| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
74.13 |
1.0332 |
0.3147 |
267 |
1 |
74.13 |
2010-01-18 |
| 2. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
73.51 |
1.0867 |
0.2461 |
171 |
1 |
73.51 |
2010-01-17 |
| 3. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
70.39 |
1.0192 |
0.2663 |
243 |
2 |
67.59 |
2010-01-18 |
| 4. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
69.12 |
0.9594 |
0.2958 |
258 |
1 |
69.12 |
2010-01-18 |
| 5. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
67.43 |
0.9927 |
0.2340 |
276 |
3 |
58.81 |
2010-01-20 |
| 6. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
66.36 |
1.0590 |
0.1464 |
250 |
1 |
66.36 |
2010-01-18 |
| 7. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
66.15 |
1.1086 |
0.0945 |
233 |
1 |
66.15 |
2010-01-17 |
| 8. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
65.18 |
1.0509 |
0.1416 |
295 |
1 |
65.18 |
2010-01-20 |
| 9. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
65.07 |
1.0521 |
0.1252 |
197 |
1 |
65.07 |
2010-01-18 |
| 10. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
64.66 |
1.0479 |
0.1260 |
205 |
1 |
64.66 |
2010-01-20 |
| 11. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
62.35 |
0.9873 |
0.1447 |
274 |
1 |
62.35 |
2010-01-17 |
| 12. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
62.22 |
0.9682 |
0.1731 |
341 |
2 |
54.51 |
2010-01-18 |
| 13. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
61.46 |
1.0370 |
0.0798 |
262 |
1 |
61.46 |
2010-01-17 |
| 14. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
61.10 |
0.9857 |
0.1306 |
268 |
1 |
61.10 |
2010-01-17 |
| 15. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
60.95 |
0.9244 |
0.1885 |
225 |
1 |
60.95 |
2010-01-18 |
| 16. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
60.69 |
0.9801 |
0.1310 |
282 |
1 |
60.69 |
2010-01-18 |
| 17. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
60.34 |
0.9948 |
0.1006 |
233 |
1 |
60.34 |
2010-01-18 |
| 18. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
59.90 |
0.9880 |
0.0963 |
199 |
1 |
59.90 |
2010-01-20 |
| 19. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
59.89 |
1.0800 |
0.0054 |
213 |
1 |
59.89 |
2010-01-17 |
| 20. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
59.71 |
1.0131 |
0.0753 |
245 |
1 |
59.71 |
2010-01-17 |
| 21. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
59.47 |
1.0628 |
0.0198 |
363 |
1 |
59.47 |
2010-01-17 |
| 22. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
59.26 |
1.0112 |
0.0646 |
242 |
1 |
59.26 |
2010-01-18 |
| 23. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
58.92 |
0.8847 |
0.1837 |
282 |
1 |
58.92 |
2010-01-20 |
| 24. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
58.51 |
0.9394 |
0.1222 |
195 |
1 |
58.51 |
2010-01-17 |
| 25. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
58.10 |
0.9352 |
0.1193 |
194 |
2 |
57.97 |
2010-01-17 |
| 26. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
57.92 |
0.9922 |
0.0607 |
264 |
1 |
57.92 |
2010-01-17 |
| 27. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
57.64 |
1.0487 |
-0.0037 |
253 |
1 |
57.64 |
2010-01-17 |
| 28. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
57.46 |
1.0291 |
0.0127 |
240 |
1 |
57.46 |
2010-01-17 |
| 29. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
56.92 |
0.9801 |
0.0536 |
289 |
1 |
56.92 |
2010-01-17 |
| 30. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
56.75 |
1.0060 |
0.0263 |
260 |
1 |
56.75 |
2010-01-17 |
| 31. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
56.50 |
0.9917 |
0.0367 |
317 |
2 |
55.53 |
2010-01-18 |
| 32. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
56.35 |
0.9809 |
0.0388 |
209 |
1 |
56.35 |
2010-01-17 |
| 33. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
55.95 |
0.9809 |
0.0432 |
250 |
1 |
55.95 |
2010-01-18 |
| 34. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
55.77 |
0.9678 |
0.0495 |
392 |
1 |
55.77 |
2010-01-17 |
| 35. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
55.71 |
0.9271 |
0.0844 |
295 |
1 |
55.71 |
2010-01-17 |
| 36. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
55.52 |
0.9284 |
0.0837 |
346 |
1 |
55.52 |
2010-01-20 |
| 37. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
55.41 |
0.8845 |
0.1232 |
239 |
1 |
55.41 |
2010-01-18 |
| 38. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
55.32 |
0.8824 |
0.1241 |
202 |
1 |
55.32 |
2010-01-18 |
| 39. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
55.04 |
0.9206 |
0.0796 |
317 |
1 |
55.04 |
2010-01-18 |
| 40. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
54.97 |
0.9517 |
0.0454 |
276 |
1 |
54.97 |
2010-01-20 |
| 41. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
54.78 |
1.0362 |
-0.0350 |
437 |
2 |
53.65 |
2010-01-20 |
| 42. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
54.22 |
1.0960 |
-0.1072 |
315 |
1 |
54.22 |
2010-01-17 |
| 43. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
54.14 |
0.9029 |
0.0830 |
393 |
2 |
47.33 |
2010-01-20 |
| 44. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
53.97 |
0.9371 |
0.0342 |
156 |
1 |
53.97 |
2010-01-21 |
| 45. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
53.87 |
1.0130 |
-0.0346 |
288 |
2 |
52.20 |
2010-01-20 |
| 46. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
53.51 |
0.9643 |
0.0160 |
282 |
2 |
51.83 |
2010-01-20 |
| 47. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
53.01 |
1.0524 |
-0.0917 |
177 |
1 |
53.01 |
2010-01-17 |
| 48. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
52.99 |
1.0372 |
-0.0754 |
249 |
1 |
52.99 |
2010-01-17 |
| 49. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
52.58 |
0.9338 |
0.0308 |
326 |
1 |
52.58 |
2010-01-20 |
| 50. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
52.57 |
0.9966 |
-0.0349 |
377 |
1 |
52.57 |
2010-01-18 |
| 51. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
51.17 |
0.9927 |
-0.0671 |
234 |
1 |
51.17 |
2010-01-17 |
| 52. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
50.69 |
0.9915 |
-0.0722 |
281 |
1 |
50.69 |
2010-01-17 |
| 53. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
50.38 |
0.9673 |
-0.0506 |
292 |
1 |
50.38 |
2010-01-17 |
| 54. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
50.25 |
0.9844 |
-0.0602 |
351 |
1 |
50.25 |
2010-01-17 |
| 55. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
50.25 |
1.0033 |
-0.0909 |
203 |
1 |
50.25 |
2010-01-17 |
| 56. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
50.19 |
0.9644 |
-0.0503 |
398 |
1 |
50.19 |
2010-01-17 |
| 57. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
49.98 |
0.9380 |
-0.0323 |
284 |
1 |
49.98 |
2010-01-20 |
| 58. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
49.38 |
0.9574 |
-0.0580 |
354 |
1 |
49.38 |
2010-01-17 |
| 59. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
49.09 |
0.9357 |
-0.0470 |
204 |
1 |
49.09 |
2010-01-20 |
| 60. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
48.03 |
1.0351 |
-0.1597 |
276 |
1 |
48.03 |
2010-01-20 |
| 61. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
47.55 |
0.9839 |
-0.1213 |
308 |
1 |
47.55 |
2010-01-20 |
| 62. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
47.05 |
0.9403 |
-0.0740 |
345 |
1 |
47.05 |
2010-01-18 |
| 63. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
46.98 |
0.9841 |
-0.1350 |
217 |
1 |
46.98 |
2010-01-17 |
| 64. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
46.47 |
0.9820 |
-0.1306 |
297 |
1 |
46.47 |
2010-01-16 |
| 65. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
46.25 |
0.9243 |
-0.0832 |
240 |
1 |
46.25 |
2010-01-18 |
| 66. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
45.89 |
0.8192 |
0.0152 |
200 |
1 |
45.89 |
2010-01-17 |
| 67. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
45.84 |
0.8437 |
-0.0129 |
268 |
1 |
45.84 |
2010-01-17 |
| 68. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
44.90 |
0.8986 |
-0.0837 |
216 |
1 |
44.90 |
2010-01-17 |
| 69. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
44.75 |
0.9108 |
-0.0993 |
235 |
1 |
44.75 |
2010-01-17 |
| 70. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
44.39 |
1.0208 |
-0.2159 |
231 |
1 |
44.39 |
2010-01-17 |
| 71. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
43.67 |
0.9791 |
-0.1938 |
154 |
1 |
43.67 |
2010-01-20 |
| 72. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
43.33 |
0.9884 |
-0.2002 |
267 |
1 |
43.33 |
2010-01-16 |
| 73. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
41.70 |
1.0495 |
-0.2941 |
323 |
1 |
41.70 |
2010-01-16 |
| 74. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
40.91 |
0.8901 |
-0.1494 |
273 |
1 |
40.91 |
2010-01-17 |
| 75. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
40.89 |
0.8718 |
-0.1272 |
318 |
1 |
40.89 |
2010-01-18 |
| 76. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
40.45 |
1.0334 |
-0.3010 |
261 |
1 |
40.45 |
2010-01-16 |
| 77. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
39.26 |
1.0341 |
-0.3234 |
273 |
1 |
39.26 |
2010-01-20 |