Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
86.96 |
1.0495 |
0.2226 |
323 |
3 |
80.24 |
2012-10-28 |
2. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
85.95 |
1.0867 |
0.1666 |
171 |
1 |
85.95 |
2012-10-26 |
3. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
82.05 |
1.0600 |
0.1407 |
351 |
1 |
82.05 |
2012-10-30 |
4. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
81.38 |
1.0524 |
0.1362 |
177 |
1 |
81.38 |
2012-10-30 |
5. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
81.26 |
1.0857 |
0.1153 |
393 |
1 |
81.26 |
2012-11-02 |
6. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
81.01 |
1.0665 |
0.1130 |
196 |
2 |
78.05 |
2013-01-27 |
7. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
80.44 |
1.0333 |
0.1383 |
176 |
1 |
80.44 |
2012-11-01 |
8. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
80.25 |
1.0264 |
0.1434 |
191 |
2 |
79.23 |
2012-10-30 |
9. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
79.97 |
1.0845 |
0.0843 |
212 |
2 |
74.80 |
2013-01-27 |
10. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
79.41 |
1.0791 |
0.0878 |
259 |
1 |
79.41 |
2012-10-30 |
11. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
79.36 |
1.0881 |
0.0688 |
210 |
1 |
79.36 |
2012-10-25 |
12. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
79.09 |
1.0471 |
0.1220 |
406 |
2 |
78.56 |
2012-11-02 |
13. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
78.24 |
1.0462 |
0.1010 |
340 |
1 |
78.24 |
2012-11-02 |
14. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They ... |
78.02 |
0.9839 |
0.1565 |
196 |
1 |
78.02 |
2012-10-30 |
15. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
77.80 |
1.0638 |
0.0719 |
247 |
1 |
77.80 |
2012-11-02 |
16. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
77.65 |
1.0426 |
0.0892 |
131 |
1 |
77.65 |
2012-10-30 |
17. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
77.61 |
1.0419 |
0.0962 |
341 |
1 |
77.61 |
2012-10-26 |
18. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
77.57 |
0.9926 |
0.1530 |
413 |
1 |
77.57 |
2012-10-30 |
19. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
77.19 |
1.0557 |
0.0744 |
289 |
1 |
77.19 |
2012-10-30 |
20. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
77.07 |
1.0628 |
0.0666 |
363 |
2 |
75.88 |
2012-11-02 |
21. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
76.93 |
1.0567 |
0.0679 |
314 |
1 |
76.93 |
2012-10-26 |
22. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
76.83 |
0.9402 |
0.1814 |
310 |
1 |
76.83 |
2012-10-31 |
23. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
76.76 |
1.0543 |
0.0692 |
233 |
1 |
76.76 |
2012-11-02 |
24. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
76.56 |
1.0482 |
0.0843 |
407 |
1 |
76.56 |
2012-10-26 |
25. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
76.37 |
1.0595 |
0.0509 |
166 |
1 |
76.37 |
2012-10-30 |
26. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
75.62 |
1.0520 |
0.0660 |
392 |
1 |
75.62 |
2013-01-27 |
27. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
75.56 |
1.0617 |
0.0413 |
171 |
2 |
65.98 |
2012-10-30 |
28. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
75.53 |
1.0561 |
0.0466 |
227 |
1 |
75.53 |
2012-10-30 |
29. |
Races are not won in the first corner; however, they are oft... |
75.39 |
1.0346 |
0.0771 |
326 |
1 |
75.39 |
2012-10-28 |
30. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
75.32 |
1.0082 |
0.0883 |
212 |
3 |
72.43 |
2012-10-30 |
31. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
74.86 |
0.9893 |
0.1026 |
222 |
1 |
74.86 |
2012-10-26 |
32. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
74.78 |
1.0466 |
0.0466 |
230 |
1 |
74.78 |
2012-10-31 |
33. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
74.39 |
1.0135 |
0.0774 |
358 |
1 |
74.39 |
2012-10-30 |
34. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
74.26 |
0.9991 |
0.0863 |
339 |
1 |
74.26 |
2012-10-31 |
35. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
74.15 |
1.0877 |
-0.0070 |
129 |
1 |
74.15 |
2012-10-30 |
36. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
74.12 |
1.0777 |
0.0039 |
226 |
1 |
74.12 |
2012-10-30 |
37. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
74.12 |
1.0501 |
0.0343 |
263 |
2 |
70.50 |
2012-11-01 |
38. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
73.84 |
0.9976 |
0.0788 |
212 |
1 |
73.84 |
2012-11-02 |
39. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
73.64 |
0.9606 |
0.1201 |
203 |
2 |
67.01 |
2012-10-28 |
40. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
73.41 |
1.1138 |
-0.0321 |
341 |
1 |
73.41 |
2012-10-30 |
41. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
73.28 |
0.9113 |
0.1564 |
225 |
1 |
73.28 |
2012-11-20 |
42. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
73.17 |
1.0131 |
0.0599 |
245 |
1 |
73.17 |
2012-10-30 |
43. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
73.13 |
0.9989 |
0.0775 |
282 |
1 |
73.13 |
2013-01-27 |
44. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
72.94 |
1.0800 |
-0.0206 |
129 |
1 |
72.94 |
2012-10-30 |
45. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
72.83 |
1.0493 |
0.0224 |
264 |
1 |
72.83 |
2012-11-02 |
46. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
72.80 |
0.9836 |
0.0810 |
289 |
1 |
72.80 |
2012-10-30 |
47. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
72.80 |
1.0362 |
0.0343 |
437 |
1 |
72.80 |
2012-10-30 |
48. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
72.76 |
0.8316 |
0.2359 |
304 |
1 |
72.76 |
2012-11-01 |
49. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
72.27 |
0.9981 |
0.0576 |
211 |
2 |
69.03 |
2012-10-31 |
50. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
72.17 |
1.0334 |
0.0210 |
261 |
2 |
71.65 |
2012-11-20 |
51. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
71.85 |
0.9917 |
0.0606 |
317 |
1 |
71.85 |
2012-10-30 |
52. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
71.82 |
1.0103 |
0.0340 |
209 |
1 |
71.82 |
2012-11-01 |
53. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
71.76 |
1.0427 |
0.0071 |
269 |
1 |
71.76 |
2012-10-30 |
54. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
71.69 |
1.0338 |
0.0196 |
277 |
1 |
71.69 |
2012-11-01 |
55. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
71.68 |
1.0960 |
-0.0442 |
315 |
1 |
71.68 |
2012-10-30 |
56. |
How many times have you seen the leader of a race have a mec... |
71.27 |
1.0208 |
0.0208 |
232 |
1 |
71.27 |
2012-10-25 |
57. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
70.64 |
1.0543 |
-0.0194 |
360 |
1 |
70.64 |
2012-10-28 |
58. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
70.48 |
1.0755 |
-0.0446 |
243 |
1 |
70.48 |
2012-11-01 |
59. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
70.36 |
1.0476 |
-0.0286 |
110 |
1 |
70.36 |
2012-10-30 |
60. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
70.14 |
1.0057 |
0.0223 |
382 |
1 |
70.14 |
2012-10-26 |
61. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
69.99 |
1.0607 |
-0.0348 |
357 |
1 |
69.99 |
2012-10-30 |
62. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
69.72 |
0.9380 |
0.0796 |
284 |
2 |
64.49 |
2013-01-27 |
63. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
69.69 |
1.0165 |
0.0015 |
316 |
1 |
69.69 |
2012-10-26 |
64. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
69.63 |
1.0035 |
0.0149 |
310 |
1 |
69.63 |
2012-10-26 |
65. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
69.59 |
0.9480 |
0.0705 |
297 |
1 |
69.59 |
2012-10-30 |
66. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
69.49 |
0.9833 |
0.0348 |
387 |
1 |
69.49 |
2012-10-26 |
67. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
69.42 |
0.9332 |
0.0815 |
267 |
1 |
69.42 |
2012-10-26 |
68. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
69.14 |
0.9309 |
0.0896 |
376 |
1 |
69.14 |
2012-11-02 |
69. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
69.05 |
1.0350 |
-0.0114 |
416 |
1 |
69.05 |
2012-10-30 |
70. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
68.93 |
0.9985 |
0.0211 |
392 |
2 |
67.72 |
2012-10-26 |
71. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
68.68 |
0.9468 |
0.0569 |
318 |
1 |
68.68 |
2012-10-26 |
72. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
68.54 |
0.9909 |
0.0152 |
293 |
1 |
68.54 |
2012-10-28 |
73. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
68.50 |
0.8474 |
0.1544 |
265 |
1 |
68.50 |
2012-11-20 |
74. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
68.39 |
0.9603 |
0.0444 |
430 |
1 |
68.39 |
2012-10-26 |
75. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
68.29 |
0.9027 |
0.0919 |
189 |
1 |
68.29 |
2012-11-20 |
76. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
68.18 |
1.0304 |
-0.0367 |
256 |
2 |
65.99 |
2012-10-26 |
77. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
68.13 |
0.9183 |
0.0781 |
308 |
2 |
64.92 |
2012-10-30 |
78. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
67.81 |
0.9824 |
0.0217 |
352 |
1 |
67.81 |
2012-10-26 |
79. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
67.77 |
0.9108 |
0.0793 |
235 |
1 |
67.77 |
2012-10-30 |
80. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
67.61 |
0.9987 |
-0.0060 |
236 |
1 |
67.61 |
2012-10-26 |
81. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
67.53 |
1.0243 |
-0.0337 |
153 |
1 |
67.53 |
2012-11-20 |
82. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
67.11 |
1.0036 |
-0.0221 |
277 |
1 |
67.11 |
2012-10-26 |
83. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
66.89 |
1.0178 |
-0.0419 |
207 |
1 |
66.89 |
2013-03-02 |
84. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
66.83 |
0.9763 |
-0.0002 |
143 |
2 |
62.06 |
2012-11-02 |
85. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
66.79 |
0.9101 |
0.0695 |
351 |
1 |
66.79 |
2012-11-02 |
86. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
66.15 |
1.0115 |
-0.0501 |
189 |
2 |
64.58 |
2012-10-30 |
87. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
66.07 |
0.9957 |
-0.0264 |
323 |
1 |
66.07 |
2012-10-28 |
88. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
65.35 |
0.9206 |
0.0349 |
317 |
2 |
61.94 |
2012-10-30 |
89. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
65.18 |
0.9703 |
-0.0116 |
394 |
1 |
65.18 |
2012-10-26 |
90. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
64.91 |
0.9145 |
0.0373 |
404 |
1 |
64.91 |
2012-10-28 |
91. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
64.82 |
0.8880 |
0.0591 |
296 |
2 |
60.22 |
2012-10-31 |
92. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
64.55 |
0.9271 |
0.0154 |
295 |
1 |
64.55 |
2013-01-27 |
93. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
64.54 |
1.0199 |
-0.0808 |
225 |
1 |
64.54 |
2012-10-25 |
94. |
The label doesn't mention that that rib-eye steak came from ... |
64.47 |
0.7764 |
0.1641 |
145 |
1 |
64.47 |
2012-11-01 |
95. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
64.18 |
1.0189 |
-0.0819 |
290 |
1 |
64.18 |
2012-10-25 |
96. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
64.15 |
0.8981 |
0.0479 |
255 |
2 |
57.65 |
2012-10-30 |
97. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
64.07 |
0.9068 |
0.0272 |
212 |
1 |
64.07 |
2012-10-28 |
98. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
64.02 |
0.9698 |
-0.0296 |
389 |
1 |
64.02 |
2012-10-26 |
99. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
63.93 |
0.9545 |
-0.0110 |
412 |
2 |
59.40 |
2012-10-26 |
100. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
63.86 |
1.0125 |
-0.0846 |
171 |
1 |
63.86 |
2012-10-26 |
101. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
63.32 |
1.0521 |
-0.1327 |
197 |
1 |
63.32 |
2012-10-25 |
102. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
62.61 |
0.9244 |
-0.0046 |
225 |
1 |
62.61 |
2012-11-01 |
103. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
62.61 |
1.0139 |
-0.0865 |
349 |
1 |
62.61 |
2012-10-30 |
104. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
62.39 |
0.9330 |
-0.0100 |
341 |
1 |
62.39 |
2012-10-30 |
105. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
62.36 |
1.0106 |
-0.1006 |
302 |
2 |
62.30 |
2012-10-26 |
106. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
61.85 |
1.0128 |
-0.1029 |
369 |
1 |
61.85 |
2012-11-02 |
107. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
61.78 |
1.0267 |
-0.1213 |
261 |
1 |
61.78 |
2012-10-28 |
108. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
61.57 |
1.0028 |
-0.1045 |
259 |
1 |
61.57 |
2012-10-30 |
109. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
61.43 |
0.8986 |
0.0034 |
363 |
1 |
61.43 |
2012-10-28 |
110. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
61.43 |
1.0320 |
-0.1289 |
401 |
1 |
61.43 |
2013-01-27 |
111. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
61.23 |
0.9791 |
-0.0911 |
154 |
1 |
61.23 |
2012-10-30 |
112. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
61.23 |
0.9135 |
-0.0107 |
393 |
1 |
61.23 |
2012-10-26 |
113. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
61.05 |
0.9864 |
-0.0912 |
292 |
1 |
61.05 |
2012-10-26 |
114. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
60.68 |
0.9736 |
-0.0807 |
378 |
1 |
60.68 |
2012-10-25 |
115. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
60.66 |
0.9228 |
-0.0327 |
305 |
1 |
60.66 |
2012-10-26 |
116. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
60.32 |
0.9745 |
-0.0915 |
388 |
1 |
60.32 |
2012-10-28 |
117. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
60.29 |
0.8856 |
0.0024 |
369 |
1 |
60.29 |
2012-10-28 |
118. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
59.85 |
0.9932 |
-0.1114 |
281 |
1 |
59.85 |
2012-10-26 |
119. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
58.99 |
0.9519 |
-0.0867 |
323 |
1 |
58.99 |
2012-10-26 |
120. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
58.55 |
1.0543 |
-0.2026 |
182 |
1 |
58.55 |
2012-11-02 |
121. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
56.54 |
1.0144 |
-0.1764 |
356 |
1 |
56.54 |
2012-10-30 |
122. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
55.90 |
0.9851 |
-0.1643 |
237 |
1 |
55.90 |
2013-01-27 |
123. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
55.28 |
0.8966 |
-0.0905 |
366 |
1 |
55.28 |
2012-10-25 |
124. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
55.24 |
0.7739 |
0.0343 |
207 |
1 |
55.24 |
2012-11-01 |
125. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
54.76 |
0.8721 |
-0.0671 |
231 |
1 |
54.76 |
2012-10-26 |
126. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
54.63 |
0.8993 |
-0.0996 |
366 |
1 |
54.63 |
2012-10-30 |
127. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
54.46 |
0.7915 |
0.0049 |
142 |
1 |
54.46 |
2012-10-28 |
128. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
54.05 |
0.8787 |
-0.0918 |
443 |
1 |
54.05 |
2012-10-28 |
129. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
53.52 |
1.0615 |
-0.2836 |
201 |
1 |
53.52 |
2012-10-26 |
130. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
51.75 |
1.0414 |
-0.2874 |
234 |
1 |
51.75 |
2012-10-26 |
131. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
51.61 |
0.9339 |
-0.1756 |
317 |
1 |
51.61 |
2012-10-26 |
132. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
46.71 |
0.7852 |
-0.1104 |
154 |
1 |
46.71 |
2012-10-26 |
133. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
43.84 |
0.7923 |
-0.1532 |
316 |
1 |
43.84 |
2012-10-25 |
134. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
39.42 |
0.8768 |
-0.2988 |
199 |
1 |
39.42 |
2012-10-25 |
135. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
38.11 |
0.9680 |
-0.4135 |
256 |
1 |
38.11 |
2012-10-30 |
136. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
37.19 |
0.9756 |
-0.4356 |
223 |
1 |
37.19 |
2012-10-28 |