| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
51.59 |
0.8316 |
0.6952 |
304 |
2 |
40.98 |
2012-03-21 |
| 2. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
43.96 |
0.9836 |
0.3052 |
123 |
1 |
43.96 |
2012-03-13 |
| 3. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
43.85 |
0.9779 |
0.3148 |
255 |
1 |
43.85 |
2015-12-19 |
| 4. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
39.52 |
0.8339 |
0.3313 |
209 |
1 |
39.52 |
2012-03-13 |
| 5. |
Some drivers actually perform best when there is a little ex... |
39.22 |
0.9684 |
0.1852 |
240 |
1 |
39.22 |
2012-03-13 |
| 6. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
39.12 |
1.0665 |
0.0813 |
196 |
1 |
39.12 |
2012-03-21 |
| 7. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
38.50 |
0.9285 |
0.2052 |
244 |
1 |
38.50 |
2013-09-26 |
| 8. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
38.02 |
1.0125 |
0.1072 |
232 |
1 |
38.02 |
2012-03-13 |
| 9. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
37.67 |
0.9244 |
0.1915 |
225 |
1 |
37.67 |
2012-08-06 |
| 10. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
37.57 |
0.9783 |
0.1369 |
273 |
1 |
37.57 |
2015-12-19 |
| 11. |
You have to be a fairly determined ecological detective to f... |
37.08 |
0.9040 |
0.1893 |
188 |
1 |
37.08 |
2012-03-13 |
| 12. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
36.95 |
1.0561 |
0.0313 |
227 |
1 |
36.95 |
2015-12-19 |
| 13. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
36.74 |
0.8845 |
0.2000 |
239 |
1 |
36.74 |
2015-12-19 |
| 14. |
Right now there are three people in chat, but there's no way... |
36.67 |
0.9841 |
0.0958 |
154 |
1 |
36.67 |
2012-04-13 |
| 15. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
36.23 |
0.8830 |
0.1795 |
134 |
1 |
36.23 |
2012-03-09 |
| 16. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
35.21 |
1.0301 |
0.0064 |
268 |
1 |
35.21 |
2012-03-13 |
| 17. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
34.89 |
1.0487 |
-0.0226 |
253 |
1 |
34.89 |
2012-03-13 |
| 18. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
34.65 |
0.9464 |
0.0721 |
119 |
1 |
34.65 |
2012-08-06 |
| 19. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
34.54 |
1.0063 |
0.0165 |
293 |
1 |
34.54 |
2018-05-14 |
| 20. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
34.53 |
1.0086 |
0.0047 |
218 |
1 |
34.53 |
2012-03-09 |
| 21. |
Everybody on campus was using it. "Facebook me" was the comm... |
34.51 |
0.8399 |
0.1480 |
231 |
1 |
34.51 |
2018-05-17 |
| 22. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
34.51 |
0.9299 |
0.0788 |
168 |
1 |
34.51 |
2012-03-09 |
| 23. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
33.91 |
1.0267 |
-0.0244 |
261 |
1 |
33.91 |
2012-03-13 |
| 24. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
33.90 |
0.9001 |
0.0996 |
217 |
1 |
33.90 |
2012-03-21 |
| 25. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
33.77 |
1.0588 |
-0.0636 |
281 |
1 |
33.77 |
2012-03-09 |
| 26. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
33.76 |
1.0495 |
-0.0551 |
323 |
1 |
33.76 |
2012-03-09 |
| 27. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
33.38 |
0.7739 |
0.2118 |
207 |
3 |
30.51 |
2012-03-21 |
| 28. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
33.17 |
0.9213 |
0.0541 |
165 |
1 |
33.17 |
2012-08-16 |
| 29. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
33.11 |
0.8880 |
0.0877 |
296 |
1 |
33.11 |
2012-03-13 |
| 30. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
33.08 |
0.9113 |
0.0594 |
225 |
1 |
33.08 |
2012-03-10 |
| 31. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
33.01 |
0.8551 |
0.1179 |
150 |
1 |
33.01 |
2012-03-09 |
| 32. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
32.86 |
0.8814 |
0.0854 |
169 |
1 |
32.86 |
2012-03-09 |
| 33. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
32.41 |
0.9210 |
0.0300 |
200 |
1 |
32.41 |
2012-03-13 |
| 34. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
32.27 |
1.0082 |
-0.0626 |
212 |
1 |
32.27 |
2012-03-14 |
| 35. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
32.14 |
0.9583 |
-0.0112 |
237 |
1 |
32.14 |
2012-03-13 |
| 36. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
31.60 |
0.9408 |
-0.0155 |
177 |
1 |
31.60 |
2012-03-10 |
| 37. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
31.50 |
0.9974 |
-0.0736 |
163 |
1 |
31.50 |
2012-03-13 |
| 38. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
31.29 |
1.0165 |
-0.0959 |
316 |
1 |
31.29 |
2012-03-21 |
| 39. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
30.67 |
0.9893 |
-0.0895 |
222 |
1 |
30.67 |
2012-03-13 |
| 40. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
30.20 |
1.0501 |
-0.1602 |
263 |
1 |
30.20 |
2012-03-21 |
| 41. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
29.43 |
0.9352 |
-0.0699 |
194 |
1 |
29.43 |
2012-08-16 |
| 42. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
29.25 |
1.0144 |
-0.1525 |
162 |
1 |
29.25 |
2012-03-21 |
| 43. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
28.41 |
0.8576 |
-0.0164 |
260 |
1 |
28.41 |
2012-03-21 |
| 44. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
28.04 |
0.9023 |
-0.0783 |
268 |
1 |
28.04 |
2012-03-09 |
| 45. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
27.54 |
0.9332 |
-0.1230 |
267 |
1 |
27.54 |
2012-03-13 |
| 46. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
27.34 |
0.9909 |
-0.1818 |
293 |
1 |
27.34 |
2012-03-09 |
| 47. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
27.23 |
0.8856 |
-0.0769 |
369 |
1 |
27.23 |
2012-08-16 |
| 48. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
27.17 |
0.9371 |
-0.1465 |
156 |
1 |
27.17 |
2012-03-09 |
| 49. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
25.78 |
0.8837 |
-0.1265 |
157 |
1 |
25.78 |
2012-03-09 |
| 50. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
25.49 |
0.9243 |
-0.1727 |
240 |
1 |
25.49 |
2015-12-19 |
| 51. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
22.69 |
0.9737 |
-0.3045 |
237 |
1 |
22.69 |
2012-03-13 |