| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
39.93 |
0.9757 |
0.2658 |
176 |
1 |
39.93 |
2013-05-16 |
| 2. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
38.18 |
1.0495 |
0.1403 |
323 |
1 |
38.18 |
2013-05-14 |
| 3. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
37.91 |
1.0524 |
0.1272 |
177 |
2 |
36.00 |
2013-05-19 |
| 4. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
37.12 |
0.9809 |
0.1721 |
209 |
2 |
35.40 |
2013-05-16 |
| 5. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
36.90 |
0.9836 |
0.1578 |
123 |
1 |
36.90 |
2013-05-14 |
| 6. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
36.61 |
1.0638 |
0.0749 |
247 |
1 |
36.61 |
2013-05-15 |
| 7. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
36.38 |
1.0465 |
0.0786 |
183 |
1 |
36.38 |
2013-05-14 |
| 8. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
36.04 |
1.0414 |
0.0806 |
234 |
1 |
36.04 |
2013-05-16 |
| 9. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
35.81 |
1.0639 |
0.0535 |
303 |
1 |
35.81 |
2013-05-14 |
| 10. |
I leave you with photographs, pictures of trickery, and stai... |
35.62 |
0.9054 |
0.2094 |
192 |
1 |
35.62 |
2013-05-16 |
| 11. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
35.15 |
0.8988 |
0.1959 |
193 |
1 |
35.15 |
2013-05-17 |
| 12. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
35.14 |
0.8925 |
0.2092 |
293 |
1 |
35.14 |
2013-05-14 |
| 13. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
34.92 |
1.1086 |
-0.0205 |
233 |
1 |
34.92 |
2013-05-14 |
| 14. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
34.82 |
0.9020 |
0.1782 |
186 |
1 |
34.82 |
2013-05-14 |
| 15. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
34.70 |
0.9660 |
0.1227 |
258 |
1 |
34.70 |
2013-05-16 |
| 16. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
34.61 |
1.0060 |
0.0732 |
225 |
1 |
34.61 |
2013-05-14 |
| 17. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
34.55 |
1.0506 |
0.0254 |
259 |
1 |
34.55 |
2013-05-14 |
| 18. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
34.37 |
0.9598 |
0.1133 |
209 |
1 |
34.37 |
2013-05-17 |
| 19. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
34.36 |
1.0845 |
-0.0151 |
212 |
1 |
34.36 |
2013-05-16 |
| 20. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
34.06 |
0.9820 |
0.0874 |
297 |
2 |
33.32 |
2013-05-15 |
| 21. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
34.00 |
1.0753 |
-0.0092 |
206 |
1 |
34.00 |
2013-05-16 |
| 22. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
33.92 |
0.9594 |
0.0955 |
258 |
1 |
33.92 |
2013-05-14 |
| 23. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
33.89 |
1.0595 |
-0.0104 |
166 |
1 |
33.89 |
2013-05-14 |
| 24. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. Witho... |
33.78 |
0.8336 |
0.2199 |
117 |
2 |
31.49 |
2013-05-14 |
| 25. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
33.65 |
0.9253 |
0.1125 |
118 |
1 |
33.65 |
2013-05-14 |
| 26. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
33.62 |
0.9952 |
0.0545 |
220 |
1 |
33.62 |
2013-05-16 |
| 27. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
33.58 |
0.9070 |
0.1343 |
192 |
1 |
33.58 |
2013-05-14 |
| 28. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
33.39 |
1.0301 |
0.0088 |
268 |
1 |
33.39 |
2013-05-17 |
| 29. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
33.34 |
0.8603 |
0.1778 |
270 |
1 |
33.34 |
2013-05-19 |
| 30. |
While it may hold true that the final few seconds of a bike ... |
33.18 |
0.8375 |
0.2009 |
224 |
1 |
33.18 |
2013-05-17 |
| 31. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
33.16 |
1.0192 |
0.0192 |
243 |
1 |
33.16 |
2013-05-16 |
| 32. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
33.08 |
1.0103 |
0.0143 |
209 |
1 |
33.08 |
2013-05-16 |
| 33. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
33.00 |
0.9339 |
0.0853 |
108 |
1 |
33.00 |
2013-05-14 |
| 34. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
32.99 |
0.9854 |
0.0437 |
174 |
1 |
32.99 |
2013-05-17 |
| 35. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
32.79 |
0.8474 |
0.1744 |
265 |
1 |
32.79 |
2013-05-14 |
| 36. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
32.65 |
1.1093 |
-0.0982 |
220 |
1 |
32.65 |
2013-05-14 |
| 37. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
32.63 |
0.9621 |
0.0510 |
201 |
1 |
32.63 |
2013-05-14 |
| 38. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
32.36 |
0.9807 |
0.0154 |
129 |
1 |
32.36 |
2013-05-14 |
| 39. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
31.88 |
1.0197 |
-0.0288 |
204 |
1 |
31.88 |
2013-05-14 |
| 40. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
31.71 |
0.9271 |
0.0602 |
295 |
2 |
31.45 |
2013-05-16 |
| 41. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
31.67 |
1.0132 |
-0.0266 |
371 |
2 |
30.39 |
2013-05-14 |
| 42. |
By the early 1990s the first Internet language (HTTP) was wr... |
31.60 |
0.7130 |
0.2697 |
131 |
1 |
31.60 |
2013-05-15 |
| 43. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
31.57 |
0.9324 |
0.0535 |
246 |
1 |
31.57 |
2013-05-14 |
| 44. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
31.33 |
0.9464 |
0.0262 |
119 |
1 |
31.33 |
2013-05-15 |
| 45. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
31.13 |
0.9113 |
0.0539 |
225 |
1 |
31.13 |
2013-05-14 |
| 46. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
31.11 |
1.0225 |
-0.0625 |
152 |
1 |
31.11 |
2013-05-14 |
| 47. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
30.99 |
0.7423 |
0.2211 |
145 |
1 |
30.99 |
2013-05-14 |
| 48. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
30.81 |
0.9275 |
0.0373 |
243 |
1 |
30.81 |
2013-05-16 |
| 49. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
30.25 |
0.9839 |
-0.0422 |
308 |
1 |
30.25 |
2013-05-14 |
| 50. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
30.18 |
0.9927 |
-0.0525 |
276 |
1 |
30.18 |
2013-05-14 |
| 51. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
30.17 |
1.0755 |
-0.1357 |
243 |
1 |
30.17 |
2013-05-15 |
| 52. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
29.71 |
0.9614 |
-0.0355 |
195 |
2 |
28.63 |
2013-05-14 |
| 53. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
29.66 |
0.9358 |
-0.0191 |
188 |
1 |
29.66 |
2013-05-14 |
| 54. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
29.57 |
1.0039 |
-0.0773 |
255 |
1 |
29.57 |
2013-05-14 |
| 55. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
29.52 |
1.0529 |
-0.1312 |
373 |
1 |
29.52 |
2013-05-17 |
| 56. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
29.39 |
0.8172 |
0.0930 |
204 |
1 |
29.39 |
2013-05-14 |
| 57. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
29.08 |
1.0288 |
-0.1283 |
166 |
1 |
29.08 |
2013-05-14 |
| 58. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
29.02 |
1.0333 |
-0.1353 |
176 |
1 |
29.02 |
2013-05-14 |
| 59. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
28.70 |
0.8935 |
-0.0026 |
118 |
1 |
28.70 |
2013-05-14 |
| 60. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
28.40 |
0.8663 |
0.0131 |
172 |
1 |
28.40 |
2013-05-15 |
| 61. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
28.38 |
0.8562 |
0.0224 |
132 |
1 |
28.38 |
2013-05-14 |
| 62. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
28.32 |
0.9183 |
-0.0411 |
252 |
1 |
28.32 |
2013-05-14 |
| 63. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
28.30 |
0.8687 |
0.0106 |
119 |
1 |
28.30 |
2013-05-14 |
| 64. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
28.00 |
0.8718 |
0.0027 |
318 |
1 |
28.00 |
2013-05-16 |
| 65. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
27.79 |
1.0492 |
-0.1794 |
284 |
1 |
27.79 |
2013-05-14 |
| 66. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
27.57 |
0.9183 |
-0.0596 |
308 |
1 |
27.57 |
2013-05-14 |
| 67. |
Pulp: a soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. |
26.97 |
0.7588 |
0.0770 |
46 |
1 |
26.97 |
2013-05-19 |
| 68. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
26.90 |
0.8068 |
0.0282 |
138 |
1 |
26.90 |
2013-05-14 |
| 69. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
26.66 |
0.8918 |
-0.0572 |
163 |
1 |
26.66 |
2013-05-14 |
| 70. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
26.55 |
1.0208 |
-0.1952 |
231 |
1 |
26.55 |
2013-05-15 |
| 71. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
26.52 |
0.7920 |
0.0303 |
230 |
1 |
26.52 |
2013-05-17 |
| 72. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
25.75 |
0.8168 |
-0.0181 |
115 |
1 |
25.75 |
2013-05-14 |
| 73. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
25.24 |
0.9864 |
-0.1978 |
292 |
1 |
25.24 |
2013-05-14 |
| 74. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
24.24 |
0.9761 |
-0.2177 |
227 |
1 |
24.24 |
2013-05-20 |