| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
89.18 |
1.0194 |
0.2340 |
224 |
1 |
89.18 |
2010-04-27 |
| 2. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
88.95 |
1.0540 |
0.1932 |
184 |
1 |
88.95 |
2010-04-29 |
| 3. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
84.81 |
1.0561 |
0.1356 |
227 |
1 |
84.81 |
2010-04-27 |
| 4. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
84.65 |
1.0481 |
0.1356 |
255 |
2 |
79.59 |
2011-01-06 |
| 5. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
82.77 |
0.9974 |
0.1635 |
163 |
1 |
82.77 |
2010-05-06 |
| 6. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
82.54 |
1.0777 |
0.0817 |
226 |
2 |
82.02 |
2010-04-27 |
| 7. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
82.39 |
0.9869 |
0.1689 |
193 |
2 |
79.69 |
2010-04-27 |
| 8. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
82.24 |
1.0338 |
0.1288 |
277 |
1 |
82.24 |
2010-04-29 |
| 9. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
80.01 |
0.9801 |
0.1538 |
282 |
1 |
80.01 |
2010-04-26 |
| 10. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
78.91 |
1.0543 |
0.0526 |
182 |
1 |
78.91 |
2010-04-27 |
| 11. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
78.15 |
1.0600 |
0.0397 |
351 |
1 |
78.15 |
2010-04-27 |
| 12. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
77.77 |
1.0639 |
0.0312 |
303 |
2 |
77.46 |
2010-04-29 |
| 13. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
76.83 |
0.9949 |
0.0962 |
304 |
1 |
76.83 |
2010-04-27 |
| 14. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
76.79 |
0.9927 |
0.0881 |
276 |
1 |
76.79 |
2010-04-27 |
| 15. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
76.57 |
0.9930 |
0.0931 |
350 |
1 |
76.57 |
2010-04-29 |
| 16. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
76.31 |
0.9885 |
0.0850 |
355 |
1 |
76.31 |
2010-04-27 |
| 17. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
76.04 |
1.0901 |
-0.0185 |
288 |
1 |
76.04 |
2010-04-29 |
| 18. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
75.98 |
1.0403 |
0.0267 |
234 |
1 |
75.98 |
2011-01-06 |
| 19. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
75.69 |
0.9807 |
0.0723 |
129 |
2 |
72.94 |
2010-04-27 |
| 20. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
75.65 |
0.9740 |
0.0934 |
371 |
1 |
75.65 |
2010-04-29 |
| 21. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
75.27 |
0.9101 |
0.1525 |
351 |
1 |
75.27 |
2010-05-06 |
| 22. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
75.23 |
1.0004 |
0.0603 |
373 |
1 |
75.23 |
2010-04-27 |
| 23. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
75.08 |
1.0590 |
-0.0041 |
250 |
2 |
71.34 |
2010-04-27 |
| 24. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
74.80 |
1.0404 |
0.0165 |
406 |
1 |
74.80 |
2010-04-27 |
| 25. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
74.20 |
0.9991 |
0.0438 |
339 |
2 |
71.11 |
2010-04-27 |
| 26. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
73.96 |
1.0682 |
-0.0270 |
266 |
1 |
73.96 |
2010-04-29 |
| 27. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
73.72 |
1.0265 |
0.0139 |
375 |
1 |
73.72 |
2010-04-29 |
| 28. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
73.62 |
1.0192 |
0.0214 |
243 |
1 |
73.62 |
2010-04-29 |
| 29. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
72.94 |
1.0039 |
0.0280 |
255 |
1 |
72.94 |
2010-04-27 |
| 30. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
72.81 |
0.9791 |
0.0382 |
154 |
1 |
72.81 |
2010-04-29 |
| 31. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
72.38 |
0.9402 |
0.0757 |
310 |
1 |
72.38 |
2010-04-27 |
| 32. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
72.02 |
1.0227 |
-0.0039 |
378 |
1 |
72.02 |
2010-04-26 |
| 33. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
71.93 |
0.9270 |
0.0874 |
193 |
1 |
71.93 |
2010-04-27 |
| 34. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
71.77 |
1.0881 |
-0.0828 |
210 |
1 |
71.77 |
2010-04-26 |
| 35. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
71.33 |
0.9915 |
0.0105 |
281 |
1 |
71.33 |
2010-04-27 |
| 36. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
71.28 |
0.9963 |
0.0035 |
274 |
2 |
70.81 |
2010-05-06 |
| 37. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
70.96 |
0.8964 |
0.0984 |
199 |
2 |
63.68 |
2010-05-06 |
| 38. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
70.85 |
0.9594 |
0.0349 |
258 |
1 |
70.85 |
2010-04-29 |
| 39. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
70.74 |
0.9682 |
0.0368 |
341 |
1 |
70.74 |
2010-04-29 |
| 40. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
70.53 |
1.0411 |
-0.0477 |
341 |
1 |
70.53 |
2010-04-29 |
| 41. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
70.40 |
0.9820 |
0.0162 |
297 |
1 |
70.40 |
2010-04-27 |
| 42. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
70.26 |
0.9380 |
0.0483 |
284 |
1 |
70.26 |
2010-04-29 |
| 43. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
69.99 |
1.0333 |
-0.0544 |
176 |
1 |
69.99 |
2010-04-26 |
| 44. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
69.75 |
1.0079 |
-0.0283 |
273 |
1 |
69.75 |
2010-04-27 |
| 45. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
69.63 |
1.0103 |
-0.0371 |
209 |
1 |
69.63 |
2010-04-27 |
| 46. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
69.31 |
0.9765 |
-0.0028 |
269 |
1 |
69.31 |
2010-04-27 |
| 47. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
69.04 |
0.9829 |
-0.0131 |
229 |
2 |
66.69 |
2010-04-29 |
| 48. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
68.77 |
1.0253 |
-0.0556 |
337 |
1 |
68.77 |
2010-04-26 |
| 49. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
68.67 |
0.9957 |
-0.0264 |
323 |
1 |
68.67 |
2010-04-29 |
| 50. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
68.66 |
0.9844 |
-0.0071 |
351 |
1 |
68.66 |
2010-04-29 |
| 51. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
68.53 |
0.8880 |
0.0754 |
296 |
1 |
68.53 |
2010-04-27 |
| 52. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
68.31 |
1.0178 |
-0.0593 |
207 |
1 |
68.31 |
2010-04-27 |
| 53. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
68.27 |
0.9836 |
-0.0239 |
289 |
1 |
68.27 |
2010-04-26 |
| 54. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
68.23 |
0.9228 |
0.0408 |
305 |
2 |
66.84 |
2010-04-29 |
| 55. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
67.91 |
1.0095 |
-0.0563 |
211 |
1 |
67.91 |
2010-04-26 |
| 56. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
67.87 |
1.0060 |
-0.0506 |
260 |
2 |
64.05 |
2011-01-06 |
| 57. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
67.52 |
0.9673 |
-0.0161 |
292 |
1 |
67.52 |
2010-05-06 |
| 58. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
67.22 |
1.0094 |
-0.0645 |
256 |
1 |
67.22 |
2010-05-06 |
| 59. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
67.19 |
1.0018 |
-0.0571 |
246 |
1 |
67.19 |
2010-04-26 |
| 60. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
67.16 |
0.8794 |
0.0711 |
427 |
1 |
67.16 |
2010-04-29 |
| 61. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
66.63 |
0.9703 |
-0.0273 |
394 |
1 |
66.63 |
2010-04-27 |
| 62. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
66.13 |
0.9801 |
-0.0510 |
289 |
1 |
66.13 |
2010-04-26 |
| 63. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
65.96 |
0.9809 |
-0.0578 |
209 |
1 |
65.96 |
2010-04-26 |
| 64. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
65.91 |
0.9271 |
0.0017 |
323 |
1 |
65.91 |
2010-04-29 |
| 65. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
65.85 |
0.9658 |
-0.0367 |
308 |
2 |
64.76 |
2010-04-29 |
| 66. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
65.64 |
0.9012 |
0.0247 |
322 |
1 |
65.64 |
2010-04-29 |
| 67. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
65.50 |
0.9880 |
-0.0717 |
199 |
1 |
65.50 |
2010-04-29 |
| 68. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
64.98 |
0.9745 |
-0.0593 |
388 |
1 |
64.98 |
2010-04-26 |
| 69. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
64.62 |
1.0010 |
-0.0891 |
213 |
1 |
64.62 |
2010-04-27 |
| 70. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
63.85 |
1.0197 |
-0.1244 |
204 |
1 |
63.85 |
2010-04-26 |
| 71. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
63.64 |
0.9809 |
-0.0790 |
250 |
1 |
63.64 |
2010-05-06 |
| 72. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
63.12 |
0.9203 |
-0.0307 |
350 |
1 |
63.12 |
2010-04-26 |
| 73. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
62.53 |
1.0283 |
-0.1433 |
272 |
1 |
62.53 |
2011-01-06 |
| 74. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
61.11 |
0.9403 |
-0.0732 |
307 |
1 |
61.11 |
2010-04-27 |
| 75. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
60.59 |
1.0270 |
-0.1754 |
303 |
1 |
60.59 |
2010-04-26 |
| 76. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
60.57 |
1.0521 |
-0.2070 |
197 |
1 |
60.57 |
2010-04-27 |
| 77. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
59.92 |
0.9408 |
-0.1046 |
177 |
1 |
59.92 |
2011-01-06 |
| 78. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
59.83 |
0.8856 |
-0.0378 |
369 |
1 |
59.83 |
2010-04-27 |
| 79. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
58.70 |
0.9583 |
-0.1335 |
237 |
1 |
58.70 |
2011-01-06 |
| 80. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
58.62 |
0.9709 |
-0.1491 |
264 |
1 |
58.62 |
2010-04-26 |
| 81. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
53.66 |
0.8666 |
-0.1161 |
206 |
1 |
53.66 |
2010-04-26 |
| 82. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
48.40 |
0.9357 |
-0.2594 |
204 |
1 |
48.40 |
2010-04-27 |