| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
55.75 |
1.0788 |
0.2069 |
171 |
1 |
55.75 |
2008-10-21 |
| 2. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
55.39 |
1.0023 |
0.2786 |
211 |
2 |
53.00 |
2008-11-04 |
| 3. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
54.29 |
0.9772 |
0.2764 |
217 |
2 |
49.14 |
2009-10-09 |
| 4. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
52.19 |
0.9758 |
0.2329 |
314 |
1 |
52.19 |
2008-10-21 |
| 5. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
52.13 |
1.0349 |
0.1710 |
234 |
1 |
52.13 |
2008-10-21 |
| 6. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
52.11 |
0.9991 |
0.2075 |
225 |
2 |
49.70 |
2008-08-26 |
| 7. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
52.07 |
1.0074 |
0.1997 |
242 |
1 |
52.07 |
2009-09-09 |
| 8. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
51.88 |
1.0012 |
0.2028 |
260 |
1 |
51.88 |
2010-01-15 |
| 9. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
51.70 |
0.9857 |
0.2098 |
293 |
4 |
47.00 |
2009-10-27 |
| 10. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
50.72 |
1.0004 |
0.1671 |
212 |
1 |
50.72 |
2008-11-04 |
| 11. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
49.88 |
1.0486 |
0.1061 |
289 |
3 |
44.69 |
2009-06-12 |
| 12. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
49.38 |
1.0613 |
0.0860 |
456 |
1 |
49.38 |
2010-01-15 |
| 13. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
49.36 |
0.9316 |
0.2162 |
287 |
2 |
43.79 |
2008-08-18 |
| 14. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
49.26 |
1.0711 |
0.0632 |
213 |
1 |
49.26 |
2009-10-21 |
| 15. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
49.13 |
1.0797 |
0.0511 |
210 |
1 |
49.13 |
2008-11-06 |
| 16. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
48.97 |
0.9340 |
0.1985 |
296 |
1 |
48.97 |
2009-09-11 |
| 17. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
48.90 |
0.9884 |
0.1469 |
262 |
1 |
48.90 |
2009-09-08 |
| 18. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
48.62 |
1.0993 |
0.0231 |
265 |
1 |
48.62 |
2008-08-26 |
| 19. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
48.54 |
1.0183 |
0.0987 |
191 |
1 |
48.54 |
2008-08-18 |
| 20. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
48.18 |
0.9893 |
0.1250 |
323 |
2 |
42.35 |
2008-08-19 |
| 21. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
48.12 |
1.0529 |
0.0598 |
351 |
1 |
48.12 |
2008-08-26 |
| 22. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
48.09 |
1.0063 |
0.1062 |
371 |
1 |
48.09 |
2008-08-29 |
| 23. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
47.81 |
1.0389 |
0.0683 |
318 |
1 |
47.81 |
2008-11-07 |
| 24. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
47.62 |
0.8792 |
0.2312 |
296 |
1 |
47.62 |
2008-08-26 |
| 25. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
47.20 |
1.0013 |
0.0891 |
273 |
1 |
47.20 |
2008-11-11 |
| 26. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
46.85 |
0.8077 |
0.2735 |
167 |
2 |
43.77 |
2009-09-08 |
| 27. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
46.80 |
0.9567 |
0.1250 |
273 |
3 |
42.83 |
2008-11-17 |
| 28. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
46.67 |
1.0197 |
0.0563 |
226 |
2 |
46.17 |
2009-10-19 |
| 29. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
46.62 |
1.0331 |
0.0424 |
234 |
1 |
46.62 |
2008-08-19 |
| 30. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
46.59 |
0.9805 |
0.1011 |
292 |
1 |
46.59 |
2008-11-26 |
| 31. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
46.53 |
0.8154 |
0.2620 |
193 |
1 |
46.53 |
2008-09-16 |
| 32. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
46.45 |
1.0534 |
0.0225 |
357 |
1 |
46.45 |
2009-12-24 |
| 33. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
46.44 |
0.9865 |
0.0881 |
276 |
1 |
46.44 |
2008-08-15 |
| 34. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
46.33 |
0.9128 |
0.1636 |
133 |
1 |
46.33 |
2008-08-26 |
| 35. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
46.27 |
0.9266 |
0.1447 |
278 |
1 |
46.27 |
2008-10-21 |
| 36. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
46.11 |
1.0251 |
0.0385 |
261 |
2 |
43.28 |
2009-09-08 |
| 37. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
45.99 |
1.0124 |
0.0481 |
204 |
1 |
45.99 |
2008-08-26 |
| 38. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
45.88 |
0.9430 |
0.1101 |
211 |
5 |
41.45 |
2012-03-26 |
| 39. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
45.33 |
0.9841 |
0.0672 |
334 |
1 |
45.33 |
2008-10-21 |
| 40. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
45.11 |
0.8382 |
0.2047 |
268 |
3 |
39.66 |
2008-09-12 |
| 41. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
45.10 |
0.8811 |
0.1656 |
239 |
1 |
45.10 |
2009-09-25 |
| 42. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
45.03 |
0.9411 |
0.1002 |
318 |
1 |
45.03 |
2008-08-14 |
| 43. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
44.81 |
1.0389 |
-0.0012 |
340 |
2 |
40.70 |
2008-08-26 |
| 44. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
44.74 |
1.0029 |
0.0244 |
209 |
1 |
44.74 |
2008-11-06 |
| 45. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
44.73 |
1.0201 |
0.0138 |
303 |
1 |
44.73 |
2009-09-02 |
| 46. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
44.72 |
0.9946 |
0.0384 |
246 |
1 |
44.72 |
2008-10-21 |
| 47. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
44.62 |
0.9907 |
0.0386 |
211 |
2 |
41.55 |
2009-09-02 |
| 48. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
44.43 |
0.9729 |
0.0538 |
255 |
3 |
43.42 |
2008-11-05 |
| 49. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
44.41 |
1.0787 |
-0.0540 |
237 |
1 |
44.41 |
2008-09-01 |
| 50. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
44.35 |
0.9769 |
0.0456 |
263 |
3 |
41.34 |
2008-11-05 |
| 51. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
44.21 |
1.0567 |
-0.0348 |
303 |
1 |
44.21 |
2008-11-10 |
| 52. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
43.78 |
1.0696 |
-0.0619 |
226 |
2 |
43.14 |
2008-11-11 |
| 53. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
43.70 |
0.9649 |
0.0434 |
193 |
2 |
42.46 |
2009-10-09 |
| 54. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
43.57 |
0.9572 |
0.0480 |
201 |
1 |
43.57 |
2008-10-07 |
| 55. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
43.43 |
0.9776 |
0.0257 |
308 |
1 |
43.43 |
2008-10-14 |
| 56. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
43.16 |
0.8996 |
0.0916 |
192 |
2 |
37.91 |
2008-08-29 |
| 57. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
43.13 |
1.0426 |
-0.0473 |
323 |
1 |
43.13 |
2008-11-11 |
| 58. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
43.10 |
0.9966 |
-0.0019 |
259 |
2 |
42.92 |
2008-11-01 |
| 59. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
42.84 |
0.9339 |
0.0539 |
310 |
1 |
42.84 |
2008-08-28 |
| 60. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
42.75 |
0.8941 |
0.0951 |
216 |
2 |
41.49 |
2009-09-11 |
| 61. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
42.71 |
1.0034 |
-0.0187 |
302 |
1 |
42.71 |
2009-06-12 |
| 62. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
42.61 |
0.8951 |
0.0910 |
193 |
1 |
42.61 |
2009-09-11 |
| 63. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
42.55 |
0.9910 |
-0.0066 |
295 |
2 |
40.48 |
2008-11-05 |
| 64. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
42.47 |
0.9710 |
0.0031 |
173 |
3 |
40.95 |
2009-09-12 |
| 65. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
42.30 |
0.9941 |
-0.0199 |
217 |
2 |
38.43 |
2008-08-14 |
| 66. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
41.89 |
0.9684 |
0.0013 |
388 |
1 |
41.89 |
2008-11-05 |
| 67. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
41.71 |
0.9756 |
-0.0141 |
229 |
2 |
37.02 |
2008-10-07 |
| 68. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
41.66 |
0.9168 |
0.0462 |
240 |
1 |
41.66 |
2008-08-26 |
| 69. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
41.58 |
0.8910 |
0.0705 |
150 |
1 |
41.58 |
2008-08-18 |
| 70. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
41.52 |
0.9820 |
-0.0208 |
267 |
3 |
39.18 |
2008-11-26 |
| 71. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
41.22 |
0.9342 |
0.0207 |
434 |
2 |
38.76 |
2008-08-29 |
| 72. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
41.17 |
1.0516 |
-0.1018 |
281 |
1 |
41.17 |
2010-12-29 |
| 73. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
41.13 |
0.9897 |
-0.0427 |
274 |
1 |
41.13 |
2009-06-11 |
| 74. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
41.08 |
0.9266 |
0.0216 |
267 |
1 |
41.08 |
2008-08-26 |
| 75. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
41.00 |
0.9164 |
0.0346 |
305 |
2 |
40.88 |
2011-04-26 |
| 76. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
40.91 |
0.9157 |
0.0333 |
350 |
1 |
40.91 |
2010-12-29 |
| 77. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
40.74 |
0.9213 |
0.0193 |
295 |
2 |
40.03 |
2008-11-04 |
| 78. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
40.50 |
0.9724 |
-0.0343 |
237 |
1 |
40.50 |
2008-11-04 |
| 79. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
40.39 |
1.0596 |
-0.1298 |
239 |
1 |
40.39 |
2008-10-31 |
| 80. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
40.26 |
0.9464 |
-0.0124 |
323 |
1 |
40.26 |
2009-06-12 |
| 81. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
40.14 |
0.9682 |
-0.0440 |
143 |
2 |
33.41 |
2008-11-10 |
| 82. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
40.00 |
1.0334 |
-0.1171 |
131 |
1 |
40.00 |
2008-11-04 |
| 83. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
39.94 |
0.8878 |
0.0334 |
346 |
1 |
39.94 |
2008-09-12 |
| 84. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
39.91 |
0.9578 |
-0.0376 |
281 |
1 |
39.91 |
2008-08-29 |
| 85. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
39.82 |
1.0214 |
-0.1082 |
166 |
1 |
39.82 |
2008-09-03 |
| 86. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
39.77 |
0.8821 |
0.0348 |
176 |
1 |
39.77 |
2008-08-18 |
| 87. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
39.73 |
0.8722 |
0.0472 |
285 |
2 |
39.42 |
2008-09-03 |
| 88. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
39.71 |
0.9212 |
-0.0019 |
323 |
1 |
39.71 |
2008-08-19 |
| 89. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
39.65 |
0.9468 |
-0.0327 |
276 |
1 |
39.65 |
2008-08-26 |
| 90. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
39.63 |
1.0613 |
-0.1462 |
266 |
1 |
39.63 |
2008-10-14 |
| 91. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
39.35 |
0.9844 |
-0.0720 |
293 |
1 |
39.35 |
2008-08-26 |
| 92. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
39.29 |
0.9279 |
-0.0152 |
317 |
1 |
39.29 |
2008-09-02 |
| 93. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
39.08 |
0.9636 |
-0.0624 |
254 |
1 |
39.08 |
2008-11-05 |
| 94. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
38.91 |
0.9811 |
-0.0811 |
272 |
1 |
38.91 |
2009-09-11 |
| 95. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
38.69 |
0.9997 |
-0.1039 |
382 |
1 |
38.69 |
2009-10-01 |
| 96. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
38.23 |
0.8442 |
0.0412 |
265 |
1 |
38.23 |
2008-10-07 |
| 97. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
37.90 |
0.9084 |
-0.0306 |
404 |
1 |
37.90 |
2008-08-14 |
| 98. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
37.75 |
1.0496 |
-0.1801 |
314 |
1 |
37.75 |
2008-11-01 |
| 99. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
37.69 |
0.9740 |
-0.1093 |
209 |
1 |
37.69 |
2009-06-21 |
| 100. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
37.42 |
0.9226 |
-0.0538 |
348 |
1 |
37.42 |
2008-08-26 |
| 101. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
37.30 |
0.8553 |
-0.0007 |
174 |
2 |
33.81 |
2008-09-01 |
| 102. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
37.25 |
0.8887 |
-0.0162 |
128 |
1 |
37.25 |
2008-08-19 |
| 103. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
37.15 |
1.0462 |
-0.1961 |
184 |
1 |
37.15 |
2008-09-16 |
| 104. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
37.01 |
1.0883 |
-0.2033 |
303 |
1 |
37.01 |
2011-04-28 |
| 105. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
36.60 |
0.9049 |
-0.0562 |
351 |
1 |
36.60 |
2008-11-01 |
| 106. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
36.43 |
0.9851 |
-0.1436 |
317 |
1 |
36.43 |
2008-08-14 |
| 107. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
36.00 |
1.0168 |
-0.1861 |
271 |
2 |
35.54 |
2008-08-18 |
| 108. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
35.66 |
0.8105 |
0.0065 |
204 |
2 |
34.96 |
2008-10-28 |
| 109. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
35.40 |
0.7876 |
0.0302 |
316 |
1 |
35.40 |
2010-12-29 |
| 110. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
35.25 |
0.8353 |
-0.0161 |
283 |
1 |
35.25 |
2008-11-01 |
| 111. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
35.17 |
0.8961 |
-0.0897 |
189 |
1 |
35.17 |
2009-10-01 |
| 112. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
35.15 |
0.8595 |
-0.0483 |
242 |
2 |
33.73 |
2008-11-06 |
| 113. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
35.02 |
0.9863 |
-0.1756 |
339 |
1 |
35.02 |
2008-08-10 |
| 114. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
34.33 |
0.8852 |
-0.0929 |
201 |
1 |
34.33 |
2008-08-26 |
| 115. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
33.87 |
0.8096 |
-0.0223 |
209 |
1 |
33.87 |
2009-09-02 |
| 116. |
Do you know why they call him Franky "Four Fingers" Doug? Be... |
33.84 |
0.8786 |
-0.0828 |
214 |
1 |
33.84 |
2008-08-18 |
| 117. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
33.44 |
0.9965 |
-0.2319 |
168 |
1 |
33.44 |
2008-08-10 |
| 118. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
33.33 |
1.0498 |
-0.2878 |
180 |
1 |
33.33 |
2008-08-19 |
| 119. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
32.55 |
0.9365 |
-0.1866 |
248 |
1 |
32.55 |
2009-06-11 |
| 120. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
31.15 |
0.9351 |
-0.2248 |
190 |
1 |
31.15 |
2008-08-25 |
| 121. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
26.69 |
0.8770 |
-0.2623 |
300 |
1 |
26.69 |
2008-08-18 |