| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
46.41 |
1.0495 |
0.1903 |
323 |
1 |
46.41 |
2009-10-06 |
| 2. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
45.95 |
0.9745 |
0.2515 |
217 |
1 |
45.95 |
2010-08-20 |
| 3. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
45.83 |
1.1095 |
0.1175 |
252 |
1 |
45.83 |
2010-08-20 |
| 4. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
44.52 |
0.9963 |
0.1908 |
274 |
2 |
42.34 |
2010-08-20 |
| 5. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
44.39 |
1.0082 |
0.1728 |
212 |
1 |
44.39 |
2009-10-06 |
| 6. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
44.36 |
0.9286 |
0.2584 |
177 |
1 |
44.36 |
2009-10-06 |
| 7. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
44.16 |
0.9113 |
0.2644 |
225 |
1 |
44.16 |
2011-01-21 |
| 8. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
43.25 |
1.0540 |
0.0966 |
184 |
1 |
43.25 |
2010-08-20 |
| 9. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
42.61 |
1.0464 |
0.0979 |
213 |
3 |
40.01 |
2011-01-21 |
| 10. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
42.16 |
0.9841 |
0.1389 |
217 |
1 |
42.16 |
2009-03-17 |
| 11. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
41.70 |
0.9935 |
0.1222 |
217 |
1 |
41.70 |
2009-10-12 |
| 12. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
41.48 |
1.0567 |
0.0508 |
314 |
1 |
41.48 |
2010-08-18 |
| 13. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
40.80 |
1.0199 |
0.0660 |
225 |
2 |
37.11 |
2009-10-06 |
| 14. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
40.73 |
0.9315 |
0.1577 |
273 |
1 |
40.73 |
2009-10-06 |
| 15. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
40.70 |
1.0881 |
-0.0049 |
210 |
1 |
40.70 |
2009-10-06 |
| 16. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
40.31 |
0.9756 |
0.1030 |
216 |
1 |
40.31 |
2010-08-19 |
| 17. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
40.17 |
0.8663 |
0.2020 |
172 |
1 |
40.17 |
2010-08-19 |
| 18. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
39.97 |
0.9275 |
0.1454 |
243 |
2 |
36.09 |
2009-03-17 |
| 19. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
39.44 |
1.0033 |
0.0499 |
203 |
1 |
39.44 |
2009-10-06 |
| 20. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
39.23 |
1.0010 |
0.0502 |
213 |
1 |
39.23 |
2009-10-12 |
| 21. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
39.10 |
0.9068 |
0.1353 |
212 |
1 |
39.10 |
2011-01-21 |
| 22. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
39.09 |
0.8925 |
0.1577 |
293 |
1 |
39.09 |
2010-08-19 |
| 23. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
38.99 |
0.9598 |
0.0835 |
209 |
1 |
38.99 |
2009-10-06 |
| 24. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
38.98 |
1.0472 |
-0.0127 |
149 |
1 |
38.98 |
2009-10-06 |
| 25. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
38.66 |
0.9012 |
0.1345 |
322 |
1 |
38.66 |
2010-08-19 |
| 26. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
38.49 |
0.9709 |
0.0554 |
264 |
1 |
38.49 |
2009-03-17 |
| 27. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
38.24 |
0.9183 |
0.1035 |
308 |
1 |
38.24 |
2011-01-21 |
| 28. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
38.23 |
0.9864 |
0.0381 |
292 |
1 |
38.23 |
2009-03-17 |
| 29. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
37.96 |
1.0208 |
-0.0076 |
231 |
1 |
37.96 |
2009-10-12 |
| 30. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
37.95 |
1.0301 |
-0.0183 |
268 |
2 |
37.93 |
2010-08-20 |
| 31. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
37.91 |
1.0086 |
-0.0010 |
218 |
1 |
37.91 |
2010-11-18 |
| 32. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
37.62 |
0.9352 |
0.0677 |
194 |
1 |
37.62 |
2010-08-18 |
| 33. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
37.60 |
0.9253 |
0.0677 |
118 |
1 |
37.60 |
2010-08-19 |
| 34. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
36.86 |
0.9809 |
-0.0012 |
209 |
1 |
36.86 |
2009-10-20 |
| 35. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
36.57 |
0.9763 |
-0.0005 |
143 |
1 |
36.57 |
2010-08-19 |
| 36. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
36.39 |
0.9780 |
-0.0129 |
173 |
1 |
36.39 |
2009-03-17 |
| 37. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
36.36 |
0.8603 |
0.1096 |
270 |
1 |
36.36 |
2010-08-18 |
| 38. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
36.17 |
0.9931 |
-0.0315 |
218 |
1 |
36.17 |
2009-10-06 |
| 39. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
35.89 |
1.0059 |
-0.0469 |
283 |
1 |
35.89 |
2010-08-19 |
| 40. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
35.65 |
0.9909 |
-0.0347 |
293 |
1 |
35.65 |
2011-01-21 |
| 41. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
35.63 |
0.8966 |
0.0531 |
366 |
1 |
35.63 |
2010-08-19 |
| 42. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
35.51 |
1.0332 |
-0.0865 |
267 |
1 |
35.51 |
2009-10-09 |
| 43. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
35.46 |
1.0426 |
-0.1005 |
131 |
1 |
35.46 |
2009-03-17 |
| 44. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
35.40 |
1.0873 |
-0.1458 |
243 |
1 |
35.40 |
2009-03-17 |
| 45. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
35.37 |
0.9952 |
-0.0491 |
220 |
1 |
35.37 |
2010-08-20 |
| 46. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
34.94 |
0.9271 |
0.0074 |
323 |
1 |
34.94 |
2009-10-06 |
| 47. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
34.86 |
0.8742 |
0.0603 |
202 |
1 |
34.86 |
2010-08-19 |
| 48. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
34.45 |
0.9258 |
-0.0019 |
184 |
1 |
34.45 |
2010-08-20 |
| 49. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
34.40 |
1.0414 |
-0.1250 |
234 |
1 |
34.40 |
2009-03-17 |
| 50. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
34.37 |
1.0617 |
-0.1472 |
171 |
1 |
34.37 |
2009-03-17 |
| 51. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
33.72 |
0.8067 |
0.0931 |
215 |
1 |
33.72 |
2010-08-20 |
| 52. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
33.62 |
1.0178 |
-0.1230 |
207 |
1 |
33.62 |
2009-10-06 |
| 53. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
33.59 |
0.9927 |
-0.1001 |
234 |
1 |
33.59 |
2009-10-06 |
| 54. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
33.56 |
0.9402 |
-0.0470 |
310 |
1 |
33.56 |
2010-08-19 |
| 55. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
33.05 |
0.9166 |
-0.0328 |
133 |
1 |
33.05 |
2009-03-17 |
| 56. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
32.94 |
0.9204 |
-0.0403 |
121 |
1 |
32.94 |
2009-10-06 |
| 57. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
32.80 |
0.9530 |
-0.0823 |
193 |
1 |
32.80 |
2010-08-20 |
| 58. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
31.86 |
0.8474 |
0.0025 |
265 |
1 |
31.86 |
2009-10-20 |
| 59. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
31.84 |
0.9991 |
-0.1513 |
339 |
1 |
31.84 |
2010-08-19 |
| 60. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
31.40 |
0.8172 |
0.0153 |
204 |
1 |
31.40 |
2010-08-20 |
| 61. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
30.06 |
0.9673 |
-0.1637 |
292 |
1 |
30.06 |
2009-10-06 |
| 62. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
29.96 |
1.0069 |
-0.2053 |
242 |
1 |
29.96 |
2009-10-09 |
| 63. |
We were all in our late twenties or early-to-middle thirties... |
29.21 |
0.8911 |
-0.1103 |
241 |
1 |
29.21 |
2010-11-18 |
| 64. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
25.74 |
0.8901 |
-0.2061 |
273 |
1 |
25.74 |
2010-08-20 |
| 65. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
24.95 |
0.8988 |
-0.2355 |
216 |
1 |
24.95 |
2009-03-17 |