| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
75.19 |
1.0073 |
0.2316 |
369 |
1 |
75.19 |
2012-06-06 |
| 2. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
74.29 |
1.0352 |
0.1831 |
341 |
1 |
74.29 |
2013-01-24 |
| 3. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
73.87 |
0.9986 |
0.2109 |
283 |
1 |
73.87 |
2013-01-28 |
| 4. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
73.07 |
1.0709 |
0.1632 |
392 |
1 |
73.07 |
2013-01-24 |
| 5. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
72.83 |
1.0719 |
0.1480 |
360 |
2 |
69.69 |
2013-01-24 |
| 6. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
72.67 |
1.0768 |
0.1520 |
295 |
2 |
65.43 |
2013-01-24 |
| 7. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
71.48 |
1.0487 |
0.1156 |
231 |
1 |
71.48 |
2012-02-14 |
| 8. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
71.19 |
1.0125 |
0.1492 |
224 |
1 |
71.19 |
2012-02-08 |
| 9. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
71.03 |
1.0725 |
0.1147 |
233 |
4 |
63.03 |
2012-02-22 |
| 10. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
70.82 |
0.9871 |
0.2073 |
209 |
2 |
66.21 |
2013-01-24 |
| 11. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
70.16 |
1.0328 |
0.1536 |
356 |
1 |
70.16 |
2013-01-24 |
| 12. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
70.09 |
1.0399 |
0.1118 |
294 |
1 |
70.09 |
2012-06-06 |
| 13. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
70.07 |
1.0384 |
0.0972 |
183 |
2 |
68.58 |
2012-02-22 |
| 14. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
69.92 |
1.0125 |
0.1693 |
413 |
1 |
69.92 |
2012-06-06 |
| 15. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
69.38 |
1.0201 |
0.1149 |
303 |
1 |
69.38 |
2012-03-21 |
| 16. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
69.36 |
1.0677 |
0.0970 |
284 |
1 |
69.36 |
2012-03-21 |
| 17. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
68.99 |
1.0799 |
0.0443 |
243 |
1 |
68.99 |
2012-02-16 |
| 18. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
68.78 |
0.9925 |
0.1689 |
247 |
1 |
68.78 |
2012-05-22 |
| 19. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
68.51 |
0.9916 |
0.1714 |
282 |
1 |
68.51 |
2013-01-24 |
| 20. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
68.02 |
1.0025 |
0.1091 |
256 |
2 |
66.85 |
2013-01-28 |
| 21. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
67.94 |
1.1323 |
0.0124 |
341 |
1 |
67.94 |
2012-02-16 |
| 22. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
67.82 |
1.1016 |
0.0068 |
233 |
2 |
67.37 |
2012-02-22 |
| 23. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
67.09 |
1.0788 |
0.0119 |
171 |
3 |
65.32 |
2012-06-06 |
| 24. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
66.91 |
0.9911 |
0.0985 |
212 |
2 |
65.28 |
2012-02-22 |
| 25. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
66.89 |
0.9368 |
0.1557 |
173 |
1 |
66.89 |
2012-02-06 |
| 26. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
66.63 |
1.0289 |
0.0649 |
276 |
1 |
66.63 |
2012-03-21 |
| 27. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
66.52 |
1.0668 |
0.0227 |
350 |
1 |
66.52 |
2013-01-28 |
| 28. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
66.13 |
1.0109 |
0.0707 |
276 |
2 |
59.98 |
2012-02-08 |
| 29. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
66.10 |
1.0444 |
0.0291 |
197 |
1 |
66.10 |
2012-02-08 |
| 30. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
65.73 |
0.9097 |
0.1641 |
153 |
1 |
65.73 |
2012-02-22 |
| 31. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
64.85 |
0.9994 |
0.0909 |
269 |
1 |
64.85 |
2012-03-21 |
| 32. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
64.65 |
1.0314 |
0.0641 |
452 |
1 |
64.65 |
2012-05-22 |
| 33. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
64.34 |
1.0029 |
0.0417 |
209 |
1 |
64.34 |
2012-05-17 |
| 34. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
64.08 |
1.0387 |
0.0405 |
239 |
2 |
62.17 |
2012-06-06 |
| 35. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
63.91 |
1.0943 |
-0.0181 |
206 |
1 |
63.91 |
2012-02-08 |
| 36. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
63.90 |
1.1215 |
-0.0537 |
200 |
1 |
63.90 |
2012-02-22 |
| 37. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
63.51 |
1.0972 |
-0.0305 |
251 |
2 |
60.68 |
2012-02-14 |
| 38. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
63.39 |
1.0033 |
0.0252 |
189 |
1 |
63.39 |
2012-02-22 |
| 39. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
62.68 |
1.0787 |
-0.0566 |
237 |
1 |
62.68 |
2012-01-20 |
| 40. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
62.12 |
1.1296 |
-0.0863 |
252 |
1 |
62.12 |
2012-01-20 |
| 41. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
61.87 |
1.0621 |
-0.0327 |
263 |
1 |
61.87 |
2012-02-22 |
| 42. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
61.78 |
0.9461 |
0.0618 |
276 |
1 |
61.78 |
2012-02-14 |
| 43. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
61.60 |
0.9532 |
0.0512 |
258 |
2 |
53.93 |
2013-01-24 |
| 44. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
61.35 |
0.9212 |
0.0832 |
231 |
1 |
61.35 |
2012-02-06 |
| 45. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
61.32 |
0.8826 |
0.1203 |
296 |
1 |
61.32 |
2013-01-24 |
| 46. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
61.08 |
1.0696 |
-0.0756 |
226 |
2 |
60.34 |
2013-01-24 |
| 47. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
60.78 |
1.0796 |
-0.0929 |
129 |
1 |
60.78 |
2012-01-20 |
| 48. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
60.58 |
0.9340 |
0.0539 |
296 |
1 |
60.58 |
2012-02-14 |
| 49. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
60.31 |
1.0013 |
-0.0178 |
273 |
1 |
60.31 |
2012-01-20 |
| 50. |
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the ... |
59.78 |
1.0381 |
-0.0741 |
170 |
3 |
54.42 |
2012-02-22 |
| 51. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
59.60 |
1.1018 |
-0.1359 |
220 |
1 |
59.60 |
2012-01-16 |
| 52. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
59.29 |
0.9239 |
0.0494 |
193 |
1 |
59.29 |
2012-02-06 |
| 53. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
59.05 |
1.0361 |
-0.0715 |
269 |
1 |
59.05 |
2012-02-08 |
| 54. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
59.01 |
0.9805 |
-0.0127 |
292 |
1 |
59.01 |
2012-01-20 |
| 55. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
58.84 |
0.9976 |
-0.0169 |
174 |
1 |
58.84 |
2012-02-22 |
| 56. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
58.78 |
0.9233 |
0.0273 |
168 |
1 |
58.78 |
2012-02-22 |
| 57. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
58.44 |
1.0917 |
-0.1146 |
243 |
1 |
58.44 |
2012-01-20 |
| 58. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
58.06 |
0.9857 |
-0.0396 |
293 |
1 |
58.06 |
2012-01-16 |
| 59. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
58.05 |
0.9897 |
-0.0451 |
274 |
1 |
58.05 |
2012-01-31 |
| 60. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
57.99 |
1.0596 |
-0.1159 |
239 |
1 |
57.99 |
2012-01-16 |
| 61. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
57.84 |
0.9964 |
-0.0530 |
203 |
1 |
57.84 |
2012-02-08 |
| 62. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
57.28 |
1.0117 |
-0.0325 |
297 |
2 |
55.18 |
2012-01-16 |
| 63. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
57.28 |
1.0053 |
-0.0728 |
232 |
1 |
57.28 |
2012-01-20 |
| 64. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
57.24 |
0.9844 |
-0.0456 |
293 |
1 |
57.24 |
2012-01-31 |
| 65. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
56.90 |
0.9697 |
-0.0417 |
249 |
1 |
56.90 |
2012-01-20 |
| 66. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
56.59 |
0.9266 |
-0.0025 |
278 |
1 |
56.59 |
2012-02-06 |
| 67. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
56.53 |
0.9710 |
-0.0558 |
173 |
1 |
56.53 |
2012-02-06 |
| 68. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
56.47 |
0.9697 |
-0.0454 |
266 |
1 |
56.47 |
2012-02-06 |
| 69. |
We were all in our late twenties or early-to-middle thirties... |
56.33 |
0.8867 |
0.0367 |
241 |
1 |
56.33 |
2012-02-06 |
| 70. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
56.20 |
0.9633 |
-0.0451 |
304 |
1 |
56.20 |
2012-01-20 |
| 71. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
55.78 |
0.9572 |
-0.0496 |
201 |
1 |
55.78 |
2012-01-16 |
| 72. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
55.52 |
1.0774 |
-0.1427 |
304 |
1 |
55.52 |
2012-02-06 |
| 73. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
55.40 |
1.0666 |
-0.1630 |
297 |
1 |
55.40 |
2012-02-06 |
| 74. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
55.35 |
0.9884 |
-0.0863 |
233 |
1 |
55.35 |
2012-02-06 |
| 75. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
55.31 |
1.0120 |
-0.1109 |
290 |
1 |
55.31 |
2012-01-20 |
| 76. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
55.31 |
1.0368 |
-0.1343 |
276 |
1 |
55.31 |
2012-01-20 |
| 77. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
54.98 |
1.0531 |
-0.1184 |
272 |
1 |
54.98 |
2012-01-16 |
| 78. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
54.51 |
0.9578 |
-0.0695 |
281 |
1 |
54.51 |
2012-01-16 |
| 79. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
53.89 |
1.0797 |
-0.2069 |
210 |
1 |
53.89 |
2012-01-16 |
| 80. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
53.36 |
1.0515 |
-0.1841 |
250 |
1 |
53.36 |
2012-01-20 |
| 81. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
52.02 |
0.9792 |
-0.0932 |
265 |
1 |
52.02 |
2012-02-06 |
| 82. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
51.88 |
1.1114 |
-0.2691 |
247 |
1 |
51.88 |
2012-01-16 |
| 83. |
How many times have you seen the leader of a race have a mec... |
51.49 |
1.0155 |
-0.1771 |
232 |
1 |
51.49 |
2012-02-08 |
| 84. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
51.34 |
0.9907 |
-0.1200 |
397 |
1 |
51.34 |
2012-01-16 |
| 85. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
51.28 |
1.0331 |
-0.2003 |
234 |
1 |
51.28 |
2012-01-20 |
| 86. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
50.48 |
0.9873 |
-0.1694 |
155 |
1 |
50.48 |
2012-01-16 |
| 87. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
49.83 |
0.9164 |
-0.0997 |
305 |
1 |
49.83 |
2012-01-31 |
| 88. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
49.57 |
0.9213 |
-0.1137 |
295 |
1 |
49.57 |
2012-01-16 |
| 89. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
49.48 |
0.9176 |
-0.0733 |
365 |
1 |
49.48 |
2012-01-16 |
| 90. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
48.52 |
0.9212 |
-0.1288 |
323 |
1 |
48.52 |
2012-01-16 |
| 91. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
48.04 |
0.8916 |
-0.1095 |
216 |
1 |
48.04 |
2012-02-06 |
| 92. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
48.01 |
0.9430 |
-0.1692 |
211 |
1 |
48.01 |
2012-02-06 |
| 93. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
46.46 |
0.9649 |
-0.2106 |
193 |
1 |
46.46 |
2012-01-16 |
| 94. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
46.24 |
1.0340 |
-0.2767 |
406 |
1 |
46.24 |
2012-01-16 |
| 95. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
46.12 |
0.8958 |
-0.1410 |
322 |
1 |
46.12 |
2012-02-06 |
| 96. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
45.04 |
0.9351 |
-0.2087 |
190 |
1 |
45.04 |
2012-01-20 |
| 97. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
37.66 |
1.0183 |
-0.4139 |
191 |
1 |
37.66 |
2012-01-20 |