Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
63.38 |
1.0800 |
0.4670 |
213 |
1 |
63.38 |
2008-08-18 |
2. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
63.02 |
0.9285 |
0.6108 |
244 |
1 |
63.02 |
2008-09-29 |
3. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
57.03 |
1.1093 |
0.2791 |
220 |
2 |
51.57 |
2010-11-12 |
4. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
52.40 |
0.9243 |
0.3562 |
231 |
1 |
52.40 |
2010-11-12 |
5. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
48.93 |
1.0501 |
0.1458 |
263 |
1 |
48.93 |
2010-11-12 |
6. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
47.89 |
1.0595 |
0.1036 |
166 |
1 |
47.89 |
2010-11-12 |
7. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
47.62 |
0.9480 |
0.2162 |
297 |
1 |
47.62 |
2010-11-12 |
8. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
46.24 |
0.9374 |
0.1944 |
232 |
1 |
46.24 |
2010-11-12 |
9. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
46.14 |
1.0867 |
0.0356 |
171 |
1 |
46.14 |
2010-11-12 |
10. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
44.96 |
0.9621 |
0.1380 |
212 |
1 |
44.96 |
2009-09-06 |
11. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
44.93 |
0.8656 |
0.2325 |
242 |
1 |
44.93 |
2010-11-12 |
12. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
44.15 |
0.9468 |
0.1308 |
318 |
2 |
42.59 |
2010-11-12 |
13. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
44.00 |
0.9713 |
0.1014 |
193 |
1 |
44.00 |
2009-09-06 |
14. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
43.42 |
1.0498 |
0.0113 |
261 |
1 |
43.42 |
2009-09-07 |
15. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
43.14 |
0.9536 |
0.1079 |
311 |
1 |
43.14 |
2010-11-12 |
16. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
42.77 |
0.9704 |
0.0735 |
254 |
1 |
42.77 |
2009-09-06 |
17. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
42.76 |
1.0743 |
-0.0295 |
297 |
1 |
42.76 |
2008-08-23 |
18. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
42.43 |
1.0472 |
-0.0179 |
149 |
2 |
41.20 |
2008-08-18 |
19. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
42.23 |
1.0132 |
0.0181 |
371 |
1 |
42.23 |
2009-09-06 |
20. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
41.99 |
1.0461 |
-0.0165 |
286 |
1 |
41.99 |
2009-09-06 |
21. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
41.78 |
0.9948 |
0.0237 |
233 |
1 |
41.78 |
2009-09-06 |
22. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
41.65 |
1.0403 |
-0.0256 |
234 |
1 |
41.65 |
2008-08-18 |
23. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
41.54 |
1.0095 |
0.0028 |
211 |
1 |
41.54 |
2008-08-18 |
24. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
41.13 |
0.9425 |
0.0618 |
248 |
1 |
41.13 |
2009-09-06 |
25. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
40.87 |
1.0279 |
-0.0363 |
172 |
1 |
40.87 |
2008-08-18 |
26. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
40.40 |
1.0199 |
-0.0380 |
225 |
1 |
40.40 |
2008-08-18 |
27. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
39.97 |
0.9915 |
-0.0172 |
281 |
1 |
39.97 |
2009-09-06 |
28. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
39.95 |
1.0287 |
-0.0551 |
269 |
1 |
39.95 |
2008-09-29 |
29. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
39.83 |
1.0865 |
-0.1150 |
237 |
1 |
39.83 |
2008-08-11 |
30. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
39.48 |
1.0101 |
-0.0452 |
336 |
2 |
37.10 |
2008-09-03 |
31. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
39.16 |
0.9332 |
0.0221 |
267 |
1 |
39.16 |
2008-08-18 |
32. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
39.05 |
1.0197 |
-0.0689 |
204 |
1 |
39.05 |
2009-09-06 |
33. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
38.83 |
0.9574 |
-0.0070 |
354 |
1 |
38.83 |
2008-09-29 |
34. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
38.80 |
1.0333 |
-0.0920 |
176 |
1 |
38.80 |
2009-02-05 |
35. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
38.63 |
1.0529 |
-0.1080 |
373 |
1 |
38.63 |
2008-08-18 |
36. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
38.37 |
1.0060 |
-0.0694 |
225 |
1 |
38.37 |
2008-08-18 |
37. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
38.16 |
0.8845 |
0.0475 |
239 |
1 |
38.16 |
2009-02-05 |
38. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
38.04 |
1.0178 |
-0.0917 |
207 |
1 |
38.04 |
2009-09-06 |
39. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
37.43 |
1.0016 |
-0.0904 |
217 |
1 |
37.43 |
2008-08-26 |
40. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
37.39 |
0.9128 |
-0.0038 |
237 |
1 |
37.39 |
2009-09-06 |
41. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
36.86 |
0.9884 |
-0.0871 |
267 |
2 |
35.52 |
2008-09-10 |
42. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
36.48 |
0.9780 |
-0.0947 |
173 |
1 |
36.48 |
2008-08-11 |
43. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
35.89 |
0.9027 |
-0.0312 |
189 |
1 |
35.89 |
2009-02-05 |
44. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
35.76 |
0.9922 |
-0.1198 |
264 |
1 |
35.76 |
2008-09-29 |
45. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
35.59 |
0.9685 |
-0.1002 |
304 |
1 |
35.59 |
2008-08-11 |
46. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
35.28 |
0.9260 |
-0.0630 |
348 |
1 |
35.28 |
2008-08-18 |
47. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
35.07 |
0.8936 |
-0.0398 |
346 |
1 |
35.07 |
2008-09-29 |
48. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
34.38 |
0.9400 |
-0.0995 |
434 |
1 |
34.38 |
2008-12-29 |
49. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
34.35 |
1.0601 |
-0.2261 |
256 |
1 |
34.35 |
2008-08-18 |
50. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
34.27 |
1.0845 |
-0.2504 |
212 |
1 |
34.27 |
2009-02-05 |
51. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
33.78 |
0.9680 |
-0.1447 |
256 |
1 |
33.78 |
2008-08-18 |
52. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
33.42 |
0.8830 |
-0.0662 |
300 |
1 |
33.42 |
2008-08-18 |
53. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
32.79 |
1.0042 |
-0.2091 |
168 |
1 |
32.79 |
2008-09-12 |
54. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
32.77 |
1.0250 |
-0.2237 |
271 |
1 |
32.77 |
2008-08-18 |
55. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
32.51 |
0.9271 |
-0.1355 |
295 |
1 |
32.51 |
2008-08-11 |
56. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
32.38 |
0.8666 |
-0.0803 |
206 |
1 |
32.38 |
2008-08-18 |
57. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
30.09 |
1.0540 |
-0.3264 |
184 |
1 |
30.09 |
2008-09-03 |