| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The productive, sheltered waters of the Boston area provide ... |
85.24 |
0.9406 |
0.5624 |
119 |
1 |
85.24 |
2012-09-07 |
| 2. |
In science the word mixture refers to when different materia... |
81.26 |
1.1666 |
0.2663 |
142 |
2 |
68.26 |
2012-12-17 |
| 3. |
He pointed to three little kids trying to dig a wall to prot... |
78.93 |
1.3786 |
0.0132 |
141 |
2 |
72.01 |
2013-02-08 |
| 4. |
Two and five are the only prime numbers that end in two or f... |
78.28 |
1.0544 |
0.3259 |
64 |
1 |
78.28 |
2012-09-28 |
| 5. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
76.25 |
1.3121 |
0.0324 |
233 |
1 |
76.25 |
2013-02-08 |
| 6. |
Methane gas can often be seen bubbling up from the bottom of... |
75.22 |
1.0994 |
0.2270 |
142 |
1 |
75.22 |
2012-12-06 |
| 7. |
He worked in a toothpaste factory, where he sat all day long... |
73.81 |
1.2228 |
0.0787 |
173 |
1 |
73.81 |
2012-12-03 |
| 8. |
Bits of light danced in the deep forest shadows around me. |
73.45 |
1.0660 |
0.2292 |
58 |
1 |
73.45 |
2012-11-02 |
| 9. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
73.18 |
1.1301 |
0.1603 |
129 |
2 |
69.28 |
2013-02-07 |
| 10. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
72.53 |
1.0779 |
0.2010 |
154 |
3 |
69.10 |
2013-02-08 |
| 11. |
Jess would know how things went in a magic kingdom - how the... |
72.42 |
1.0201 |
0.2569 |
129 |
1 |
72.42 |
2012-10-26 |
| 12. |
We made our final trip to Rexhame Beach. Jimmy found a dead ... |
72.04 |
1.0403 |
0.2300 |
222 |
1 |
72.04 |
2012-12-07 |
| 13. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
71.27 |
1.1911 |
0.0656 |
275 |
1 |
71.27 |
2013-02-07 |
| 14. |
Respiration refers to the process by which cells break down ... |
69.84 |
0.8980 |
0.3335 |
117 |
2 |
57.92 |
2012-10-29 |
| 15. |
Sharks' fossil records date back more than twice as far as t... |
69.83 |
1.0049 |
0.2264 |
82 |
1 |
69.83 |
2012-09-07 |
| 16. |
If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in t... |
69.52 |
1.1766 |
0.0493 |
105 |
1 |
69.52 |
2012-11-02 |
| 17. |
Diffusion is the process by which molecules move from an are... |
68.41 |
1.1273 |
0.0790 |
118 |
3 |
60.45 |
2012-08-16 |
| 18. |
Sea floor spreading is the process that adds new rock to the... |
68.11 |
0.9938 |
0.2072 |
110 |
1 |
68.11 |
2012-08-24 |
| 19. |
They should have a different kind of school for Jimmy, maybe... |
68.07 |
1.1261 |
0.0742 |
226 |
1 |
68.07 |
2013-02-06 |
| 20. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
67.28 |
1.1398 |
0.0466 |
155 |
1 |
67.28 |
2012-11-08 |
| 21. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
67.09 |
1.0259 |
0.1571 |
153 |
1 |
67.09 |
2013-02-07 |
| 22. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
66.40 |
1.1507 |
0.0201 |
256 |
1 |
66.40 |
2013-02-08 |
| 23. |
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are. Up... |
65.80 |
1.0994 |
0.0609 |
112 |
1 |
65.80 |
2012-10-30 |
| 24. |
Our Sun could hold more than a million planets the size of t... |
65.44 |
1.1539 |
0.0000 |
162 |
1 |
65.44 |
2013-01-18 |
| 25. |
Scientific notation is a method used to express a number wri... |
64.76 |
1.0537 |
0.0882 |
153 |
3 |
61.53 |
2012-12-03 |
| 26. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
64.29 |
1.2310 |
-0.0974 |
220 |
1 |
64.29 |
2013-02-07 |
| 27. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
63.64 |
0.9916 |
0.1306 |
273 |
1 |
63.64 |
2013-02-07 |
| 28. |
Saturn is often called the ringed planet because it is surro... |
63.64 |
1.0651 |
0.0571 |
105 |
1 |
63.64 |
2012-10-25 |
| 29. |
The keystone in an arch bridge is the wedge-shaped center pi... |
63.41 |
1.1181 |
0.0000 |
176 |
1 |
63.41 |
2012-12-17 |
| 30. |
The early flag of the United States had 13 stripes to repres... |
63.00 |
0.9447 |
0.1662 |
156 |
2 |
53.55 |
2012-10-31 |
| 31. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
62.94 |
1.1252 |
-0.0154 |
162 |
1 |
62.94 |
2013-02-08 |
| 32. |
They took turns swinging across the gully on the rope. It wa... |
62.71 |
1.1058 |
0.0000 |
156 |
2 |
61.95 |
2012-12-07 |
| 33. |
The Hoover Dam was built to last two thousand years. The con... |
62.38 |
1.0616 |
0.0384 |
132 |
1 |
62.38 |
2012-09-06 |
| 34. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
62.28 |
1.0351 |
0.0631 |
168 |
1 |
62.28 |
2012-12-06 |
| 35. |
You can hear the loud, raspy calls of Red-Winged Blackbirds ... |
62.21 |
1.0970 |
0.0000 |
128 |
1 |
62.21 |
2012-11-08 |
| 36. |
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor dog ... |
61.94 |
0.9278 |
0.1644 |
141 |
3 |
60.62 |
2013-01-17 |
| 37. |
Stanley did as he was told. He carefully looked through all ... |
61.68 |
1.0168 |
0.0708 |
164 |
1 |
61.68 |
2012-08-16 |
| 38. |
A suspension bridge is supported on huge steel cables which ... |
61.32 |
1.2064 |
-0.1251 |
150 |
1 |
61.32 |
2012-12-17 |
| 39. |
In fact, the county provided very little and much of the mon... |
61.28 |
1.0680 |
0.0126 |
126 |
1 |
61.28 |
2012-08-09 |
| 40. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
60.80 |
1.0582 |
0.0139 |
168 |
1 |
60.80 |
2013-02-07 |
| 41. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
60.20 |
1.1074 |
-0.0459 |
256 |
1 |
60.20 |
2013-02-08 |
| 42. |
But I haven't yet told you about the one awful thing that to... |
60.01 |
0.9281 |
0.1301 |
131 |
1 |
60.01 |
2012-09-07 |
| 43. |
If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in t... |
59.66 |
0.9627 |
0.0893 |
140 |
1 |
59.66 |
2012-12-03 |
| 44. |
She grew quiet and rubbed the wrinkles down one hand as if t... |
59.01 |
1.0621 |
-0.0216 |
79 |
1 |
59.01 |
2012-08-09 |
| 45. |
Being bitten by a scorpion or even a rattlesnake is not the ... |
58.71 |
1.0352 |
0.0000 |
119 |
2 |
56.05 |
2012-08-24 |
| 46. |
She ran as if it was her nature. It reminded him of a flight... |
58.66 |
0.9765 |
0.0579 |
193 |
1 |
58.66 |
2013-02-08 |
| 47. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
58.62 |
1.0337 |
0.0000 |
200 |
1 |
58.62 |
2012-10-29 |
| 48. |
I had learned that at times like these it was better to just... |
58.31 |
0.9285 |
0.0997 |
133 |
2 |
58.20 |
2012-08-23 |
| 49. |
Jellyfish are made up of more than 95 percent water and have... |
57.93 |
1.0905 |
-0.0690 |
106 |
1 |
57.93 |
2012-08-16 |
| 50. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
57.90 |
0.9268 |
0.0942 |
293 |
1 |
57.90 |
2012-08-23 |
| 51. |
The killer whale, or orca, is the fastest sea mammal. It can... |
57.89 |
1.0153 |
0.0055 |
126 |
1 |
57.89 |
2012-08-16 |
| 52. |
Geologic time scale refers to the timeline of the geologic h... |
57.82 |
1.0410 |
-0.0215 |
113 |
1 |
57.82 |
2012-08-23 |
| 53. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
57.79 |
0.9274 |
0.0916 |
234 |
1 |
57.79 |
2012-12-17 |
| 54. |
My friends picked up big clumps of pine needles and started ... |
57.70 |
1.0126 |
0.0048 |
176 |
1 |
57.70 |
2013-01-17 |
| 55. |
Jess leaned back and drank in the rich, clear color of the s... |
57.25 |
1.0097 |
-0.0002 |
149 |
2 |
54.89 |
2012-10-29 |
| 56. |
It was a tired little mouse that crawled into bed a few minu... |
57.12 |
0.7653 |
0.2419 |
106 |
2 |
56.86 |
2012-08-14 |
| 57. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
57.03 |
1.0056 |
0.0000 |
265 |
1 |
57.03 |
2013-02-07 |
| 58. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
56.66 |
1.0284 |
-0.0293 |
166 |
2 |
54.40 |
2012-12-03 |
| 59. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
56.50 |
1.1227 |
-0.1264 |
129 |
3 |
54.52 |
2012-12-18 |
| 60. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
56.47 |
0.8878 |
0.1079 |
194 |
2 |
54.32 |
2013-02-06 |
| 61. |
To keep from being separated while sleeping, sea otters tie ... |
56.33 |
1.3408 |
-0.3475 |
140 |
2 |
46.69 |
2013-02-07 |
| 62. |
Most scientists believe that the universe began with a huge ... |
56.14 |
1.0003 |
-0.0104 |
111 |
1 |
56.14 |
2012-12-03 |
| 63. |
Some birds make a call that sounds like their name. The Bobw... |
56.12 |
1.0015 |
-0.0119 |
80 |
1 |
56.12 |
2012-09-28 |
| 64. |
I shook my head, realizing now that Miss Crocker did not eve... |
56.00 |
1.0287 |
-0.0412 |
147 |
2 |
51.14 |
2012-08-24 |
| 65. |
Walking to school in the mornings, Charlie would see great s... |
55.94 |
1.0699 |
-0.0835 |
207 |
1 |
55.94 |
2013-01-17 |
| 66. |
There was no mistaking the delight in Leslie's eyes. She dro... |
55.82 |
0.9403 |
0.0440 |
149 |
1 |
55.82 |
2013-02-08 |
| 67. |
When he was in first grade, he told his dad that he wanted t... |
55.29 |
1.0132 |
-0.0383 |
91 |
1 |
55.29 |
2012-08-07 |
| 68. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
54.63 |
1.0696 |
-0.1063 |
172 |
1 |
54.63 |
2013-02-07 |
| 69. |
But the most horrifying thing was when the headless chicken ... |
54.62 |
1.1177 |
-0.1546 |
198 |
1 |
54.62 |
2012-08-16 |
| 70. |
A simple machine is any of the various basic mechanisms incl... |
54.45 |
0.9271 |
0.0330 |
138 |
1 |
54.45 |
2012-09-07 |
| 71. |
He said model boats were his hobby and that he'd be delighte... |
54.36 |
1.0235 |
-0.0650 |
116 |
1 |
54.36 |
2012-09-07 |
| 72. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
54.30 |
0.9640 |
-0.0065 |
276 |
1 |
54.30 |
2012-10-29 |
| 73. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
53.98 |
0.9762 |
-0.0244 |
131 |
1 |
53.98 |
2013-02-14 |
| 74. |
School was fine for a kid like me, because I knew how to shu... |
53.90 |
0.9026 |
0.0478 |
171 |
1 |
53.90 |
2012-08-16 |
| 75. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
53.22 |
0.9384 |
0.0000 |
203 |
1 |
53.22 |
2012-08-14 |
| 76. |
In the early days in America, the colonials were proud to be... |
53.14 |
1.0247 |
-0.0877 |
146 |
1 |
53.14 |
2012-08-23 |
| 77. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
52.04 |
0.9473 |
-0.0297 |
176 |
1 |
52.04 |
2012-10-25 |
| 78. |
Dinosaurs were among the most sophisticated animals that eve... |
51.30 |
0.9395 |
-0.0349 |
186 |
1 |
51.30 |
2012-08-16 |
| 79. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
51.29 |
0.9302 |
-0.0258 |
143 |
1 |
51.29 |
2012-12-03 |
| 80. |
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whe... |
51.21 |
0.8042 |
0.0988 |
139 |
1 |
51.21 |
2012-08-16 |
| 81. |
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, up... |
51.14 |
1.0056 |
-0.1038 |
116 |
1 |
51.14 |
2012-10-31 |
| 82. |
Nobody would make up scuba diving to be their favorite hobby... |
51.05 |
0.9565 |
-0.0563 |
124 |
1 |
51.05 |
2012-10-31 |
| 83. |
Long ago, the people of Nicaragua believed that if they thre... |
51.02 |
0.9286 |
-0.0290 |
122 |
1 |
51.02 |
2012-08-23 |
| 84. |
A chemical change is a change in a substance that alters its... |
50.65 |
0.9952 |
-0.1021 |
117 |
1 |
50.65 |
2012-11-13 |
| 85. |
The full name of Barbie the doll is Barbara Millicent Robert... |
50.40 |
0.9997 |
-0.1110 |
162 |
1 |
50.40 |
2012-09-07 |
| 86. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
50.32 |
0.8384 |
0.0489 |
217 |
1 |
50.32 |
2012-09-05 |
| 87. |
Since the earliest civilizations, people have noticed patter... |
50.10 |
0.7525 |
0.1309 |
132 |
1 |
50.10 |
2012-11-02 |
| 88. |
America desperately needed military supplies, cash and a nav... |
48.88 |
0.8302 |
0.0317 |
113 |
1 |
48.88 |
2012-08-16 |
| 89. |
Stanley was not a bad kid. He was innocent of the crime for ... |
47.57 |
0.9005 |
-0.0617 |
136 |
1 |
47.57 |
2012-10-23 |
| 90. |
Pole vaults used to be stiff. Now they bend, which allows th... |
47.45 |
0.8367 |
0.0000 |
88 |
1 |
47.45 |
2012-10-15 |
| 91. |
Rudyard Kipling, living in Vermont in the 1890's, invented t... |
47.19 |
0.8321 |
0.0000 |
148 |
1 |
47.19 |
2012-08-28 |
| 92. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
46.59 |
0.8215 |
0.0000 |
206 |
1 |
46.59 |
2012-08-23 |
| 93. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
46.21 |
0.9270 |
-0.1122 |
166 |
1 |
46.21 |
2012-08-27 |
| 94. |
When that arrow brushed past my ear it made a soft hissing s... |
44.92 |
1.0205 |
-0.2284 |
114 |
1 |
44.92 |
2012-08-09 |
| 95. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
44.28 |
0.7854 |
-0.0046 |
191 |
1 |
44.28 |
2012-10-29 |
| 96. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
44.27 |
0.9742 |
-0.1936 |
310 |
1 |
44.27 |
2012-08-17 |
| 97. |
If we had the same mortality rate as in the 1900's, more tha... |
43.80 |
0.8952 |
-0.1229 |
116 |
1 |
43.80 |
2012-08-09 |
| 98. |
Mallard ducks are the most common duck in the Northern Hemis... |
43.61 |
0.7243 |
0.0447 |
66 |
1 |
43.61 |
2012-08-07 |
| 99. |
The Moon has no atmosphere to protect it. |
41.23 |
0.9668 |
-0.2398 |
41 |
1 |
41.23 |
2012-10-31 |
| 100. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
40.65 |
0.9525 |
-0.2357 |
129 |
1 |
40.65 |
2012-09-07 |
| 101. |
Virginia Rails prefer to build their raised nests in dense v... |
40.28 |
0.9129 |
-0.2026 |
125 |
1 |
40.28 |
2012-08-21 |
| 102. |
The idea of a countdown before a rocket launch originated as... |
39.95 |
0.5978 |
0.1066 |
129 |
1 |
39.95 |
2012-11-02 |
| 103. |
If cars had been around in T. rex's day, its bite could have... |
35.65 |
0.8608 |
-0.2322 |
78 |
1 |
35.65 |
2012-08-07 |
| 104. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
35.42 |
0.8209 |
-0.1963 |
143 |
1 |
35.42 |
2012-10-30 |
| 105. |
I had lived in that house in Marshfield practically my whole... |
34.73 |
0.8588 |
-0.2464 |
137 |
1 |
34.73 |
2012-08-07 |
| 106. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
32.16 |
0.7804 |
-0.2133 |
206 |
1 |
32.16 |
2012-10-29 |
| 107. |
We made our final trip to Rexhame Beach. |
29.99 |
0.8435 |
-0.3147 |
40 |
1 |
29.99 |
2012-11-02 |
| 108. |
Methane gas can often be seen bubbling up from the bottom of... |
25.20 |
0.8222 |
-0.3778 |
67 |
1 |
25.20 |
2012-10-15 |
| 109. |
Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight. I wish I ... |
24.16 |
0.5366 |
-0.1106 |
110 |
1 |
24.16 |
2012-08-07 |
| 110. |
A mockingbird can and will expertly mimic many of the calls ... |
22.11 |
0.7771 |
-0.3872 |
75 |
1 |
22.11 |
2012-09-28 |