| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
74.08 |
0.9857 |
0.3876 |
293 |
2 |
67.22 |
2009-05-19 |
| 2. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
70.97 |
1.1114 |
0.2019 |
247 |
1 |
70.97 |
2009-05-20 |
| 3. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
69.69 |
1.0138 |
0.2778 |
231 |
1 |
69.69 |
2009-05-20 |
| 4. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
67.76 |
0.9946 |
0.2611 |
246 |
2 |
56.07 |
2009-05-17 |
| 5. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
67.04 |
1.0767 |
0.1635 |
212 |
1 |
67.04 |
2009-05-24 |
| 6. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
66.98 |
1.0515 |
0.1879 |
250 |
2 |
58.77 |
2009-05-24 |
| 7. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
66.29 |
1.0441 |
0.1858 |
252 |
1 |
66.29 |
2009-05-24 |
| 8. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
66.14 |
1.0419 |
0.1837 |
261 |
2 |
62.67 |
2009-05-19 |
| 9. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
65.88 |
1.0799 |
0.1371 |
243 |
1 |
65.88 |
2009-05-17 |
| 10. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
64.66 |
1.0296 |
0.1747 |
437 |
2 |
58.56 |
2009-05-24 |
| 11. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
64.65 |
1.0477 |
0.1524 |
360 |
1 |
64.65 |
2009-05-20 |
| 12. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
64.54 |
1.0668 |
0.1313 |
350 |
1 |
64.54 |
2009-05-24 |
| 13. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
63.02 |
1.1018 |
0.0590 |
220 |
2 |
56.09 |
2009-05-20 |
| 14. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
61.15 |
0.9986 |
0.1341 |
283 |
1 |
61.15 |
2009-05-17 |
| 15. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
60.60 |
0.9798 |
0.1363 |
199 |
1 |
60.60 |
2009-05-19 |
| 16. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
60.13 |
1.0214 |
0.0899 |
269 |
1 |
60.13 |
2009-05-19 |
| 17. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
59.93 |
0.9005 |
0.2073 |
212 |
1 |
59.93 |
2009-05-19 |
| 18. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
59.71 |
1.0528 |
0.0474 |
201 |
2 |
52.39 |
2009-06-03 |
| 19. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
59.69 |
1.0523 |
0.0482 |
256 |
1 |
59.69 |
2009-05-23 |
| 20. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
59.21 |
0.9776 |
0.1184 |
308 |
3 |
57.13 |
2009-06-03 |
| 21. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
59.09 |
1.0577 |
0.0324 |
247 |
4 |
52.15 |
2009-05-23 |
| 22. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
59.03 |
1.0417 |
0.0482 |
253 |
3 |
55.32 |
2009-05-20 |
| 23. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
58.69 |
0.9622 |
0.1303 |
392 |
2 |
52.83 |
2009-06-03 |
| 24. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
58.08 |
0.9148 |
0.1613 |
317 |
1 |
58.08 |
2009-05-24 |
| 25. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
57.52 |
0.9786 |
0.0851 |
235 |
2 |
57.10 |
2009-05-24 |
| 26. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
57.41 |
0.9646 |
0.0966 |
264 |
1 |
57.41 |
2009-05-19 |
| 27. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
56.93 |
1.0486 |
0.0053 |
289 |
1 |
56.93 |
2009-05-19 |
| 28. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
56.52 |
0.9557 |
0.0960 |
331 |
1 |
56.52 |
2009-05-19 |
| 29. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
56.40 |
0.9991 |
0.0446 |
225 |
2 |
54.61 |
2009-05-23 |
| 30. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
55.76 |
0.9699 |
0.0607 |
269 |
1 |
55.76 |
2009-05-20 |
| 31. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
55.60 |
0.9202 |
0.1073 |
254 |
2 |
53.77 |
2009-06-03 |
| 32. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
55.43 |
0.9266 |
0.1002 |
278 |
1 |
55.43 |
2009-05-17 |
| 33. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
55.36 |
0.8382 |
0.1860 |
268 |
3 |
49.02 |
2009-05-24 |
| 34. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
55.24 |
1.0060 |
0.0108 |
171 |
2 |
55.17 |
2009-05-20 |
| 35. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
55.23 |
0.9897 |
0.0293 |
274 |
1 |
55.23 |
2009-05-23 |
| 36. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
54.56 |
0.8935 |
0.1249 |
328 |
2 |
50.59 |
2009-05-24 |
| 37. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
54.33 |
0.9633 |
0.0433 |
304 |
1 |
54.33 |
2009-05-17 |
| 38. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
54.12 |
1.0389 |
-0.0360 |
340 |
1 |
54.12 |
2009-06-03 |
| 39. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
54.05 |
1.0203 |
-0.0177 |
261 |
2 |
52.87 |
2009-05-24 |
| 40. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
53.94 |
0.9411 |
0.0568 |
318 |
2 |
52.29 |
2009-05-24 |
| 41. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
53.88 |
1.0487 |
-0.0577 |
231 |
1 |
53.88 |
2009-05-17 |
| 42. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
53.82 |
0.9612 |
0.0337 |
256 |
1 |
53.82 |
2009-05-17 |
| 43. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
53.79 |
0.9109 |
0.0860 |
401 |
1 |
53.79 |
2009-05-20 |
| 44. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
53.76 |
0.8811 |
0.1173 |
239 |
1 |
53.76 |
2009-05-17 |
| 45. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
53.51 |
1.0666 |
-0.0774 |
297 |
1 |
53.51 |
2009-05-20 |
| 46. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
53.49 |
1.0029 |
-0.0206 |
209 |
1 |
53.49 |
2009-05-20 |
| 47. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
53.46 |
0.8602 |
0.1257 |
206 |
1 |
53.46 |
2009-05-19 |
| 48. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
52.83 |
0.9905 |
-0.0064 |
377 |
1 |
52.83 |
2009-06-03 |
| 49. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
52.81 |
1.0613 |
-0.0844 |
266 |
1 |
52.81 |
2009-05-16 |
| 50. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
52.80 |
0.9758 |
0.0007 |
314 |
1 |
52.80 |
2009-05-20 |
| 51. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
52.80 |
0.9831 |
0.0007 |
469 |
1 |
52.80 |
2009-05-19 |
| 52. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
52.74 |
0.9266 |
0.0482 |
267 |
1 |
52.74 |
2009-05-17 |
| 53. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
52.73 |
0.9074 |
0.0736 |
396 |
1 |
52.73 |
2009-05-22 |
| 54. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
52.60 |
1.0396 |
-0.0748 |
149 |
1 |
52.60 |
2009-05-20 |
| 55. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
52.44 |
1.0109 |
-0.0411 |
276 |
2 |
47.72 |
2009-06-03 |
| 56. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
52.38 |
0.9281 |
0.0449 |
273 |
1 |
52.38 |
2009-05-24 |
| 57. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
52.36 |
0.8971 |
0.0757 |
266 |
2 |
51.46 |
2009-05-24 |
| 58. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
52.32 |
0.9691 |
-0.0028 |
223 |
1 |
52.32 |
2009-05-20 |
| 59. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
52.19 |
0.9893 |
-0.0248 |
323 |
1 |
52.19 |
2009-05-23 |
| 60. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
52.18 |
0.8956 |
0.0732 |
322 |
1 |
52.18 |
2009-05-24 |
| 61. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
52.03 |
1.0168 |
-0.0540 |
271 |
1 |
52.03 |
2009-05-24 |
| 62. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
51.99 |
0.9768 |
-0.0136 |
387 |
2 |
47.15 |
2009-05-19 |
| 63. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
51.51 |
0.8951 |
0.0587 |
193 |
1 |
51.51 |
2009-05-19 |
| 64. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
51.45 |
1.0829 |
-0.1309 |
288 |
1 |
51.45 |
2009-05-20 |
| 65. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
51.44 |
0.9532 |
-0.0042 |
258 |
1 |
51.44 |
2009-05-23 |
| 66. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
51.41 |
1.0261 |
-0.0782 |
273 |
1 |
51.41 |
2009-05-20 |
| 67. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
51.26 |
0.9636 |
-0.0168 |
254 |
2 |
46.42 |
2009-05-17 |
| 68. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
51.14 |
1.0361 |
-0.0904 |
269 |
1 |
51.14 |
2009-05-22 |
| 69. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
50.90 |
0.9965 |
-0.0611 |
168 |
1 |
50.90 |
2009-05-20 |
| 70. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
50.78 |
0.9330 |
0.0116 |
360 |
1 |
50.78 |
2009-05-23 |
| 71. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
50.76 |
0.8890 |
0.0450 |
199 |
1 |
50.76 |
2009-05-23 |
| 72. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
50.74 |
0.9763 |
-0.0396 |
289 |
2 |
45.09 |
2009-05-24 |
| 73. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
50.69 |
0.9653 |
-0.0207 |
394 |
1 |
50.69 |
2009-05-20 |
| 74. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
50.62 |
0.9894 |
-0.0500 |
323 |
1 |
50.62 |
2009-05-19 |
| 75. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
50.34 |
0.9226 |
0.0134 |
348 |
1 |
50.34 |
2009-05-20 |
| 76. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
50.23 |
1.0521 |
-0.1292 |
171 |
2 |
47.30 |
2009-06-03 |
| 77. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
50.19 |
0.9278 |
0.0018 |
295 |
1 |
50.19 |
2009-05-20 |
| 78. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
50.15 |
0.9072 |
0.0173 |
237 |
1 |
50.15 |
2009-05-17 |
| 79. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
50.04 |
0.9084 |
0.0198 |
404 |
1 |
50.04 |
2009-05-22 |
| 80. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
49.95 |
0.9724 |
-0.0464 |
237 |
1 |
49.95 |
2009-05-20 |
| 81. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
49.73 |
1.0787 |
-0.1617 |
237 |
2 |
47.19 |
2009-05-23 |
| 82. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
49.66 |
0.8573 |
0.0633 |
270 |
2 |
46.24 |
2009-05-23 |
| 83. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
49.65 |
1.0445 |
-0.1268 |
373 |
2 |
46.44 |
2009-05-24 |
| 84. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
49.58 |
1.0534 |
-0.1357 |
357 |
1 |
49.58 |
2009-05-23 |
| 85. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
49.06 |
0.8961 |
0.0063 |
189 |
1 |
49.06 |
2009-05-19 |
| 86. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
48.98 |
0.9429 |
-0.0373 |
287 |
1 |
48.98 |
2009-05-20 |
| 87. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
48.80 |
1.0053 |
-0.1064 |
232 |
1 |
48.80 |
2009-05-20 |
| 88. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
48.68 |
1.0062 |
-0.1076 |
288 |
1 |
48.68 |
2009-06-03 |
| 89. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
48.42 |
0.9785 |
-0.0815 |
335 |
1 |
48.42 |
2009-05-19 |
| 90. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
48.23 |
0.8442 |
0.0500 |
265 |
1 |
48.23 |
2009-05-23 |
| 91. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
47.94 |
1.0567 |
-0.1713 |
303 |
1 |
47.94 |
2009-05-24 |
| 92. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
47.74 |
1.0213 |
-0.1435 |
240 |
1 |
47.74 |
2009-05-20 |
| 93. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
46.75 |
1.0352 |
-0.1696 |
341 |
1 |
46.75 |
2009-05-20 |
| 94. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
46.68 |
0.9676 |
-0.0981 |
442 |
1 |
46.68 |
2009-05-19 |
| 95. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
46.51 |
0.8852 |
-0.0251 |
201 |
2 |
43.65 |
2009-05-20 |
| 96. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
45.74 |
1.0390 |
-0.1992 |
205 |
1 |
45.74 |
2009-05-23 |
| 97. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
45.66 |
1.0292 |
-0.1884 |
262 |
1 |
45.66 |
2009-05-16 |
| 98. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
45.49 |
1.0444 |
-0.2121 |
197 |
1 |
45.49 |
2009-06-03 |
| 99. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
45.45 |
0.9697 |
-0.1313 |
249 |
1 |
45.45 |
2009-05-24 |
| 100. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
45.18 |
1.0595 |
-0.2239 |
379 |
2 |
42.28 |
2009-05-20 |
| 101. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
44.66 |
0.9936 |
-0.1705 |
311 |
1 |
44.66 |
2009-05-19 |
| 102. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
43.43 |
0.9513 |
-0.1472 |
354 |
2 |
39.99 |
2009-05-20 |
| 103. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
42.85 |
0.8722 |
-0.0798 |
285 |
1 |
42.85 |
2009-05-20 |
| 104. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
40.89 |
1.0696 |
-0.3203 |
226 |
1 |
40.89 |
2009-05-16 |
| 105. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
38.12 |
0.9351 |
-0.2397 |
190 |
1 |
38.12 |
2009-05-16 |
| 106. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
37.68 |
0.9567 |
-0.2642 |
273 |
1 |
37.68 |
2009-05-16 |
| 107. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
37.10 |
0.9464 |
-0.2595 |
323 |
1 |
37.10 |
2009-05-16 |
| 108. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
37.09 |
1.0334 |
-0.3583 |
131 |
1 |
37.09 |
2009-05-20 |