Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
Instead of agonizing about the things you can't change, why ... |
44.09 |
1.1869 |
0.7400 |
111 |
1 |
44.09 |
2011-09-09 |
2. |
A polygon is a simple, closed plane figure, having three or ... |
43.83 |
1.0657 |
0.8499 |
88 |
1 |
43.83 |
2011-09-09 |
3. |
Imagine there's no countries - it isn't hard to do. Nothing ... |
42.56 |
1.0445 |
0.8156 |
144 |
1 |
42.56 |
2011-09-09 |
4. |
To be called a mammal, the female must feed her young on mil... |
42.56 |
1.0692 |
0.7909 |
79 |
1 |
42.56 |
2011-09-09 |
5. |
How could he say aloud what was in his heart? |
39.01 |
1.1620 |
0.5429 |
45 |
1 |
39.01 |
2011-09-09 |
6. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
38.52 |
1.1356 |
0.5479 |
225 |
1 |
38.52 |
2011-09-09 |
7. |
They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it ... |
38.16 |
1.0313 |
0.6365 |
75 |
1 |
38.16 |
2011-09-09 |
8. |
To prove his love for Daphne, Apollo wore a laurel wreath on... |
37.93 |
1.0864 |
0.5713 |
78 |
1 |
37.93 |
2011-09-09 |
9. |
Do you like green eggs and ham? |
37.34 |
1.6319 |
0.0000 |
31 |
1 |
37.34 |
2011-11-03 |
10. |
I took a course in speed waiting. Now I can wait an hour in ... |
37.05 |
1.0644 |
0.5549 |
77 |
1 |
37.05 |
2011-09-09 |
11. |
Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one ... |
36.85 |
1.0575 |
0.5530 |
88 |
1 |
36.85 |
2011-09-09 |
12. |
Bits of light danced in the deep forest shadows around me. I... |
36.26 |
1.1895 |
0.3952 |
94 |
1 |
36.26 |
2011-09-09 |
13. |
This idea filled him with fears and worries. But soon he let... |
36.05 |
1.1557 |
0.4199 |
230 |
1 |
36.05 |
2011-09-09 |
14. |
This one has a little star. This one has a little car. Say, ... |
36.02 |
1.0759 |
0.4983 |
89 |
1 |
36.02 |
2011-09-09 |
15. |
You know, the best prize that life offers is the chance to w... |
35.47 |
1.0460 |
0.5042 |
131 |
1 |
35.47 |
2011-09-09 |
16. |
He thought if he worked at it and practiced he might hit one... |
34.46 |
1.0317 |
0.4744 |
178 |
1 |
34.46 |
2011-09-09 |
17. |
The theme is the main idea or message of the story. |
34.46 |
1.0690 |
0.4371 |
51 |
1 |
34.46 |
2011-09-09 |
18. |
And when you're fifteen, don't forget to look before you fal... |
33.62 |
1.0210 |
0.4484 |
205 |
3 |
25.80 |
2011-09-16 |
19. |
Energy is the ability to do work. |
33.07 |
1.2183 |
0.2270 |
33 |
1 |
33.07 |
2011-10-28 |
20. |
After you stayed for a while and grew strong you had to move... |
31.36 |
1.2357 |
0.1349 |
64 |
1 |
31.36 |
2011-09-28 |
21. |
Onions get their distinctive smell by soaking up sulfur from... |
30.95 |
1.0095 |
0.3432 |
70 |
1 |
30.95 |
2011-09-09 |
22. |
By measuring certain bones, forensic scientists can estimate... |
30.78 |
1.0079 |
0.3373 |
79 |
1 |
30.78 |
2011-09-09 |
23. |
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, s... |
28.31 |
1.0866 |
0.1507 |
77 |
1 |
28.31 |
2011-09-09 |
24. |
There are five trillion atoms in one pound of iron. |
28.26 |
1.0064 |
0.2287 |
51 |
1 |
28.26 |
2011-10-28 |
25. |
And don't forget - a person who is looking for something doe... |
28.22 |
1.0419 |
0.1914 |
82 |
1 |
28.22 |
2011-09-09 |
26. |
Personification is giving human qualities to non-human things. |
27.38 |
0.9596 |
0.2370 |
62 |
1 |
27.38 |
2011-09-09 |
27. |
They should have a different kind of school - for kids who l... |
26.29 |
1.0936 |
0.0554 |
78 |
1 |
26.29 |
2011-10-01 |
28. |
She made them eat quickly, so they could get back to work. |
26.28 |
1.0296 |
0.1190 |
58 |
1 |
26.28 |
2011-09-28 |
29. |
Let me just say for the record that I think middle school is... |
26.11 |
1.0612 |
0.0799 |
98 |
1 |
26.11 |
2011-09-10 |
30. |
Fish have been clocked at sixty-eight miles per hour. |
25.87 |
1.0696 |
0.0610 |
53 |
1 |
25.87 |
2011-09-09 |
31. |
The morning light shone through its ears, turning them pink. |
25.80 |
1.0246 |
0.1030 |
60 |
1 |
25.80 |
2011-09-28 |
32. |
Atoms are the smallest particle of an element that has all t... |
25.56 |
1.0961 |
0.0210 |
89 |
1 |
25.56 |
2011-10-28 |
33. |
My friends picked up big clumps of pine needles and started ... |
25.48 |
1.0536 |
0.0600 |
89 |
1 |
25.48 |
2011-09-27 |
34. |
So this book is gonna come in handy. |
25.33 |
1.2162 |
-0.1092 |
36 |
1 |
25.33 |
2011-10-28 |
35. |
Oh, the things you can find if you don't stay behind! |
24.97 |
1.0089 |
0.0824 |
53 |
1 |
24.97 |
2011-09-16 |
36. |
I hope this turns out better than your plan to cook rice in ... |
24.75 |
1.1834 |
-0.1017 |
123 |
1 |
24.75 |
2011-09-16 |
37. |
The productive, sheltered waters of the Boston area provide ... |
24.60 |
0.9393 |
0.1358 |
119 |
1 |
24.60 |
2011-09-09 |
38. |
The face of a penny can hold thirty drops of water. |
24.34 |
1.1999 |
-0.1361 |
51 |
1 |
24.34 |
2011-09-27 |
39. |
The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed. |
24.27 |
0.8748 |
0.1859 |
54 |
1 |
24.27 |
2011-09-16 |
40. |
His eyes fell upon the stone ridge to his left and he though... |
24.21 |
1.1710 |
-0.1129 |
117 |
1 |
24.21 |
2011-09-16 |
41. |
Subduction refers to a tectonic plate moving below another t... |
24.01 |
1.0822 |
-0.0329 |
74 |
1 |
24.01 |
2011-09-28 |
42. |
There was just a moment when things weren't quite the same, ... |
23.92 |
0.9942 |
0.0512 |
126 |
1 |
23.92 |
2011-09-10 |
43. |
She grew quiet and rubbed the wrinkles down one hand as if t... |
23.90 |
1.0657 |
-0.0212 |
79 |
1 |
23.90 |
2011-09-16 |
44. |
There's a part of me that wants to let him in but then I fee... |
23.80 |
1.1379 |
-0.0977 |
113 |
1 |
23.80 |
2011-09-28 |
45. |
It's your freshman year and you're gonna be here For the nex... |
23.69 |
0.9839 |
0.0515 |
185 |
1 |
23.69 |
2011-09-10 |
46. |
If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in t... |
23.53 |
1.2376 |
-0.2092 |
105 |
1 |
23.53 |
2011-09-16 |
47. |
Some captive octopuses have learned to open jars containing ... |
23.53 |
1.0505 |
-0.0221 |
162 |
1 |
23.53 |
2011-10-01 |
48. |
The world is a place to show what you can do. We all have a ... |
23.39 |
1.1096 |
-0.0873 |
112 |
1 |
23.39 |
2011-09-16 |
49. |
Did you know that the tongue of a blue whale is larger than ... |
23.12 |
0.9988 |
0.0117 |
72 |
1 |
23.12 |
2011-09-09 |
50. |
Many types of fish - called mouthbrooders - carry their eggs... |
22.98 |
1.0100 |
-0.0057 |
128 |
1 |
22.98 |
2011-09-28 |
51. |
Culture is the sum total of ways of living built up by a gro... |
22.91 |
1.0220 |
-0.0207 |
126 |
1 |
22.91 |
2011-09-16 |
52. |
A million colored dust-motes danced and swirled as the two m... |
22.86 |
1.0231 |
-0.0240 |
93 |
1 |
22.86 |
2011-09-27 |
53. |
One hundred and sixty cars can drive side by side on the Mon... |
22.79 |
1.0535 |
-0.0575 |
113 |
1 |
22.79 |
2011-09-16 |
54. |
Night. No one prayed, so that the night would pass quickly. |
22.78 |
0.8857 |
0.1099 |
59 |
1 |
22.78 |
2011-10-28 |
55. |
If I put you first and you put me first, no one will ever be... |
22.71 |
1.1668 |
-0.1743 |
68 |
1 |
22.71 |
2011-11-03 |
56. |
A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of ... |
22.62 |
1.0246 |
-0.0360 |
71 |
1 |
22.62 |
2011-09-28 |
57. |
The condensed water vapor left by jets in the sky is called ... |
22.58 |
1.0423 |
-0.0554 |
71 |
1 |
22.58 |
2011-09-28 |
58. |
Ecology is the study of how living things interact with each... |
22.55 |
1.0717 |
-0.0862 |
90 |
1 |
22.55 |
2011-09-28 |
59. |
Most campers weren't given a choice. Camp Green Lake is a ca... |
22.40 |
0.9683 |
0.0107 |
76 |
1 |
22.40 |
2011-09-28 |
60. |
Work is a force applied over a distance. |
22.22 |
0.9717 |
-0.0006 |
40 |
1 |
22.22 |
2011-09-16 |
61. |
After the usual brief spell of darkness and near suffocation... |
22.17 |
1.0413 |
-0.0724 |
167 |
1 |
22.17 |
2011-10-01 |
62. |
He crossed the street sullenly then, his hands jammed in his... |
21.87 |
1.0303 |
-0.0745 |
69 |
1 |
21.87 |
2011-09-09 |
63. |
Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets in our solar sy... |
21.73 |
1.1613 |
-0.2116 |
74 |
1 |
21.73 |
2011-09-16 |
64. |
And as the train stopped, we saw this time that flames were ... |
21.70 |
1.0606 |
-0.1122 |
109 |
1 |
21.70 |
2011-09-09 |
65. |
To make something special you just have to believe it's spec... |
21.59 |
1.0823 |
-0.1387 |
64 |
1 |
21.59 |
2011-09-10 |
66. |
You have to believe it, and you hate it. I don't have to bel... |
21.53 |
0.9201 |
0.0209 |
96 |
2 |
19.42 |
2011-09-16 |
67. |
Ford Prefect was desperate for any flying saucer at all to a... |
21.46 |
0.9481 |
-0.0102 |
129 |
1 |
21.46 |
2011-09-16 |
68. |
Taxi! What does a mouse have to do to get a cab in this city? |
21.40 |
1.0068 |
-0.0715 |
61 |
1 |
21.40 |
2011-09-27 |
69. |
C3PO is first character to speak in Star Wars. |
21.38 |
0.8333 |
0.1011 |
46 |
1 |
21.38 |
2011-09-28 |
70. |
Never judge a book by its cover. |
21.17 |
0.9252 |
0.0000 |
32 |
1 |
21.17 |
2011-10-01 |
71. |
The soil on Mars contains large amounts of iron, which gives... |
21.07 |
1.0099 |
-0.0890 |
121 |
1 |
21.07 |
2011-10-28 |
72. |
And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on th... |
21.05 |
0.9571 |
-0.0371 |
162 |
1 |
21.05 |
2011-09-16 |
73. |
That every man may receive at least a moderate education, an... |
20.95 |
1.0513 |
-0.1357 |
136 |
1 |
20.95 |
2011-09-09 |
74. |
Jess would know how things went in a magic kingdom - how the... |
20.83 |
0.9967 |
-0.0863 |
129 |
1 |
20.83 |
2011-09-10 |
75. |
It seemed to him that he had never seen any creature so beau... |
20.79 |
1.1078 |
-0.1992 |
110 |
1 |
20.79 |
2011-09-16 |
76. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
20.67 |
1.0180 |
-0.1146 |
189 |
1 |
20.67 |
2011-09-28 |
77. |
The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts all on a summer's d... |
20.62 |
1.0662 |
-0.1650 |
129 |
1 |
20.62 |
2011-09-10 |
78. |
From that moment, everything happened very quickly. The race... |
20.53 |
1.0501 |
-0.1528 |
84 |
1 |
20.53 |
2011-09-16 |
79. |
But you don't want to be bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard. ... |
20.52 |
0.9692 |
-0.0724 |
145 |
1 |
20.52 |
2011-09-10 |
80. |
This neighborhood felt like my bones, my skin. |
20.50 |
0.8959 |
0.0000 |
46 |
1 |
20.50 |
2011-09-16 |
81. |
The warm sun pressed on one of Esperanza's cheeks and the wa... |
20.40 |
0.9865 |
-0.0949 |
86 |
1 |
20.40 |
2011-09-10 |
82. |
Seals can sleep underwater and surface for air without even ... |
20.31 |
0.8979 |
-0.0103 |
67 |
1 |
20.31 |
2011-09-27 |
83. |
The engineering design process is used to help problem solve... |
20.18 |
0.9754 |
-0.0934 |
82 |
1 |
20.18 |
2011-09-09 |
84. |
We're drivin' down the road and I wonder if you know I'm try... |
20.12 |
0.8766 |
0.0027 |
96 |
1 |
20.12 |
2011-09-10 |
85. |
Train engines were once powered by steam. These days they us... |
20.00 |
0.9607 |
-0.0866 |
90 |
1 |
20.00 |
2011-09-16 |
86. |
Saturn spins very quickly, taking just ten hours to go around. |
19.95 |
0.9079 |
-0.0360 |
62 |
1 |
19.95 |
2011-09-28 |
87. |
We have gathered here today to celebrate a magical gift that... |
19.76 |
1.0736 |
-0.2100 |
82 |
1 |
19.76 |
2011-09-10 |
88. |
Evolution is the gradual change in a species over time. |
19.76 |
0.9914 |
-0.1278 |
55 |
1 |
19.76 |
2011-10-28 |
89. |
He could see the outline of a heart, with the letters K B et... |
19.74 |
0.7995 |
0.0632 |
75 |
1 |
19.74 |
2011-09-28 |
90. |
Along came a spider and sat down beside her and frightened M... |
19.71 |
0.9700 |
-0.1086 |
76 |
1 |
19.71 |
2011-10-01 |
91. |
They hadn't exactly fallen from the sky. He had just walked ... |
19.66 |
1.0227 |
-0.1635 |
128 |
1 |
19.66 |
2011-09-28 |
92. |
Thinking fast, I covered up my list, turned to her and asked... |
19.61 |
0.9411 |
-0.0841 |
114 |
1 |
19.61 |
2011-09-28 |
93. |
Water expands as it freezes and contracts as it melts. |
19.57 |
0.9977 |
-0.1424 |
54 |
1 |
19.57 |
2011-09-09 |
94. |
A multiple is a product of one whole number and another whol... |
19.39 |
1.0355 |
-0.1881 |
69 |
1 |
19.39 |
2011-09-09 |
95. |
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is. |
19.36 |
0.9489 |
-0.1028 |
48 |
1 |
19.36 |
2011-09-16 |
96. |
Asteroids are large chunks of rock, or rock and metal. They ... |
19.33 |
0.9247 |
-0.0799 |
79 |
1 |
19.33 |
2011-10-28 |
97. |
...a dash of pepper-- that ought to do it. And now comes the... |
19.33 |
0.9562 |
-0.1114 |
88 |
1 |
19.33 |
2011-09-09 |
98. |
Ankylosaurs were as large as tanks and nearly as hard to att... |
19.24 |
0.9874 |
-0.1465 |
99 |
1 |
19.24 |
2011-09-16 |
99. |
Tell those musicians to start playing some action music beca... |
19.15 |
1.0348 |
-0.1979 |
73 |
1 |
19.15 |
2011-09-16 |
100. |
The word bulldozer wandered through his mind for a moment in... |
19.10 |
0.9894 |
-0.1546 |
153 |
1 |
19.10 |
2011-09-27 |
101. |
You can cut up a starfish into pieces, and each piece will g... |
19.06 |
0.9653 |
-0.1323 |
95 |
1 |
19.06 |
2011-10-01 |
102. |
A new version of the old electric and steam-powered automobi... |
19.02 |
0.8872 |
-0.0559 |
120 |
1 |
19.02 |
2011-10-28 |
103. |
In certain parts of India and ancient China, mouse meat was ... |
18.99 |
0.9891 |
-0.1591 |
82 |
1 |
18.99 |
2011-09-28 |
104. |
When Bella Swan moves from sunny Phoenix to Forks, Washingto... |
18.96 |
0.9078 |
-0.0792 |
168 |
1 |
18.96 |
2011-09-09 |
105. |
Some seemed healthier than Jeffrey, and others were in such ... |
18.94 |
0.9592 |
-0.1314 |
119 |
1 |
18.94 |
2011-09-28 |
106. |
I know that you're tired, okay, but you can't give up, the P... |
18.94 |
0.9379 |
-0.1101 |
110 |
1 |
18.94 |
2011-09-28 |
107. |
The average person speaks about 31,500 words per day. |
18.91 |
0.9645 |
-0.1380 |
53 |
1 |
18.91 |
2011-09-09 |
108. |
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, it is not g... |
18.90 |
1.0631 |
-0.2371 |
95 |
1 |
18.90 |
2011-09-09 |
109. |
The Hoover Dam was built to last two thousand years. The con... |
18.89 |
1.0479 |
-0.2223 |
132 |
1 |
18.89 |
2011-09-27 |
110. |
Dinosaurs ruled the planet Earth for almost 165 million years. |
18.83 |
0.9268 |
-0.1038 |
62 |
1 |
18.83 |
2011-09-09 |
111. |
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and ... |
18.83 |
1.0387 |
-0.2157 |
67 |
1 |
18.83 |
2011-09-28 |
112. |
The woolly mammoth, extinct since the Ice Age, had tusks alm... |
18.64 |
0.9308 |
-0.1161 |
82 |
1 |
18.64 |
2011-11-03 |
113. |
To keep from being separated while sleeping, sea otters tie ... |
18.61 |
0.9603 |
-0.1470 |
140 |
1 |
18.61 |
2011-09-09 |
114. |
The Saguaro Cactus, found in the southwestern US, doesn't gr... |
18.34 |
1.0826 |
-0.2811 |
107 |
1 |
18.34 |
2011-09-16 |
115. |
Linear relationships refer to a relationship whose graph is ... |
18.22 |
0.9807 |
-0.1844 |
107 |
1 |
18.22 |
2011-09-28 |
116. |
The most used letter in the English alphabet is E. Q is the ... |
18.17 |
0.8704 |
-0.0763 |
71 |
1 |
18.17 |
2011-09-27 |
117. |
It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that w... |
18.11 |
0.9648 |
-0.1733 |
176 |
1 |
18.11 |
2011-09-28 |
118. |
Eleanor Roosevelt ate three chocolate-covered garlic balls e... |
18.10 |
0.8977 |
-0.1066 |
96 |
1 |
18.10 |
2011-09-16 |
119. |
Sleeping Beauty slept one hundred years. |
17.80 |
0.9358 |
-0.1579 |
40 |
1 |
17.80 |
2011-09-09 |
120. |
If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two ce... |
17.77 |
0.9986 |
-0.2220 |
113 |
1 |
17.77 |
2011-09-28 |
121. |
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one o... |
17.57 |
0.9155 |
-0.1476 |
103 |
1 |
17.57 |
2011-09-27 |
122. |
McDonald's in New Zealand serves apricot pies instead of che... |
17.53 |
0.7649 |
0.0012 |
69 |
1 |
17.53 |
2011-09-28 |
123. |
Dynasty refers to a line of rulers from the same family. |
17.53 |
1.1345 |
-0.3684 |
56 |
1 |
17.53 |
2011-09-09 |
124. |
Then Jess gave himself over to the numbness that was buzzing... |
17.40 |
1.0599 |
-0.2994 |
102 |
1 |
17.40 |
2011-09-09 |
125. |
The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with... |
17.13 |
0.9453 |
-0.1966 |
141 |
1 |
17.13 |
2011-10-28 |
126. |
Like I said, I'll be famous one day, but right now I'm stuck... |
16.93 |
0.9323 |
-0.1924 |
101 |
1 |
16.93 |
2011-10-28 |
127. |
The average lead pencil can draw a line thirty-five miles lo... |
16.81 |
0.8922 |
-0.1575 |
115 |
1 |
16.81 |
2011-09-27 |
128. |
CIRCUMFERENCE is the perimeter of a circle |
16.78 |
0.8749 |
-0.1415 |
42 |
1 |
16.78 |
2011-09-27 |
129. |
The feeling that it was good. That it was welcoming. That it... |
16.76 |
1.0662 |
-0.3337 |
115 |
1 |
16.76 |
2011-09-09 |
130. |
A willing helper does not wait until he is asked. |
16.56 |
1.0892 |
-0.3655 |
49 |
1 |
16.56 |
2011-09-16 |
131. |
A full moon always rises at sunset. |
16.49 |
1.1266 |
-0.4059 |
35 |
1 |
16.49 |
2011-09-27 |
132. |
Remember Dragon Warrior, when you follow the noble path, any... |
16.31 |
0.8730 |
-0.1602 |
78 |
1 |
16.31 |
2011-09-28 |
133. |
Apollo shot poisoned arrows into Agamemnon's camp to infect ... |
16.12 |
0.7870 |
-0.0825 |
89 |
1 |
16.12 |
2011-10-01 |
134. |
The San Francisco cable cars are the only mobile national mo... |
15.96 |
0.9140 |
-0.2165 |
67 |
1 |
15.96 |
2011-09-16 |
135. |
Even predators will not harm a mouse who wears the habit of ... |
15.63 |
0.8518 |
-0.1687 |
70 |
1 |
15.63 |
2011-09-28 |
136. |
Renaissance refers to a rebirth period of renewed interest i... |
15.46 |
0.9333 |
-0.2576 |
89 |
1 |
15.46 |
2011-09-16 |
137. |
She brought you something special when she came here, didn't... |
14.72 |
0.9968 |
-0.3535 |
123 |
1 |
14.72 |
2011-09-09 |
138. |
It ran for fifteen or twenty seconds before it finally keele... |
14.63 |
0.8195 |
-0.1801 |
76 |
1 |
14.63 |
2011-09-09 |
139. |
Rhythm and syzygy are the longest English words without vowe... |
13.65 |
0.7570 |
-0.1604 |
63 |
1 |
13.65 |
2011-09-16 |
140. |
My fist hungers for justice. |
13.32 |
0.9462 |
-0.3641 |
28 |
1 |
13.32 |
2011-09-16 |
141. |
The 111th element is known at unnilenilenium. Try to pronoun... |
12.26 |
0.6790 |
-0.1432 |
68 |
1 |
12.26 |
2011-09-27 |
142. |
The slogan on New Hampshire state license plates reads "Live... |
12.17 |
0.7940 |
-0.2621 |
161 |
1 |
12.17 |
2011-09-09 |
143. |
Without me it is just aweso- |
10.38 |
0.7730 |
-0.3193 |
28 |
1 |
10.38 |
2011-09-09 |
144. |
But with the word the time will bring on summer, When briers... |
8.79 |
0.9235 |
-0.5393 |
135 |
1 |
8.79 |
2011-10-04 |