Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
56.85 |
1.0205 |
0.2119 |
179 |
1 |
56.85 |
2011-04-15 |
2. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
54.75 |
1.0462 |
0.1409 |
184 |
3 |
50.68 |
2011-03-07 |
3. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
54.45 |
1.0074 |
0.1806 |
242 |
1 |
54.45 |
2011-02-09 |
4. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
53.94 |
1.0602 |
0.1187 |
389 |
1 |
53.94 |
2011-03-07 |
5. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
53.88 |
1.1016 |
0.0720 |
233 |
1 |
53.88 |
2011-02-17 |
6. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
53.51 |
0.9706 |
0.1991 |
216 |
1 |
53.51 |
2011-03-23 |
7. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
53.15 |
0.9633 |
0.1964 |
304 |
1 |
53.15 |
2011-03-23 |
8. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
52.96 |
1.0863 |
0.1019 |
210 |
1 |
52.96 |
2011-02-09 |
9. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
52.46 |
0.8809 |
0.2596 |
127 |
1 |
52.46 |
2011-04-15 |
10. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
52.20 |
0.9171 |
0.2202 |
165 |
1 |
52.20 |
2011-02-17 |
11. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
51.77 |
1.0025 |
0.1245 |
256 |
1 |
51.77 |
2011-04-13 |
12. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
51.63 |
1.0714 |
0.0438 |
129 |
1 |
51.63 |
2011-03-09 |
13. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
51.42 |
1.0385 |
0.0793 |
230 |
2 |
48.93 |
2011-02-17 |
14. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
51.24 |
0.9731 |
0.1299 |
129 |
1 |
51.24 |
2011-02-17 |
15. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
51.04 |
1.0167 |
0.1015 |
378 |
1 |
51.04 |
2011-04-15 |
16. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
50.77 |
0.9865 |
0.1198 |
276 |
1 |
50.77 |
2011-04-15 |
17. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
50.42 |
0.9886 |
0.1114 |
220 |
1 |
50.42 |
2011-02-23 |
18. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
50.13 |
1.0498 |
0.0364 |
180 |
2 |
49.53 |
2011-03-23 |
19. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
50.10 |
1.0679 |
0.0426 |
177 |
1 |
50.10 |
2011-04-13 |
20. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
50.04 |
0.9820 |
0.1102 |
267 |
1 |
50.04 |
2011-03-07 |
21. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
49.81 |
0.9941 |
0.0878 |
217 |
1 |
49.81 |
2011-03-07 |
22. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
49.73 |
1.0390 |
0.0395 |
205 |
2 |
48.35 |
2011-03-09 |
23. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
49.51 |
1.0138 |
0.0632 |
231 |
2 |
48.81 |
2011-04-15 |
24. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
49.49 |
1.0337 |
0.0425 |
214 |
1 |
49.49 |
2011-04-21 |
25. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
49.48 |
1.0528 |
0.0192 |
201 |
1 |
49.48 |
2011-04-15 |
26. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
49.35 |
1.0261 |
0.0459 |
273 |
1 |
49.35 |
2011-02-21 |
27. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
49.27 |
1.0797 |
-0.0129 |
210 |
1 |
49.27 |
2011-02-09 |
28. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
49.24 |
0.9266 |
0.1467 |
278 |
1 |
49.24 |
2011-03-07 |
29. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
48.98 |
1.0062 |
0.0595 |
288 |
1 |
48.98 |
2011-03-07 |
30. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
48.97 |
0.9773 |
0.0801 |
123 |
1 |
48.97 |
2011-03-07 |
31. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
48.79 |
0.9365 |
0.1267 |
248 |
1 |
48.79 |
2011-03-23 |
32. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
48.65 |
1.0284 |
0.0733 |
282 |
1 |
48.65 |
2011-03-07 |
33. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
48.61 |
0.9776 |
0.0805 |
308 |
1 |
48.61 |
2011-02-23 |
34. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
48.47 |
0.9540 |
0.0986 |
285 |
1 |
48.47 |
2011-02-09 |
35. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
48.39 |
0.9991 |
0.0544 |
225 |
1 |
48.39 |
2011-03-07 |
36. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
48.26 |
0.9986 |
0.0462 |
162 |
1 |
48.26 |
2011-03-23 |
37. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
48.23 |
1.0077 |
0.0827 |
250 |
2 |
47.93 |
2011-03-09 |
38. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
48.17 |
0.8709 |
0.1850 |
202 |
1 |
48.17 |
2011-02-09 |
39. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
48.14 |
0.9233 |
0.1159 |
168 |
1 |
48.14 |
2011-02-09 |
40. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
47.92 |
1.0993 |
-0.0590 |
265 |
2 |
43.12 |
2011-02-21 |
41. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
47.92 |
1.0574 |
0.0131 |
205 |
1 |
47.92 |
2011-03-23 |
42. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
47.91 |
0.9688 |
0.0727 |
217 |
1 |
47.91 |
2011-02-09 |
43. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
47.76 |
0.9729 |
0.0662 |
255 |
1 |
47.76 |
2011-02-17 |
44. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
47.63 |
0.9768 |
0.0621 |
387 |
1 |
47.63 |
2011-02-23 |
45. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
47.56 |
1.0023 |
0.0301 |
211 |
1 |
47.56 |
2011-03-09 |
46. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
47.49 |
1.0796 |
-0.0518 |
129 |
1 |
47.49 |
2011-02-17 |
47. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
47.38 |
0.9576 |
0.0773 |
212 |
1 |
47.38 |
2011-02-09 |
48. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
47.26 |
0.9871 |
0.0634 |
227 |
1 |
47.26 |
2011-04-15 |
49. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
47.09 |
0.9936 |
0.0304 |
311 |
1 |
47.09 |
2011-04-15 |
50. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
46.56 |
1.0684 |
-0.0259 |
253 |
1 |
46.56 |
2011-04-15 |
51. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
46.23 |
1.0426 |
-0.0381 |
323 |
1 |
46.23 |
2011-02-09 |
52. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
46.06 |
1.0486 |
-0.0463 |
289 |
1 |
46.06 |
2011-02-09 |
53. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
46.02 |
1.0334 |
-0.0391 |
131 |
1 |
46.02 |
2011-02-17 |
54. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
45.99 |
1.0666 |
-0.0664 |
297 |
1 |
45.99 |
2011-03-07 |
55. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
45.80 |
0.9303 |
0.0585 |
176 |
1 |
45.80 |
2011-04-15 |
56. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
45.68 |
1.0567 |
-0.0628 |
303 |
1 |
45.68 |
2011-02-17 |
57. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
45.58 |
1.0320 |
-0.0038 |
293 |
1 |
45.58 |
2011-02-09 |
58. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
45.57 |
0.9884 |
0.0020 |
233 |
1 |
45.57 |
2011-04-13 |
59. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
45.35 |
0.9212 |
0.0681 |
231 |
1 |
45.35 |
2011-02-17 |
60. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
45.33 |
1.0197 |
-0.0372 |
226 |
1 |
45.33 |
2011-04-13 |
61. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
45.10 |
0.9754 |
0.0110 |
362 |
1 |
45.10 |
2011-03-23 |
62. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
44.93 |
0.8353 |
0.1486 |
283 |
1 |
44.93 |
2011-02-09 |
63. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
44.77 |
0.9795 |
-0.0061 |
308 |
1 |
44.77 |
2011-04-13 |
64. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
44.66 |
1.0506 |
-0.0514 |
277 |
1 |
44.66 |
2011-02-10 |
65. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
44.60 |
0.9893 |
-0.0200 |
323 |
1 |
44.60 |
2011-02-17 |
66. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
44.55 |
1.0150 |
0.0023 |
325 |
1 |
44.55 |
2011-02-09 |
67. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
44.34 |
0.9631 |
0.0518 |
345 |
2 |
42.89 |
2011-03-07 |
68. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
44.24 |
1.0172 |
-0.0208 |
341 |
1 |
44.24 |
2011-02-09 |
69. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
44.00 |
0.9339 |
0.0208 |
310 |
1 |
44.00 |
2011-03-09 |
70. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
43.99 |
1.0053 |
-0.0514 |
232 |
2 |
43.25 |
2011-02-23 |
71. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
43.98 |
0.9072 |
0.0466 |
237 |
1 |
43.98 |
2011-02-17 |
72. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
43.96 |
0.9908 |
0.0105 |
342 |
1 |
43.96 |
2011-03-07 |
73. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
43.85 |
0.9844 |
-0.0266 |
293 |
1 |
43.85 |
2011-02-17 |
74. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
43.74 |
0.9351 |
0.0098 |
190 |
1 |
43.74 |
2011-02-09 |
75. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
43.65 |
0.9275 |
0.0179 |
211 |
1 |
43.65 |
2011-02-19 |
76. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
43.49 |
0.9684 |
-0.0210 |
388 |
1 |
43.49 |
2011-02-21 |
77. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
43.43 |
1.0203 |
-0.0737 |
261 |
1 |
43.43 |
2011-02-09 |
78. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
43.34 |
0.8852 |
0.0588 |
201 |
1 |
43.34 |
2011-04-15 |
79. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
43.22 |
1.0719 |
-0.1054 |
360 |
1 |
43.22 |
2011-03-07 |
80. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
43.02 |
0.8773 |
0.0607 |
205 |
1 |
43.02 |
2011-03-07 |
81. |
In the capital of the Sunbelt South, the quiet revolution of... |
42.99 |
0.9098 |
0.0201 |
167 |
1 |
42.99 |
2011-02-17 |
82. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
42.91 |
0.9239 |
0.0147 |
193 |
1 |
42.91 |
2011-02-23 |
83. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
42.88 |
1.0252 |
-0.1002 |
176 |
1 |
42.88 |
2011-04-13 |
84. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
42.87 |
1.0211 |
-0.0593 |
213 |
1 |
42.87 |
2011-02-17 |
85. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
42.83 |
0.9234 |
0.0121 |
346 |
1 |
42.83 |
2011-02-23 |
86. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
42.80 |
0.9938 |
-0.0636 |
339 |
1 |
42.80 |
2011-01-13 |
87. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
42.62 |
1.0944 |
-0.1241 |
308 |
1 |
42.62 |
2011-02-17 |
88. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
42.19 |
0.9125 |
0.0056 |
308 |
2 |
40.68 |
2011-02-23 |
89. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
42.09 |
1.0463 |
-0.1370 |
182 |
1 |
42.09 |
2011-02-21 |
90. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
41.73 |
1.0090 |
-0.0592 |
282 |
2 |
41.18 |
2011-03-07 |
91. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
41.67 |
0.8810 |
0.0243 |
282 |
1 |
41.67 |
2011-02-17 |
92. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
41.66 |
1.0768 |
-0.1324 |
295 |
1 |
41.66 |
2011-02-17 |
93. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
41.40 |
0.9120 |
0.0201 |
436 |
1 |
41.40 |
2011-03-07 |
94. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
41.34 |
0.9048 |
-0.0030 |
271 |
1 |
41.34 |
2011-03-07 |
95. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
41.11 |
1.0365 |
-0.1144 |
162 |
1 |
41.11 |
2011-02-09 |
96. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
40.84 |
0.9279 |
-0.0347 |
317 |
1 |
40.84 |
2011-02-23 |
97. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
40.81 |
0.9128 |
0.0145 |
369 |
1 |
40.81 |
2011-02-23 |
98. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
40.68 |
0.8914 |
-0.0079 |
366 |
1 |
40.68 |
2011-02-17 |
99. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
39.94 |
0.8956 |
-0.0243 |
322 |
1 |
39.94 |
2011-02-17 |
100. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
39.89 |
0.9532 |
-0.0888 |
258 |
2 |
39.81 |
2011-03-07 |
101. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
39.86 |
0.9907 |
-0.1271 |
211 |
1 |
39.86 |
2011-02-09 |
102. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
39.65 |
0.8811 |
-0.0163 |
239 |
1 |
39.65 |
2011-01-17 |
103. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
38.24 |
1.0177 |
-0.1503 |
392 |
1 |
38.24 |
2011-01-14 |
104. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
38.19 |
0.8553 |
-0.0322 |
174 |
1 |
38.19 |
2011-03-07 |
105. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
38.01 |
0.9468 |
-0.1228 |
276 |
1 |
38.01 |
2011-01-17 |
106. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
37.52 |
1.0388 |
-0.1938 |
243 |
1 |
37.52 |
2011-01-13 |
107. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
36.53 |
0.9216 |
-0.0910 |
255 |
1 |
36.53 |
2011-02-09 |
108. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
36.29 |
0.9636 |
-0.1776 |
254 |
1 |
36.29 |
2011-01-17 |
109. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
36.19 |
0.8105 |
-0.0307 |
204 |
1 |
36.19 |
2011-01-19 |
110. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
36.18 |
1.0429 |
-0.2606 |
259 |
1 |
36.18 |
2011-01-17 |
111. |
The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kiddin... |
34.05 |
0.9063 |
-0.1616 |
239 |
1 |
34.05 |
2011-01-13 |
112. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
32.84 |
0.9614 |
-0.2480 |
292 |
1 |
32.84 |
2011-01-13 |
113. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
31.57 |
0.8125 |
-0.1272 |
197 |
1 |
31.57 |
2011-01-19 |
114. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
27.29 |
0.8845 |
-0.2964 |
273 |
1 |
27.29 |
2011-01-13 |