 |
49.69 |
2010-07-25 |
34. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
50.52 |
0.9703 |
0.0702 |
394 |
1 |
50.52 |
2010-07-26 |
35. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
50.51 |
1.0082 |
0.0205 |
212 |
1 |
50.51 |
2010-07-26 |
36. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
50.37 |
0.8911 |
0.1409 |
207 |
1 |
50.37 |
2010-07-25 |
37. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
50.32 |
1.0588 |
-0.0289 |
281 |
1 |
50.32 |
2010-07-24 |
38. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
50.19 |
0.9957 |
0.0354 |
323 |
1 |
50.19 |
2010-07-24 |
39. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
50.02 |
1.0479 |
-0.0259 |
205 |
1 |
50.02 |
2010-07-26 |
40. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
49.66 |
0.9404 |
0.0853 |
383 |
1 |
49.66 |
2010-07-24 |
41. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
49.65 |
0.9604 |
0.0535 |
285 |
2 |
44.17 |
2010-07-25 |
42. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
49.55 |
1.0562 |
-0.0371 |
360 |
1 |
49.55 |
2010-07-26 |
43. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
49.44 |
1.0414 |
-0.0306 |
234 |
1 |
49.44 |
2010-07-24 |
44. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
49.44 |
1.0736 |
-0.0593 |
350 |
1 |
49.44 |
2010-07-24 |
45. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
49.38 |
1.0250 |
-0.0117 |
271 |
1 |
49.38 |
2010-07-26 |
46. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
49.31 |
0.9980 |
0.0132 |
295 |
1 |
49.31 |
2010-07-25 |
47. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
49.08 |
1.0585 |
-0.0514 |
226 |
2 |
42.07 |
2010-07-24 |
48. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
48.75 |
0.9332 |
0.0643 |
267 |
1 |
48.75 |
2010-08-07 |
49. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
48.52 |
1.0178 |
-0.0268 |
207 |
1 |
48.52 |
2010-07-26 |
50. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
48.51 |
1.0370 |
-0.0447 |
262 |
1 |
48.51 |
2010-07-24 |
51. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
48.05 |
0.9927 |
-0.0090 |
276 |
1 |
48.05 |
2010-07-25 |
52. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
47.97 |
0.9632 |
0.0194 |
287 |
3 |
45.54 |
2010-08-07 |
53. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
47.71 |
0.9394 |
0.0352 |
195 |
1 |
47.71 |
2010-07-26 |
54. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
47.62 |
0.9809 |
-0.0106 |
209 |
1 |
47.62 |
2010-07-26 |
55. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
47.44 |
1.0873 |
-0.1198 |
243 |
1 |
47.44 |
2010-07-24 |
56. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
47.34 |
0.9915 |
-0.0240 |
281 |
2 |
46.32 |
2010-07-24 |
57. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
47.31 |
1.0540 |
-0.0912 |
184 |
1 |
47.31 |
2010-07-24 |
58. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
47.15 |
0.9255 |
0.0397 |
174 |
1 |
47.15 |
2010-08-07 |
59. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
47.02 |
0.9500 |
0.0136 |
287 |
1 |
47.02 |
2010-08-07 |
60. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
46.77 |
0.9265 |
0.0291 |
254 |
1 |
46.77 |
2010-07-26 |
61. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
46.61 |
0.8391 |
0.1203 |
294 |
1 |
46.61 |
2010-07-24 |
62. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
46.51 |
1.0225 |
-0.0789 |
152 |
1 |
46.51 |
2010-07-26 |
63. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
46.49 |
0.8718 |
0.0826 |
318 |
1 |
46.49 |
2010-08-07 |
64. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
46.36 |
0.9842 |
-0.0337 |
335 |
1 |
46.36 |
2010-07-25 |
65. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
46.12 |
0.8721 |
0.0771 |
231 |
1 |
46.12 |
2010-07-24 |
66. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
46.06 |
0.9468 |
-0.0049 |
318 |
1 |
46.06 |
2010-07-24 |
67. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
46.03 |
0.8830 |
0.0525 |
134 |
1 |
46.03 |
2010-07-24 |
68. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
45.96 |
0.9989 |
-0.0518 |
282 |
2 |
41.95 |
2010-08-07 |
69. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
45.92 |
1.0836 |
-0.1410 |
206 |
1 |
45.92 |
2010-07-24 |
70. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
45.66 |
1.0567 |
-0.1231 |
314 |
1 |
45.66 |
2010-07-26 |
71. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
45.66 |
0.9594 |
-0.0273 |
258 |
1 |
45.66 |
2010-07-24 |
72. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
45.64 |
0.9010 |
0.0349 |
266 |
1 |
45.64 |
2010-07-25 |
73. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
45.48 |
1.0501 |
-0.1193 |
263 |
1 |
45.48 |
2010-08-07 |
74. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
45.45 |
1.0304 |
-0.1038 |
256 |
1 |
45.45 |
2010-07-25 |
75. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
44.97 |
0.9284 |
-0.0051 |
346 |
1 |
44.97 |
2010-07-25 |
76. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
44.87 |
0.8571 |
0.0598 |
202 |
1 |
44.87 |
2010-07-24 |
77. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
44.54 |
0.9737 |
-0.0602 |
237 |
1 |
44.54 |
2010-07-24 |
78. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
43.79 |
0.9917 |
-0.0942 |
317 |
1 |
43.79 |
2010-07-25 |
79. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
43.57 |
0.9243 |
-0.0333 |
231 |
1 |
43.57 |
2010-07-26 |
80. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
43.53 |
0.9854 |
-0.0941 |
174 |
1 |
43.53 |
2010-07-26 |
81. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
43.30 |
0.9380 |
-0.0542 |
284 |
1 |
43.30 |
2010-07-24 |
82. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
43.23 |
0.9810 |
-0.0922 |
362 |
1 |
43.23 |
2010-07-24 |
83. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
42.98 |
1.0351 |
-0.1525 |
276 |
1 |
42.98 |
2010-07-24 |
84. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
42.69 |
0.9368 |
-0.0706 |
176 |
1 |
42.69 |
2010-07-24 |
85. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
42.55 |
0.9384 |
-0.0711 |
296 |
1 |
42.55 |
2010-07-24 |
86. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
42.52 |
0.8948 |
-0.0263 |
164 |
2 |
41.69 |
2010-07-25 |
87. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
42.02 |
0.9761 |
-0.1127 |
227 |
1 |
42.02 |
2010-07-26 |
88. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
41.91 |
0.9358 |
-0.0850 |
188 |
1 |
41.91 |
2010-07-24 |
89. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
41.74 |
0.9931 |
-0.1355 |
339 |
1 |
41.74 |
2010-07-24 |
90. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
40.86 |
0.9925 |
-0.1617 |
155 |
1 |
40.86 |
2010-07-24 |
91. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
40.44 |
0.9583 |
-0.1314 |
237 |
1 |
40.44 |
2010-07-25 |
92. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
39.95 |
0.9820 |
-0.1573 |
297 |
1 |
39.95 |
2010-07-25 |
93. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
39.68 |
0.9480 |
-0.1361 |
297 |
1 |
39.68 |
2010-07-25 |
94. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
39.37 |
0.7923 |
0.0127 |
316 |
1 |
39.37 |
2010-08-07 |
95. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
38.28 |
0.9101 |
-0.1243 |
351 |
1 |
38.28 |
2010-07-24 |
96. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
38.11 |
0.9269 |
-0.1406 |
269 |
1 |
38.11 |
2010-07-24 |
97. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
37.41 |
1.0204 |
-0.2646 |
143 |
1 |
37.41 |
2010-07-26 |
98. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
36.10 |
0.7852 |
-0.0543 |
154 |
1 |
36.10 |
2010-07-25 |
99. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
35.06 |
0.9206 |
-0.2045 |
317 |
1 |
35.06 |
2010-07-24 |
100. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
33.72 |
0.9927 |
-0.3080 |
234 |
1 |
33.72 |
2010-07-24 |
101. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
33.53 |
0.8981 |
-0.2053 |
255 |
1 |
33.53 |
2010-08-07 |
102. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
33.06 |
0.9779 |
-0.3050 |
255 |
1 |
33.06 |
2010-07-25 |