| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
55.99 |
1.0004 |
0.3546 |
212 |
2 |
48.45 |
2010-09-16 |
| 2. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
54.34 |
1.0696 |
0.2475 |
226 |
1 |
54.34 |
2010-04-29 |
| 3. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
53.97 |
1.0788 |
0.2271 |
171 |
2 |
50.47 |
2010-09-16 |
| 4. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
53.25 |
1.1162 |
0.2186 |
189 |
1 |
53.25 |
2010-04-09 |
| 5. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
53.22 |
1.0261 |
0.2651 |
273 |
1 |
53.22 |
2010-09-16 |
| 6. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
52.11 |
1.0528 |
0.2081 |
201 |
4 |
44.42 |
2010-04-11 |
| 7. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
51.98 |
1.0462 |
0.2104 |
184 |
2 |
45.25 |
2010-03-25 |
| 8. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
51.26 |
1.0943 |
0.1833 |
206 |
1 |
51.26 |
2010-09-16 |
| 9. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
50.10 |
0.9168 |
0.3010 |
240 |
2 |
41.55 |
2010-09-16 |
| 10. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
49.97 |
1.0787 |
0.1334 |
237 |
1 |
49.97 |
2010-04-11 |
| 11. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
49.29 |
1.0033 |
0.1867 |
189 |
2 |
43.57 |
2010-04-11 |
| 12. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
48.76 |
0.9754 |
0.2144 |
362 |
1 |
48.76 |
2010-04-09 |
| 13. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
48.73 |
1.0063 |
0.1770 |
371 |
2 |
44.50 |
2010-04-11 |
| 14. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
47.84 |
0.9342 |
0.2304 |
434 |
2 |
45.77 |
2010-04-11 |
| 15. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
47.49 |
0.9820 |
0.1707 |
274 |
2 |
46.49 |
2010-04-29 |
| 16. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
47.24 |
0.9938 |
0.1534 |
339 |
1 |
47.24 |
2010-04-09 |
| 17. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
47.16 |
0.9157 |
0.2336 |
350 |
1 |
47.16 |
2010-04-11 |
| 18. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
46.83 |
0.9365 |
0.2012 |
248 |
1 |
46.83 |
2010-04-11 |
| 19. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
45.88 |
1.0203 |
0.0961 |
261 |
1 |
45.88 |
2009-05-17 |
| 20. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
45.53 |
1.0034 |
0.0995 |
302 |
1 |
45.53 |
2010-04-09 |
| 21. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
45.47 |
0.9786 |
0.1191 |
193 |
1 |
45.47 |
2009-05-17 |
| 22. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
44.90 |
0.9260 |
0.1733 |
243 |
1 |
44.90 |
2009-05-17 |
| 23. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
44.89 |
1.0125 |
0.0739 |
224 |
1 |
44.89 |
2010-04-09 |
| 24. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
44.69 |
1.0297 |
0.0529 |
249 |
2 |
44.30 |
2010-04-27 |
| 25. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
44.68 |
0.9672 |
0.1228 |
396 |
2 |
44.11 |
2010-09-16 |
| 26. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
44.60 |
1.0088 |
0.1115 |
396 |
1 |
44.60 |
2010-05-15 |
| 27. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
44.26 |
0.9726 |
0.0942 |
154 |
1 |
44.26 |
2010-09-16 |
| 28. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
44.14 |
1.0679 |
0.0227 |
177 |
1 |
44.14 |
2010-03-25 |
| 29. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
43.84 |
1.0498 |
0.0083 |
180 |
2 |
41.21 |
2009-06-04 |
| 30. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
43.73 |
1.0025 |
0.0576 |
256 |
1 |
43.73 |
2009-05-17 |
| 31. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
43.63 |
0.9316 |
0.1322 |
287 |
1 |
43.63 |
2009-05-15 |
| 32. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
43.56 |
0.9697 |
0.0866 |
249 |
1 |
43.56 |
2010-04-27 |
| 33. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
43.55 |
1.0154 |
0.0902 |
351 |
1 |
43.55 |
2010-04-09 |
| 34. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
43.34 |
0.9884 |
0.0666 |
262 |
1 |
43.34 |
2009-05-15 |
| 35. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
43.30 |
1.0396 |
0.0029 |
149 |
1 |
43.30 |
2009-05-15 |
| 36. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
43.19 |
0.9814 |
0.1050 |
364 |
2 |
41.91 |
2010-04-11 |
| 37. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
43.07 |
1.0138 |
0.0298 |
231 |
2 |
41.00 |
2010-03-28 |
| 38. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
43.06 |
0.9221 |
0.1202 |
244 |
2 |
40.56 |
2009-06-04 |
| 39. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
42.79 |
1.0292 |
0.0067 |
262 |
1 |
42.79 |
2009-06-04 |
| 40. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
42.54 |
0.9866 |
0.0407 |
218 |
1 |
42.54 |
2009-05-17 |
| 41. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
42.38 |
1.1016 |
-0.0744 |
233 |
1 |
42.38 |
2009-05-16 |
| 42. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
42.31 |
0.9871 |
0.0745 |
209 |
2 |
38.09 |
2010-04-09 |
| 43. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
42.25 |
0.9213 |
0.1031 |
295 |
1 |
42.25 |
2009-05-16 |
| 44. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
42.23 |
1.0429 |
-0.0209 |
259 |
1 |
42.23 |
2010-03-28 |
| 45. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
42.22 |
1.0515 |
-0.0302 |
250 |
1 |
42.22 |
2010-04-09 |
| 46. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
41.62 |
0.9068 |
0.1046 |
269 |
1 |
41.62 |
2009-05-15 |
| 47. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
41.26 |
0.9597 |
0.0440 |
347 |
2 |
39.59 |
2009-05-16 |
| 48. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
41.24 |
0.9673 |
0.0711 |
232 |
1 |
41.24 |
2010-09-16 |
| 49. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
41.16 |
0.9171 |
0.0804 |
165 |
1 |
41.16 |
2009-05-16 |
| 50. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
41.15 |
0.9936 |
0.0030 |
311 |
1 |
41.15 |
2009-05-16 |
| 51. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
41.09 |
1.0023 |
-0.0088 |
211 |
3 |
38.83 |
2009-05-17 |
| 52. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
41.06 |
0.9772 |
0.0140 |
217 |
1 |
41.06 |
2009-05-16 |
| 53. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
40.57 |
0.9576 |
0.0297 |
212 |
1 |
40.57 |
2009-05-15 |
| 54. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
40.51 |
0.9865 |
-0.0042 |
276 |
2 |
39.61 |
2010-04-11 |
| 55. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
40.42 |
0.8787 |
0.1050 |
202 |
1 |
40.42 |
2010-09-16 |
| 56. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
40.37 |
0.9986 |
-0.0202 |
283 |
1 |
40.37 |
2009-06-04 |
| 57. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
40.26 |
0.8971 |
0.0833 |
266 |
1 |
40.26 |
2009-06-08 |
| 58. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
40.26 |
0.9646 |
0.0096 |
264 |
1 |
40.26 |
2010-04-09 |
| 59. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
39.90 |
1.0596 |
-0.0955 |
239 |
1 |
39.90 |
2009-05-15 |
| 60. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
39.87 |
1.0567 |
-0.0906 |
303 |
1 |
39.87 |
2010-03-25 |
| 61. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
39.69 |
0.9684 |
-0.0046 |
388 |
1 |
39.69 |
2009-05-17 |
| 62. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
39.67 |
0.9941 |
-0.0359 |
217 |
1 |
39.67 |
2009-05-15 |
| 63. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
39.65 |
0.9485 |
0.0133 |
236 |
1 |
39.65 |
2010-05-15 |
| 64. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
39.28 |
0.9164 |
0.0394 |
305 |
1 |
39.28 |
2010-04-09 |
| 65. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
39.20 |
1.0417 |
-0.0951 |
253 |
1 |
39.20 |
2009-05-17 |
| 66. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
39.16 |
0.9897 |
-0.0439 |
274 |
2 |
36.78 |
2009-06-04 |
| 67. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
39.04 |
0.9559 |
-0.0081 |
195 |
1 |
39.04 |
2010-04-08 |
| 68. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
38.84 |
0.9411 |
-0.0001 |
318 |
1 |
38.84 |
2009-05-16 |
| 69. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
38.82 |
0.8562 |
0.0836 |
170 |
1 |
38.82 |
2010-04-08 |
| 70. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
38.81 |
0.8941 |
0.0474 |
216 |
1 |
38.81 |
2009-05-16 |
| 71. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
38.79 |
0.9722 |
-0.0311 |
283 |
1 |
38.79 |
2010-04-08 |
| 72. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
38.63 |
1.0796 |
-0.1493 |
129 |
1 |
38.63 |
2009-05-16 |
| 73. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
38.55 |
0.9843 |
-0.0562 |
234 |
1 |
38.55 |
2009-05-17 |
| 74. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
38.39 |
1.0523 |
-0.1274 |
256 |
2 |
37.91 |
2009-06-04 |
| 75. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
38.31 |
1.0201 |
-0.0925 |
303 |
1 |
38.31 |
2009-05-15 |
| 76. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
38.13 |
0.8956 |
0.0318 |
322 |
1 |
38.13 |
2010-04-09 |
| 77. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
37.81 |
1.0379 |
-0.0881 |
245 |
1 |
37.81 |
2010-04-09 |
| 78. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
37.65 |
0.8951 |
0.0181 |
193 |
1 |
37.65 |
2009-05-17 |
| 79. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
37.56 |
1.0565 |
-0.1503 |
247 |
1 |
37.56 |
2009-06-08 |
| 80. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
37.38 |
1.0711 |
-0.1718 |
213 |
1 |
37.38 |
2009-06-04 |
| 81. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
37.20 |
0.9266 |
-0.0265 |
267 |
2 |
36.74 |
2009-05-16 |
| 82. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
37.18 |
0.9893 |
-0.0897 |
323 |
3 |
35.90 |
2009-07-15 |
| 83. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
37.06 |
0.9500 |
-0.0513 |
362 |
1 |
37.06 |
2009-05-13 |
| 84. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
36.93 |
0.8295 |
0.0657 |
209 |
1 |
36.93 |
2009-05-16 |
| 85. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
36.63 |
0.9048 |
-0.0142 |
271 |
1 |
36.63 |
2010-03-25 |
| 86. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
36.57 |
0.9776 |
-0.0929 |
308 |
1 |
36.57 |
2010-04-08 |
| 87. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
36.54 |
0.9740 |
-0.0943 |
209 |
1 |
36.54 |
2009-05-15 |
| 88. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
36.05 |
0.8628 |
0.0056 |
196 |
1 |
36.05 |
2009-06-04 |
| 89. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
35.68 |
0.9612 |
-0.0985 |
256 |
1 |
35.68 |
2010-04-08 |
| 90. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
35.61 |
0.9758 |
-0.1141 |
314 |
1 |
35.61 |
2009-05-17 |
| 91. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
35.47 |
0.8670 |
-0.0041 |
318 |
1 |
35.47 |
2010-04-08 |
| 92. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
35.35 |
0.9429 |
-0.0870 |
287 |
1 |
35.35 |
2009-05-15 |
| 93. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
35.28 |
0.8890 |
-0.0397 |
199 |
2 |
35.26 |
2010-03-25 |
| 94. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
35.04 |
0.8722 |
-0.0223 |
285 |
1 |
35.04 |
2009-05-17 |
| 95. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
35.01 |
0.8878 |
-0.0418 |
346 |
1 |
35.01 |
2009-05-15 |
| 96. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
35.00 |
0.8096 |
0.0443 |
209 |
1 |
35.00 |
2009-05-15 |
| 97. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
34.87 |
0.9578 |
-0.1155 |
281 |
1 |
34.87 |
2009-06-04 |
| 98. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
34.71 |
0.9907 |
-0.1534 |
211 |
1 |
34.71 |
2009-05-13 |
| 99. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
34.35 |
0.9820 |
-0.1492 |
267 |
1 |
34.35 |
2009-05-13 |
| 100. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
33.79 |
1.0197 |
-0.2063 |
226 |
1 |
33.79 |
2010-04-08 |
| 101. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
33.48 |
0.8811 |
-0.0678 |
239 |
1 |
33.48 |
2009-06-04 |
| 102. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
32.79 |
1.0799 |
-0.2918 |
243 |
1 |
32.79 |
2010-03-25 |
| 103. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
32.62 |
0.9731 |
-0.1980 |
129 |
1 |
32.62 |
2009-05-16 |
| 104. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
32.57 |
0.7890 |
-0.0017 |
230 |
1 |
32.57 |
2010-04-08 |
| 105. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
32.17 |
1.0390 |
-0.2663 |
205 |
1 |
32.17 |
2009-05-15 |
| 106. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
32.02 |
0.9233 |
-0.1587 |
168 |
1 |
32.02 |
2010-04-08 |
| 107. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
29.81 |
0.9128 |
-0.1527 |
369 |
1 |
29.81 |
2010-03-25 |
| 108. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
29.68 |
0.8653 |
-0.1386 |
255 |
1 |
29.68 |
2009-05-16 |
| 109. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
27.71 |
0.9461 |
-0.2792 |
276 |
1 |
27.71 |
2010-03-25 |
| 110. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
26.69 |
0.8919 |
-0.2515 |
205 |
1 |
26.69 |
2009-05-16 |
| 111. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
25.75 |
0.9756 |
-0.3579 |
229 |
1 |
25.75 |
2010-03-25 |