| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
75.79 |
1.0289 |
0.4067 |
276 |
1 |
75.79 |
2009-08-03 |
| 2. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
69.55 |
1.0523 |
0.2557 |
256 |
2 |
65.35 |
2009-08-06 |
| 3. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
67.60 |
1.0016 |
0.2689 |
218 |
1 |
67.60 |
2009-08-08 |
| 4. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
66.49 |
1.0496 |
0.2037 |
314 |
3 |
58.64 |
2009-08-06 |
| 5. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
64.11 |
0.9851 |
0.2257 |
317 |
2 |
59.01 |
2009-08-06 |
| 6. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
63.73 |
1.0787 |
0.1214 |
237 |
1 |
63.73 |
2009-08-06 |
| 7. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
63.13 |
1.0023 |
0.1857 |
211 |
1 |
63.13 |
2009-08-08 |
| 8. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
62.90 |
1.0197 |
0.1630 |
226 |
1 |
62.90 |
2009-08-05 |
| 9. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
61.74 |
1.0331 |
0.1282 |
234 |
1 |
61.74 |
2009-08-05 |
| 10. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
60.90 |
1.0529 |
0.0945 |
351 |
1 |
60.90 |
2009-08-05 |
| 11. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
60.83 |
1.0389 |
0.1089 |
318 |
2 |
56.69 |
2009-08-06 |
| 12. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
60.01 |
1.1016 |
0.0290 |
233 |
1 |
60.01 |
2009-08-06 |
| 13. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
59.97 |
1.0619 |
0.0714 |
354 |
2 |
58.05 |
2009-08-05 |
| 14. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
59.95 |
1.0829 |
0.0480 |
288 |
1 |
59.95 |
2009-08-05 |
| 15. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
59.94 |
0.9910 |
0.1401 |
295 |
1 |
59.94 |
2009-08-08 |
| 16. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
59.29 |
1.0515 |
0.0634 |
250 |
1 |
59.29 |
2009-08-05 |
| 17. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
59.13 |
1.0797 |
0.0284 |
210 |
1 |
59.13 |
2009-08-05 |
| 18. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
58.25 |
1.0444 |
0.0460 |
197 |
1 |
58.25 |
2009-08-03 |
| 19. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
57.21 |
0.9168 |
0.1616 |
240 |
1 |
57.21 |
2009-08-06 |
| 20. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
57.03 |
0.9005 |
0.1717 |
212 |
1 |
57.03 |
2009-08-08 |
| 21. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
56.74 |
0.9965 |
0.0720 |
310 |
1 |
56.74 |
2009-08-05 |
| 22. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
56.40 |
1.0498 |
0.0071 |
180 |
1 |
56.40 |
2008-11-17 |
| 23. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
56.25 |
0.9965 |
0.0630 |
277 |
3 |
52.22 |
2009-08-06 |
| 24. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
56.14 |
0.9846 |
0.0711 |
281 |
1 |
56.14 |
2009-08-06 |
| 25. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
56.09 |
0.9772 |
0.0751 |
217 |
1 |
56.09 |
2009-08-05 |
| 26. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
55.65 |
1.0567 |
-0.0087 |
303 |
1 |
55.65 |
2009-08-03 |
| 27. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
55.65 |
1.0068 |
0.0439 |
358 |
1 |
55.65 |
2009-08-05 |
| 28. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
55.38 |
0.8722 |
0.1730 |
285 |
2 |
47.24 |
2009-08-06 |
| 29. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
55.23 |
1.0385 |
-0.0009 |
230 |
1 |
55.23 |
2009-08-06 |
| 30. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
54.99 |
0.9213 |
0.1140 |
295 |
2 |
52.22 |
2009-08-05 |
| 31. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
54.99 |
1.0613 |
-0.0256 |
266 |
2 |
52.93 |
2009-08-05 |
| 32. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
54.72 |
1.0131 |
0.0127 |
225 |
1 |
54.72 |
2009-08-05 |
| 33. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
54.28 |
0.8947 |
0.1315 |
366 |
1 |
54.28 |
2009-08-05 |
| 34. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
54.13 |
0.9109 |
0.1102 |
401 |
2 |
47.59 |
2009-08-06 |
| 35. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
54.03 |
0.9513 |
0.0691 |
354 |
1 |
54.03 |
2009-08-06 |
| 36. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
53.73 |
0.8442 |
0.1706 |
265 |
2 |
48.24 |
2009-08-03 |
| 37. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
53.39 |
1.0025 |
0.0018 |
256 |
2 |
47.89 |
2009-08-03 |
| 38. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
53.35 |
0.9841 |
0.0233 |
334 |
1 |
53.35 |
2008-11-17 |
| 39. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
53.30 |
1.0203 |
-0.0143 |
261 |
1 |
53.30 |
2009-08-03 |
| 40. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
52.87 |
0.9202 |
0.0736 |
254 |
1 |
52.87 |
2009-08-03 |
| 41. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
52.59 |
0.9426 |
0.0496 |
317 |
1 |
52.59 |
2009-08-06 |
| 42. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
52.57 |
0.9964 |
-0.0076 |
203 |
2 |
50.69 |
2009-08-03 |
| 43. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
52.44 |
0.9293 |
0.0578 |
355 |
1 |
52.44 |
2009-08-05 |
| 44. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
52.33 |
0.9279 |
0.0628 |
317 |
2 |
51.40 |
2009-08-06 |
| 45. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
52.27 |
0.9212 |
0.0651 |
323 |
3 |
47.59 |
2009-08-05 |
| 46. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
52.18 |
0.8933 |
0.0944 |
363 |
2 |
47.70 |
2009-08-03 |
| 47. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
52.16 |
1.0165 |
-0.0317 |
392 |
1 |
52.16 |
2009-08-05 |
| 48. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
52.10 |
0.9164 |
0.0682 |
305 |
1 |
52.10 |
2009-08-05 |
| 49. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
52.04 |
0.9756 |
0.0017 |
229 |
2 |
47.00 |
2009-08-06 |
| 50. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
51.92 |
0.9852 |
-0.0085 |
264 |
1 |
51.92 |
2009-08-05 |
| 51. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
51.84 |
0.9675 |
0.0168 |
383 |
1 |
51.84 |
2009-08-05 |
| 52. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
51.71 |
0.9485 |
0.0256 |
236 |
3 |
47.99 |
2009-08-06 |
| 53. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
51.48 |
0.9072 |
0.0591 |
237 |
1 |
51.48 |
2009-08-03 |
| 54. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
51.41 |
0.9672 |
0.0059 |
396 |
2 |
50.77 |
2009-08-03 |
| 55. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
50.73 |
0.9572 |
-0.0046 |
201 |
1 |
50.73 |
2009-08-05 |
| 56. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
50.10 |
0.9633 |
-0.0194 |
304 |
1 |
50.10 |
2009-08-05 |
| 57. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
50.07 |
0.9540 |
-0.0147 |
285 |
2 |
48.95 |
2009-08-06 |
| 58. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
49.81 |
1.0201 |
-0.0835 |
303 |
1 |
49.81 |
2008-11-17 |
| 59. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
49.75 |
0.8919 |
0.0414 |
205 |
1 |
49.75 |
2009-08-03 |
| 60. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
49.46 |
1.0095 |
-0.0811 |
316 |
1 |
49.46 |
2008-11-17 |
| 61. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
49.37 |
0.9811 |
-0.0506 |
272 |
1 |
49.37 |
2008-11-17 |
| 62. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
49.35 |
1.0099 |
-0.0854 |
207 |
2 |
38.21 |
2008-11-16 |
| 63. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
49.25 |
1.0109 |
-0.0846 |
276 |
2 |
48.76 |
2009-08-05 |
| 64. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
49.20 |
0.9468 |
-0.0228 |
276 |
1 |
49.20 |
2008-11-17 |
| 65. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
49.11 |
0.8961 |
0.0233 |
189 |
1 |
49.11 |
2009-08-08 |
| 66. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
48.98 |
1.0201 |
-0.1066 |
172 |
1 |
48.98 |
2008-11-17 |
| 67. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
48.80 |
1.0441 |
-0.1257 |
252 |
1 |
48.80 |
2008-11-17 |
| 68. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
48.64 |
0.9785 |
-0.0614 |
335 |
1 |
48.64 |
2009-08-03 |
| 69. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
48.60 |
0.9635 |
-0.0450 |
389 |
2 |
46.57 |
2008-11-17 |
| 70. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
48.57 |
1.0189 |
-0.1031 |
337 |
1 |
48.57 |
2009-08-03 |
| 71. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
47.77 |
0.9309 |
-0.0355 |
284 |
1 |
47.77 |
2009-08-05 |
| 72. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
47.70 |
0.8810 |
0.0157 |
282 |
1 |
47.70 |
2008-11-17 |
| 73. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
47.54 |
0.9576 |
-0.0601 |
212 |
1 |
47.54 |
2008-11-17 |
| 74. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
47.47 |
1.0788 |
-0.1928 |
171 |
1 |
47.47 |
2008-11-17 |
| 75. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
47.06 |
0.9884 |
-0.1003 |
262 |
1 |
47.06 |
2008-11-16 |
| 76. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
47.00 |
0.8916 |
-0.0087 |
216 |
1 |
47.00 |
2009-08-03 |
| 77. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
46.91 |
1.0025 |
-0.1207 |
336 |
1 |
46.91 |
2008-11-17 |
| 78. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
46.55 |
0.9464 |
-0.0673 |
323 |
1 |
46.55 |
2008-11-17 |
| 79. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
45.57 |
0.8878 |
-0.0326 |
346 |
1 |
45.57 |
2009-08-03 |
| 80. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
45.20 |
0.9578 |
-0.1100 |
281 |
1 |
45.20 |
2009-08-03 |
| 81. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
44.64 |
1.0261 |
-0.1904 |
273 |
1 |
44.64 |
2008-11-17 |
| 82. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
44.44 |
0.9278 |
-0.0913 |
295 |
1 |
44.44 |
2009-08-03 |
| 83. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
44.44 |
0.9936 |
-0.1601 |
311 |
1 |
44.44 |
2008-11-17 |
| 84. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
43.91 |
0.8573 |
-0.0300 |
270 |
1 |
43.91 |
2008-11-17 |
| 85. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
43.76 |
0.9614 |
-0.1375 |
292 |
1 |
43.76 |
2008-11-17 |
| 86. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
42.90 |
0.9786 |
-0.1793 |
193 |
1 |
42.90 |
2009-08-03 |
| 87. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
40.41 |
0.8996 |
-0.1481 |
192 |
1 |
40.41 |
2009-08-03 |
| 88. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
40.32 |
0.8602 |
-0.1071 |
206 |
1 |
40.32 |
2009-08-03 |
| 89. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
40.22 |
0.9570 |
-0.2019 |
287 |
1 |
40.22 |
2009-08-03 |
| 90. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
38.48 |
0.9376 |
-0.2119 |
367 |
1 |
38.48 |
2008-11-16 |
| 91. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
36.74 |
0.8811 |
-0.1894 |
239 |
1 |
36.74 |
2009-08-03 |
| 92. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
35.81 |
0.9653 |
-0.2876 |
394 |
1 |
35.81 |
2008-11-16 |