| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
How many times have you seen the leader of a race have a mec... |
41.59 |
1.0155 |
0.2299 |
232 |
1 |
41.59 |
2012-04-18 |
| 2. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
41.59 |
0.9287 |
0.3099 |
108 |
3 |
38.89 |
2012-10-18 |
| 3. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
41.46 |
1.0596 |
0.1786 |
239 |
1 |
41.46 |
2012-03-29 |
| 4. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
40.81 |
1.1018 |
0.1127 |
220 |
1 |
40.81 |
2012-03-29 |
| 5. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
40.66 |
1.0297 |
0.1852 |
249 |
1 |
40.66 |
2012-03-29 |
| 6. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
40.51 |
1.0025 |
0.2090 |
256 |
1 |
40.51 |
2012-10-19 |
| 7. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
40.38 |
0.9884 |
0.2238 |
262 |
1 |
40.38 |
2012-10-18 |
| 8. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
39.82 |
0.9572 |
0.2327 |
201 |
1 |
39.82 |
2012-10-18 |
| 9. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
39.76 |
1.0673 |
0.1637 |
230 |
1 |
39.76 |
2012-10-18 |
| 10. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
39.25 |
1.0943 |
0.1119 |
206 |
1 |
39.25 |
2012-10-16 |
| 11. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
38.33 |
0.9576 |
0.1930 |
212 |
1 |
38.33 |
2012-04-18 |
| 12. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
38.17 |
0.9936 |
0.1468 |
311 |
1 |
38.17 |
2012-10-18 |
| 13. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
37.93 |
1.0099 |
0.1210 |
207 |
2 |
34.44 |
2012-10-18 |
| 14. |
The hectic speed, and the brevity of the lines in the thread... |
37.90 |
0.9131 |
0.2156 |
144 |
1 |
37.90 |
2012-03-28 |
| 15. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
37.86 |
1.0711 |
0.0552 |
213 |
2 |
37.01 |
2012-10-18 |
| 16. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
37.18 |
0.9089 |
0.2060 |
342 |
1 |
37.18 |
2012-03-29 |
| 17. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
37.16 |
1.0621 |
0.0676 |
263 |
1 |
37.16 |
2012-10-18 |
| 18. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
36.99 |
1.0095 |
0.0948 |
316 |
1 |
36.99 |
2012-10-18 |
| 19. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
36.98 |
1.0795 |
0.0561 |
226 |
1 |
36.98 |
2012-10-18 |
| 20. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
36.73 |
1.0993 |
-0.0040 |
265 |
1 |
36.73 |
2012-03-29 |
| 21. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
36.62 |
1.1014 |
0.0304 |
273 |
1 |
36.62 |
2012-03-05 |
| 22. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
36.44 |
0.9303 |
0.1522 |
176 |
1 |
36.44 |
2012-04-18 |
| 23. |
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly... |
36.39 |
1.0314 |
0.0527 |
172 |
2 |
36.06 |
2012-10-16 |
| 24. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
36.37 |
1.0211 |
0.0961 |
213 |
1 |
36.37 |
2012-03-29 |
| 25. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
36.35 |
1.0403 |
0.0856 |
275 |
1 |
36.35 |
2012-03-29 |
| 26. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
36.29 |
0.9578 |
0.1258 |
281 |
1 |
36.29 |
2012-03-29 |
| 27. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
36.02 |
0.8430 |
0.2350 |
147 |
1 |
36.02 |
2012-03-26 |
| 28. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
35.85 |
0.8653 |
0.2168 |
255 |
1 |
35.85 |
2012-03-28 |
| 29. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
35.82 |
0.8791 |
0.1903 |
190 |
1 |
35.82 |
2012-03-26 |
| 30. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
35.63 |
0.9711 |
0.0921 |
176 |
1 |
35.63 |
2012-03-26 |
| 31. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
35.56 |
1.0396 |
0.0155 |
149 |
1 |
35.56 |
2012-03-29 |
| 32. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
35.40 |
1.0016 |
0.0509 |
218 |
1 |
35.40 |
2012-10-16 |
| 33. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
35.35 |
1.0214 |
0.0288 |
166 |
2 |
32.83 |
2012-03-29 |
| 34. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
35.27 |
1.0799 |
-0.0302 |
243 |
1 |
35.27 |
2012-03-26 |
| 35. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
35.17 |
1.0863 |
-0.0010 |
210 |
1 |
35.17 |
2012-03-26 |
| 36. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
35.16 |
1.0684 |
0.0114 |
253 |
1 |
35.16 |
2012-03-05 |
| 37. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
35.03 |
0.9682 |
0.0760 |
143 |
2 |
32.53 |
2012-10-16 |
| 38. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
34.96 |
0.9938 |
0.0510 |
339 |
1 |
34.96 |
2012-03-29 |
| 39. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
34.91 |
0.9350 |
0.1083 |
195 |
1 |
34.91 |
2012-03-26 |
| 40. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
34.74 |
1.0213 |
0.0127 |
240 |
1 |
34.74 |
2012-03-26 |
| 41. |
Desktop publishing revolutionized the creation of printed do... |
34.64 |
0.8023 |
0.2374 |
182 |
2 |
34.36 |
2012-10-16 |
| 42. |
You have to be a fairly determined ecological detective to f... |
34.47 |
0.8994 |
0.1321 |
188 |
1 |
34.47 |
2012-03-26 |
| 43. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
34.45 |
0.8360 |
0.1918 |
170 |
1 |
34.45 |
2012-03-26 |
| 44. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
34.28 |
0.8777 |
0.1485 |
177 |
1 |
34.28 |
2012-10-19 |
| 45. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
34.15 |
0.9353 |
0.0803 |
177 |
1 |
34.15 |
2012-10-16 |
| 46. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
33.72 |
0.9084 |
0.1021 |
404 |
1 |
33.72 |
2012-03-29 |
| 47. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
33.70 |
1.0547 |
-0.0141 |
257 |
1 |
33.70 |
2012-10-18 |
| 48. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
33.32 |
0.7852 |
0.2148 |
149 |
1 |
33.32 |
2012-03-26 |
| 49. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
33.20 |
0.9911 |
-0.0035 |
212 |
1 |
33.20 |
2012-10-19 |
| 50. |
Some drivers actually perform best when there is a little ex... |
32.99 |
0.9632 |
0.0199 |
240 |
1 |
32.99 |
2012-04-18 |
| 51. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
32.88 |
0.7352 |
0.2460 |
106 |
1 |
32.88 |
2012-03-26 |
| 52. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
32.83 |
0.8541 |
0.1336 |
260 |
1 |
32.83 |
2012-03-26 |
| 53. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
32.78 |
0.8788 |
0.0961 |
134 |
1 |
32.78 |
2012-03-05 |
| 54. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
32.64 |
0.9964 |
-0.0228 |
203 |
1 |
32.64 |
2012-03-05 |
| 55. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
32.15 |
1.0109 |
-0.0511 |
276 |
1 |
32.15 |
2012-10-16 |
| 56. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
32.10 |
0.8941 |
0.0656 |
216 |
2 |
28.74 |
2012-03-26 |
| 57. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
31.95 |
0.9665 |
0.0358 |
326 |
1 |
31.95 |
2012-10-18 |
| 58. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
31.36 |
0.8899 |
0.0564 |
293 |
1 |
31.36 |
2012-10-16 |
| 59. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
31.29 |
0.8520 |
0.0824 |
202 |
2 |
29.95 |
2012-10-19 |
| 60. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
31.08 |
0.9286 |
-0.0031 |
194 |
1 |
31.08 |
2012-03-26 |
| 61. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
31.04 |
0.9411 |
-0.0147 |
318 |
1 |
31.04 |
2012-03-05 |
| 62. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
31.02 |
1.1215 |
-0.1727 |
200 |
1 |
31.02 |
2012-10-16 |
| 63. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
30.38 |
0.7708 |
0.1403 |
207 |
2 |
28.75 |
2012-03-29 |
| 64. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
30.36 |
1.0787 |
-0.1752 |
237 |
1 |
30.36 |
2012-03-29 |
| 65. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
30.03 |
0.9863 |
-0.0872 |
339 |
1 |
30.03 |
2012-10-16 |
| 66. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
30.02 |
1.0218 |
-0.1302 |
268 |
1 |
30.02 |
2012-10-19 |
| 67. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
29.97 |
0.9266 |
-0.0334 |
267 |
1 |
29.97 |
2012-03-26 |
| 68. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
29.90 |
0.8096 |
0.0893 |
209 |
1 |
29.90 |
2012-03-26 |
| 69. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
29.86 |
0.9513 |
-0.0578 |
354 |
1 |
29.86 |
2012-03-05 |
| 70. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
29.64 |
0.9233 |
-0.0482 |
168 |
1 |
29.64 |
2012-03-26 |
| 71. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
29.55 |
1.0288 |
-0.1162 |
300 |
1 |
29.55 |
2012-03-05 |
| 72. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
29.37 |
0.8975 |
-0.0219 |
268 |
1 |
29.37 |
2012-03-26 |
| 73. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
29.12 |
0.9216 |
-0.0152 |
255 |
1 |
29.12 |
2012-03-29 |
| 74. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
29.02 |
1.0412 |
-0.1774 |
225 |
1 |
29.02 |
2012-10-16 |
| 75. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
28.90 |
0.9649 |
-0.1052 |
193 |
1 |
28.90 |
2012-03-29 |
| 76. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
28.89 |
0.9239 |
-0.0569 |
193 |
1 |
28.89 |
2012-10-18 |
| 77. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
28.68 |
0.7375 |
0.1199 |
148 |
1 |
28.68 |
2012-03-26 |
| 78. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
27.65 |
0.9684 |
-0.1427 |
388 |
1 |
27.65 |
2012-10-16 |
| 79. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
27.24 |
1.0029 |
-0.1987 |
209 |
1 |
27.24 |
2012-03-29 |
| 80. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
27.04 |
0.8876 |
-0.0841 |
118 |
1 |
27.04 |
2012-03-26 |
| 81. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
26.96 |
0.8996 |
-0.1031 |
192 |
1 |
26.96 |
2012-03-26 |
| 82. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
26.82 |
0.8725 |
-0.0725 |
163 |
1 |
26.82 |
2012-03-29 |
| 83. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
26.81 |
0.9846 |
-0.1881 |
281 |
1 |
26.81 |
2012-10-16 |
| 84. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
26.28 |
0.9072 |
-0.1274 |
237 |
1 |
26.28 |
2012-03-05 |
| 85. |
At the very end of these food chains (which is to say, at th... |
25.81 |
0.8202 |
-0.0551 |
178 |
1 |
25.81 |
2012-10-19 |
| 86. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
25.49 |
0.8295 |
-0.0699 |
209 |
1 |
25.49 |
2012-03-26 |
| 87. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
25.36 |
0.9097 |
-0.1555 |
153 |
1 |
25.36 |
2012-03-05 |
| 88. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
24.58 |
0.8382 |
-0.1075 |
268 |
1 |
24.58 |
2012-03-29 |
| 89. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
23.74 |
0.8723 |
-0.1714 |
185 |
1 |
23.74 |
2012-10-16 |
| 90. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
23.44 |
1.0941 |
-0.3670 |
256 |
1 |
23.44 |
2012-03-05 |
| 91. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
23.38 |
0.9187 |
-0.2343 |
118 |
1 |
23.38 |
2012-03-29 |
| 92. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
23.18 |
0.8105 |
-0.1270 |
204 |
1 |
23.18 |
2012-10-16 |