| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
53.07 |
1.0638 |
0.1889 |
247 |
1 |
53.07 |
2009-12-02 |
| 2. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
52.22 |
1.0504 |
0.1862 |
225 |
1 |
52.22 |
2009-12-16 |
| 3. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
51.81 |
1.0601 |
0.1619 |
256 |
1 |
51.81 |
2010-01-22 |
| 4. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
51.55 |
1.0800 |
0.1357 |
213 |
1 |
51.55 |
2010-01-07 |
| 5. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
51.53 |
0.9394 |
0.2775 |
195 |
2 |
49.74 |
2010-02-05 |
| 6. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
51.52 |
1.0432 |
0.1753 |
276 |
1 |
51.52 |
2010-01-11 |
| 7. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
51.44 |
1.0867 |
0.1251 |
171 |
1 |
51.44 |
2009-12-16 |
| 8. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
50.63 |
1.0777 |
0.1171 |
226 |
1 |
50.63 |
2009-12-16 |
| 9. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
49.52 |
1.0495 |
0.1206 |
323 |
1 |
49.52 |
2009-12-16 |
| 10. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
49.26 |
1.0135 |
0.1540 |
358 |
1 |
49.26 |
2009-12-16 |
| 11. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
48.39 |
0.9011 |
0.2457 |
322 |
1 |
48.39 |
2009-12-16 |
| 12. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
47.50 |
1.0865 |
0.0358 |
237 |
1 |
47.50 |
2009-12-16 |
| 13. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
47.18 |
1.0969 |
0.0203 |
303 |
1 |
47.18 |
2009-12-16 |
| 14. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
47.07 |
0.9561 |
0.1580 |
362 |
1 |
47.07 |
2009-11-30 |
| 15. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
47.05 |
0.9884 |
0.1258 |
267 |
1 |
47.05 |
2009-12-02 |
| 16. |
As civilizations grew, humans spread out across the face of ... |
46.58 |
0.9459 |
0.1583 |
188 |
1 |
46.58 |
2010-01-26 |
| 17. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
46.29 |
0.9270 |
0.1697 |
193 |
1 |
46.29 |
2010-01-05 |
| 18. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
45.99 |
0.8837 |
0.2024 |
157 |
1 |
45.99 |
2010-01-11 |
| 19. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
45.32 |
0.9709 |
0.0986 |
264 |
1 |
45.32 |
2009-12-16 |
| 20. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
45.04 |
0.9922 |
0.0723 |
264 |
1 |
45.04 |
2010-01-26 |
| 21. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
44.90 |
0.9765 |
0.0836 |
269 |
1 |
44.90 |
2010-01-13 |
| 22. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
44.20 |
0.9604 |
0.0816 |
285 |
1 |
44.20 |
2010-02-01 |
| 23. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
44.13 |
0.9597 |
0.0829 |
251 |
1 |
44.13 |
2009-11-23 |
| 24. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
43.95 |
1.0672 |
-0.0303 |
239 |
1 |
43.95 |
2009-11-17 |
| 25. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
43.83 |
0.8381 |
0.2009 |
283 |
1 |
43.83 |
2009-12-16 |
| 26. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
43.68 |
0.9084 |
0.1251 |
271 |
2 |
42.62 |
2010-01-22 |
| 27. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
43.58 |
0.9844 |
0.0571 |
351 |
1 |
43.58 |
2010-02-05 |
| 28. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
43.22 |
0.9468 |
0.0740 |
318 |
1 |
43.22 |
2009-12-10 |
| 29. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
42.93 |
0.9829 |
0.0302 |
229 |
1 |
42.93 |
2009-11-13 |
| 30. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
42.91 |
0.9503 |
0.0566 |
211 |
1 |
42.91 |
2010-01-13 |
| 31. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
42.55 |
0.8646 |
0.1369 |
110 |
1 |
42.55 |
2009-11-11 |
| 32. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
42.54 |
1.0103 |
-0.0113 |
209 |
1 |
42.54 |
2010-01-11 |
| 33. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
42.49 |
1.0234 |
-0.0159 |
392 |
1 |
42.49 |
2009-12-16 |
| 34. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
42.40 |
0.8988 |
0.1028 |
216 |
1 |
42.40 |
2010-01-07 |
| 35. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
42.23 |
1.0332 |
-0.0361 |
267 |
1 |
42.23 |
2009-12-16 |
| 36. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
41.69 |
0.9543 |
0.0370 |
265 |
1 |
41.69 |
2010-01-05 |
| 37. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
41.67 |
0.8988 |
0.0845 |
193 |
1 |
41.67 |
2009-12-02 |
| 38. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
41.58 |
0.9583 |
0.0240 |
237 |
1 |
41.58 |
2009-12-16 |
| 39. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
40.75 |
0.8827 |
0.0759 |
190 |
1 |
40.75 |
2010-01-15 |
| 40. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
40.71 |
1.0042 |
-0.0468 |
168 |
1 |
40.71 |
2009-11-30 |
| 41. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
40.66 |
1.0106 |
-0.0514 |
302 |
1 |
40.66 |
2009-11-13 |
| 42. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
40.45 |
0.9827 |
-0.0268 |
314 |
1 |
40.45 |
2010-01-13 |
| 43. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
40.33 |
0.8656 |
0.0877 |
242 |
1 |
40.33 |
2009-12-16 |
| 44. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
40.12 |
0.9594 |
-0.0139 |
258 |
1 |
40.12 |
2009-12-02 |
| 45. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
39.77 |
0.9260 |
0.0163 |
348 |
1 |
39.77 |
2009-11-13 |
| 46. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
39.55 |
0.9757 |
-0.0451 |
176 |
1 |
39.55 |
2009-11-23 |
| 47. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
39.32 |
0.9810 |
-0.0481 |
362 |
1 |
39.32 |
2009-12-16 |
| 48. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
39.31 |
0.9271 |
0.0031 |
323 |
1 |
39.31 |
2009-11-09 |
| 49. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
38.95 |
1.0115 |
-0.0973 |
189 |
1 |
38.95 |
2010-01-15 |
| 50. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
38.94 |
0.8965 |
0.0231 |
150 |
1 |
38.94 |
2009-11-09 |
| 51. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
38.75 |
1.0372 |
-0.1230 |
249 |
1 |
38.75 |
2009-12-10 |
| 52. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
38.66 |
0.9286 |
-0.0142 |
177 |
1 |
38.66 |
2010-01-15 |
| 53. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
38.44 |
0.9817 |
-0.0691 |
304 |
1 |
38.44 |
2010-01-11 |
| 54. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
38.43 |
1.0267 |
-0.1166 |
261 |
1 |
38.43 |
2009-12-16 |
| 55. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
38.19 |
0.9271 |
-0.0263 |
295 |
1 |
38.19 |
2009-11-09 |
| 56. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
37.86 |
0.9650 |
-0.0689 |
347 |
1 |
37.86 |
2010-02-24 |
| 57. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
37.14 |
1.0178 |
-0.1430 |
207 |
1 |
37.14 |
2010-02-03 |
| 58. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
37.07 |
0.9909 |
-0.1118 |
293 |
1 |
37.07 |
2009-11-30 |
| 59. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
37.00 |
0.9952 |
-0.1197 |
220 |
1 |
37.00 |
2009-11-17 |
| 60. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
36.60 |
0.8958 |
-0.0352 |
188 |
1 |
36.60 |
2009-11-30 |
| 61. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
36.59 |
0.8964 |
-0.0359 |
199 |
1 |
36.59 |
2009-12-14 |
| 62. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
36.11 |
0.9698 |
-0.1129 |
389 |
1 |
36.11 |
2009-12-16 |
| 63. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
34.56 |
0.9068 |
-0.0937 |
212 |
1 |
34.56 |
2009-11-30 |
| 64. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
34.19 |
0.8830 |
-0.0744 |
300 |
1 |
34.19 |
2010-01-11 |
| 65. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
33.99 |
0.9010 |
-0.0968 |
266 |
1 |
33.99 |
2010-02-09 |
| 66. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
33.66 |
0.9745 |
-0.1786 |
388 |
1 |
33.66 |
2009-11-19 |
| 67. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
33.50 |
1.0194 |
-0.2315 |
224 |
2 |
33.47 |
2009-11-13 |
| 68. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
32.63 |
0.9541 |
-0.1842 |
236 |
1 |
32.63 |
2010-02-03 |
| 69. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
32.25 |
0.8986 |
-0.1400 |
205 |
1 |
32.25 |
2010-01-15 |
| 70. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
28.23 |
0.9269 |
-0.2545 |
269 |
1 |
28.23 |
2010-01-15 |