| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
58.97 |
1.0225 |
0.3083 |
152 |
1 |
58.97 |
2012-05-24 |
| 2. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
58.85 |
1.0341 |
0.3016 |
273 |
2 |
52.23 |
2012-05-10 |
| 3. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
55.24 |
1.0268 |
0.2201 |
179 |
1 |
55.24 |
2012-05-24 |
| 4. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
55.05 |
1.0672 |
0.1811 |
239 |
2 |
51.62 |
2012-05-09 |
| 5. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
54.88 |
0.8805 |
0.3655 |
205 |
1 |
54.88 |
2012-04-12 |
| 6. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
53.52 |
1.0461 |
0.1735 |
286 |
2 |
46.30 |
2012-04-17 |
| 7. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
53.52 |
1.0033 |
0.2117 |
203 |
3 |
46.46 |
2012-04-26 |
| 8. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
53.20 |
0.9991 |
0.2074 |
339 |
1 |
53.20 |
2012-05-25 |
| 9. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
52.97 |
1.0601 |
0.1391 |
256 |
1 |
52.97 |
2012-05-09 |
| 10. |
How many times have you seen the leader of a race have a mec... |
52.52 |
1.0208 |
0.1708 |
232 |
1 |
52.52 |
2012-05-25 |
| 11. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
52.50 |
1.0836 |
0.1111 |
206 |
2 |
44.06 |
2012-05-17 |
| 12. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
51.82 |
0.9757 |
0.1968 |
176 |
1 |
51.82 |
2012-05-10 |
| 13. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
51.54 |
1.0338 |
0.1410 |
277 |
2 |
50.09 |
2012-05-25 |
| 14. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
51.46 |
0.8935 |
0.2826 |
351 |
1 |
51.46 |
2012-04-30 |
| 15. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
51.16 |
1.0504 |
0.1126 |
225 |
2 |
49.54 |
2012-05-15 |
| 16. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
51.06 |
1.0287 |
0.1292 |
269 |
1 |
51.06 |
2012-04-16 |
| 17. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
51.01 |
1.0199 |
0.1339 |
225 |
1 |
51.01 |
2012-04-17 |
| 18. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
50.17 |
1.0004 |
0.1405 |
373 |
2 |
46.07 |
2012-04-12 |
| 19. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
49.71 |
0.9801 |
0.1559 |
282 |
2 |
47.50 |
2012-04-12 |
| 20. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
49.69 |
0.9703 |
0.1639 |
394 |
1 |
49.69 |
2012-05-09 |
| 21. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
49.63 |
0.9917 |
0.1368 |
317 |
1 |
49.63 |
2012-05-09 |
| 22. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
49.61 |
1.0095 |
0.1146 |
211 |
1 |
49.61 |
2012-02-27 |
| 23. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
49.48 |
1.0411 |
0.0833 |
341 |
1 |
49.48 |
2012-05-25 |
| 24. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
49.44 |
0.9682 |
0.1638 |
341 |
1 |
49.44 |
2012-05-15 |
| 25. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
49.06 |
1.0243 |
0.0922 |
153 |
1 |
49.06 |
2012-04-30 |
| 26. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
49.01 |
0.9636 |
0.1474 |
281 |
1 |
49.01 |
2012-04-12 |
| 27. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
48.36 |
1.0304 |
0.0634 |
256 |
1 |
48.36 |
2012-02-27 |
| 28. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
48.09 |
0.9783 |
0.1204 |
273 |
1 |
48.09 |
2012-05-10 |
| 29. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
47.87 |
0.9948 |
0.0904 |
233 |
1 |
47.87 |
2012-02-24 |
| 30. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
47.52 |
0.9213 |
0.1547 |
165 |
1 |
47.52 |
2012-02-22 |
| 31. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
47.49 |
0.9530 |
0.1203 |
193 |
1 |
47.49 |
2012-05-24 |
| 32. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
47.48 |
1.0615 |
0.0128 |
201 |
1 |
47.48 |
2012-04-12 |
| 33. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
47.36 |
1.0103 |
0.0581 |
209 |
1 |
47.36 |
2012-05-09 |
| 34. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
47.36 |
0.9780 |
0.0902 |
173 |
2 |
35.06 |
2012-05-09 |
| 35. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
47.27 |
0.9394 |
0.1311 |
195 |
1 |
47.27 |
2012-05-25 |
| 36. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
47.18 |
0.9371 |
0.1240 |
156 |
2 |
39.91 |
2012-02-24 |
| 37. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
47.12 |
0.9145 |
0.1575 |
404 |
1 |
47.12 |
2012-05-10 |
| 38. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
47.08 |
0.8847 |
0.1808 |
282 |
1 |
47.08 |
2012-05-09 |
| 39. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
47.07 |
1.0464 |
0.0271 |
213 |
1 |
47.07 |
2012-02-24 |
| 40. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
47.04 |
0.8958 |
0.1674 |
188 |
1 |
47.04 |
2012-02-22 |
| 41. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
46.94 |
0.9726 |
0.0974 |
396 |
1 |
46.94 |
2012-05-24 |
| 42. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
46.61 |
0.9989 |
0.0653 |
282 |
1 |
46.61 |
2012-03-06 |
| 43. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
46.53 |
1.0188 |
0.0460 |
316 |
1 |
46.53 |
2012-04-17 |
| 44. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
46.26 |
1.0755 |
-0.0259 |
243 |
1 |
46.26 |
2012-02-24 |
| 45. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
46.11 |
0.9922 |
0.0541 |
264 |
1 |
46.11 |
2012-02-22 |
| 46. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
46.07 |
0.9101 |
0.1389 |
351 |
1 |
46.07 |
2012-05-09 |
| 47. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
45.85 |
1.0204 |
0.0111 |
143 |
1 |
45.85 |
2012-05-10 |
| 48. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
45.34 |
1.0881 |
-0.0637 |
210 |
1 |
45.34 |
2012-02-24 |
| 49. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
45.01 |
0.8067 |
0.2145 |
215 |
2 |
40.39 |
2012-05-24 |
| 50. |
Wood and other fibrous material is mixed with liquid and mas... |
44.89 |
0.8938 |
0.1245 |
238 |
1 |
44.89 |
2011-11-08 |
| 51. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
44.84 |
0.9421 |
0.0733 |
173 |
1 |
44.84 |
2012-04-30 |
| 52. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
44.56 |
0.9316 |
0.0807 |
188 |
1 |
44.56 |
2012-02-24 |
| 53. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
44.55 |
0.9931 |
0.0215 |
339 |
1 |
44.55 |
2012-02-24 |
| 54. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
44.38 |
1.0165 |
-0.0114 |
316 |
1 |
44.38 |
2012-03-09 |
| 55. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
44.32 |
0.9820 |
0.0313 |
297 |
2 |
39.03 |
2012-03-06 |
| 56. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
44.29 |
1.0427 |
-0.0377 |
269 |
1 |
44.29 |
2012-03-09 |
| 57. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
44.28 |
1.0676 |
-0.0584 |
456 |
1 |
44.28 |
2012-05-25 |
| 58. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
44.08 |
1.0016 |
-0.0037 |
217 |
1 |
44.08 |
2012-02-24 |
| 59. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
44.03 |
1.0540 |
-0.0605 |
184 |
1 |
44.03 |
2011-11-08 |
| 60. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
44.01 |
0.9310 |
0.0662 |
278 |
1 |
44.01 |
2011-10-12 |
| 61. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
44.00 |
1.0392 |
-0.0366 |
258 |
2 |
33.94 |
2012-02-22 |
| 62. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
43.81 |
0.9927 |
0.0012 |
276 |
1 |
43.81 |
2011-10-13 |
| 63. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
43.70 |
0.9054 |
0.0876 |
204 |
1 |
43.70 |
2011-11-08 |
| 64. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
43.58 |
0.8988 |
0.0887 |
193 |
1 |
43.58 |
2012-03-06 |
| 65. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
43.06 |
1.0567 |
-0.0808 |
314 |
1 |
43.06 |
2011-10-13 |
| 66. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
42.95 |
0.8624 |
0.1067 |
174 |
2 |
41.91 |
2012-05-25 |
| 67. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
42.37 |
0.9402 |
0.0183 |
310 |
1 |
42.37 |
2012-04-26 |
| 68. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
42.27 |
1.0617 |
-0.1058 |
171 |
1 |
42.27 |
2011-10-13 |
| 69. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
42.23 |
0.9836 |
-0.0350 |
123 |
1 |
42.23 |
2011-10-13 |
| 70. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
42.13 |
0.9183 |
0.0376 |
308 |
1 |
42.13 |
2012-02-22 |
| 71. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
41.88 |
0.9128 |
0.0333 |
237 |
1 |
41.88 |
2012-04-12 |
| 72. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
41.87 |
1.0267 |
-0.0746 |
261 |
1 |
41.87 |
2012-03-09 |
| 73. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
41.70 |
0.9804 |
-0.0350 |
227 |
1 |
41.70 |
2012-02-22 |
| 74. |
If you begin to repeat an error, or if your concentration or... |
41.67 |
0.9549 |
-0.0130 |
204 |
1 |
41.67 |
2012-03-06 |
| 75. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
41.44 |
0.9890 |
-0.0458 |
272 |
1 |
41.44 |
2012-05-09 |
| 76. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
41.21 |
0.8194 |
0.1136 |
193 |
1 |
41.21 |
2011-10-14 |
| 77. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
41.08 |
0.9384 |
-0.0104 |
296 |
2 |
40.93 |
2011-11-08 |
| 78. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
40.65 |
1.0800 |
-0.1661 |
129 |
1 |
40.65 |
2011-10-07 |
| 79. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
40.33 |
1.0472 |
-0.1396 |
149 |
1 |
40.33 |
2012-05-25 |
| 80. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
40.30 |
0.9485 |
-0.0400 |
227 |
1 |
40.30 |
2011-10-13 |
| 81. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
40.27 |
0.9763 |
-0.0638 |
143 |
2 |
38.84 |
2012-05-24 |
| 82. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
40.19 |
1.0042 |
-0.0972 |
168 |
1 |
40.19 |
2011-11-08 |
| 83. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
39.87 |
0.8824 |
0.0226 |
202 |
1 |
39.87 |
2011-10-12 |
| 84. |
For all its apparent strength, the Aztec Empire had vulnerab... |
39.49 |
0.8003 |
0.0976 |
219 |
1 |
39.49 |
2012-04-16 |
| 85. |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic ... |
39.29 |
0.8208 |
0.0726 |
149 |
1 |
39.29 |
2011-10-07 |
| 86. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
39.29 |
1.0865 |
-0.1968 |
237 |
1 |
39.29 |
2012-04-09 |
| 87. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
39.15 |
0.8572 |
0.0280 |
232 |
1 |
39.15 |
2011-10-11 |
| 88. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
39.14 |
0.9621 |
-0.0735 |
212 |
1 |
39.14 |
2011-10-13 |
| 89. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
39.11 |
0.9349 |
-0.0460 |
287 |
1 |
39.11 |
2011-10-27 |
| 90. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
38.66 |
1.0264 |
-0.1547 |
191 |
1 |
38.66 |
2011-10-07 |
| 91. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
38.64 |
0.8391 |
0.0415 |
294 |
1 |
38.64 |
2012-05-09 |
| 92. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
38.51 |
0.8646 |
0.0042 |
110 |
1 |
38.51 |
2011-10-07 |
| 93. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
38.51 |
0.9243 |
-0.0521 |
231 |
1 |
38.51 |
2011-10-13 |
| 94. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
38.51 |
1.0576 |
-0.1881 |
231 |
1 |
38.51 |
2011-11-08 |
| 95. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
37.86 |
0.8246 |
0.0338 |
183 |
1 |
37.86 |
2011-10-27 |
| 96. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
37.79 |
0.8474 |
0.0091 |
265 |
1 |
37.79 |
2012-03-06 |
| 97. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
37.56 |
1.0506 |
-0.2005 |
259 |
1 |
37.56 |
2011-10-13 |
| 98. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
37.42 |
1.0036 |
-0.1552 |
277 |
1 |
37.42 |
2012-02-27 |
| 99. |
At the very end of these food chains (which is to say, at th... |
37.24 |
0.8236 |
0.0134 |
178 |
1 |
37.24 |
2011-11-08 |
| 100. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
37.15 |
1.0736 |
-0.2283 |
256 |
1 |
37.15 |
2011-10-07 |
| 101. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
36.99 |
0.9981 |
-0.1612 |
211 |
1 |
36.99 |
2011-11-08 |
| 102. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
36.47 |
1.0529 |
-0.2243 |
373 |
1 |
36.47 |
2011-10-11 |
| 103. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
36.43 |
0.9103 |
-0.0859 |
269 |
1 |
36.43 |
2011-09-30 |
| 104. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
35.81 |
0.9761 |
-0.1604 |
227 |
1 |
35.81 |
2011-10-13 |
| 105. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
35.32 |
1.0877 |
-0.2922 |
129 |
1 |
35.32 |
2011-10-13 |
| 106. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
34.95 |
0.9084 |
-0.1159 |
271 |
1 |
34.95 |
2011-10-07 |
| 107. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
34.91 |
0.9854 |
-0.1938 |
174 |
1 |
34.91 |
2011-10-14 |
| 108. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
34.90 |
0.9836 |
-0.1937 |
289 |
1 |
34.90 |
2011-10-13 |
| 109. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
34.32 |
0.8437 |
-0.0672 |
268 |
1 |
34.32 |
2011-10-14 |
| 110. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
34.22 |
0.8666 |
-0.0944 |
206 |
1 |
34.22 |
2012-04-16 |
| 111. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
34.07 |
0.9338 |
-0.1528 |
326 |
1 |
34.07 |
2011-11-08 |
| 112. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
33.22 |
0.9374 |
-0.1832 |
232 |
1 |
33.22 |
2011-10-27 |
| 113. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
32.22 |
0.9583 |
-0.2290 |
237 |
1 |
32.22 |
2011-10-07 |
| 114. |
Pulp: 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. 2. A magaz... |
31.27 |
0.8843 |
-0.1659 |
168 |
1 |
31.27 |
2011-10-13 |
| 115. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
30.38 |
0.9621 |
-0.2785 |
201 |
1 |
30.38 |
2011-10-07 |
| 116. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
29.64 |
0.8988 |
-0.2292 |
216 |
1 |
29.64 |
2011-10-27 |