| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
63.80 |
1.0419 |
0.2279 |
261 |
1 |
63.80 |
2012-12-13 |
| 2. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
60.87 |
1.0459 |
0.1962 |
200 |
2 |
53.85 |
2012-12-12 |
| 3. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
60.39 |
0.9697 |
0.2362 |
266 |
2 |
56.63 |
2012-12-15 |
| 4. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
58.98 |
1.0863 |
0.1214 |
210 |
1 |
58.98 |
2012-10-25 |
| 5. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
58.14 |
1.0487 |
0.1026 |
231 |
1 |
58.14 |
2012-12-14 |
| 6. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
58.03 |
1.0711 |
0.0776 |
213 |
1 |
58.03 |
2012-12-14 |
| 7. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
57.84 |
0.9792 |
0.2095 |
265 |
1 |
57.84 |
2012-12-15 |
| 8. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
57.47 |
1.0944 |
0.0929 |
308 |
1 |
57.47 |
2012-12-12 |
| 9. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
57.41 |
1.0787 |
0.0613 |
237 |
2 |
52.23 |
2012-12-13 |
| 10. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
57.16 |
1.0214 |
0.1575 |
281 |
1 |
57.16 |
2012-12-13 |
| 11. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
57.16 |
0.9430 |
0.1903 |
227 |
1 |
57.16 |
2012-12-12 |
| 12. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
57.14 |
0.9072 |
0.2270 |
237 |
1 |
57.14 |
2012-12-12 |
| 13. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
56.97 |
1.1018 |
0.0243 |
220 |
1 |
56.97 |
2012-10-17 |
| 14. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
56.78 |
0.9907 |
0.1367 |
211 |
1 |
56.78 |
2012-12-12 |
| 15. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
56.30 |
1.0829 |
0.0377 |
288 |
2 |
54.39 |
2013-01-22 |
| 16. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
56.21 |
1.0565 |
0.0580 |
247 |
2 |
55.36 |
2012-12-12 |
| 17. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
56.12 |
0.9754 |
0.1462 |
362 |
1 |
56.12 |
2012-12-14 |
| 18. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
56.11 |
1.0263 |
0.0881 |
267 |
2 |
49.85 |
2013-01-03 |
| 19. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
55.91 |
1.1114 |
-0.0030 |
247 |
1 |
55.91 |
2012-12-14 |
| 20. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
55.76 |
1.0412 |
0.0665 |
225 |
1 |
55.76 |
2012-11-13 |
| 21. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
55.46 |
0.9572 |
0.1438 |
201 |
1 |
55.46 |
2012-12-14 |
| 22. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
55.36 |
1.0346 |
0.1076 |
244 |
2 |
49.72 |
2012-12-15 |
| 23. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
54.88 |
1.0025 |
0.0878 |
256 |
1 |
54.88 |
2012-12-12 |
| 24. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
54.77 |
1.0352 |
0.0558 |
341 |
1 |
54.77 |
2012-10-25 |
| 25. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
53.95 |
0.8520 |
0.2205 |
202 |
2 |
51.29 |
2012-12-14 |
| 26. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
53.90 |
0.9068 |
0.1670 |
269 |
2 |
51.09 |
2012-12-15 |
| 27. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
53.76 |
0.9946 |
0.0735 |
246 |
1 |
53.76 |
2012-10-25 |
| 28. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
53.33 |
1.0613 |
0.0036 |
456 |
1 |
53.33 |
2012-12-14 |
| 29. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
53.31 |
0.9202 |
0.1387 |
254 |
1 |
53.31 |
2012-12-14 |
| 30. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
53.01 |
0.9364 |
0.1567 |
351 |
1 |
53.01 |
2013-01-22 |
| 31. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
53.00 |
1.0125 |
0.0379 |
224 |
1 |
53.00 |
2012-12-12 |
| 32. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
52.89 |
1.0696 |
-0.0224 |
226 |
1 |
52.89 |
2012-10-17 |
| 33. |
Pulp: 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. 2. A magaz... |
52.78 |
0.9155 |
0.1821 |
168 |
2 |
47.51 |
2012-12-12 |
| 34. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
52.68 |
0.9567 |
0.1321 |
184 |
2 |
49.17 |
2012-12-12 |
| 35. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
52.48 |
1.0349 |
0.0065 |
234 |
1 |
52.48 |
2012-12-12 |
| 36. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
52.42 |
1.0284 |
0.0559 |
282 |
1 |
52.42 |
2012-10-21 |
| 37. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
52.41 |
0.9857 |
0.0541 |
293 |
1 |
52.41 |
2012-11-14 |
| 38. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
52.36 |
1.0598 |
-0.0260 |
196 |
1 |
52.36 |
2012-12-12 |
| 39. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
52.35 |
0.9546 |
0.1164 |
198 |
1 |
52.35 |
2012-12-13 |
| 40. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
52.10 |
0.9084 |
0.1301 |
404 |
1 |
52.10 |
2012-12-12 |
| 41. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
52.08 |
1.0763 |
-0.0002 |
367 |
1 |
52.08 |
2012-11-13 |
| 42. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
51.93 |
1.0506 |
0.0093 |
277 |
1 |
51.93 |
2012-10-17 |
| 43. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
51.80 |
0.9866 |
0.0387 |
218 |
1 |
51.80 |
2012-12-13 |
| 44. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
51.69 |
1.0034 |
0.0218 |
302 |
1 |
51.69 |
2012-12-12 |
| 45. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
51.06 |
1.0331 |
-0.0216 |
234 |
2 |
49.93 |
2012-12-12 |
| 46. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
51.03 |
0.9614 |
0.0550 |
292 |
1 |
51.03 |
2012-12-12 |
| 47. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
50.87 |
0.8961 |
0.1105 |
189 |
2 |
46.62 |
2012-12-15 |
| 48. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
50.84 |
1.0673 |
-0.0162 |
230 |
1 |
50.84 |
2012-10-18 |
| 49. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
50.84 |
0.8935 |
0.1258 |
328 |
1 |
50.84 |
2012-10-18 |
| 50. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
50.83 |
0.8725 |
0.1389 |
163 |
1 |
50.83 |
2012-11-13 |
| 51. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
50.62 |
0.9758 |
0.0298 |
314 |
1 |
50.62 |
2012-10-18 |
| 52. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
50.20 |
1.0463 |
-0.0545 |
182 |
2 |
46.81 |
2012-12-12 |
| 53. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
50.12 |
1.1081 |
-0.0788 |
206 |
1 |
50.12 |
2012-10-17 |
| 54. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
50.06 |
0.9965 |
-0.0074 |
168 |
1 |
50.06 |
2012-12-14 |
| 55. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
50.04 |
0.8811 |
0.1167 |
239 |
1 |
50.04 |
2012-10-17 |
| 56. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
49.90 |
1.0644 |
-0.0374 |
257 |
1 |
49.90 |
2012-10-17 |
| 57. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
49.72 |
0.9281 |
0.0634 |
273 |
3 |
47.70 |
2013-01-22 |
| 58. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
49.69 |
0.9529 |
0.0738 |
269 |
1 |
49.69 |
2012-12-14 |
| 59. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
49.38 |
1.0528 |
-0.0775 |
201 |
1 |
49.38 |
2012-12-14 |
| 60. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
49.35 |
0.9899 |
-0.0153 |
163 |
1 |
49.35 |
2012-12-14 |
| 61. |
Buddhism addresses two major types of meditation. Vipassana ... |
49.30 |
0.9312 |
0.0979 |
320 |
2 |
46.61 |
2012-12-12 |
| 62. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
49.24 |
0.9722 |
0.0070 |
283 |
1 |
49.24 |
2012-10-17 |
| 63. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
49.17 |
1.0740 |
-0.0600 |
264 |
2 |
47.98 |
2012-10-17 |
| 64. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
49.04 |
1.0441 |
-0.0295 |
316 |
2 |
48.06 |
2012-11-03 |
| 65. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
49.03 |
0.9756 |
-0.0039 |
229 |
2 |
46.17 |
2012-11-13 |
| 66. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
48.99 |
1.0529 |
-0.0808 |
351 |
1 |
48.99 |
2012-12-12 |
| 67. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
48.84 |
0.9653 |
0.0123 |
394 |
1 |
48.84 |
2012-11-03 |
| 68. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
48.76 |
1.0099 |
-0.0456 |
207 |
2 |
48.17 |
2012-12-12 |
| 69. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
48.71 |
1.0077 |
-0.0002 |
250 |
1 |
48.71 |
2012-11-23 |
| 70. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
48.65 |
1.0602 |
-0.0909 |
389 |
1 |
48.65 |
2012-10-21 |
| 71. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
48.64 |
1.0795 |
-0.0840 |
226 |
1 |
48.64 |
2012-12-14 |
| 72. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
48.56 |
1.0218 |
-0.0612 |
268 |
1 |
48.56 |
2012-12-12 |
| 73. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
48.33 |
1.0172 |
-0.0232 |
341 |
1 |
48.33 |
2012-12-12 |
| 74. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
48.32 |
0.9509 |
0.0461 |
225 |
1 |
48.32 |
2012-11-21 |
| 75. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
48.14 |
0.9275 |
0.0246 |
211 |
1 |
48.14 |
2012-12-14 |
| 76. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
47.92 |
1.0767 |
-0.1283 |
212 |
1 |
47.92 |
2012-10-18 |
| 77. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
47.87 |
1.0240 |
-0.0775 |
256 |
1 |
47.87 |
2013-01-22 |
| 78. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
47.83 |
0.9805 |
-0.0270 |
292 |
1 |
47.83 |
2012-10-25 |
| 79. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
47.43 |
0.9894 |
-0.0441 |
323 |
2 |
45.72 |
2013-01-22 |
| 80. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
47.22 |
1.0083 |
-0.0272 |
273 |
1 |
47.22 |
2012-12-12 |
| 81. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
47.13 |
1.0138 |
-0.0796 |
231 |
1 |
47.13 |
2012-10-18 |
| 82. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
47.04 |
1.0398 |
-0.1177 |
110 |
1 |
47.04 |
2012-12-12 |
| 83. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
46.90 |
1.0567 |
-0.1257 |
303 |
1 |
46.90 |
2012-10-25 |
| 84. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
46.75 |
0.9504 |
-0.0289 |
263 |
1 |
46.75 |
2012-10-21 |
| 85. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
46.70 |
1.0016 |
-0.0802 |
218 |
1 |
46.70 |
2012-12-12 |
| 86. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
46.59 |
1.0943 |
-0.1377 |
206 |
1 |
46.59 |
2012-12-15 |
| 87. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
46.55 |
1.0232 |
-0.0542 |
350 |
1 |
46.55 |
2012-12-14 |
| 88. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
46.31 |
0.9508 |
0.0012 |
384 |
1 |
46.31 |
2012-12-12 |
| 89. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
46.24 |
0.9905 |
-0.0419 |
337 |
1 |
46.24 |
2012-12-12 |
| 90. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
46.24 |
0.9368 |
-0.0198 |
173 |
1 |
46.24 |
2012-10-15 |
| 91. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
46.21 |
1.0033 |
-0.0939 |
189 |
1 |
46.21 |
2012-10-17 |
| 92. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
45.85 |
0.9216 |
0.0267 |
255 |
1 |
45.85 |
2012-10-17 |
| 93. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
45.71 |
0.9886 |
-0.0799 |
220 |
1 |
45.71 |
2013-01-03 |
| 94. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
45.61 |
1.0063 |
-0.1018 |
371 |
1 |
45.61 |
2012-10-15 |
| 95. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
45.33 |
0.9865 |
-0.0868 |
276 |
1 |
45.33 |
2012-10-17 |
| 96. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
45.23 |
0.9916 |
-0.0524 |
282 |
1 |
45.23 |
2012-10-17 |
| 97. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
45.08 |
0.9631 |
-0.0183 |
345 |
1 |
45.08 |
2012-10-21 |
| 98. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
45.04 |
1.0334 |
-0.1472 |
131 |
1 |
45.04 |
2012-12-12 |
| 99. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
44.95 |
1.0038 |
-0.0826 |
237 |
1 |
44.95 |
2012-10-17 |
| 100. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
44.89 |
0.9768 |
-0.0842 |
387 |
1 |
44.89 |
2012-10-17 |
| 101. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
44.84 |
1.0547 |
-0.1312 |
257 |
1 |
44.84 |
2013-01-09 |
| 102. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
44.42 |
1.0445 |
-0.1631 |
373 |
1 |
44.42 |
2012-10-17 |
| 103. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
44.18 |
0.8787 |
0.0015 |
202 |
1 |
44.18 |
2012-10-17 |
| 104. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
44.14 |
1.0483 |
-0.1769 |
227 |
1 |
44.14 |
2012-10-15 |
| 105. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
43.77 |
1.0496 |
-0.1831 |
314 |
1 |
43.77 |
2012-10-17 |
| 106. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
43.77 |
0.9678 |
-0.0656 |
445 |
1 |
43.77 |
2012-10-21 |
| 107. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
43.00 |
0.9846 |
-0.1344 |
281 |
1 |
43.00 |
2012-10-17 |
| 108. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
42.80 |
0.9128 |
-0.0235 |
369 |
1 |
42.80 |
2012-12-12 |
| 109. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
42.79 |
0.9772 |
-0.1330 |
217 |
1 |
42.79 |
2012-10-17 |
| 110. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
42.70 |
0.9684 |
-0.1203 |
388 |
1 |
42.70 |
2012-10-17 |
| 111. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
42.60 |
1.0555 |
-0.2104 |
363 |
1 |
42.60 |
2012-10-18 |
| 112. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
42.22 |
0.9164 |
-0.0752 |
305 |
1 |
42.22 |
2012-10-25 |
| 113. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
42.12 |
0.8105 |
0.0190 |
204 |
1 |
42.12 |
2012-12-12 |
| 114. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
41.58 |
0.9583 |
-0.0916 |
341 |
1 |
41.58 |
2012-10-17 |
| 115. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
41.55 |
1.1022 |
-0.2446 |
259 |
1 |
41.55 |
2013-01-03 |
| 116. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
41.47 |
0.9943 |
-0.1703 |
373 |
1 |
41.47 |
2012-10-17 |
| 117. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
40.87 |
0.9398 |
-0.1214 |
419 |
1 |
40.87 |
2012-10-15 |
| 118. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
39.71 |
0.9682 |
-0.1842 |
143 |
1 |
39.71 |
2012-10-17 |
| 119. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
38.26 |
0.8956 |
-0.1346 |
322 |
1 |
38.26 |
2012-10-17 |
| 120. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
35.23 |
0.9233 |
-0.2361 |
168 |
1 |
35.23 |
2012-10-19 |