Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
69.61 |
1.0582 |
0.3753 |
180 |
1 |
69.61 |
2009-10-08 |
2. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
67.88 |
1.0487 |
0.3499 |
253 |
1 |
67.88 |
2009-10-08 |
3. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
64.14 |
1.0112 |
0.3110 |
242 |
1 |
64.14 |
2009-10-08 |
4. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
63.98 |
0.9762 |
0.3437 |
249 |
1 |
63.98 |
2009-10-08 |
5. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
62.86 |
0.9068 |
0.3880 |
212 |
1 |
62.86 |
2009-10-08 |
6. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
61.63 |
0.9909 |
0.2842 |
334 |
1 |
61.63 |
2009-10-08 |
7. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
61.16 |
1.0197 |
0.2400 |
204 |
1 |
61.16 |
2009-10-08 |
8. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
61.06 |
1.0529 |
0.2091 |
373 |
2 |
58.78 |
2009-10-07 |
9. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
60.14 |
1.0628 |
0.1795 |
363 |
1 |
60.14 |
2009-10-08 |
10. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
60.03 |
1.0479 |
0.1885 |
205 |
1 |
60.03 |
2009-10-08 |
11. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
59.91 |
1.0332 |
0.2018 |
267 |
2 |
59.04 |
2009-10-08 |
12. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
59.53 |
0.9604 |
0.2652 |
285 |
1 |
59.53 |
2009-10-07 |
13. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
59.50 |
0.9839 |
0.2430 |
308 |
1 |
59.50 |
2009-10-07 |
14. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
59.15 |
1.0414 |
0.1775 |
234 |
1 |
59.15 |
2009-10-07 |
15. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
58.71 |
1.0576 |
0.1503 |
231 |
1 |
58.71 |
2009-10-08 |
16. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
58.32 |
1.0028 |
0.1987 |
259 |
3 |
40.20 |
2009-10-08 |
17. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
58.20 |
1.0279 |
0.1665 |
172 |
1 |
58.20 |
2009-10-07 |
18. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
58.12 |
0.8993 |
0.3020 |
366 |
1 |
58.12 |
2009-10-09 |
19. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
56.96 |
1.0128 |
0.1684 |
369 |
1 |
56.96 |
2009-10-08 |
20. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
56.93 |
0.9809 |
0.1890 |
209 |
1 |
56.93 |
2009-10-08 |
21. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
56.88 |
1.0291 |
0.1416 |
240 |
2 |
47.27 |
2009-11-16 |
22. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
56.31 |
1.0227 |
0.1443 |
378 |
1 |
56.31 |
2009-10-08 |
23. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
56.29 |
0.8666 |
0.2914 |
206 |
1 |
56.29 |
2009-10-08 |
24. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
56.23 |
0.9541 |
0.2058 |
236 |
1 |
56.23 |
2009-10-08 |
25. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
56.20 |
0.9027 |
0.2525 |
189 |
1 |
56.20 |
2009-10-08 |
26. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
55.60 |
1.0320 |
0.1202 |
401 |
1 |
55.60 |
2009-10-08 |
27. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
54.88 |
0.9966 |
0.1419 |
377 |
1 |
54.88 |
2009-10-07 |
28. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
54.70 |
0.9681 |
0.1651 |
392 |
1 |
54.70 |
2009-10-08 |
29. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
53.18 |
1.0462 |
0.0529 |
340 |
1 |
53.18 |
2009-10-08 |
30. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
53.10 |
1.0476 |
0.0374 |
110 |
1 |
53.10 |
2009-10-07 |
31. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
52.02 |
1.0504 |
0.0235 |
225 |
1 |
52.02 |
2009-10-08 |
32. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
51.21 |
1.0743 |
-0.0180 |
297 |
1 |
51.21 |
2009-10-07 |
33. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
50.79 |
0.8869 |
0.1572 |
176 |
1 |
50.79 |
2009-10-07 |
34. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
50.66 |
0.8986 |
0.1502 |
363 |
1 |
50.66 |
2009-10-07 |
35. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
50.47 |
1.0042 |
0.0319 |
168 |
1 |
50.47 |
2009-10-08 |
36. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
49.57 |
0.9352 |
0.0849 |
194 |
2 |
41.11 |
2009-10-07 |
37. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
49.26 |
0.9228 |
0.0965 |
305 |
1 |
49.26 |
2009-10-08 |
38. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
49.25 |
1.0432 |
-0.0280 |
276 |
1 |
49.25 |
2009-10-08 |
39. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
48.55 |
1.0506 |
-0.0509 |
259 |
1 |
48.55 |
2009-10-07 |
40. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
47.96 |
0.9183 |
0.0705 |
308 |
1 |
47.96 |
2009-10-07 |
41. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
47.81 |
0.8837 |
0.1004 |
157 |
1 |
47.81 |
2009-10-07 |
42. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
47.01 |
0.9765 |
-0.0090 |
269 |
1 |
47.01 |
2009-10-08 |
43. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
46.97 |
0.9213 |
0.0438 |
165 |
2 |
43.26 |
2009-11-04 |
44. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
45.40 |
0.7923 |
0.1431 |
316 |
1 |
45.40 |
2009-10-07 |
45. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
44.48 |
1.0800 |
-0.1713 |
129 |
1 |
44.48 |
2009-10-07 |
46. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
44.08 |
0.9931 |
-0.0812 |
339 |
1 |
44.08 |
2009-10-07 |
47. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
42.02 |
0.9384 |
-0.0761 |
296 |
1 |
42.02 |
2009-10-12 |
48. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
41.85 |
0.9632 |
-0.1008 |
287 |
1 |
41.85 |
2009-10-12 |
49. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
41.46 |
0.9827 |
-0.1287 |
314 |
1 |
41.46 |
2009-11-19 |
50. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
41.19 |
0.9673 |
-0.1176 |
292 |
1 |
41.19 |
2009-11-19 |
51. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
40.91 |
1.0615 |
-0.2228 |
201 |
2 |
39.26 |
2009-10-19 |
52. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
40.69 |
0.9252 |
-0.0874 |
148 |
1 |
40.69 |
2009-11-20 |
53. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
40.45 |
0.9757 |
-0.1468 |
176 |
2 |
38.22 |
2009-11-04 |
54. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
40.19 |
1.0270 |
-0.1996 |
303 |
1 |
40.19 |
2009-10-07 |
55. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
40.11 |
0.9836 |
-0.1583 |
289 |
1 |
40.11 |
2009-11-20 |
56. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
39.89 |
1.0194 |
-0.2009 |
224 |
1 |
39.89 |
2009-10-27 |
57. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
39.40 |
0.9128 |
-0.1052 |
237 |
1 |
39.40 |
2009-10-12 |
58. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
38.44 |
1.0026 |
-0.2077 |
200 |
1 |
38.44 |
2009-10-20 |
59. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
37.91 |
0.8172 |
-0.0419 |
204 |
3 |
34.54 |
2009-11-04 |
60. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
37.76 |
1.0845 |
-0.3091 |
212 |
2 |
34.11 |
2009-11-04 |
61. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
37.48 |
0.9594 |
-0.1906 |
258 |
1 |
37.48 |
2009-10-07 |
62. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
37.02 |
0.9084 |
-0.1458 |
271 |
1 |
37.02 |
2009-10-08 |
63. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
36.81 |
0.9780 |
-0.2274 |
173 |
2 |
36.30 |
2009-03-27 |
64. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
36.33 |
0.9915 |
-0.2456 |
281 |
1 |
36.33 |
2009-03-22 |
65. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
36.32 |
0.9909 |
-0.2397 |
293 |
1 |
36.32 |
2009-10-27 |
66. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
35.12 |
0.9807 |
-0.2706 |
129 |
1 |
35.12 |
2009-10-27 |
67. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
34.94 |
0.9880 |
-0.2742 |
199 |
1 |
34.94 |
2009-03-20 |
68. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
34.23 |
0.9922 |
-0.2883 |
264 |
1 |
34.23 |
2009-03-22 |
69. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
33.98 |
0.8624 |
-0.1690 |
174 |
2 |
31.69 |
2009-11-20 |
70. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
33.72 |
0.9265 |
-0.2349 |
254 |
1 |
33.72 |
2009-11-20 |
71. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
32.22 |
0.9001 |
-0.2381 |
217 |
1 |
32.22 |
2009-03-27 |
72. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
31.86 |
0.8742 |
-0.2155 |
202 |
1 |
31.86 |
2009-03-22 |
73. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
31.34 |
0.9841 |
-0.3423 |
263 |
1 |
31.34 |
2009-11-16 |
74. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
30.56 |
0.8603 |
-0.2332 |
270 |
1 |
30.56 |
2009-03-19 |
75. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
27.58 |
0.8913 |
-0.3243 |
201 |
1 |
27.58 |
2009-10-07 |