| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
66.14 |
1.0333 |
0.2488 |
176 |
1 |
66.14 |
2008-10-15 |
| 2. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
60.39 |
1.0265 |
0.1519 |
375 |
1 |
60.39 |
2008-10-29 |
| 3. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
58.57 |
1.0686 |
0.0741 |
354 |
2 |
56.36 |
2008-11-19 |
| 4. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
58.52 |
0.8845 |
0.2550 |
239 |
2 |
54.67 |
2008-11-03 |
| 5. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
58.30 |
1.1086 |
0.0257 |
233 |
1 |
58.30 |
2008-10-09 |
| 6. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
58.27 |
1.0600 |
0.0736 |
351 |
1 |
58.27 |
2008-10-15 |
| 7. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
57.27 |
1.0877 |
0.0226 |
129 |
1 |
57.27 |
2008-11-06 |
| 8. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
57.14 |
1.0079 |
0.1023 |
273 |
3 |
52.84 |
2008-11-21 |
| 9. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
56.65 |
1.0332 |
0.0678 |
267 |
1 |
56.65 |
2008-10-13 |
| 10. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
56.58 |
1.0291 |
0.0690 |
240 |
2 |
52.44 |
2008-11-06 |
| 11. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
56.31 |
1.0094 |
0.0857 |
256 |
1 |
56.31 |
2008-10-10 |
| 12. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
56.19 |
1.0106 |
0.0810 |
302 |
1 |
56.19 |
2008-10-10 |
| 13. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
56.19 |
1.0362 |
0.0627 |
437 |
2 |
55.65 |
2008-11-19 |
| 14. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
56.15 |
0.9636 |
0.1268 |
281 |
4 |
49.91 |
2008-11-04 |
| 15. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
55.81 |
1.0042 |
0.0772 |
168 |
1 |
55.81 |
2008-10-13 |
| 16. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
55.54 |
1.0557 |
0.0254 |
289 |
2 |
53.26 |
2008-11-06 |
| 17. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
55.26 |
1.0590 |
0.0143 |
250 |
1 |
55.26 |
2008-10-15 |
| 18. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
55.00 |
1.0095 |
0.0584 |
211 |
1 |
55.00 |
2008-11-21 |
| 19. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
54.66 |
1.0125 |
0.0487 |
232 |
1 |
54.66 |
2008-11-04 |
| 20. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
54.60 |
0.9010 |
0.1630 |
266 |
1 |
54.60 |
2008-11-04 |
| 21. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
54.23 |
1.0227 |
0.0377 |
378 |
1 |
54.23 |
2008-11-04 |
| 22. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
54.10 |
1.0479 |
0.0022 |
205 |
1 |
54.10 |
2008-11-18 |
| 23. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
54.09 |
0.9890 |
0.0664 |
272 |
2 |
51.30 |
2008-11-06 |
| 24. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
53.99 |
1.0057 |
0.0468 |
382 |
1 |
53.99 |
2008-11-19 |
| 25. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
53.84 |
1.0341 |
0.0120 |
273 |
1 |
53.84 |
2008-10-23 |
| 26. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
53.78 |
0.9673 |
0.0821 |
393 |
2 |
51.27 |
2008-11-21 |
| 27. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
53.73 |
0.9948 |
0.0486 |
233 |
2 |
51.69 |
2008-11-03 |
| 28. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
53.59 |
0.9597 |
0.0823 |
251 |
1 |
53.59 |
2008-10-29 |
| 29. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
53.53 |
1.0060 |
0.0353 |
225 |
1 |
53.53 |
2008-10-09 |
| 30. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
53.51 |
1.0334 |
0.0062 |
261 |
1 |
53.51 |
2008-10-23 |
| 31. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
53.35 |
0.9128 |
0.1215 |
237 |
1 |
53.35 |
2008-11-06 |
| 32. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
53.28 |
1.0800 |
-0.0513 |
129 |
1 |
53.28 |
2008-10-23 |
| 33. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
53.25 |
1.0487 |
-0.0158 |
253 |
1 |
53.25 |
2008-10-24 |
| 34. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
53.02 |
0.9703 |
0.0669 |
394 |
2 |
52.86 |
2008-11-06 |
| 35. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
52.96 |
1.0320 |
0.0034 |
401 |
1 |
52.96 |
2008-11-21 |
| 36. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
52.95 |
1.0506 |
-0.0218 |
259 |
1 |
52.95 |
2008-10-09 |
| 37. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
52.53 |
0.9265 |
0.0934 |
254 |
1 |
52.53 |
2008-10-15 |
| 38. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
51.68 |
1.0561 |
-0.0536 |
227 |
1 |
51.68 |
2008-10-23 |
| 39. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
51.49 |
0.9915 |
0.0083 |
281 |
1 |
51.49 |
2008-11-21 |
| 40. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
51.27 |
0.8572 |
0.1375 |
232 |
2 |
49.94 |
2008-11-19 |
| 41. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
51.04 |
0.9952 |
-0.0009 |
220 |
1 |
51.04 |
2008-10-15 |
| 42. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
50.88 |
1.0498 |
-0.0598 |
261 |
1 |
50.88 |
2008-10-10 |
| 43. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
50.82 |
1.0272 |
-0.0417 |
226 |
1 |
50.82 |
2008-11-18 |
| 44. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
50.80 |
0.9927 |
-0.0088 |
234 |
1 |
50.80 |
2008-11-03 |
| 45. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
50.64 |
1.0743 |
-0.0891 |
297 |
1 |
50.64 |
2008-10-24 |
| 46. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
50.53 |
0.9957 |
-0.0140 |
323 |
1 |
50.53 |
2008-11-18 |
| 47. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
50.35 |
0.9909 |
-0.0079 |
293 |
1 |
50.35 |
2008-10-29 |
| 48. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
50.35 |
1.0267 |
-0.0452 |
261 |
1 |
50.35 |
2008-10-23 |
| 49. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
50.32 |
0.9685 |
0.0100 |
304 |
1 |
50.32 |
2008-10-10 |
| 50. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
50.18 |
0.9206 |
0.0550 |
317 |
3 |
47.97 |
2008-10-24 |
| 51. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
49.93 |
0.9479 |
0.0240 |
317 |
1 |
49.93 |
2008-11-24 |
| 52. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
49.61 |
0.9271 |
0.0364 |
295 |
1 |
49.61 |
2008-11-03 |
| 53. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
49.56 |
1.0181 |
-0.0538 |
276 |
1 |
49.56 |
2008-11-17 |
| 54. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
49.55 |
1.0101 |
-0.0455 |
336 |
1 |
49.55 |
2008-10-23 |
| 55. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
49.30 |
1.0414 |
-0.0844 |
234 |
1 |
49.30 |
2008-11-17 |
| 56. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
49.10 |
0.9841 |
-0.0334 |
217 |
1 |
49.10 |
2008-10-24 |
| 57. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
49.09 |
0.9807 |
-0.0385 |
129 |
1 |
49.09 |
2008-11-19 |
| 58. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
48.84 |
0.9963 |
-0.0498 |
274 |
1 |
48.84 |
2008-11-17 |
| 59. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
48.82 |
1.0086 |
-0.0644 |
218 |
1 |
48.82 |
2008-10-24 |
| 60. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
48.80 |
0.9833 |
-0.0328 |
387 |
1 |
48.80 |
2008-10-13 |
| 61. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
48.52 |
0.9756 |
-0.0337 |
223 |
1 |
48.52 |
2008-10-20 |
| 62. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
48.29 |
0.8603 |
0.0777 |
270 |
1 |
48.29 |
2008-10-23 |
| 63. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
48.12 |
0.9315 |
0.0051 |
273 |
1 |
48.12 |
2008-11-04 |
| 64. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
47.68 |
1.0543 |
-0.1258 |
360 |
1 |
47.68 |
2008-11-04 |
| 65. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
47.43 |
0.9884 |
-0.0646 |
267 |
1 |
47.43 |
2008-10-24 |
| 66. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
47.07 |
1.0466 |
-0.1327 |
230 |
1 |
47.07 |
2008-11-03 |
| 67. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
46.32 |
0.8988 |
0.0008 |
216 |
1 |
46.32 |
2008-10-10 |
| 68. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
46.28 |
1.0250 |
-0.1233 |
271 |
1 |
46.28 |
2008-11-04 |
| 69. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
45.97 |
0.9698 |
-0.0720 |
389 |
1 |
45.97 |
2008-11-03 |
| 70. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
45.60 |
0.8913 |
-0.0043 |
201 |
2 |
43.97 |
2008-11-03 |
| 71. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
45.56 |
0.9801 |
-0.0957 |
289 |
1 |
45.56 |
2008-10-13 |
| 72. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
45.56 |
0.8964 |
-0.0146 |
199 |
1 |
45.56 |
2008-11-18 |
| 73. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
45.33 |
0.9070 |
-0.0316 |
192 |
2 |
45.28 |
2008-11-19 |
| 74. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
44.77 |
1.0059 |
-0.1354 |
283 |
1 |
44.77 |
2008-11-19 |
| 75. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
44.76 |
0.9574 |
-0.0851 |
354 |
1 |
44.76 |
2008-10-13 |
| 76. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
44.75 |
0.9604 |
-0.0936 |
285 |
1 |
44.75 |
2008-11-18 |
| 77. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
44.59 |
0.8778 |
-0.0102 |
285 |
1 |
44.59 |
2008-10-15 |
| 78. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
44.39 |
0.9145 |
-0.0491 |
404 |
1 |
44.39 |
2008-10-15 |
| 79. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
44.26 |
0.8381 |
0.0248 |
283 |
1 |
44.26 |
2008-11-19 |
| 80. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
44.00 |
0.9243 |
-0.0680 |
240 |
2 |
42.97 |
2008-11-21 |
| 81. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
43.99 |
1.0135 |
-0.1562 |
358 |
1 |
43.99 |
2008-11-04 |
| 82. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
43.32 |
0.9762 |
-0.1353 |
249 |
1 |
43.32 |
2008-11-17 |
| 83. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
42.71 |
1.0582 |
-0.2323 |
180 |
1 |
42.71 |
2008-11-24 |
| 84. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
40.04 |
0.9841 |
-0.2089 |
263 |
1 |
40.04 |
2008-10-23 |