| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
54.58 |
0.9513 |
0.2497 |
354 |
1 |
54.58 |
2011-12-13 |
| 2. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
53.93 |
1.0023 |
0.1784 |
211 |
1 |
53.93 |
2009-02-18 |
| 3. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
53.75 |
1.0673 |
0.1532 |
230 |
1 |
53.75 |
2011-12-13 |
| 4. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
52.91 |
0.7389 |
0.4228 |
145 |
1 |
52.91 |
2011-12-12 |
| 5. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
52.50 |
1.0368 |
0.1149 |
276 |
2 |
47.55 |
2011-12-13 |
| 6. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
52.31 |
1.0120 |
0.1340 |
290 |
1 |
52.31 |
2011-12-12 |
| 7. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
52.11 |
1.0016 |
0.1361 |
218 |
1 |
52.11 |
2009-02-16 |
| 8. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
51.96 |
1.0117 |
0.1721 |
297 |
1 |
51.96 |
2011-12-13 |
| 9. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
51.33 |
1.0343 |
0.1280 |
242 |
1 |
51.33 |
2011-12-19 |
| 10. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
50.20 |
0.9653 |
0.1432 |
394 |
1 |
50.20 |
2009-02-16 |
| 11. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
49.94 |
0.8971 |
0.2021 |
266 |
1 |
49.94 |
2009-03-10 |
| 12. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
49.85 |
0.9820 |
0.1134 |
267 |
1 |
49.85 |
2011-12-12 |
| 13. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
49.59 |
0.9729 |
0.1135 |
255 |
1 |
49.59 |
2009-02-19 |
| 14. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
49.21 |
1.0385 |
0.0378 |
230 |
1 |
49.21 |
2009-02-19 |
| 15. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
49.11 |
0.9790 |
0.1376 |
311 |
1 |
49.11 |
2011-12-13 |
| 16. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
48.76 |
0.9426 |
0.1287 |
317 |
2 |
42.93 |
2011-12-13 |
| 17. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
48.63 |
1.0214 |
0.0423 |
269 |
1 |
48.63 |
2009-02-19 |
| 18. |
While it may hold true that the final few seconds of a bike ... |
48.60 |
0.8341 |
0.2386 |
224 |
1 |
48.60 |
2011-12-12 |
| 19. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
48.50 |
0.8573 |
0.2083 |
270 |
1 |
48.50 |
2009-02-08 |
| 20. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
48.48 |
1.0296 |
0.0388 |
437 |
1 |
48.48 |
2009-02-17 |
| 21. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
48.31 |
1.0621 |
0.0152 |
263 |
1 |
48.31 |
2011-12-12 |
| 22. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
47.83 |
1.0033 |
0.0373 |
189 |
2 |
47.64 |
2011-12-07 |
| 23. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
47.74 |
0.9855 |
0.0935 |
258 |
1 |
47.74 |
2011-12-12 |
| 24. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
47.61 |
0.9740 |
0.0643 |
209 |
1 |
47.61 |
2011-12-20 |
| 25. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
47.46 |
0.9786 |
0.0601 |
235 |
1 |
47.46 |
2011-12-19 |
| 26. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
47.22 |
1.0613 |
-0.0264 |
266 |
1 |
47.22 |
2009-02-16 |
| 27. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
47.02 |
0.9633 |
0.0681 |
304 |
1 |
47.02 |
2009-02-18 |
| 28. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
46.98 |
1.0165 |
0.0162 |
392 |
2 |
44.88 |
2009-02-17 |
| 29. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
46.28 |
0.9468 |
0.0663 |
276 |
1 |
46.28 |
2009-02-21 |
| 30. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
46.28 |
1.0444 |
-0.0379 |
197 |
1 |
46.28 |
2009-02-20 |
| 31. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
46.04 |
1.0068 |
0.0044 |
358 |
1 |
46.04 |
2009-02-16 |
| 32. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
46.04 |
0.9846 |
0.0215 |
281 |
1 |
46.04 |
2009-02-08 |
| 33. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
45.83 |
0.7805 |
0.2180 |
154 |
1 |
45.83 |
2011-12-19 |
| 34. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
45.72 |
0.9691 |
0.0310 |
223 |
1 |
45.72 |
2009-03-11 |
| 35. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
45.34 |
1.0668 |
-0.0722 |
350 |
1 |
45.34 |
2009-02-19 |
| 36. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
45.23 |
0.9795 |
0.0108 |
308 |
1 |
45.23 |
2009-02-16 |
| 37. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
45.18 |
0.9768 |
0.0148 |
387 |
2 |
42.80 |
2009-02-18 |
| 38. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
45.09 |
1.0131 |
-0.0303 |
225 |
1 |
45.09 |
2009-02-15 |
| 39. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
44.95 |
1.0534 |
-0.0673 |
357 |
1 |
44.95 |
2011-12-21 |
| 40. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
44.92 |
0.9509 |
0.0703 |
225 |
2 |
41.94 |
2011-12-12 |
| 41. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
44.85 |
0.9965 |
-0.0145 |
277 |
1 |
44.85 |
2009-02-20 |
| 42. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
44.66 |
1.0396 |
-0.0696 |
149 |
1 |
44.66 |
2011-12-13 |
| 43. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
44.32 |
0.9682 |
0.0000 |
143 |
1 |
44.32 |
2011-12-12 |
| 44. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
44.21 |
0.8941 |
0.0745 |
216 |
1 |
44.21 |
2009-02-07 |
| 45. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
44.08 |
1.0483 |
-0.0873 |
227 |
2 |
42.61 |
2009-02-08 |
| 46. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
44.00 |
0.8890 |
0.0699 |
199 |
3 |
38.21 |
2009-03-10 |
| 47. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
43.97 |
0.9769 |
-0.0169 |
263 |
1 |
43.97 |
2009-03-11 |
| 48. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
43.66 |
0.9540 |
-0.0011 |
285 |
1 |
43.66 |
2009-02-22 |
| 49. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
43.58 |
1.0486 |
-0.0946 |
289 |
1 |
43.58 |
2009-02-18 |
| 50. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
43.55 |
1.0167 |
-0.0570 |
378 |
1 |
43.55 |
2009-04-27 |
| 51. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
43.38 |
0.9309 |
0.0159 |
284 |
1 |
43.38 |
2009-04-16 |
| 52. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
43.29 |
0.9281 |
0.0234 |
273 |
1 |
43.29 |
2012-01-17 |
| 53. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
43.08 |
1.0516 |
-0.1101 |
281 |
1 |
43.08 |
2009-02-08 |
| 54. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
42.45 |
0.8595 |
0.0709 |
242 |
1 |
42.45 |
2009-02-18 |
| 55. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
42.31 |
0.8892 |
0.0423 |
207 |
1 |
42.31 |
2008-12-07 |
| 56. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
42.29 |
0.9986 |
-0.0733 |
283 |
2 |
41.48 |
2011-12-12 |
| 57. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
42.15 |
0.9763 |
-0.0554 |
289 |
1 |
42.15 |
2011-12-13 |
| 58. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
42.13 |
0.8810 |
0.0405 |
282 |
1 |
42.13 |
2009-02-19 |
| 59. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
41.99 |
0.9576 |
-0.0356 |
212 |
1 |
41.99 |
2009-02-07 |
| 60. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
41.83 |
1.0168 |
-0.1005 |
271 |
1 |
41.83 |
2009-02-20 |
| 61. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
41.76 |
0.9279 |
-0.0082 |
317 |
1 |
41.76 |
2009-02-07 |
| 62. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
41.66 |
0.9351 |
-0.0299 |
190 |
1 |
41.66 |
2009-02-15 |
| 63. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
41.49 |
0.9632 |
-0.0140 |
345 |
1 |
41.49 |
2011-12-19 |
| 64. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
40.91 |
1.0619 |
-0.1640 |
354 |
1 |
40.91 |
2011-12-07 |
| 65. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
40.06 |
1.0361 |
-0.1601 |
269 |
1 |
40.06 |
2009-03-11 |
| 66. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
38.55 |
0.8916 |
-0.0494 |
216 |
1 |
38.55 |
2011-12-21 |
| 67. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
38.46 |
0.8961 |
-0.0597 |
189 |
1 |
38.46 |
2009-02-08 |
| 68. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
38.43 |
1.0183 |
-0.1846 |
191 |
1 |
38.43 |
2008-12-05 |
| 69. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
38.37 |
0.9570 |
-0.1175 |
287 |
1 |
38.37 |
2011-12-07 |
| 70. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
38.36 |
1.1016 |
-0.2645 |
233 |
1 |
38.36 |
2009-02-08 |
| 71. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
38.15 |
0.8956 |
-0.0582 |
322 |
1 |
38.15 |
2009-02-07 |
| 72. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
33.85 |
0.9168 |
-0.1777 |
240 |
1 |
33.85 |
2009-02-08 |
| 73. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
32.61 |
0.8852 |
-0.1728 |
201 |
1 |
32.61 |
2008-12-08 |
| 74. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
25.44 |
0.9734 |
-0.4224 |
289 |
1 |
25.44 |
2009-02-08 |