| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
55.36 |
1.0511 |
0.4505 |
252 |
1 |
55.36 |
2010-08-22 |
| 2. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
48.61 |
1.0582 |
0.2550 |
180 |
3 |
40.75 |
2010-08-24 |
| 3. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
48.49 |
0.9745 |
0.3364 |
217 |
1 |
48.49 |
2010-08-25 |
| 4. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
47.81 |
0.9925 |
0.2973 |
155 |
2 |
42.55 |
2010-08-23 |
| 5. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
47.59 |
1.0472 |
0.2350 |
149 |
2 |
45.61 |
2010-08-22 |
| 6. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
47.01 |
1.0640 |
0.2146 |
210 |
1 |
47.01 |
2010-08-22 |
| 7. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
46.50 |
0.8775 |
0.3756 |
185 |
1 |
46.50 |
2010-08-23 |
| 8. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
45.70 |
0.9614 |
0.2768 |
195 |
2 |
45.15 |
2010-08-22 |
| 9. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
45.49 |
0.9872 |
0.2510 |
229 |
1 |
45.49 |
2010-08-19 |
| 10. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
45.26 |
0.9931 |
0.2284 |
218 |
1 |
45.26 |
2010-08-23 |
| 11. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
44.99 |
1.0018 |
0.2166 |
246 |
1 |
44.99 |
2010-08-25 |
| 12. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
44.83 |
1.0192 |
0.1997 |
243 |
2 |
42.50 |
2010-08-25 |
| 13. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
44.77 |
1.0461 |
0.1681 |
318 |
1 |
44.77 |
2010-08-22 |
| 14. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
44.74 |
1.0969 |
0.1158 |
303 |
1 |
44.74 |
2010-08-24 |
| 15. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
44.69 |
0.9779 |
0.2301 |
255 |
1 |
44.69 |
2010-08-22 |
| 16. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
44.54 |
1.0178 |
0.1858 |
207 |
1 |
44.54 |
2010-08-25 |
| 17. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
44.48 |
0.9299 |
0.2657 |
168 |
1 |
44.48 |
2010-08-22 |
| 18. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
44.06 |
1.0253 |
0.1700 |
337 |
1 |
44.06 |
2010-08-25 |
| 19. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
43.97 |
1.0777 |
0.1103 |
226 |
2 |
37.07 |
2010-08-23 |
| 20. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
43.91 |
0.9368 |
0.2444 |
176 |
1 |
43.91 |
2010-08-23 |
| 21. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
43.53 |
0.9561 |
0.2296 |
364 |
1 |
43.53 |
2010-08-25 |
| 22. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
43.24 |
1.0051 |
0.1594 |
162 |
1 |
43.24 |
2010-08-23 |
| 23. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
43.17 |
1.0165 |
0.1507 |
316 |
1 |
43.17 |
2010-08-25 |
| 24. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
42.21 |
1.0189 |
0.1227 |
290 |
2 |
38.67 |
2010-08-22 |
| 25. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
41.80 |
1.0291 |
0.1000 |
240 |
1 |
41.80 |
2010-08-22 |
| 26. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
41.57 |
0.9841 |
0.1393 |
263 |
2 |
34.65 |
2010-08-23 |
| 27. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
41.54 |
0.9737 |
0.1529 |
237 |
1 |
41.54 |
2010-08-24 |
| 28. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
41.51 |
1.0268 |
0.0890 |
179 |
1 |
41.51 |
2010-08-20 |
| 29. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
41.02 |
0.9833 |
0.1294 |
387 |
1 |
41.02 |
2010-08-25 |
| 30. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
40.76 |
1.0225 |
0.0716 |
152 |
1 |
40.76 |
2010-08-22 |
| 31. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
39.57 |
0.9761 |
0.0993 |
227 |
1 |
39.57 |
2010-08-25 |
| 32. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
39.00 |
0.9402 |
0.1127 |
310 |
2 |
37.55 |
2010-08-24 |
| 33. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
38.98 |
0.9597 |
0.0951 |
251 |
1 |
38.98 |
2010-08-22 |
| 34. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
38.47 |
0.8925 |
0.1546 |
293 |
1 |
38.47 |
2010-08-19 |
| 35. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
38.19 |
0.9756 |
0.0564 |
223 |
2 |
31.04 |
2010-08-22 |
| 36. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
37.56 |
1.0567 |
-0.0414 |
314 |
1 |
37.56 |
2009-09-15 |
| 37. |
When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, y... |
37.55 |
0.8825 |
0.1330 |
105 |
1 |
37.55 |
2010-08-19 |
| 38. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
37.27 |
0.9271 |
0.0830 |
323 |
1 |
37.27 |
2010-08-23 |
| 39. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
37.24 |
0.9844 |
0.0347 |
351 |
1 |
37.24 |
2010-08-19 |
| 40. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
36.93 |
0.8205 |
0.1803 |
135 |
1 |
36.93 |
2010-08-22 |
| 41. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
36.82 |
1.0288 |
-0.0378 |
166 |
1 |
36.82 |
2010-08-20 |
| 42. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
36.10 |
1.0479 |
-0.0735 |
205 |
1 |
36.10 |
2010-08-22 |
| 43. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
36.03 |
0.9338 |
0.0502 |
326 |
1 |
36.03 |
2010-08-19 |
| 44. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
35.46 |
0.9183 |
0.0412 |
308 |
1 |
35.46 |
2010-08-22 |
| 45. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
34.96 |
0.8824 |
0.0640 |
202 |
1 |
34.96 |
2010-08-24 |
| 46. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
34.84 |
1.0063 |
-0.0598 |
293 |
1 |
34.84 |
2009-09-15 |
| 47. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
34.84 |
0.8830 |
0.0532 |
134 |
1 |
34.84 |
2009-04-24 |
| 48. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
34.79 |
1.0426 |
-0.1064 |
131 |
1 |
34.79 |
2010-08-22 |
| 49. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
34.76 |
0.7915 |
0.1496 |
142 |
1 |
34.76 |
2010-08-22 |
| 50. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
34.62 |
0.8986 |
0.0378 |
216 |
1 |
34.62 |
2009-09-15 |
| 51. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
34.49 |
0.8880 |
0.0444 |
296 |
1 |
34.49 |
2009-09-15 |
| 52. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
33.93 |
1.0877 |
-0.1749 |
129 |
2 |
29.86 |
2009-09-15 |
| 53. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
33.77 |
1.0617 |
-0.1515 |
171 |
1 |
33.77 |
2009-04-25 |
| 54. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
33.76 |
1.1093 |
-0.2029 |
220 |
1 |
33.76 |
2009-04-25 |
| 55. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
33.74 |
0.8161 |
0.0985 |
109 |
1 |
33.74 |
2009-04-25 |
| 56. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
33.65 |
1.0521 |
-0.1484 |
197 |
1 |
33.65 |
2009-04-24 |
| 57. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
33.07 |
1.0103 |
-0.1227 |
209 |
1 |
33.07 |
2009-04-25 |
| 58. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
33.04 |
0.9594 |
-0.0686 |
258 |
1 |
33.04 |
2010-08-22 |
| 59. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
32.90 |
1.0543 |
-0.1688 |
182 |
1 |
32.90 |
2009-04-25 |
| 60. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
32.66 |
0.8606 |
0.0232 |
170 |
1 |
32.66 |
2009-04-25 |
| 61. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
32.42 |
0.9285 |
-0.0544 |
244 |
1 |
32.42 |
2009-04-24 |
| 62. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
32.39 |
0.9680 |
-0.0928 |
256 |
1 |
32.39 |
2009-09-15 |
| 63. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
32.30 |
0.8758 |
-0.0040 |
127 |
1 |
32.30 |
2009-04-25 |
| 64. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
31.92 |
1.0279 |
-0.1712 |
172 |
1 |
31.92 |
2009-04-25 |
| 65. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
31.10 |
0.8856 |
-0.0380 |
369 |
1 |
31.10 |
2010-08-22 |
| 66. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
31.04 |
1.0125 |
-0.1757 |
232 |
1 |
31.04 |
2009-04-24 |
| 67. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
30.81 |
0.9685 |
-0.1361 |
304 |
1 |
30.81 |
2009-04-25 |
| 68. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
30.72 |
0.7724 |
0.0561 |
142 |
1 |
30.72 |
2009-04-25 |
| 69. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
30.55 |
0.9329 |
-0.0937 |
345 |
1 |
30.55 |
2010-08-19 |
| 70. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
30.50 |
1.0736 |
-0.2477 |
350 |
1 |
30.50 |
2009-04-25 |
| 71. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
30.49 |
1.0498 |
-0.2257 |
261 |
1 |
30.49 |
2009-04-25 |
| 72. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
30.23 |
0.8936 |
-0.0786 |
346 |
1 |
30.23 |
2009-04-25 |
| 73. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
29.26 |
0.9271 |
-0.1375 |
295 |
1 |
29.26 |
2009-04-25 |
| 74. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
28.31 |
0.8164 |
-0.0518 |
197 |
1 |
28.31 |
2009-04-25 |
| 75. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
28.12 |
0.7966 |
-0.0315 |
184 |
1 |
28.12 |
2009-04-24 |
| 76. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
27.77 |
0.9070 |
-0.1626 |
192 |
1 |
27.77 |
2009-04-25 |
| 77. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
26.26 |
1.0197 |
-0.3135 |
204 |
1 |
26.26 |
2009-04-24 |
| 78. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
26.18 |
0.9128 |
-0.2100 |
237 |
1 |
26.18 |
2009-04-25 |
| 79. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
25.46 |
1.1086 |
-0.4223 |
233 |
1 |
25.46 |
2009-04-24 |
| 80. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
25.34 |
1.0561 |
-0.3751 |
227 |
1 |
25.34 |
2009-04-24 |
| 81. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
22.98 |
0.8117 |
-0.1895 |
209 |
1 |
22.98 |
2009-04-24 |
| 82. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
21.19 |
0.9027 |
-0.3360 |
189 |
1 |
21.19 |
2009-04-24 |
| 83. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
20.05 |
0.8988 |
-0.3603 |
193 |
1 |
20.05 |
2009-04-24 |
| 84. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
19.30 |
0.8906 |
-0.3622 |
128 |
1 |
19.30 |
2009-04-24 |