| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
78.79 |
1.0033 |
0.4257 |
203 |
4 |
65.24 |
2011-03-30 |
| 2. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
73.02 |
1.0540 |
0.2650 |
184 |
3 |
64.11 |
2010-01-20 |
| 3. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
72.70 |
1.0877 |
0.2263 |
129 |
4 |
57.05 |
2009-12-21 |
| 4. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
72.59 |
0.9166 |
0.4017 |
133 |
1 |
72.59 |
2009-11-13 |
| 5. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
71.66 |
1.0268 |
0.2647 |
179 |
1 |
71.66 |
2009-10-13 |
| 6. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
71.44 |
1.0521 |
0.2374 |
197 |
1 |
71.44 |
2009-10-15 |
| 7. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
71.17 |
1.0617 |
0.2260 |
171 |
2 |
70.00 |
2010-04-09 |
| 8. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
70.83 |
1.0873 |
0.1936 |
243 |
1 |
70.83 |
2010-01-20 |
| 9. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
70.30 |
1.0628 |
0.2135 |
363 |
1 |
70.30 |
2010-03-31 |
| 10. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
68.98 |
1.0867 |
0.1590 |
171 |
1 |
68.98 |
2009-11-13 |
| 11. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
68.57 |
0.9213 |
0.3192 |
165 |
2 |
60.06 |
2009-10-13 |
| 12. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
68.55 |
1.0042 |
0.2345 |
168 |
1 |
68.55 |
2009-11-23 |
| 13. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
68.30 |
0.9925 |
0.2404 |
155 |
1 |
68.30 |
2010-03-11 |
| 14. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
66.67 |
1.0561 |
0.1498 |
227 |
1 |
66.67 |
2009-11-11 |
| 15. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
66.45 |
0.9543 |
0.2567 |
265 |
1 |
66.45 |
2011-03-30 |
| 16. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
65.10 |
1.0881 |
0.0876 |
210 |
1 |
65.10 |
2009-11-24 |
| 17. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
64.68 |
1.0865 |
0.0849 |
237 |
1 |
64.68 |
2009-10-27 |
| 18. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
63.98 |
0.9833 |
0.1785 |
387 |
1 |
63.98 |
2011-03-30 |
| 19. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
62.67 |
1.0291 |
0.1043 |
240 |
1 |
62.67 |
2009-10-27 |
| 20. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
62.09 |
1.0576 |
0.0643 |
231 |
2 |
59.45 |
2010-01-20 |
| 21. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
61.76 |
1.0638 |
0.0525 |
247 |
1 |
61.76 |
2010-03-26 |
| 22. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
61.52 |
0.9829 |
0.1307 |
229 |
5 |
57.67 |
2010-03-26 |
| 23. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
61.17 |
1.0418 |
0.0668 |
214 |
1 |
61.17 |
2009-10-22 |
| 24. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
60.68 |
1.0125 |
0.0814 |
171 |
2 |
52.17 |
2010-01-20 |
| 25. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
60.04 |
1.0582 |
0.0258 |
180 |
1 |
60.04 |
2010-03-31 |
| 26. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
59.88 |
0.9631 |
0.1213 |
273 |
1 |
59.88 |
2009-11-02 |
| 27. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
59.49 |
1.0511 |
0.0278 |
252 |
2 |
55.97 |
2009-11-11 |
| 28. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
59.42 |
1.0472 |
0.0225 |
149 |
2 |
57.56 |
2009-12-18 |
| 29. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
59.41 |
1.0800 |
-0.0072 |
213 |
1 |
59.41 |
2009-10-15 |
| 30. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
59.39 |
1.1198 |
-0.0453 |
247 |
1 |
59.39 |
2009-11-02 |
| 31. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
59.25 |
1.0672 |
0.0041 |
239 |
4 |
56.97 |
2009-11-02 |
| 32. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
59.20 |
1.0667 |
0.0154 |
308 |
2 |
56.60 |
2009-11-11 |
| 33. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
59.03 |
1.0427 |
0.0269 |
269 |
2 |
55.19 |
2009-10-30 |
| 34. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
58.84 |
1.0036 |
0.0629 |
277 |
1 |
58.84 |
2010-03-31 |
| 35. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
58.80 |
1.0270 |
0.0386 |
303 |
1 |
58.80 |
2009-10-27 |
| 36. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
58.75 |
1.0333 |
0.0253 |
176 |
1 |
58.75 |
2009-11-02 |
| 37. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
58.00 |
1.0208 |
0.0292 |
231 |
1 |
58.00 |
2009-11-03 |
| 38. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
57.69 |
1.0115 |
0.0277 |
189 |
1 |
57.69 |
2010-02-19 |
| 39. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
57.68 |
0.9597 |
0.0851 |
251 |
1 |
57.68 |
2010-03-31 |
| 40. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
57.52 |
0.9927 |
0.0494 |
276 |
1 |
57.52 |
2009-10-14 |
| 41. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
56.69 |
1.0039 |
0.0285 |
255 |
1 |
56.69 |
2011-03-30 |
| 42. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
56.65 |
0.9974 |
0.0241 |
163 |
1 |
56.65 |
2010-02-24 |
| 43. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
56.19 |
0.9873 |
0.0281 |
274 |
2 |
52.81 |
2009-09-25 |
| 44. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
56.02 |
1.0466 |
-0.0329 |
230 |
1 |
56.02 |
2009-11-30 |
| 45. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
55.76 |
0.9952 |
0.0165 |
220 |
2 |
52.38 |
2010-01-22 |
| 46. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
55.74 |
1.0095 |
-0.0020 |
211 |
1 |
55.74 |
2009-10-13 |
| 47. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
55.10 |
1.0010 |
0.0000 |
213 |
1 |
55.10 |
2010-03-31 |
| 48. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
55.06 |
0.9310 |
0.0648 |
278 |
1 |
55.06 |
2009-11-03 |
| 49. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
54.95 |
1.0777 |
-0.0851 |
226 |
1 |
54.95 |
2010-01-20 |
| 50. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
54.87 |
0.9809 |
0.0082 |
209 |
1 |
54.87 |
2009-11-20 |
| 51. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
54.56 |
0.9807 |
-0.0050 |
129 |
1 |
54.56 |
2010-03-31 |
| 52. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
54.46 |
0.9713 |
0.0133 |
193 |
1 |
54.46 |
2010-01-20 |
| 53. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
53.90 |
0.9841 |
-0.0118 |
217 |
1 |
53.90 |
2009-11-02 |
| 54. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
53.86 |
1.0131 |
-0.0352 |
245 |
2 |
52.87 |
2010-03-31 |
| 55. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
53.58 |
1.0060 |
-0.0355 |
225 |
1 |
53.58 |
2009-11-06 |
| 56. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
53.56 |
1.0287 |
-0.0602 |
269 |
1 |
53.56 |
2009-09-04 |
| 57. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
53.20 |
0.9541 |
0.0093 |
236 |
1 |
53.20 |
2009-10-22 |
| 58. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
52.07 |
0.9948 |
-0.0533 |
233 |
2 |
51.03 |
2010-03-31 |
| 59. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
51.79 |
1.0960 |
-0.1549 |
315 |
1 |
51.79 |
2009-10-06 |
| 60. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
51.19 |
0.8246 |
0.1017 |
183 |
1 |
51.19 |
2009-09-01 |
| 61. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
51.07 |
0.8615 |
0.0627 |
171 |
1 |
51.07 |
2009-09-02 |
| 62. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
50.71 |
1.0736 |
-0.1538 |
350 |
1 |
50.71 |
2009-09-03 |
| 63. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
50.33 |
1.0086 |
-0.1025 |
218 |
1 |
50.33 |
2009-09-03 |
| 64. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
50.28 |
0.9425 |
-0.0321 |
248 |
1 |
50.28 |
2010-01-20 |
| 65. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
50.02 |
1.0759 |
-0.1656 |
273 |
1 |
50.02 |
2009-10-14 |
| 66. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
49.77 |
0.9243 |
-0.0216 |
240 |
1 |
49.77 |
2009-11-06 |
| 67. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
49.44 |
1.0018 |
-0.1070 |
246 |
1 |
49.44 |
2009-11-03 |
| 68. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
49.15 |
0.9357 |
-0.0490 |
204 |
1 |
49.15 |
2009-10-15 |
| 69. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
48.97 |
0.9981 |
-0.1131 |
211 |
2 |
42.37 |
2009-12-21 |
| 70. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
48.27 |
1.0387 |
-0.1614 |
333 |
2 |
46.19 |
2010-03-31 |
| 71. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
48.23 |
1.0288 |
-0.1612 |
166 |
2 |
44.48 |
2009-11-11 |
| 72. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
47.99 |
1.0006 |
-0.1326 |
311 |
1 |
47.99 |
2009-09-09 |
| 73. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
47.96 |
0.9594 |
-0.0940 |
258 |
1 |
47.96 |
2010-03-26 |
| 74. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
47.85 |
0.9884 |
-0.1203 |
267 |
1 |
47.85 |
2009-09-01 |
| 75. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
47.41 |
0.9801 |
-0.1147 |
282 |
1 |
47.41 |
2009-10-26 |
| 76. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
47.32 |
0.9709 |
-0.1166 |
264 |
3 |
44.57 |
2009-10-22 |
| 77. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
46.36 |
1.0320 |
-0.1878 |
401 |
1 |
46.36 |
2009-10-02 |
| 78. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
45.87 |
0.8913 |
-0.0603 |
201 |
1 |
45.87 |
2009-11-30 |
| 79. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
44.92 |
0.9841 |
-0.1736 |
263 |
1 |
44.92 |
2009-09-03 |
| 80. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
44.56 |
1.0082 |
-0.2080 |
212 |
1 |
44.56 |
2009-11-07 |
| 81. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
43.94 |
1.0426 |
-0.2527 |
131 |
1 |
43.94 |
2010-01-20 |
| 82. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
43.40 |
0.9704 |
-0.1865 |
254 |
1 |
43.40 |
2009-09-09 |
| 83. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
42.86 |
1.0132 |
-0.2384 |
371 |
1 |
42.86 |
2009-09-11 |
| 84. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
42.44 |
0.7901 |
-0.0284 |
154 |
1 |
42.44 |
2009-09-03 |
| 85. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
41.88 |
0.9763 |
-0.2199 |
143 |
1 |
41.88 |
2009-12-21 |
| 86. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
41.54 |
1.0028 |
-0.2535 |
259 |
1 |
41.54 |
2009-09-04 |
| 87. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
41.54 |
0.9745 |
-0.2224 |
388 |
1 |
41.54 |
2009-09-10 |
| 88. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
41.31 |
0.9210 |
-0.1792 |
200 |
1 |
41.31 |
2010-04-15 |
| 89. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
41.04 |
0.8837 |
-0.1439 |
157 |
1 |
41.04 |
2009-09-03 |
| 90. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
40.15 |
0.9128 |
-0.1910 |
237 |
1 |
40.15 |
2009-09-10 |
| 91. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
39.97 |
1.0615 |
-0.3424 |
201 |
1 |
39.97 |
2009-09-25 |
| 92. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
39.45 |
0.8986 |
-0.1855 |
216 |
1 |
39.45 |
2009-10-14 |
| 93. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
39.38 |
1.0476 |
-0.3465 |
110 |
1 |
39.38 |
2009-10-14 |
| 94. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
38.47 |
0.8172 |
-0.1275 |
204 |
1 |
38.47 |
2009-09-04 |
| 95. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
37.51 |
0.9685 |
-0.2912 |
304 |
1 |
37.51 |
2009-09-01 |
| 96. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
33.22 |
0.9519 |
-0.3489 |
323 |
1 |
33.22 |
2009-10-15 |