| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
62.92 |
1.0799 |
0.2457 |
243 |
1 |
62.92 |
2011-11-15 |
| 2. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
58.93 |
0.9161 |
0.3260 |
200 |
1 |
58.93 |
2011-11-15 |
| 3. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
57.84 |
1.0033 |
0.2111 |
189 |
1 |
57.84 |
2011-03-03 |
| 4. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
57.77 |
1.0463 |
0.1687 |
182 |
1 |
57.77 |
2011-03-03 |
| 5. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
57.43 |
1.0506 |
0.1905 |
277 |
1 |
57.43 |
2011-11-15 |
| 6. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
57.28 |
0.9572 |
0.2506 |
201 |
2 |
52.29 |
2010-11-11 |
| 7. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
56.92 |
0.9697 |
0.2360 |
266 |
1 |
56.92 |
2011-11-15 |
| 8. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
55.45 |
1.0883 |
0.1141 |
303 |
1 |
55.45 |
2011-11-15 |
| 9. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
55.39 |
0.9997 |
0.1730 |
382 |
1 |
55.39 |
2011-11-15 |
| 10. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
54.86 |
1.0012 |
0.1590 |
260 |
1 |
54.86 |
2010-11-11 |
| 11. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
54.62 |
0.9820 |
0.1703 |
274 |
1 |
54.62 |
2011-11-15 |
| 12. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
54.16 |
1.0565 |
0.0832 |
247 |
1 |
54.16 |
2011-03-03 |
| 13. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
53.54 |
1.0389 |
0.0930 |
340 |
1 |
53.54 |
2011-03-03 |
| 14. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
53.17 |
1.0257 |
0.1023 |
401 |
1 |
53.17 |
2011-03-03 |
| 15. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
52.47 |
0.9316 |
0.1812 |
287 |
1 |
52.47 |
2010-11-11 |
| 16. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
51.27 |
0.9559 |
0.1274 |
195 |
1 |
51.27 |
2011-03-03 |
| 17. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
51.24 |
0.9485 |
0.1336 |
236 |
1 |
51.24 |
2010-11-11 |
| 18. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
51.06 |
1.0521 |
0.0192 |
171 |
1 |
51.06 |
2011-03-03 |
| 19. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
50.86 |
0.9893 |
0.0829 |
323 |
1 |
50.86 |
2010-11-11 |
| 20. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
50.60 |
0.9936 |
0.0729 |
311 |
2 |
48.76 |
2010-11-11 |
| 21. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
50.11 |
0.9726 |
0.0769 |
154 |
1 |
50.11 |
2010-11-08 |
| 22. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
50.01 |
1.1014 |
-0.0097 |
273 |
1 |
50.01 |
2010-11-11 |
| 23. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
49.73 |
0.9706 |
0.0815 |
216 |
1 |
49.73 |
2010-11-11 |
| 24. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
49.65 |
0.9286 |
0.1167 |
194 |
1 |
49.65 |
2010-11-11 |
| 25. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
49.25 |
1.0314 |
0.0456 |
452 |
1 |
49.25 |
2010-11-11 |
| 26. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
48.80 |
1.0577 |
-0.0333 |
247 |
1 |
48.80 |
2010-11-11 |
| 27. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
48.39 |
1.0417 |
-0.0249 |
253 |
2 |
47.24 |
2011-03-03 |
| 28. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
48.30 |
0.9772 |
0.0370 |
217 |
1 |
48.30 |
2010-11-11 |
| 29. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
48.16 |
1.0013 |
0.0123 |
273 |
1 |
48.16 |
2009-02-27 |
| 30. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
47.56 |
0.9247 |
0.0819 |
253 |
1 |
47.56 |
2010-11-11 |
| 31. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
47.44 |
1.0016 |
-0.0071 |
218 |
1 |
47.44 |
2009-02-27 |
| 32. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
47.44 |
0.9557 |
0.0499 |
331 |
1 |
47.44 |
2010-11-11 |
| 33. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
47.03 |
0.9281 |
0.0671 |
273 |
1 |
47.03 |
2010-11-11 |
| 34. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
46.79 |
1.0214 |
-0.0375 |
269 |
1 |
46.79 |
2010-11-11 |
| 35. |
We were all in our late twenties or early-to-middle thirties... |
46.66 |
0.8867 |
0.1009 |
241 |
1 |
46.66 |
2010-11-11 |
| 36. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
46.26 |
1.0251 |
-0.0531 |
261 |
1 |
46.26 |
2009-03-17 |
| 37. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
46.14 |
0.9894 |
-0.0135 |
323 |
1 |
46.14 |
2009-02-27 |
| 38. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
45.88 |
0.9925 |
0.0103 |
247 |
1 |
45.88 |
2010-11-11 |
| 39. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
45.37 |
0.9632 |
0.0340 |
345 |
1 |
45.37 |
2010-11-11 |
| 40. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
45.01 |
0.9351 |
0.0067 |
190 |
1 |
45.01 |
2010-11-11 |
| 41. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
44.87 |
1.0263 |
-0.0831 |
267 |
1 |
44.87 |
2009-02-27 |
| 42. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
44.62 |
0.9364 |
0.0427 |
351 |
1 |
44.62 |
2010-11-11 |
| 43. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
44.53 |
1.0429 |
-0.1073 |
259 |
1 |
44.53 |
2009-02-27 |
| 44. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
43.73 |
1.0515 |
-0.1335 |
250 |
1 |
43.73 |
2009-02-27 |
| 45. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
43.26 |
0.9278 |
-0.0151 |
295 |
1 |
43.26 |
2010-11-11 |
| 46. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
42.46 |
1.0390 |
-0.1499 |
205 |
1 |
42.46 |
2009-03-17 |
| 47. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
42.18 |
1.0062 |
-0.1194 |
288 |
1 |
42.18 |
2009-03-17 |
| 48. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
41.97 |
0.9631 |
-0.0294 |
345 |
1 |
41.97 |
2011-03-03 |
| 49. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
41.84 |
0.9567 |
-0.0767 |
273 |
1 |
41.84 |
2009-02-27 |
| 50. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
41.23 |
0.9049 |
-0.0325 |
351 |
1 |
41.23 |
2010-11-11 |
| 51. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
40.43 |
0.9899 |
-0.1452 |
163 |
1 |
40.43 |
2009-02-27 |
| 52. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
40.21 |
0.9275 |
-0.0856 |
211 |
1 |
40.21 |
2009-03-17 |
| 53. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
39.11 |
0.9309 |
-0.1114 |
284 |
1 |
39.11 |
2009-02-27 |
| 54. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
38.99 |
0.9731 |
-0.1668 |
129 |
1 |
38.99 |
2009-02-27 |
| 55. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
38.45 |
0.9289 |
-0.1239 |
204 |
1 |
38.45 |
2009-02-27 |
| 56. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
37.06 |
1.0168 |
-0.2373 |
271 |
1 |
37.06 |
2009-02-23 |
| 57. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
36.93 |
1.0829 |
-0.3065 |
288 |
1 |
36.93 |
2009-05-22 |
| 58. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
36.74 |
0.9084 |
-0.1338 |
404 |
1 |
36.74 |
2009-02-27 |
| 59. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
36.31 |
0.8595 |
-0.0955 |
242 |
1 |
36.31 |
2010-11-08 |
| 60. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
34.58 |
1.0201 |
-0.2948 |
303 |
1 |
34.58 |
2010-11-11 |
| 61. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
33.18 |
0.9636 |
-0.2690 |
254 |
1 |
33.18 |
2009-02-23 |
| 62. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
29.01 |
0.9578 |
-0.3519 |
281 |
1 |
29.01 |
2009-02-23 |
| 63. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
28.72 |
0.8666 |
-0.2631 |
150 |
1 |
28.72 |
2009-02-23 |