| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
60.36 |
0.9897 |
0.9546 |
274 |
1 |
60.36 |
2010-06-17 |
| 2. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
58.88 |
0.8231 |
1.0780 |
180 |
1 |
58.88 |
2010-06-17 |
| 3. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
54.86 |
1.0254 |
0.7835 |
217 |
2 |
37.47 |
2010-06-17 |
| 4. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
54.56 |
1.0463 |
0.7074 |
182 |
1 |
54.56 |
2010-06-17 |
| 5. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
54.19 |
1.0213 |
0.7218 |
240 |
1 |
54.19 |
2010-06-17 |
| 6. |
By the early 1990s the first Internet language (HTTP) was wr... |
51.99 |
0.7104 |
0.9673 |
131 |
1 |
51.99 |
2010-06-17 |
| 7. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
48.32 |
0.9614 |
0.5974 |
292 |
1 |
48.32 |
2010-06-17 |
| 8. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
48.16 |
1.0099 |
0.5378 |
207 |
2 |
36.86 |
2010-06-17 |
| 9. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
47.74 |
1.0567 |
0.4808 |
303 |
1 |
47.74 |
2010-06-17 |
| 10. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
47.17 |
0.9646 |
0.5529 |
264 |
1 |
47.17 |
2010-06-17 |
| 11. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
43.02 |
1.0441 |
0.3411 |
252 |
1 |
43.02 |
2010-06-02 |
| 12. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
42.54 |
0.9257 |
0.4479 |
317 |
1 |
42.54 |
2010-06-02 |
| 13. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
40.57 |
0.9866 |
0.3139 |
218 |
1 |
40.57 |
2010-06-02 |
| 14. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
40.13 |
0.9578 |
0.3316 |
281 |
1 |
40.13 |
2010-06-03 |
| 15. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
39.81 |
1.0205 |
0.2525 |
179 |
3 |
33.66 |
2010-06-05 |
| 16. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
39.65 |
0.9697 |
0.3092 |
266 |
1 |
39.65 |
2010-06-02 |
| 17. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
39.58 |
0.8190 |
0.4600 |
135 |
1 |
39.58 |
2010-06-02 |
| 18. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
39.51 |
0.9904 |
0.3200 |
203 |
1 |
39.51 |
2010-06-02 |
| 19. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
39.20 |
1.0346 |
0.2671 |
244 |
1 |
39.20 |
2010-06-02 |
| 20. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
39.18 |
0.9072 |
0.3501 |
237 |
1 |
39.18 |
2010-06-03 |
| 21. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
39.18 |
1.0013 |
0.2568 |
273 |
1 |
39.18 |
2010-06-03 |
| 22. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
39.08 |
0.9247 |
0.3358 |
253 |
1 |
39.08 |
2010-06-02 |
| 23. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
38.85 |
0.9559 |
0.2951 |
195 |
1 |
38.85 |
2010-06-03 |
| 24. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
38.54 |
0.9430 |
0.2982 |
297 |
1 |
38.54 |
2010-06-03 |
| 25. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
37.92 |
1.0714 |
0.1378 |
129 |
1 |
37.92 |
2010-06-02 |
| 26. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
36.68 |
0.9212 |
0.2605 |
231 |
1 |
36.68 |
2010-06-03 |
| 27. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
36.44 |
0.8506 |
0.3153 |
132 |
1 |
36.44 |
2010-06-03 |
| 28. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
36.36 |
1.0151 |
0.1439 |
152 |
1 |
36.36 |
2010-06-03 |
| 29. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
35.58 |
0.8562 |
0.2861 |
170 |
2 |
28.76 |
2010-06-05 |
| 30. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
35.08 |
1.0023 |
0.1217 |
211 |
1 |
35.08 |
2010-06-03 |
| 31. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
34.78 |
0.9485 |
0.1694 |
236 |
1 |
34.78 |
2010-06-03 |
| 32. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
34.68 |
1.0462 |
0.0606 |
184 |
2 |
29.77 |
2010-06-05 |
| 33. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
34.56 |
1.0261 |
0.0811 |
273 |
1 |
34.56 |
2010-06-02 |
| 34. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
34.25 |
0.8709 |
0.2360 |
202 |
1 |
34.25 |
2010-06-02 |
| 35. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
33.27 |
0.8670 |
0.2056 |
318 |
1 |
33.27 |
2010-06-03 |
| 36. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
33.10 |
0.8876 |
0.1724 |
118 |
1 |
33.10 |
2010-06-17 |
| 37. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
32.75 |
1.0379 |
0.0473 |
245 |
1 |
32.75 |
2010-06-02 |
| 38. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
32.69 |
1.0173 |
0.0752 |
268 |
1 |
32.69 |
2010-06-03 |
| 39. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
32.61 |
0.7850 |
0.2571 |
154 |
1 |
32.61 |
2010-06-02 |
| 40. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
32.52 |
0.9912 |
0.0785 |
237 |
1 |
32.52 |
2010-06-02 |
| 41. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
32.37 |
1.0396 |
-0.0088 |
149 |
1 |
32.37 |
2010-06-03 |
| 42. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
32.11 |
1.0154 |
0.0639 |
351 |
1 |
32.11 |
2010-06-03 |
| 43. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
31.71 |
1.0284 |
0.0314 |
282 |
1 |
31.71 |
2010-06-03 |
| 44. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
31.47 |
0.8841 |
0.1312 |
194 |
1 |
31.47 |
2010-06-03 |
| 45. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
31.41 |
0.9769 |
0.0278 |
263 |
1 |
31.41 |
2010-06-02 |
| 46. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
31.36 |
0.9936 |
0.0317 |
227 |
1 |
31.36 |
2010-06-02 |
| 47. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
31.00 |
0.9171 |
0.0767 |
165 |
1 |
31.00 |
2010-06-02 |
| 48. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
30.91 |
1.0796 |
-0.0938 |
129 |
1 |
30.91 |
2010-06-03 |
| 49. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
30.34 |
0.8739 |
0.0942 |
136 |
1 |
30.34 |
2010-06-05 |
| 50. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
30.18 |
1.0669 |
-0.0677 |
286 |
1 |
30.18 |
2010-06-03 |
| 51. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
30.07 |
0.8551 |
0.1071 |
171 |
1 |
30.07 |
2010-06-02 |
| 52. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
29.77 |
0.9976 |
-0.0238 |
174 |
1 |
29.77 |
2010-06-03 |
| 53. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
28.75 |
0.9893 |
-0.0688 |
323 |
1 |
28.75 |
2010-06-03 |
| 54. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
28.74 |
0.9048 |
0.0199 |
271 |
1 |
28.74 |
2010-06-02 |
| 55. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
28.57 |
0.8188 |
0.0969 |
183 |
1 |
28.57 |
2010-06-05 |
| 56. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
27.97 |
0.9916 |
-0.0539 |
282 |
1 |
27.97 |
2010-06-02 |
| 57. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
27.51 |
0.8422 |
0.0397 |
164 |
1 |
27.51 |
2010-06-03 |
| 58. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
26.39 |
0.8961 |
-0.0557 |
189 |
1 |
26.39 |
2010-06-03 |
| 59. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
26.36 |
0.9239 |
-0.0745 |
193 |
1 |
26.36 |
2010-06-05 |
| 60. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
26.30 |
0.9724 |
-0.1279 |
237 |
1 |
26.30 |
2010-06-05 |
| 61. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
25.95 |
0.9857 |
-0.1572 |
293 |
1 |
25.95 |
2010-06-03 |
| 62. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
25.89 |
0.7826 |
0.0488 |
97 |
1 |
25.89 |
2010-06-02 |
| 63. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
25.70 |
1.0596 |
-0.2403 |
239 |
1 |
25.70 |
2010-06-05 |
| 64. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
25.60 |
0.9965 |
-0.1831 |
168 |
1 |
25.60 |
2010-06-06 |
| 65. |
Wood and other fibrous material is mixed with liquid and mas... |
25.23 |
0.8906 |
-0.0801 |
238 |
1 |
25.23 |
2010-06-03 |
| 66. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
25.19 |
0.9275 |
-0.1259 |
211 |
1 |
25.19 |
2010-06-05 |
| 67. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
25.10 |
0.8785 |
-0.0807 |
172 |
1 |
25.10 |
2010-06-07 |
| 68. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
24.82 |
0.8914 |
-0.0977 |
366 |
1 |
24.82 |
2010-06-02 |
| 69. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
24.64 |
0.8660 |
-0.0786 |
193 |
1 |
24.64 |
2010-06-05 |
| 70. |
I leave you with photographs, pictures of trickery, and stai... |
24.61 |
0.9016 |
-0.1079 |
192 |
1 |
24.61 |
2010-06-03 |
| 71. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
24.48 |
0.9325 |
-0.1574 |
156 |
1 |
24.48 |
2010-06-05 |
| 72. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
24.24 |
0.8793 |
-0.1037 |
157 |
1 |
24.24 |
2010-06-05 |
| 73. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
24.22 |
0.8145 |
-0.0388 |
115 |
1 |
24.22 |
2010-06-05 |
| 74. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
23.92 |
0.8619 |
-0.0999 |
119 |
1 |
23.92 |
2010-06-02 |
| 75. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
23.76 |
0.9162 |
-0.1574 |
165 |
1 |
23.76 |
2010-06-05 |
| 76. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
23.75 |
0.7934 |
-0.0361 |
134 |
1 |
23.75 |
2010-06-05 |
| 77. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
23.59 |
0.8275 |
-0.0744 |
142 |
1 |
23.59 |
2010-06-05 |
| 78. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
23.48 |
0.8826 |
-0.1318 |
296 |
1 |
23.48 |
2010-06-03 |
| 79. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
23.25 |
0.8747 |
-0.1373 |
201 |
2 |
22.12 |
2010-06-05 |
| 80. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
23.23 |
1.0263 |
-0.2859 |
267 |
1 |
23.23 |
2010-06-04 |
| 81. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
23.17 |
0.9846 |
-0.2464 |
281 |
1 |
23.17 |
2010-06-05 |
| 82. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
22.97 |
1.0506 |
-0.2890 |
277 |
1 |
22.97 |
2010-06-05 |
| 83. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
22.73 |
0.9097 |
-0.1844 |
153 |
1 |
22.73 |
2010-06-02 |
| 84. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
22.19 |
0.9820 |
-0.2743 |
274 |
1 |
22.19 |
2010-06-07 |
| 85. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
21.74 |
1.0033 |
-0.3171 |
189 |
1 |
21.74 |
2010-06-02 |
| 86. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
21.74 |
0.8614 |
-0.1708 |
172 |
1 |
21.74 |
2010-06-05 |
| 87. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
21.40 |
0.9286 |
-0.2478 |
194 |
1 |
21.40 |
2010-06-05 |
| 88. |
The intelligent person is able to identify a problem and fin... |
21.16 |
0.8157 |
-0.1420 |
121 |
1 |
21.16 |
2010-06-05 |
| 89. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
20.65 |
0.8890 |
-0.2351 |
199 |
1 |
20.65 |
2010-06-07 |
| 90. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
20.62 |
0.8152 |
-0.1585 |
163 |
1 |
20.62 |
2010-06-05 |
| 91. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
20.30 |
0.8118 |
-0.1608 |
109 |
1 |
20.30 |
2010-06-02 |
| 92. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
20.19 |
0.9682 |
-0.3276 |
143 |
1 |
20.19 |
2010-06-05 |
| 93. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
20.17 |
1.0521 |
-0.4150 |
171 |
1 |
20.17 |
2010-06-05 |
| 94. |
Jay earned himself a promotion to lieutenant on the strength... |
19.36 |
0.8122 |
-0.1942 |
181 |
1 |
19.36 |
2010-06-05 |
| 95. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
19.21 |
0.8105 |
-0.2041 |
204 |
1 |
19.21 |
2010-06-05 |
| 96. |
There is a trick for learning to type faster. That trick is ... |
19.11 |
0.8661 |
-0.2675 |
94 |
1 |
19.11 |
2010-06-05 |
| 97. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
19.08 |
0.7352 |
-0.1288 |
106 |
1 |
19.08 |
2010-06-05 |
| 98. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
19.01 |
0.7805 |
-0.1804 |
154 |
1 |
19.01 |
2010-06-02 |
| 99. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
16.81 |
1.0498 |
-0.5218 |
180 |
1 |
16.81 |
2010-06-07 |
| 100. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
16.74 |
0.7259 |
-0.1895 |
186 |
1 |
16.74 |
2010-06-05 |
| 101. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
16.36 |
0.9710 |
-0.4593 |
173 |
1 |
16.36 |
2010-06-07 |
| 102. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
13.11 |
0.9351 |
-0.5279 |
190 |
1 |
13.11 |
2010-06-07 |
| 103. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
12.65 |
1.0375 |
-0.5937 |
200 |
1 |
12.65 |
2010-06-08 |