| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
80.76 |
0.8718 |
0.1438 |
318 |
1 |
80.76 |
2010-03-24 |
| 2. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
83.44 |
0.9957 |
0.0542 |
323 |
1 |
83.44 |
2010-03-24 |
| 3. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
86.10 |
0.9931 |
0.0908 |
339 |
2 |
78.61 |
2010-03-24 |
| 4. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
80.17 |
0.9726 |
0.0373 |
396 |
1 |
80.17 |
2010-03-24 |
| 5. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
79.25 |
0.9515 |
0.0517 |
334 |
1 |
79.25 |
2010-03-24 |
| 6. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
83.19 |
1.0320 |
0.0167 |
401 |
1 |
83.19 |
2010-03-24 |
| 7. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
80.43 |
1.0557 |
-0.0466 |
289 |
1 |
80.43 |
2010-03-24 |
| 8. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
95.41 |
1.0466 |
0.1498 |
230 |
2 |
89.53 |
2010-03-24 |
| 9. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
89.38 |
1.0086 |
0.1079 |
218 |
3 |
78.62 |
2010-03-24 |
| 10. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
86.35 |
1.0639 |
0.0198 |
303 |
1 |
86.35 |
2010-03-24 |
| 11. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
83.15 |
1.0094 |
0.0329 |
256 |
1 |
83.15 |
2010-03-24 |
| 12. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
102.48 |
1.0800 |
0.2031 |
213 |
1 |
102.48 |
2010-03-24 |
| 13. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
82.34 |
0.9780 |
0.0478 |
173 |
1 |
82.34 |
2010-03-24 |
| 14. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
80.05 |
0.9980 |
0.0073 |
295 |
1 |
80.05 |
2010-03-24 |
| 15. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
83.18 |
1.0362 |
0.0127 |
437 |
2 |
78.85 |
2010-03-24 |
| 16. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
89.91 |
1.0873 |
0.0372 |
243 |
1 |
89.91 |
2010-03-24 |
| 17. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
81.54 |
0.9930 |
0.0379 |
350 |
1 |
81.54 |
2010-03-24 |
| 18. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
62.44 |
0.9807 |
-0.2112 |
129 |
1 |
62.44 |
2010-03-24 |
| 19. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
100.57 |
1.0865 |
0.1752 |
237 |
1 |
100.57 |
2010-03-24 |
| 20. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
73.03 |
0.9727 |
-0.0514 |
442 |
1 |
73.03 |
2010-03-24 |
| 21. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
92.58 |
1.0462 |
0.1179 |
340 |
1 |
92.58 |
2010-03-24 |
| 22. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
77.92 |
1.0016 |
-0.0269 |
217 |
2 |
73.98 |
2010-03-24 |
| 23. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
79.05 |
0.9736 |
0.0240 |
378 |
1 |
79.05 |
2010-03-24 |
| 24. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
80.30 |
1.0333 |
-0.0321 |
176 |
1 |
80.30 |
2010-03-24 |
| 25. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
64.35 |
0.8986 |
-0.0928 |
216 |
1 |
64.35 |
2010-03-24 |
| 26. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
77.53 |
0.9719 |
0.0067 |
383 |
1 |
77.53 |
2010-03-24 |
| 27. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
89.45 |
0.9991 |
0.1220 |
339 |
1 |
89.45 |
2010-03-24 |
| 28. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
96.95 |
1.0103 |
0.2002 |
209 |
3 |
91.57 |
2010-03-24 |
| 29. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
90.07 |
1.0131 |
0.1198 |
245 |
3 |
88.42 |
2010-03-24 |
| 30. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
72.19 |
0.9543 |
-0.0435 |
265 |
1 |
72.19 |
2010-03-24 |
| 31. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
71.79 |
0.9957 |
-0.0969 |
323 |
1 |
71.79 |
2010-03-24 |
| 32. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
80.56 |
0.9650 |
0.0473 |
347 |
1 |
80.56 |
2010-03-24 |
| 33. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
75.33 |
0.9658 |
-0.0185 |
308 |
1 |
75.33 |
2010-03-24 |
| 34. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
74.65 |
1.0101 |
-0.0732 |
336 |
1 |
74.65 |
2010-03-24 |
| 35. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
95.52 |
1.0057 |
0.1954 |
382 |
2 |
89.77 |
2010-03-24 |
| 36. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
80.73 |
1.0411 |
-0.0276 |
341 |
1 |
80.73 |
2010-03-24 |
| 37. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
82.19 |
1.0272 |
0.0008 |
226 |
1 |
82.19 |
2010-03-24 |
| 38. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
81.35 |
0.9636 |
0.0545 |
281 |
2 |
76.25 |
2010-03-24 |
| 39. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
53.71 |
0.8666 |
-0.1981 |
206 |
1 |
53.71 |
2010-03-24 |
| 40. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
85.31 |
0.9561 |
0.1150 |
362 |
3 |
80.37 |
2010-03-24 |
| 41. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
81.43 |
0.9271 |
0.0959 |
323 |
2 |
79.96 |
2010-03-24 |
| 42. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
73.12 |
1.0540 |
-0.1432 |
184 |
1 |
73.12 |
2010-03-24 |
| 43. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
79.12 |
1.0132 |
-0.0212 |
371 |
1 |
79.12 |
2010-03-24 |
| 44. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
84.30 |
0.9890 |
0.0716 |
272 |
1 |
84.30 |
2010-03-24 |
| 45. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
78.10 |
1.0759 |
-0.0917 |
273 |
1 |
78.10 |
2010-03-24 |
| 46. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
81.39 |
0.9801 |
0.0396 |
289 |
1 |
81.39 |
2010-03-24 |
| 47. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
81.80 |
1.0287 |
-0.0046 |
269 |
1 |
81.80 |
2010-03-24 |
| 48. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
77.75 |
1.0199 |
-0.0496 |
225 |
2 |
60.93 |
2010-03-24 |
| 49. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
60.30 |
1.0877 |
-0.3370 |
129 |
1 |
60.30 |
2010-03-24 |
| 50. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
82.38 |
0.9810 |
0.0565 |
362 |
1 |
82.38 |
2010-03-24 |
| 51. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
69.84 |
0.9927 |
-0.1177 |
276 |
2 |
67.22 |
2010-03-24 |
| 52. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
74.40 |
1.0264 |
-0.0987 |
191 |
1 |
74.40 |
2010-03-24 |
| 53. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
86.16 |
1.0845 |
-0.0054 |
212 |
1 |
86.16 |
2010-03-24 |
| 54. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
89.49 |
1.0427 |
0.0804 |
269 |
1 |
89.49 |
2010-03-24 |
| 55. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
62.37 |
1.0060 |
-0.2191 |
244 |
1 |
62.37 |
2010-03-24 |
| 56. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
74.92 |
0.9309 |
0.0177 |
376 |
1 |
74.92 |
2010-03-24 |
| 57. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
95.48 |
1.0288 |
0.1642 |
166 |
1 |
95.48 |
2010-03-24 |
| 58. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
81.59 |
0.9424 |
0.0827 |
320 |
3 |
72.69 |
2010-03-24 |
| 59. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
75.90 |
0.9989 |
-0.0410 |
282 |
1 |
75.90 |
2010-03-24 |
| 60. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
97.68 |
1.0857 |
0.1522 |
393 |
1 |
97.68 |
2010-03-24 |
| 61. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
78.13 |
1.0867 |
-0.1122 |
171 |
1 |
78.13 |
2010-03-24 |
| 62. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
94.46 |
1.0654 |
0.1169 |
247 |
1 |
94.46 |
2010-03-23 |
| 63. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
87.72 |
1.0426 |
0.0533 |
131 |
1 |
87.72 |
2010-03-23 |
| 64. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
66.08 |
0.9269 |
-0.0920 |
269 |
1 |
66.08 |
2010-03-23 |
| 65. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
90.31 |
1.0165 |
0.1152 |
316 |
1 |
90.31 |
2010-03-23 |
| 66. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
86.82 |
0.9931 |
0.0915 |
218 |
1 |
86.82 |
2010-03-23 |
| 67. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
46.24 |
0.9101 |
-0.3294 |
351 |
1 |
46.24 |
2010-03-23 |
| 68. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
81.71 |
1.0960 |
-0.0678 |
315 |
1 |
81.71 |
2010-03-23 |
| 69. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
95.58 |
1.0095 |
0.1881 |
211 |
1 |
95.58 |
2010-03-23 |
| 70. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
90.97 |
0.9844 |
0.1685 |
351 |
2 |
82.91 |
2010-03-23 |
| 71. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
89.12 |
1.0901 |
0.0294 |
288 |
2 |
86.45 |
2010-03-23 |
| 72. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
85.45 |
0.9357 |
0.1333 |
204 |
1 |
85.45 |
2010-03-23 |
| 73. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
67.34 |
1.0607 |
-0.2150 |
357 |
1 |
67.34 |
2009-07-29 |
| 74. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
85.27 |
1.0414 |
0.0267 |
234 |
2 |
84.18 |
2009-07-29 |
| 75. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
75.56 |
1.0106 |
-0.0651 |
302 |
1 |
75.56 |
2009-07-29 |
| 76. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
71.72 |
1.0450 |
-0.1416 |
358 |
1 |
71.72 |
2009-07-29 |
| 77. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
76.21 |
1.0253 |
-0.0676 |
337 |
1 |
76.21 |
2009-07-29 |
| 78. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
63.29 |
1.0418 |
-0.2492 |
214 |
1 |
63.29 |
2009-07-29 |
| 79. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
81.71 |
1.0432 |
-0.0185 |
276 |
1 |
81.71 |
2009-07-29 |
| 80. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
64.32 |
0.9604 |
-0.1577 |
285 |
1 |
64.32 |
2009-07-29 |
| 81. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
80.97 |
0.9673 |
0.0513 |
393 |
2 |
78.49 |
2009-06-15 |
| 82. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
79.64 |
0.9114 |
0.0941 |
399 |
1 |
79.64 |
2009-06-15 |
| 83. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
74.18 |
0.8794 |
0.0563 |
427 |
1 |
74.18 |
2009-06-15 |
| 84. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
66.64 |
0.8656 |
-0.0303 |
242 |
1 |
66.64 |
2009-06-15 |
| 85. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
63.70 |
0.8913 |
-0.0928 |
201 |
1 |
63.70 |
2009-06-15 |
| 86. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
78.75 |
1.0033 |
-0.0163 |
203 |
1 |
78.75 |
2009-06-15 |
| 87. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
71.89 |
1.0042 |
-0.1077 |
168 |
1 |
71.89 |
2009-06-15 |
| 88. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
87.12 |
1.0135 |
0.0821 |
358 |
1 |
87.12 |
2009-06-15 |
| 89. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
85.32 |
0.9029 |
0.1694 |
393 |
1 |
85.32 |
2009-06-15 |
| 90. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
94.92 |
1.1070 |
0.0825 |
265 |
1 |
94.92 |
2009-06-15 |
| 91. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
87.92 |
1.0495 |
0.0524 |
323 |
1 |
87.92 |
2009-06-15 |
| 92. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
65.01 |
0.8964 |
-0.0858 |
199 |
1 |
65.01 |
2009-06-15 |
| 93. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
81.74 |
0.9909 |
0.0382 |
293 |
1 |
81.74 |
2009-06-15 |
| 94. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
67.39 |
0.9183 |
-0.0739 |
308 |
2 |
65.48 |
2009-06-12 |
| 95. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
78.41 |
0.9352 |
0.0462 |
194 |
1 |
78.41 |
2009-06-12 |
| 96. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
81.69 |
0.9271 |
0.0963 |
295 |
1 |
81.69 |
2009-06-12 |
| 97. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
80.59 |
1.0617 |
-0.0536 |
171 |
1 |
80.59 |
2009-06-12 |
| 98. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
60.87 |
0.9070 |
-0.1505 |
192 |
1 |
60.87 |
2009-06-12 |
| 99. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
67.65 |
0.9842 |
-0.1352 |
335 |
1 |
67.65 |
2009-06-12 |
| 100. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
71.07 |
0.9422 |
-0.0574 |
190 |
1 |
71.07 |
2009-06-12 |
| 101. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
87.99 |
0.9809 |
0.1185 |
209 |
1 |
87.99 |
2009-06-12 |
| 102. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
73.71 |
0.9632 |
-0.0388 |
287 |
1 |
73.71 |
2009-06-12 |
| 103. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
68.93 |
0.9108 |
-0.0480 |
235 |
1 |
68.93 |
2009-06-12 |
| 104. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
92.56 |
1.0351 |
0.1297 |
276 |
1 |
92.56 |
2009-06-12 |
| 105. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
28.57 |
0.9631 |
-0.6096 |
273 |
1 |
28.57 |
2009-06-12 |