| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
71.12 |
1.0777 |
0.1685 |
226 |
2 |
68.05 |
2011-08-01 |
| 2. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
68.98 |
1.1062 |
0.1060 |
200 |
1 |
68.98 |
2013-01-09 |
| 3. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
68.73 |
1.1095 |
0.0989 |
252 |
2 |
67.18 |
2013-01-09 |
| 4. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
67.11 |
1.0372 |
0.1398 |
249 |
1 |
67.11 |
2011-08-06 |
| 5. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
66.30 |
1.0403 |
0.1211 |
234 |
1 |
66.30 |
2011-08-01 |
| 6. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
66.22 |
1.0543 |
0.1097 |
360 |
1 |
66.22 |
2011-07-12 |
| 7. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
65.72 |
1.0600 |
0.0932 |
351 |
1 |
65.72 |
2011-07-12 |
| 8. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
65.09 |
1.0845 |
0.0560 |
212 |
2 |
61.83 |
2011-08-01 |
| 9. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
65.02 |
1.0521 |
0.0831 |
197 |
1 |
65.02 |
2011-09-28 |
| 10. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
64.51 |
1.0873 |
0.0412 |
243 |
1 |
64.51 |
2010-12-31 |
| 11. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
64.51 |
1.0487 |
0.0805 |
253 |
1 |
64.51 |
2011-07-12 |
| 12. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
63.82 |
1.0132 |
0.1067 |
371 |
1 |
63.82 |
2011-08-06 |
| 13. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
63.69 |
1.0509 |
0.0734 |
295 |
2 |
59.80 |
2013-01-09 |
| 14. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
63.36 |
1.0654 |
0.0431 |
247 |
1 |
63.36 |
2011-07-12 |
| 15. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
62.64 |
0.9841 |
0.1114 |
217 |
1 |
62.64 |
2011-09-28 |
| 16. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
62.64 |
1.0208 |
0.0776 |
231 |
1 |
62.64 |
2011-07-25 |
| 17. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
62.22 |
0.9857 |
0.1113 |
268 |
1 |
62.22 |
2011-07-25 |
| 18. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
62.22 |
1.0060 |
0.0918 |
244 |
1 |
62.22 |
2013-01-09 |
| 19. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
62.12 |
1.0698 |
0.0265 |
303 |
1 |
62.12 |
2013-01-09 |
| 20. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
62.12 |
1.1198 |
-0.0317 |
247 |
1 |
62.12 |
2011-08-01 |
| 21. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
62.08 |
1.0095 |
0.0776 |
211 |
1 |
62.08 |
2011-08-01 |
| 22. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
61.77 |
1.0426 |
0.0368 |
131 |
1 |
61.77 |
2011-09-28 |
| 23. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
61.46 |
0.9817 |
0.1013 |
304 |
2 |
56.89 |
2013-01-09 |
| 24. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
61.40 |
0.9756 |
0.1035 |
216 |
1 |
61.40 |
2013-01-09 |
| 25. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
61.36 |
0.9844 |
0.1037 |
351 |
2 |
49.45 |
2011-07-25 |
| 26. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
61.21 |
1.0130 |
0.0604 |
288 |
2 |
57.46 |
2013-01-09 |
| 27. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
60.84 |
1.0461 |
0.0255 |
286 |
1 |
60.84 |
2011-07-25 |
| 28. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
60.76 |
1.0069 |
0.0616 |
242 |
1 |
60.76 |
2011-08-01 |
| 29. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
60.69 |
1.0504 |
0.0158 |
225 |
1 |
60.69 |
2013-01-09 |
| 30. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
60.62 |
1.0111 |
0.0638 |
452 |
1 |
60.62 |
2011-08-06 |
| 31. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
60.53 |
0.9926 |
0.0801 |
413 |
1 |
60.53 |
2013-01-09 |
| 32. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
60.45 |
0.9779 |
0.0805 |
255 |
1 |
60.45 |
2011-07-25 |
| 33. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
60.42 |
0.9606 |
0.1029 |
203 |
2 |
58.10 |
2011-08-01 |
| 34. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
60.41 |
0.8603 |
0.1986 |
270 |
1 |
60.41 |
2011-09-28 |
| 35. |
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the ... |
60.37 |
1.0471 |
0.0031 |
170 |
1 |
60.37 |
2013-01-09 |
| 36. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
60.20 |
1.0543 |
-0.0022 |
182 |
1 |
60.20 |
2013-01-09 |
| 37. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
60.17 |
1.0743 |
-0.0180 |
297 |
2 |
55.02 |
2011-10-20 |
| 38. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
60.16 |
1.0901 |
-0.0334 |
288 |
1 |
60.16 |
2011-08-06 |
| 39. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
60.13 |
1.0042 |
0.0464 |
168 |
1 |
60.13 |
2011-01-17 |
| 40. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
60.11 |
1.0538 |
0.0128 |
367 |
1 |
60.11 |
2011-08-01 |
| 41. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
59.74 |
0.9820 |
0.0738 |
297 |
2 |
46.95 |
2011-07-25 |
| 42. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
59.65 |
1.0253 |
0.0233 |
337 |
1 |
59.65 |
2011-09-28 |
| 43. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
59.47 |
0.9709 |
0.0705 |
264 |
1 |
59.47 |
2013-01-09 |
| 44. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
59.45 |
1.1138 |
-0.0628 |
341 |
1 |
59.45 |
2013-01-09 |
| 45. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
59.40 |
0.9536 |
0.0964 |
311 |
2 |
58.44 |
2011-08-06 |
| 46. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
59.37 |
0.9517 |
0.0877 |
276 |
1 |
59.37 |
2011-09-28 |
| 47. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
59.22 |
0.9885 |
0.0500 |
355 |
1 |
59.22 |
2013-01-09 |
| 48. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
59.21 |
1.0399 |
0.0033 |
257 |
1 |
59.21 |
2011-08-01 |
| 49. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
58.84 |
0.9933 |
0.0459 |
450 |
1 |
58.84 |
2011-08-01 |
| 50. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
58.62 |
1.0125 |
0.0137 |
232 |
1 |
58.62 |
2013-01-09 |
| 51. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
58.52 |
1.0135 |
0.0157 |
358 |
1 |
58.52 |
2011-08-06 |
| 52. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
58.42 |
1.0755 |
-0.0508 |
243 |
1 |
58.42 |
2013-01-09 |
| 53. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
58.15 |
1.0036 |
0.0167 |
277 |
1 |
58.15 |
2011-08-01 |
| 54. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
58.06 |
1.0332 |
-0.0162 |
267 |
1 |
58.06 |
2011-07-03 |
| 55. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
57.91 |
0.9852 |
0.0292 |
235 |
1 |
57.91 |
2011-07-03 |
| 56. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
57.86 |
1.0561 |
-0.0439 |
227 |
1 |
57.86 |
2011-07-25 |
| 57. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
57.77 |
0.9930 |
0.0286 |
350 |
1 |
57.77 |
2011-07-03 |
| 58. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
57.70 |
0.9422 |
0.0641 |
190 |
1 |
57.70 |
2011-09-28 |
| 59. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
57.43 |
1.0501 |
-0.0426 |
263 |
1 |
57.43 |
2013-01-09 |
| 60. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
57.39 |
0.9374 |
0.0712 |
232 |
1 |
57.39 |
2010-12-31 |
| 61. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
57.38 |
0.9757 |
0.0266 |
176 |
1 |
57.38 |
2011-01-17 |
| 62. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
57.34 |
1.0338 |
-0.0236 |
277 |
1 |
57.34 |
2011-09-28 |
| 63. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
57.31 |
0.9338 |
0.0807 |
326 |
1 |
57.31 |
2011-07-12 |
| 64. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
56.98 |
0.9149 |
0.0823 |
153 |
1 |
56.98 |
2011-07-03 |
| 65. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
56.35 |
1.0033 |
-0.0155 |
203 |
2 |
55.06 |
2013-01-09 |
| 66. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
56.21 |
0.9851 |
0.0050 |
237 |
1 |
56.21 |
2011-07-12 |
| 67. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
56.07 |
1.0482 |
-0.0522 |
407 |
1 |
56.07 |
2011-08-06 |
| 68. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
56.07 |
0.9676 |
0.0204 |
247 |
1 |
56.07 |
2011-07-25 |
| 69. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
55.90 |
0.9974 |
-0.0217 |
163 |
2 |
54.93 |
2011-07-07 |
| 70. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
55.70 |
0.8993 |
0.0800 |
366 |
1 |
55.70 |
2011-08-01 |
| 71. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
55.47 |
0.9479 |
0.0259 |
317 |
1 |
55.47 |
2011-07-03 |
| 72. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
55.44 |
0.9358 |
0.0294 |
188 |
1 |
55.44 |
2011-08-06 |
| 73. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
55.30 |
0.8663 |
0.0984 |
172 |
1 |
55.30 |
2010-12-31 |
| 74. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
55.21 |
0.8172 |
0.1460 |
204 |
1 |
55.21 |
2011-07-25 |
| 75. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
55.03 |
0.9011 |
0.0667 |
322 |
1 |
55.03 |
2013-01-09 |
| 76. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
55.01 |
1.0483 |
-0.0789 |
305 |
1 |
55.01 |
2011-07-25 |
| 77. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
54.96 |
1.0877 |
-0.1284 |
129 |
1 |
54.96 |
2011-07-03 |
| 78. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
54.79 |
0.9114 |
0.0564 |
399 |
1 |
54.79 |
2011-09-28 |
| 79. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
54.51 |
0.9632 |
-0.0068 |
287 |
1 |
54.51 |
2011-08-01 |
| 80. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
54.40 |
0.9987 |
-0.0411 |
236 |
1 |
54.40 |
2011-07-25 |
| 81. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
54.04 |
1.0800 |
-0.1402 |
129 |
1 |
54.04 |
2011-07-03 |
| 82. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
54.03 |
0.9136 |
0.0364 |
348 |
1 |
54.03 |
2011-07-12 |
| 83. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
53.14 |
0.9119 |
0.0232 |
396 |
1 |
53.14 |
2011-08-06 |
| 84. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
52.86 |
1.0115 |
-0.0908 |
189 |
1 |
52.86 |
2011-07-03 |
| 85. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
52.82 |
0.9935 |
-0.0662 |
217 |
1 |
52.82 |
2013-01-09 |
| 86. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
52.76 |
0.9783 |
-0.0463 |
273 |
1 |
52.76 |
2011-01-17 |
| 87. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
51.85 |
0.9543 |
-0.0393 |
265 |
1 |
51.85 |
2010-12-31 |
| 88. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
51.56 |
0.8856 |
0.0251 |
369 |
2 |
49.88 |
2011-07-06 |
| 89. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
51.46 |
0.9765 |
-0.0761 |
269 |
1 |
51.46 |
2010-12-30 |
| 90. |
Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn fe... |
51.46 |
0.9775 |
-0.0630 |
473 |
1 |
51.46 |
2013-01-09 |
| 91. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
51.40 |
1.0028 |
-0.1034 |
259 |
1 |
51.40 |
2011-07-03 |
| 92. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
51.33 |
1.0320 |
-0.1270 |
401 |
1 |
51.33 |
2011-01-17 |
| 93. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
51.21 |
0.9128 |
-0.0189 |
237 |
2 |
51.20 |
2010-12-04 |
| 94. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
51.07 |
0.9271 |
-0.0302 |
323 |
1 |
51.07 |
2011-07-12 |
| 95. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
51.03 |
1.0476 |
-0.1635 |
110 |
1 |
51.03 |
2011-08-06 |
| 96. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
50.34 |
0.9807 |
-0.1108 |
129 |
1 |
50.34 |
2011-07-03 |
| 97. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
49.96 |
0.9836 |
-0.1087 |
289 |
1 |
49.96 |
2011-07-03 |
| 98. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
49.83 |
0.9380 |
-0.0669 |
284 |
1 |
49.83 |
2011-08-06 |
| 99. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
49.80 |
1.0669 |
-0.1914 |
379 |
1 |
49.80 |
2010-12-31 |
| 100. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
49.48 |
0.9801 |
-0.1056 |
282 |
1 |
49.48 |
2011-07-20 |
| 101. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
49.36 |
1.0686 |
-0.2005 |
354 |
1 |
49.36 |
2010-12-29 |
| 102. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
48.24 |
1.0333 |
-0.1938 |
176 |
1 |
48.24 |
2010-12-04 |
| 103. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
47.84 |
0.9243 |
-0.0843 |
240 |
1 |
47.84 |
2013-01-09 |
| 104. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
47.31 |
1.0462 |
-0.2151 |
340 |
1 |
47.31 |
2013-01-09 |
| 105. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
46.53 |
1.0682 |
-0.2527 |
266 |
1 |
46.53 |
2011-01-17 |
| 106. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
45.92 |
0.8845 |
-0.0797 |
239 |
1 |
45.92 |
2011-01-17 |
| 107. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
44.96 |
0.9801 |
-0.1934 |
289 |
1 |
44.96 |
2011-07-03 |
| 108. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
44.78 |
1.0472 |
-0.2699 |
149 |
1 |
44.78 |
2010-12-04 |
| 109. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
44.67 |
0.8391 |
-0.0521 |
294 |
1 |
44.67 |
2010-12-31 |
| 110. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
44.43 |
0.8778 |
-0.0984 |
285 |
1 |
44.43 |
2011-07-25 |
| 111. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
42.69 |
0.8880 |
-0.1409 |
296 |
1 |
42.69 |
2010-12-30 |
| 112. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
42.29 |
0.8328 |
-0.0892 |
343 |
1 |
42.29 |
2011-07-03 |
| 113. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
41.72 |
0.9402 |
-0.2125 |
310 |
1 |
41.72 |
2010-12-04 |
| 114. |
In the capital of the Sunbelt South, the quiet revolution of... |
38.85 |
0.9144 |
-0.2416 |
167 |
1 |
38.85 |
2010-12-04 |