| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
61.55 |
1.0095 |
0.3004 |
211 |
2 |
51.24 |
2011-06-07 |
| 2. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
60.05 |
0.9621 |
0.3195 |
212 |
2 |
54.24 |
2011-06-05 |
| 3. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
59.71 |
1.0026 |
0.2737 |
200 |
1 |
59.71 |
2011-06-07 |
| 4. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
59.29 |
1.0800 |
0.1759 |
129 |
2 |
51.08 |
2011-06-07 |
| 5. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
59.22 |
0.9183 |
0.3397 |
252 |
1 |
59.22 |
2011-06-07 |
| 6. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
58.26 |
1.0115 |
0.2242 |
189 |
1 |
58.26 |
2011-06-07 |
| 7. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
57.67 |
1.0227 |
0.2116 |
378 |
1 |
57.67 |
2011-06-07 |
| 8. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
57.33 |
0.9928 |
0.2276 |
293 |
2 |
48.64 |
2011-06-07 |
| 9. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
57.30 |
1.0501 |
0.1709 |
263 |
1 |
57.30 |
2011-06-07 |
| 10. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
57.26 |
1.0042 |
0.2115 |
168 |
2 |
51.24 |
2010-02-21 |
| 11. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
56.62 |
0.9779 |
0.2264 |
255 |
1 |
56.62 |
2011-06-07 |
| 12. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
56.36 |
1.0287 |
0.1704 |
269 |
2 |
50.56 |
2011-06-07 |
| 13. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
56.19 |
1.0288 |
0.1631 |
166 |
3 |
51.48 |
2011-06-07 |
| 14. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
55.86 |
1.0392 |
0.1553 |
258 |
1 |
55.86 |
2011-06-05 |
| 15. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
55.80 |
1.0461 |
0.1469 |
286 |
2 |
54.22 |
2011-06-12 |
| 16. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
55.66 |
1.0601 |
0.1219 |
256 |
1 |
55.66 |
2011-06-07 |
| 17. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
55.56 |
1.0493 |
0.1407 |
264 |
1 |
55.56 |
2011-06-07 |
| 18. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
55.49 |
1.0476 |
0.1246 |
110 |
1 |
55.49 |
2011-06-05 |
| 19. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
55.32 |
0.9873 |
0.1894 |
274 |
1 |
55.32 |
2010-01-23 |
| 20. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
55.15 |
1.0509 |
0.1309 |
295 |
1 |
55.15 |
2011-06-07 |
| 21. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
54.97 |
0.9310 |
0.2389 |
278 |
1 |
54.97 |
2011-06-07 |
| 22. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
54.56 |
1.0204 |
0.1331 |
143 |
1 |
54.56 |
2011-06-12 |
| 23. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
54.43 |
0.9636 |
0.1939 |
281 |
3 |
46.36 |
2011-06-05 |
| 24. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
54.29 |
1.0881 |
0.0639 |
210 |
1 |
54.29 |
2010-01-23 |
| 25. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
54.13 |
1.0561 |
0.0945 |
227 |
3 |
44.24 |
2011-06-05 |
| 26. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
54.06 |
1.0178 |
0.1315 |
207 |
1 |
54.06 |
2011-06-07 |
| 27. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
54.05 |
0.9479 |
0.2046 |
317 |
2 |
48.82 |
2011-06-05 |
| 28. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
53.89 |
1.0461 |
0.1034 |
318 |
2 |
50.35 |
2010-01-23 |
| 29. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
53.84 |
1.0521 |
0.0886 |
197 |
1 |
53.84 |
2009-01-19 |
| 30. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
53.54 |
1.0272 |
0.1105 |
226 |
1 |
53.54 |
2011-06-12 |
| 31. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
53.43 |
0.9931 |
0.1405 |
218 |
1 |
53.43 |
2009-04-22 |
| 32. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
53.37 |
1.1086 |
0.0280 |
233 |
1 |
53.37 |
2010-01-23 |
| 33. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
53.22 |
0.9561 |
0.1785 |
362 |
1 |
53.22 |
2011-06-07 |
| 34. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
53.13 |
0.9519 |
0.1831 |
323 |
2 |
49.71 |
2011-06-07 |
| 35. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
52.87 |
1.0225 |
0.0952 |
152 |
1 |
52.87 |
2011-06-05 |
| 36. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
52.80 |
0.9657 |
0.1697 |
424 |
1 |
52.80 |
2011-06-07 |
| 37. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
52.36 |
0.9885 |
0.1262 |
355 |
1 |
52.36 |
2011-06-10 |
| 38. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
52.35 |
0.9278 |
0.1877 |
253 |
1 |
52.35 |
2011-06-05 |
| 39. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
52.33 |
1.0033 |
0.1109 |
203 |
2 |
45.77 |
2011-06-07 |
| 40. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
52.16 |
0.8316 |
0.2821 |
304 |
1 |
52.16 |
2010-02-21 |
| 41. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
52.13 |
0.9980 |
0.1139 |
295 |
1 |
52.13 |
2011-06-12 |
| 42. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
52.06 |
0.9824 |
0.1388 |
352 |
1 |
52.06 |
2011-06-12 |
| 43. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
51.71 |
1.0672 |
0.0323 |
239 |
1 |
51.71 |
2011-06-05 |
| 44. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
51.61 |
0.9801 |
0.1266 |
282 |
1 |
51.61 |
2011-06-10 |
| 45. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
51.45 |
0.9561 |
0.1423 |
291 |
1 |
51.45 |
2011-06-12 |
| 46. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
51.07 |
0.9349 |
0.1547 |
287 |
1 |
51.07 |
2009-04-21 |
| 47. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
50.92 |
0.9137 |
0.1721 |
342 |
2 |
48.11 |
2011-06-12 |
| 48. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
50.12 |
0.9931 |
0.0780 |
339 |
4 |
46.49 |
2011-06-05 |
| 49. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
50.02 |
1.0845 |
-0.0211 |
212 |
2 |
40.36 |
2009-04-21 |
| 50. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
50.00 |
0.9643 |
0.1084 |
282 |
1 |
50.00 |
2010-01-23 |
| 51. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
49.76 |
0.9228 |
0.1406 |
305 |
2 |
40.61 |
2011-06-07 |
| 52. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
49.68 |
0.9594 |
0.0960 |
258 |
2 |
44.11 |
2010-01-23 |
| 53. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
49.61 |
0.9963 |
0.0570 |
274 |
1 |
49.61 |
2011-06-07 |
| 54. |
We were all in our late twenties or early-to-middle thirties... |
49.25 |
0.8911 |
0.1598 |
241 |
2 |
47.40 |
2011-06-05 |
| 55. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
48.82 |
0.9927 |
0.0480 |
262 |
1 |
48.82 |
2009-04-21 |
| 56. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
48.57 |
0.9869 |
0.0430 |
193 |
1 |
48.57 |
2009-04-21 |
| 57. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
48.53 |
0.9357 |
0.0947 |
204 |
1 |
48.53 |
2011-06-05 |
| 58. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
48.39 |
1.0265 |
0.0068 |
375 |
1 |
48.39 |
2009-04-21 |
| 59. |
Grits and fried chicken won't disappear, but perhaps future ... |
47.98 |
0.8936 |
0.1263 |
135 |
1 |
47.98 |
2011-06-05 |
| 60. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
47.97 |
1.0301 |
-0.0108 |
268 |
2 |
44.51 |
2010-01-23 |
| 61. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
47.96 |
0.9644 |
0.0591 |
398 |
1 |
47.96 |
2010-01-23 |
| 62. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
47.90 |
1.0743 |
-0.0541 |
297 |
1 |
47.90 |
2011-06-05 |
| 63. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
47.85 |
0.9084 |
0.1111 |
271 |
2 |
43.22 |
2010-01-23 |
| 64. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
47.83 |
1.0267 |
-0.0060 |
261 |
1 |
47.83 |
2009-04-21 |
| 65. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
47.52 |
1.0865 |
-0.0757 |
237 |
1 |
47.52 |
2009-01-19 |
| 66. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
47.38 |
0.9128 |
0.0924 |
237 |
1 |
47.38 |
2009-01-24 |
| 67. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
47.36 |
1.0590 |
-0.0525 |
250 |
1 |
47.36 |
2009-01-19 |
| 68. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
47.14 |
1.0800 |
-0.0801 |
213 |
1 |
47.14 |
2009-01-15 |
| 69. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
47.12 |
1.0332 |
-0.0314 |
267 |
1 |
47.12 |
2009-04-22 |
| 70. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
46.96 |
1.0016 |
-0.0042 |
217 |
2 |
44.41 |
2009-04-22 |
| 71. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
46.96 |
0.8624 |
0.1319 |
174 |
2 |
39.40 |
2010-01-23 |
| 72. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
46.66 |
0.8911 |
0.1027 |
207 |
1 |
46.66 |
2011-06-07 |
| 73. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
46.50 |
0.9309 |
0.0683 |
376 |
1 |
46.50 |
2011-06-05 |
| 74. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
46.41 |
0.7852 |
0.1959 |
154 |
2 |
43.66 |
2011-06-07 |
| 75. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
46.34 |
1.0479 |
-0.0638 |
205 |
2 |
43.75 |
2009-01-17 |
| 76. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
46.30 |
0.9145 |
0.0739 |
404 |
1 |
46.30 |
2011-06-05 |
| 77. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
46.17 |
0.9275 |
0.0598 |
243 |
1 |
46.17 |
2009-01-24 |
| 78. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
46.06 |
1.0320 |
-0.0463 |
401 |
1 |
46.06 |
2009-04-21 |
| 79. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
45.81 |
1.0333 |
-0.0640 |
176 |
1 |
45.81 |
2009-01-16 |
| 80. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
45.80 |
0.9909 |
-0.0128 |
334 |
1 |
45.80 |
2010-01-23 |
| 81. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
45.42 |
0.9054 |
0.0626 |
204 |
1 |
45.42 |
2009-01-15 |
| 82. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
45.41 |
0.9001 |
0.0661 |
217 |
1 |
45.41 |
2009-01-21 |
| 83. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
45.18 |
0.9143 |
0.0476 |
300 |
2 |
43.81 |
2009-01-19 |
| 84. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
45.17 |
0.9332 |
0.0289 |
295 |
1 |
45.17 |
2011-06-05 |
| 85. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
45.12 |
1.0582 |
-0.1017 |
180 |
1 |
45.12 |
2009-01-17 |
| 86. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
44.77 |
1.0617 |
-0.1115 |
171 |
2 |
44.61 |
2010-01-23 |
| 87. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
44.66 |
0.9392 |
0.0167 |
360 |
1 |
44.66 |
2011-06-12 |
| 88. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
44.57 |
0.9957 |
-0.0481 |
323 |
2 |
38.30 |
2009-01-16 |
| 89. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
44.54 |
0.9597 |
-0.0123 |
251 |
2 |
42.23 |
2009-04-21 |
| 90. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
44.51 |
0.9243 |
0.0243 |
240 |
1 |
44.51 |
2011-06-05 |
| 91. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
44.46 |
0.9927 |
-0.0505 |
234 |
1 |
44.46 |
2009-04-21 |
| 92. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
44.36 |
0.9166 |
0.0293 |
133 |
1 |
44.36 |
2009-01-17 |
| 93. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
44.02 |
0.9316 |
0.0066 |
188 |
1 |
44.02 |
2009-01-15 |
| 94. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
43.87 |
0.8572 |
0.0739 |
232 |
1 |
43.87 |
2011-06-05 |
| 95. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
43.79 |
1.0132 |
-0.0815 |
371 |
1 |
43.79 |
2009-01-15 |
| 96. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
43.08 |
0.9604 |
-0.0466 |
285 |
1 |
43.08 |
2009-01-15 |
| 97. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
42.69 |
1.0082 |
-0.1056 |
212 |
1 |
42.69 |
2009-01-16 |
| 98. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
42.60 |
0.9108 |
-0.0052 |
235 |
2 |
36.54 |
2009-01-17 |
| 99. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
42.47 |
1.0189 |
-0.1166 |
290 |
1 |
42.47 |
2009-01-17 |
| 100. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
42.47 |
1.0472 |
-0.1506 |
149 |
1 |
42.47 |
2009-01-15 |
| 101. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
42.37 |
1.0291 |
-0.1305 |
240 |
2 |
41.24 |
2011-06-05 |
| 102. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
42.36 |
0.9271 |
-0.0241 |
323 |
1 |
42.36 |
2009-01-15 |
| 103. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
42.30 |
0.9621 |
-0.0658 |
201 |
1 |
42.30 |
2009-01-15 |
| 104. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
41.95 |
0.9703 |
-0.0719 |
394 |
1 |
41.95 |
2009-04-21 |
| 105. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
41.66 |
1.1093 |
-0.2294 |
220 |
1 |
41.66 |
2009-01-19 |
| 106. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
41.61 |
1.0079 |
-0.1244 |
273 |
1 |
41.61 |
2009-01-15 |
| 107. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
41.60 |
0.9756 |
-0.0920 |
223 |
1 |
41.60 |
2009-01-21 |
| 108. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
41.59 |
1.0028 |
-0.1199 |
259 |
1 |
41.59 |
2009-01-24 |
| 109. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
41.20 |
1.0279 |
-0.1579 |
172 |
1 |
41.20 |
2009-01-15 |
| 110. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
41.13 |
0.9864 |
-0.1084 |
292 |
1 |
41.13 |
2009-01-17 |
| 111. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
41.04 |
0.9286 |
-0.0545 |
177 |
2 |
37.89 |
2009-01-15 |
| 112. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
40.85 |
0.9974 |
-0.1331 |
163 |
1 |
40.85 |
2009-04-21 |
| 113. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
40.41 |
0.9260 |
-0.0642 |
348 |
1 |
40.41 |
2009-01-21 |
| 114. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
40.06 |
0.8965 |
-0.0447 |
150 |
1 |
40.06 |
2009-01-15 |
| 115. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
39.98 |
1.0543 |
-0.2080 |
182 |
2 |
38.70 |
2009-01-16 |
| 116. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
39.95 |
0.8339 |
0.0145 |
209 |
3 |
34.37 |
2009-01-17 |
| 117. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
39.74 |
0.9503 |
-0.1126 |
211 |
2 |
38.51 |
2009-01-19 |
| 118. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
39.41 |
0.9332 |
-0.0958 |
267 |
1 |
39.41 |
2009-04-21 |
| 119. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
38.98 |
0.9183 |
-0.0892 |
308 |
1 |
38.98 |
2009-02-09 |
| 120. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
38.80 |
0.9866 |
-0.1619 |
308 |
2 |
38.53 |
2009-01-17 |
| 121. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
38.23 |
0.8925 |
-0.0734 |
293 |
1 |
38.23 |
2009-01-15 |
| 122. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
38.05 |
0.9673 |
-0.1568 |
292 |
2 |
37.61 |
2009-01-21 |
| 123. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
37.92 |
1.0506 |
-0.2455 |
259 |
1 |
37.92 |
2009-01-06 |
| 124. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
37.82 |
0.9103 |
-0.1072 |
269 |
2 |
35.79 |
2009-01-15 |
| 125. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
37.53 |
0.9583 |
-0.1607 |
237 |
1 |
37.53 |
2009-01-21 |
| 126. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
37.39 |
0.9927 |
-0.1980 |
276 |
1 |
37.39 |
2009-01-15 |
| 127. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
37.33 |
0.9285 |
-0.1374 |
244 |
1 |
37.33 |
2009-01-16 |
| 128. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
36.57 |
1.0106 |
-0.2350 |
302 |
1 |
36.57 |
2009-01-16 |
| 129. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
36.34 |
0.9324 |
-0.1577 |
246 |
1 |
36.34 |
2009-01-15 |
| 130. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
35.31 |
1.0264 |
-0.2810 |
191 |
1 |
35.31 |
2009-01-15 |
| 131. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
34.80 |
0.8986 |
-0.1616 |
205 |
2 |
32.67 |
2009-01-19 |
| 132. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
34.66 |
0.8437 |
-0.1087 |
268 |
1 |
34.66 |
2009-01-19 |
| 133. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
34.43 |
1.0639 |
-0.3320 |
303 |
1 |
34.43 |
2009-01-15 |
| 134. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
33.62 |
0.9538 |
-0.2406 |
276 |
1 |
33.62 |
2009-01-15 |
| 135. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
33.29 |
1.0426 |
-0.3402 |
131 |
1 |
33.29 |
2009-01-15 |
| 136. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
33.18 |
0.9890 |
-0.2811 |
272 |
1 |
33.18 |
2009-01-15 |
| 137. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
32.98 |
0.8830 |
-0.1808 |
300 |
1 |
32.98 |
2009-01-19 |
| 138. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
32.82 |
0.9402 |
-0.2458 |
310 |
1 |
32.82 |
2009-01-06 |
| 139. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
32.21 |
1.0006 |
-0.3173 |
311 |
1 |
32.21 |
2009-01-15 |
| 140. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
30.73 |
0.8127 |
-0.1647 |
167 |
1 |
30.73 |
2009-01-15 |
| 141. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
28.69 |
1.0194 |
-0.4136 |
224 |
1 |
28.69 |
2009-01-06 |