| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
82.86 |
1.0615 |
0.7851 |
201 |
1 |
82.86 |
2011-11-29 |
| 2. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
79.68 |
0.9275 |
0.8561 |
243 |
1 |
79.68 |
2011-11-29 |
| 3. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
73.99 |
0.9660 |
0.6920 |
258 |
1 |
73.99 |
2011-12-06 |
| 4. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
73.38 |
0.9678 |
0.6738 |
392 |
1 |
73.38 |
2011-12-06 |
| 5. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
72.10 |
1.0094 |
0.5993 |
256 |
1 |
72.10 |
2011-11-29 |
| 6. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
71.67 |
0.9909 |
0.6120 |
334 |
1 |
71.67 |
2011-12-06 |
| 7. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
69.52 |
0.9183 |
0.6291 |
252 |
1 |
69.52 |
2011-12-06 |
| 8. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
67.34 |
1.0576 |
0.4416 |
231 |
2 |
59.26 |
2011-12-06 |
| 9. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
67.24 |
0.9917 |
0.5101 |
317 |
2 |
54.68 |
2011-11-29 |
| 10. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
67.24 |
0.9543 |
0.5522 |
265 |
1 |
67.24 |
2011-12-06 |
| 11. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
65.37 |
0.8964 |
0.5586 |
199 |
2 |
46.96 |
2011-11-29 |
| 12. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
64.25 |
1.0320 |
0.4068 |
401 |
1 |
64.25 |
2011-12-06 |
| 13. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
58.11 |
1.0414 |
0.2530 |
234 |
1 |
58.11 |
2009-03-06 |
| 14. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
57.90 |
0.8656 |
0.4262 |
242 |
2 |
42.74 |
2011-12-06 |
| 15. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
56.05 |
0.9779 |
0.2697 |
255 |
1 |
56.05 |
2009-03-06 |
| 16. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
55.12 |
1.0865 |
0.1416 |
237 |
1 |
55.12 |
2009-03-06 |
| 17. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
52.74 |
1.0628 |
0.1142 |
363 |
2 |
49.35 |
2009-03-11 |
| 18. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
51.44 |
1.0403 |
0.1039 |
234 |
2 |
48.10 |
2009-03-06 |
| 19. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
51.43 |
1.0288 |
0.1122 |
166 |
2 |
45.82 |
2008-12-23 |
| 20. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
50.56 |
1.0638 |
0.0604 |
247 |
2 |
45.66 |
2009-03-03 |
| 21. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
50.42 |
1.0877 |
0.0319 |
129 |
1 |
50.42 |
2009-01-09 |
| 22. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
49.74 |
1.0279 |
0.0742 |
172 |
2 |
48.15 |
2008-12-09 |
| 23. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
49.69 |
1.0404 |
0.0712 |
406 |
1 |
49.69 |
2009-03-11 |
| 24. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
49.32 |
1.0682 |
0.0313 |
266 |
1 |
49.32 |
2009-03-06 |
| 25. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
49.03 |
1.0095 |
0.0810 |
211 |
1 |
49.03 |
2009-03-11 |
| 26. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
48.55 |
1.0060 |
0.0758 |
225 |
2 |
47.79 |
2009-01-09 |
| 27. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
48.42 |
0.8965 |
0.1822 |
150 |
1 |
48.42 |
2008-12-09 |
| 28. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
48.07 |
0.9680 |
0.1025 |
256 |
2 |
42.02 |
2009-01-09 |
| 29. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
46.99 |
1.0487 |
-0.0047 |
253 |
2 |
46.08 |
2009-03-03 |
| 30. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
46.94 |
1.0476 |
-0.0119 |
110 |
1 |
46.94 |
2009-01-09 |
| 31. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
46.58 |
0.9636 |
0.0720 |
281 |
1 |
46.58 |
2009-03-22 |
| 32. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
46.05 |
1.0432 |
-0.0174 |
276 |
1 |
46.05 |
2008-12-18 |
| 33. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
45.89 |
1.0960 |
-0.0703 |
315 |
1 |
45.89 |
2008-12-18 |
| 34. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
45.52 |
1.0419 |
-0.0255 |
341 |
2 |
45.13 |
2009-01-05 |
| 35. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
45.32 |
1.0234 |
-0.0105 |
392 |
1 |
45.32 |
2008-12-23 |
| 36. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
45.29 |
0.9807 |
0.0158 |
129 |
1 |
45.29 |
2009-01-09 |
| 37. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
44.81 |
0.9583 |
0.0396 |
237 |
1 |
44.81 |
2008-12-18 |
| 38. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
44.71 |
0.9890 |
0.0100 |
272 |
1 |
44.71 |
2009-03-03 |
| 39. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
44.70 |
1.0059 |
-0.0098 |
283 |
1 |
44.70 |
2009-01-09 |
| 40. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
44.56 |
1.0901 |
-0.0963 |
288 |
1 |
44.56 |
2008-12-07 |
| 41. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
44.49 |
1.0332 |
-0.0436 |
267 |
1 |
44.49 |
2008-12-09 |
| 42. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
43.92 |
1.0208 |
-0.0434 |
231 |
1 |
43.92 |
2009-03-22 |
| 43. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
43.80 |
0.9768 |
-0.0007 |
237 |
1 |
43.80 |
2008-12-07 |
| 44. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
43.78 |
1.0270 |
-0.0521 |
303 |
2 |
41.46 |
2008-12-15 |
| 45. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
43.57 |
1.1070 |
-0.1385 |
265 |
1 |
43.57 |
2008-12-15 |
| 46. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
43.40 |
0.9594 |
0.0046 |
258 |
1 |
43.40 |
2008-12-18 |
| 47. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
43.28 |
1.0333 |
-0.0753 |
176 |
2 |
41.44 |
2009-01-05 |
| 48. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
42.76 |
0.9763 |
-0.0253 |
143 |
1 |
42.76 |
2008-12-18 |
| 49. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
42.51 |
1.0199 |
-0.0778 |
225 |
1 |
42.51 |
2008-12-07 |
| 50. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
41.88 |
0.9836 |
-0.0517 |
289 |
1 |
41.88 |
2008-12-23 |
| 51. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
41.64 |
0.9957 |
-0.0695 |
323 |
1 |
41.64 |
2008-12-05 |
| 52. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
41.50 |
0.9541 |
-0.0302 |
236 |
1 |
41.50 |
2008-12-10 |
| 53. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
41.41 |
0.9780 |
-0.0630 |
173 |
1 |
41.41 |
2008-12-15 |
| 54. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
40.98 |
1.0881 |
-0.1804 |
210 |
1 |
40.98 |
2008-12-09 |
| 55. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
40.96 |
1.0540 |
-0.1478 |
184 |
1 |
40.96 |
2008-12-09 |
| 56. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
40.31 |
1.0506 |
-0.1544 |
259 |
1 |
40.31 |
2008-12-05 |
| 57. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
40.16 |
1.0743 |
-0.1800 |
297 |
1 |
40.16 |
2008-12-18 |
| 58. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
39.86 |
0.8988 |
-0.0131 |
193 |
1 |
39.86 |
2008-12-07 |
| 59. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
39.68 |
0.9252 |
-0.0421 |
148 |
1 |
39.68 |
2008-12-07 |
| 60. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
39.37 |
0.8339 |
0.0411 |
209 |
1 |
39.37 |
2008-12-09 |
| 61. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
39.16 |
0.9673 |
-0.0926 |
393 |
1 |
39.16 |
2009-03-03 |
| 62. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
38.81 |
1.0291 |
-0.1682 |
240 |
1 |
38.81 |
2009-03-03 |
| 63. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
38.73 |
0.9260 |
-0.0618 |
348 |
1 |
38.73 |
2008-12-10 |
| 64. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
38.09 |
1.0582 |
-0.2144 |
180 |
1 |
38.09 |
2008-12-05 |
| 65. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
38.09 |
0.9931 |
-0.1501 |
218 |
1 |
38.09 |
2008-12-07 |
| 66. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
38.01 |
1.0639 |
-0.2177 |
303 |
1 |
38.01 |
2008-12-07 |
| 67. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
37.91 |
1.0511 |
-0.2064 |
252 |
1 |
37.91 |
2008-12-07 |
| 68. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
37.90 |
0.9332 |
-0.0906 |
267 |
1 |
37.90 |
2008-12-07 |
| 69. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
37.77 |
1.0372 |
-0.1979 |
249 |
1 |
37.77 |
2008-12-09 |
| 70. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
37.37 |
0.9981 |
-0.1682 |
211 |
1 |
37.37 |
2008-12-07 |
| 71. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
36.95 |
0.9339 |
-0.1068 |
317 |
1 |
36.95 |
2008-12-15 |
| 72. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
36.86 |
0.9128 |
-0.0963 |
237 |
1 |
36.86 |
2008-12-10 |
| 73. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
36.36 |
1.0189 |
-0.2114 |
290 |
1 |
36.36 |
2008-12-07 |
| 74. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
36.26 |
1.0042 |
-0.2021 |
168 |
2 |
34.20 |
2008-12-07 |
| 75. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
35.81 |
0.9503 |
-0.1612 |
211 |
1 |
35.81 |
2009-03-03 |
| 76. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
34.85 |
1.0590 |
-0.2858 |
250 |
1 |
34.85 |
2008-12-07 |
| 77. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
34.76 |
0.9332 |
-0.1595 |
295 |
1 |
34.76 |
2008-12-05 |
| 78. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
34.00 |
1.0016 |
-0.2479 |
217 |
1 |
34.00 |
2008-12-07 |
| 79. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
33.67 |
1.0561 |
-0.3101 |
227 |
1 |
33.67 |
2008-12-10 |
| 80. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
33.64 |
1.0250 |
-0.2749 |
271 |
1 |
33.64 |
2008-12-07 |
| 81. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
32.87 |
1.0125 |
-0.2840 |
232 |
1 |
32.87 |
2008-12-07 |
| 82. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
32.78 |
0.9380 |
-0.2115 |
284 |
1 |
32.78 |
2008-12-07 |
| 83. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
32.56 |
0.9927 |
-0.2730 |
234 |
1 |
32.56 |
2008-12-09 |
| 84. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
31.34 |
0.9346 |
-0.2418 |
211 |
1 |
31.34 |
2008-12-07 |
| 85. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
31.24 |
0.8880 |
-0.1944 |
296 |
1 |
31.24 |
2008-12-07 |
| 86. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
31.10 |
0.9827 |
-0.2915 |
314 |
1 |
31.10 |
2008-12-07 |
| 87. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
31.01 |
0.9425 |
-0.2535 |
248 |
1 |
31.01 |
2008-12-07 |
| 88. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
30.89 |
0.8986 |
-0.2147 |
205 |
1 |
30.89 |
2008-12-07 |
| 89. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
30.69 |
0.9884 |
-0.3048 |
267 |
2 |
29.05 |
2008-12-07 |
| 90. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
29.94 |
0.9909 |
-0.3219 |
293 |
1 |
29.94 |
2008-12-07 |
| 91. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
26.86 |
1.0197 |
-0.4261 |
204 |
1 |
26.86 |
2010-05-28 |
| 92. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
26.10 |
0.9621 |
-0.3867 |
201 |
1 |
26.10 |
2010-05-28 |
| 93. |
We were all in our late twenties or early-to-middle thirties... |
25.80 |
0.8911 |
-0.3166 |
241 |
1 |
25.80 |
2010-05-28 |
| 94. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
25.59 |
0.8768 |
-0.3059 |
199 |
1 |
25.59 |
2010-05-07 |
| 95. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
20.12 |
0.8863 |
-0.4454 |
127 |
1 |
20.12 |
2010-05-28 |