| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
119.18 |
1.0362 |
0.0676 |
437 |
2 |
108.83 |
2009-10-03 |
| 2. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
112.38 |
1.0350 |
0.0140 |
416 |
1 |
112.38 |
2009-10-13 |
| 3. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
108.20 |
0.9145 |
0.0848 |
404 |
1 |
108.20 |
2008-09-12 |
| 4. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
106.49 |
0.9873 |
0.0032 |
396 |
1 |
106.49 |
2009-09-25 |
| 5. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
112.49 |
0.9726 |
0.0681 |
396 |
1 |
112.49 |
2008-09-12 |
| 6. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
97.97 |
0.9681 |
-0.0614 |
392 |
1 |
97.97 |
2009-09-25 |
| 7. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
107.10 |
0.9678 |
0.0221 |
392 |
1 |
107.10 |
2008-11-30 |
| 8. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
120.78 |
1.0234 |
0.0930 |
392 |
2 |
114.23 |
2008-09-12 |
| 9. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
112.97 |
0.9745 |
0.0676 |
388 |
1 |
112.97 |
2008-09-12 |
| 10. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
99.19 |
1.0057 |
-0.0904 |
382 |
1 |
99.19 |
2009-09-25 |
| 11. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
105.44 |
1.0227 |
-0.0464 |
378 |
1 |
105.44 |
2008-09-15 |
| 12. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
109.21 |
0.9740 |
0.0345 |
371 |
1 |
109.21 |
2008-09-12 |
| 13. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
103.82 |
0.9787 |
-0.0201 |
364 |
1 |
103.82 |
2008-09-12 |
| 14. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
119.76 |
0.9561 |
0.1484 |
362 |
1 |
119.76 |
2010-04-18 |
| 15. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
116.06 |
0.9810 |
0.0926 |
362 |
1 |
116.06 |
2008-09-15 |
| 16. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
113.17 |
1.0607 |
-0.0161 |
357 |
2 |
108.88 |
2008-09-12 |
| 17. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
98.72 |
0.9885 |
-0.0804 |
355 |
1 |
98.72 |
2008-09-15 |
| 18. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
107.86 |
1.0686 |
-0.0723 |
354 |
1 |
107.86 |
2008-09-15 |
| 19. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
97.10 |
0.9844 |
-0.0793 |
351 |
1 |
97.10 |
2009-09-25 |
| 20. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
105.47 |
0.9101 |
0.0643 |
351 |
1 |
105.47 |
2008-09-15 |
| 21. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
112.87 |
1.0600 |
-0.0207 |
351 |
1 |
112.87 |
2008-09-12 |
| 22. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
102.37 |
0.9136 |
0.0315 |
348 |
1 |
102.37 |
2009-09-25 |
| 23. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
102.66 |
0.9682 |
-0.0133 |
341 |
1 |
102.66 |
2009-10-13 |
| 24. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
117.05 |
1.0419 |
0.0390 |
341 |
1 |
117.05 |
2008-11-18 |
| 25. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
104.67 |
0.9931 |
-0.0255 |
339 |
1 |
104.67 |
2008-09-12 |
| 26. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
111.80 |
0.9842 |
0.0471 |
335 |
2 |
108.72 |
2008-11-30 |
| 27. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
103.64 |
0.9957 |
-0.0423 |
323 |
1 |
103.64 |
2010-04-18 |
| 28. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
97.71 |
0.9468 |
-0.0483 |
318 |
1 |
97.71 |
2008-09-12 |
| 29. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
108.60 |
0.9206 |
0.0794 |
317 |
1 |
108.60 |
2008-09-12 |
| 30. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
91.32 |
0.7923 |
0.0478 |
316 |
1 |
91.32 |
2010-01-19 |
| 31. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
110.83 |
1.0188 |
0.0107 |
316 |
1 |
110.83 |
2009-09-25 |
| 32. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
66.75 |
1.0165 |
-0.4054 |
316 |
1 |
66.75 |
2009-09-25 |
| 33. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
109.41 |
1.0567 |
-0.0500 |
314 |
1 |
109.41 |
2008-09-12 |
| 34. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
103.92 |
0.9183 |
0.0388 |
308 |
1 |
103.92 |
2008-09-12 |
| 35. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
107.63 |
0.9866 |
0.0043 |
308 |
1 |
107.63 |
2008-09-12 |
| 36. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
101.73 |
0.9228 |
0.0176 |
305 |
1 |
101.73 |
2009-09-25 |
| 37. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
119.21 |
1.0270 |
0.0714 |
303 |
2 |
117.29 |
2008-09-15 |
| 38. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
121.59 |
1.0639 |
0.0570 |
303 |
2 |
116.37 |
2008-09-15 |
| 39. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
103.31 |
1.0106 |
-0.0611 |
302 |
1 |
103.31 |
2008-09-12 |
| 40. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
98.35 |
0.9143 |
-0.0087 |
300 |
1 |
98.35 |
2008-11-30 |
| 41. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
81.60 |
0.8880 |
-0.1384 |
296 |
1 |
81.60 |
2008-09-12 |
| 42. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
106.87 |
0.9271 |
0.0560 |
295 |
1 |
106.87 |
2009-09-25 |
| 43. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
110.29 |
0.9909 |
0.0289 |
293 |
1 |
110.29 |
2008-09-12 |
| 44. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
115.51 |
0.9928 |
0.0701 |
293 |
2 |
114.83 |
2009-10-16 |
| 45. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
110.11 |
1.0189 |
-0.0060 |
290 |
1 |
110.11 |
2008-09-12 |
| 46. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
108.54 |
1.0059 |
-0.0058 |
283 |
1 |
108.54 |
2008-12-05 |
| 47. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
119.61 |
0.9927 |
0.1094 |
276 |
2 |
117.39 |
2009-10-13 |
| 48. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
126.81 |
1.0181 |
0.1513 |
276 |
3 |
118.76 |
2009-10-13 |
| 49. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
99.57 |
1.0079 |
-0.0930 |
273 |
1 |
99.57 |
2009-09-25 |
| 50. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
92.68 |
1.0759 |
-0.2182 |
273 |
1 |
92.68 |
2010-01-19 |
| 51. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
121.76 |
0.9084 |
0.2145 |
271 |
1 |
121.76 |
2008-09-12 |
| 52. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
115.95 |
1.0250 |
0.0455 |
271 |
2 |
113.85 |
2009-09-25 |
| 53. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
89.66 |
0.8437 |
-0.0203 |
268 |
1 |
89.66 |
2008-09-12 |
| 54. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
109.56 |
0.9841 |
0.0227 |
263 |
1 |
109.56 |
2009-09-25 |
| 55. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
125.52 |
1.0334 |
0.1222 |
261 |
2 |
123.93 |
2009-09-25 |
| 56. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
107.36 |
1.0481 |
-0.0678 |
255 |
2 |
103.79 |
2010-01-19 |
| 57. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
113.19 |
1.0487 |
-0.0089 |
253 |
1 |
113.19 |
2009-10-13 |
| 58. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
106.27 |
1.0590 |
-0.0822 |
250 |
2 |
106.00 |
2009-10-13 |
| 59. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
106.56 |
0.9425 |
0.0388 |
248 |
2 |
104.50 |
2009-10-16 |
| 60. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
97.74 |
0.8656 |
0.0345 |
242 |
1 |
97.74 |
2008-09-12 |
| 61. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
117.37 |
1.0672 |
0.0123 |
239 |
1 |
117.37 |
2010-01-19 |
| 62. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
95.55 |
0.9128 |
-0.0369 |
237 |
1 |
95.55 |
2008-09-12 |
| 63. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
109.57 |
1.0403 |
-0.0335 |
234 |
2 |
105.51 |
2008-09-12 |
| 64. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
110.56 |
0.9948 |
0.0218 |
233 |
1 |
110.56 |
2008-09-12 |
| 65. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
118.86 |
1.1086 |
-0.0137 |
233 |
1 |
118.86 |
2010-01-19 |
| 66. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
110.37 |
1.0125 |
0.0019 |
232 |
1 |
110.37 |
2008-11-18 |
| 67. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
111.55 |
0.9829 |
0.0432 |
229 |
1 |
111.55 |
2008-11-18 |
| 68. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
115.91 |
1.0585 |
0.0115 |
226 |
1 |
115.91 |
2010-01-19 |
| 69. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
114.19 |
1.0777 |
-0.0285 |
226 |
2 |
112.31 |
2008-09-12 |
| 70. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
113.30 |
1.0272 |
0.0137 |
226 |
1 |
113.30 |
2009-09-25 |
| 71. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
119.97 |
1.0199 |
0.0811 |
225 |
1 |
119.97 |
2009-09-25 |
| 72. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
122.34 |
1.0504 |
0.0782 |
225 |
1 |
122.34 |
2009-09-25 |
| 73. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
115.89 |
0.9756 |
0.0907 |
223 |
1 |
115.89 |
2009-09-25 |
| 74. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
97.86 |
1.0016 |
-0.1032 |
217 |
1 |
97.86 |
2008-09-12 |
| 75. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
107.68 |
0.9981 |
-0.0080 |
211 |
1 |
107.68 |
2008-09-12 |
| 76. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
107.73 |
1.0178 |
-0.0281 |
207 |
1 |
107.73 |
2009-09-25 |
| 77. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
106.23 |
1.0615 |
-0.0869 |
201 |
1 |
106.23 |
2008-11-18 |
| 78. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
94.99 |
0.8913 |
-0.0163 |
201 |
1 |
94.99 |
2008-09-12 |
| 79. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
98.53 |
0.9869 |
-0.0843 |
193 |
1 |
98.53 |
2009-09-25 |
| 80. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
113.14 |
1.0279 |
0.0079 |
172 |
1 |
113.14 |
2008-11-18 |
| 81. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
86.32 |
1.0125 |
-0.2242 |
171 |
1 |
86.32 |
2009-10-03 |
| 82. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
107.78 |
0.9807 |
-0.0004 |
129 |
2 |
106.45 |
2009-10-16 |
| 83. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
133.05 |
1.0800 |
0.1389 |
129 |
2 |
130.01 |
2010-01-19 |