| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
79.65 |
0.9981 |
0.3033 |
211 |
1 |
79.65 |
2010-04-20 |
| 2. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
76.38 |
1.0279 |
0.2149 |
172 |
1 |
76.38 |
2010-04-19 |
| 3. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
74.19 |
1.0901 |
0.1245 |
288 |
1 |
74.19 |
2010-04-18 |
| 4. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
71.85 |
1.0540 |
0.1151 |
184 |
1 |
71.85 |
2010-04-18 |
| 5. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
69.71 |
1.0472 |
0.0855 |
149 |
1 |
69.71 |
2010-04-18 |
| 6. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
69.36 |
1.0543 |
0.0756 |
182 |
1 |
69.36 |
2010-04-18 |
| 7. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
68.90 |
0.9791 |
0.1400 |
154 |
1 |
68.90 |
2010-04-20 |
| 8. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
68.83 |
1.0320 |
0.0985 |
401 |
1 |
68.83 |
2010-04-20 |
| 9. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
68.80 |
0.9680 |
0.1561 |
256 |
2 |
64.42 |
2010-04-22 |
| 10. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
68.58 |
1.0845 |
0.0348 |
212 |
1 |
68.58 |
2010-04-19 |
| 11. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
68.58 |
1.0638 |
0.0546 |
247 |
1 |
68.58 |
2010-04-18 |
| 12. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
68.48 |
1.0094 |
0.1095 |
256 |
1 |
68.48 |
2010-04-18 |
| 13. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
68.43 |
1.0253 |
0.0956 |
337 |
1 |
68.43 |
2010-04-19 |
| 14. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
68.27 |
1.0288 |
0.0818 |
166 |
2 |
67.48 |
2010-04-20 |
| 15. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
68.24 |
1.0639 |
0.0520 |
303 |
2 |
66.35 |
2010-04-19 |
| 16. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
68.03 |
1.0667 |
0.0551 |
308 |
1 |
68.03 |
2010-04-18 |
| 17. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
67.62 |
1.0016 |
0.1014 |
217 |
1 |
67.62 |
2010-04-20 |
| 18. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
67.24 |
1.0628 |
0.0376 |
363 |
1 |
67.24 |
2010-04-18 |
| 19. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
67.10 |
1.0351 |
0.0649 |
276 |
1 |
67.10 |
2010-04-18 |
| 20. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
66.38 |
1.0192 |
0.0704 |
243 |
1 |
66.38 |
2010-04-20 |
| 21. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
66.27 |
1.0557 |
0.0280 |
289 |
2 |
63.98 |
2010-04-19 |
| 22. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
66.14 |
0.9996 |
0.0882 |
483 |
2 |
64.03 |
2010-04-22 |
| 23. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
66.13 |
1.0332 |
0.0464 |
267 |
1 |
66.13 |
2010-04-17 |
| 24. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
66.07 |
0.9503 |
0.1222 |
211 |
1 |
66.07 |
2010-04-20 |
| 25. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
65.98 |
1.0600 |
0.0180 |
351 |
1 |
65.98 |
2010-04-18 |
| 26. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
65.83 |
0.9561 |
0.1224 |
291 |
1 |
65.83 |
2010-04-18 |
| 27. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
65.60 |
1.0960 |
-0.0205 |
315 |
1 |
65.60 |
2010-04-19 |
| 28. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
65.46 |
0.8830 |
0.1886 |
300 |
2 |
61.17 |
2010-04-23 |
| 29. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
65.45 |
1.0069 |
0.0654 |
242 |
1 |
65.45 |
2010-04-18 |
| 30. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
64.87 |
1.0250 |
0.0374 |
271 |
1 |
64.87 |
2010-04-18 |
| 31. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
64.84 |
0.9917 |
0.0694 |
317 |
2 |
61.94 |
2010-04-19 |
| 32. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
64.63 |
1.0039 |
0.0578 |
255 |
1 |
64.63 |
2010-04-19 |
| 33. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
64.48 |
0.9801 |
0.0727 |
289 |
2 |
62.42 |
2010-04-25 |
| 34. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
64.23 |
1.0004 |
0.0511 |
373 |
2 |
62.82 |
2010-04-18 |
| 35. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
64.21 |
1.0006 |
0.0480 |
311 |
1 |
64.21 |
2010-04-18 |
| 36. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
64.06 |
1.0131 |
0.0365 |
245 |
1 |
64.06 |
2010-04-18 |
| 37. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
63.97 |
0.9854 |
0.0606 |
174 |
2 |
59.57 |
2010-04-19 |
| 38. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
63.84 |
1.0427 |
0.0007 |
269 |
1 |
63.84 |
2010-04-20 |
| 39. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
63.58 |
1.0101 |
0.0300 |
336 |
1 |
63.58 |
2010-04-19 |
| 40. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
63.30 |
1.0095 |
0.0228 |
211 |
2 |
60.78 |
2010-04-18 |
| 41. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
63.18 |
0.9866 |
0.0455 |
308 |
1 |
63.18 |
2010-04-20 |
| 42. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
63.12 |
0.9842 |
0.0487 |
335 |
2 |
61.02 |
2010-04-19 |
| 43. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
63.03 |
0.9357 |
0.0913 |
204 |
1 |
63.03 |
2010-04-19 |
| 44. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
62.96 |
0.9885 |
0.0397 |
355 |
1 |
62.96 |
2010-04-20 |
| 45. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
62.84 |
0.9873 |
0.0493 |
396 |
1 |
62.84 |
2010-04-20 |
| 46. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
62.84 |
1.0411 |
-0.0132 |
341 |
1 |
62.84 |
2010-04-18 |
| 47. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
62.67 |
0.9673 |
0.0599 |
393 |
3 |
59.63 |
2010-04-19 |
| 48. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
62.50 |
0.9841 |
0.0331 |
217 |
1 |
62.50 |
2010-04-20 |
| 49. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
62.42 |
1.0432 |
-0.0234 |
276 |
3 |
60.45 |
2010-04-19 |
| 50. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
62.32 |
1.0450 |
-0.0221 |
358 |
1 |
62.32 |
2010-04-18 |
| 51. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
62.15 |
0.9787 |
0.0395 |
364 |
1 |
62.15 |
2010-04-18 |
| 52. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
62.08 |
0.9928 |
0.0202 |
293 |
1 |
62.08 |
2010-04-19 |
| 53. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
62.02 |
1.0018 |
0.0111 |
246 |
1 |
62.02 |
2010-04-19 |
| 54. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
61.70 |
0.9561 |
0.0587 |
364 |
1 |
61.70 |
2010-04-20 |
| 55. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
61.67 |
0.9704 |
0.0365 |
254 |
2 |
56.84 |
2010-04-19 |
| 56. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
61.66 |
0.9966 |
0.0173 |
377 |
2 |
58.98 |
2010-04-19 |
| 57. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
61.32 |
1.0576 |
-0.0593 |
231 |
1 |
61.32 |
2010-04-18 |
| 58. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
61.29 |
1.0387 |
-0.0339 |
333 |
1 |
61.29 |
2010-04-18 |
| 59. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
61.24 |
0.9780 |
0.0156 |
173 |
2 |
56.39 |
2010-04-23 |
| 60. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
61.21 |
0.9974 |
-0.0020 |
163 |
1 |
61.21 |
2010-04-19 |
| 61. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
61.12 |
0.9809 |
0.0248 |
250 |
1 |
61.12 |
2010-04-19 |
| 62. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
61.09 |
0.9963 |
-0.0013 |
274 |
2 |
60.35 |
2010-04-19 |
| 63. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
61.07 |
1.0743 |
-0.0762 |
297 |
1 |
61.07 |
2010-04-18 |
| 64. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
60.81 |
0.9377 |
0.0628 |
198 |
1 |
60.81 |
2010-04-20 |
| 65. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
60.69 |
1.0103 |
-0.0252 |
209 |
1 |
60.69 |
2010-04-20 |
| 66. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
60.41 |
0.9857 |
0.0064 |
268 |
2 |
57.76 |
2010-04-21 |
| 67. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
60.21 |
0.9271 |
0.0583 |
323 |
3 |
57.33 |
2010-04-22 |
| 68. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
60.19 |
0.9561 |
0.0281 |
362 |
1 |
60.19 |
2010-04-20 |
| 69. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
60.15 |
1.0026 |
-0.0163 |
200 |
1 |
60.15 |
2010-04-19 |
| 70. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
60.12 |
0.9957 |
-0.0103 |
323 |
1 |
60.12 |
2010-04-18 |
| 71. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
60.08 |
0.9162 |
0.0658 |
401 |
1 |
60.08 |
2010-04-19 |
| 72. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
59.99 |
0.9817 |
0.0030 |
304 |
1 |
59.99 |
2010-04-20 |
| 73. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
59.76 |
0.9918 |
-0.0092 |
400 |
1 |
59.76 |
2010-04-20 |
| 74. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
59.74 |
0.9989 |
-0.0166 |
282 |
1 |
59.74 |
2010-04-19 |
| 75. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
59.70 |
0.9183 |
0.0528 |
252 |
2 |
55.72 |
2010-04-20 |
| 76. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
59.47 |
0.9329 |
0.0522 |
345 |
1 |
59.47 |
2010-04-18 |
| 77. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
59.37 |
0.9346 |
0.0316 |
211 |
1 |
59.37 |
2010-04-18 |
| 78. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
59.24 |
1.0338 |
-0.0615 |
277 |
1 |
59.24 |
2010-04-19 |
| 79. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
59.00 |
0.9315 |
0.0333 |
273 |
1 |
59.00 |
2010-04-18 |
| 80. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
58.89 |
1.0042 |
-0.0468 |
168 |
1 |
58.89 |
2010-04-19 |
| 81. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
58.35 |
0.8845 |
0.0691 |
239 |
1 |
58.35 |
2010-04-18 |
| 82. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
58.06 |
0.8986 |
0.0540 |
363 |
1 |
58.06 |
2010-04-19 |
| 83. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
57.88 |
1.0144 |
-0.0687 |
162 |
1 |
57.88 |
2010-04-21 |
| 84. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
57.61 |
0.9841 |
-0.0325 |
325 |
3 |
56.49 |
2010-04-19 |
| 85. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
57.50 |
0.9517 |
-0.0146 |
276 |
2 |
57.20 |
2010-04-23 |
| 86. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
57.48 |
0.9468 |
-0.0089 |
318 |
1 |
57.48 |
2010-04-18 |
| 87. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
57.45 |
0.9425 |
-0.0042 |
248 |
1 |
57.45 |
2010-04-20 |
| 88. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
57.27 |
0.8624 |
0.0675 |
174 |
2 |
54.00 |
2010-04-20 |
| 89. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
57.24 |
0.9392 |
0.0010 |
360 |
1 |
57.24 |
2010-04-25 |
| 90. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
56.97 |
0.9703 |
-0.0340 |
394 |
1 |
56.97 |
2010-04-20 |
| 91. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
56.57 |
1.0588 |
-0.1356 |
281 |
1 |
56.57 |
2010-04-18 |
| 92. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
56.55 |
0.9909 |
-0.0642 |
334 |
1 |
56.55 |
2010-04-18 |
| 93. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
56.43 |
1.0272 |
-0.1085 |
226 |
1 |
56.43 |
2010-04-20 |
| 94. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
56.14 |
0.9598 |
-0.0416 |
209 |
2 |
53.89 |
2010-04-18 |
| 95. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
56.07 |
0.9609 |
-0.0412 |
331 |
1 |
56.07 |
2010-04-19 |
| 96. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
55.90 |
0.8794 |
0.0393 |
427 |
1 |
55.90 |
2010-04-18 |
| 97. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
55.63 |
0.9765 |
-0.0695 |
269 |
1 |
55.63 |
2010-04-21 |
| 98. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
55.27 |
0.9809 |
-0.0830 |
209 |
1 |
55.27 |
2010-04-22 |
| 99. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
55.21 |
0.9884 |
-0.0851 |
267 |
2 |
53.37 |
2010-04-19 |
| 100. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
55.20 |
0.9380 |
-0.0389 |
284 |
1 |
55.20 |
2010-04-18 |
| 101. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
55.17 |
0.9027 |
-0.0061 |
189 |
2 |
54.97 |
2010-04-18 |
| 102. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
54.90 |
0.9338 |
-0.0282 |
326 |
1 |
54.90 |
2010-04-19 |
| 103. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
54.83 |
0.9359 |
-0.0407 |
355 |
1 |
54.83 |
2010-04-19 |
| 104. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
54.48 |
0.8856 |
0.0108 |
369 |
2 |
49.73 |
2010-04-21 |
| 105. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
54.37 |
0.9541 |
-0.0665 |
236 |
1 |
54.37 |
2010-04-19 |
| 106. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
54.02 |
0.9597 |
-0.0783 |
251 |
1 |
54.02 |
2010-04-19 |
| 107. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
53.46 |
0.9801 |
-0.0999 |
282 |
1 |
53.46 |
2010-04-20 |
| 108. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
53.41 |
0.9145 |
-0.0398 |
404 |
1 |
53.41 |
2010-04-23 |
| 109. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
52.66 |
0.9604 |
-0.1036 |
285 |
1 |
52.66 |
2010-04-18 |
| 110. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
52.28 |
0.9833 |
-0.1283 |
387 |
1 |
52.28 |
2010-04-18 |
| 111. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
51.35 |
0.9012 |
-0.0603 |
322 |
1 |
51.35 |
2010-04-17 |
| 112. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
51.29 |
0.9980 |
-0.1594 |
295 |
1 |
51.29 |
2010-04-17 |
| 113. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
51.28 |
0.8880 |
-0.0517 |
296 |
1 |
51.28 |
2010-04-19 |
| 114. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
50.98 |
0.8964 |
-0.0680 |
199 |
1 |
50.98 |
2010-04-19 |
| 115. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
50.52 |
0.8718 |
-0.0446 |
318 |
1 |
50.52 |
2010-04-18 |
| 116. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
50.50 |
0.9119 |
-0.0842 |
396 |
1 |
50.50 |
2010-04-17 |
| 117. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
50.47 |
0.9583 |
-0.1349 |
237 |
1 |
50.47 |
2010-04-20 |
| 118. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
49.42 |
0.8437 |
-0.0387 |
268 |
1 |
49.42 |
2010-04-21 |
| 119. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
49.23 |
0.9479 |
-0.1437 |
317 |
1 |
49.23 |
2010-04-18 |
| 120. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
48.72 |
0.9403 |
-0.1334 |
345 |
1 |
48.72 |
2010-04-19 |
| 121. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
48.66 |
0.8974 |
-0.0923 |
365 |
1 |
48.66 |
2010-04-18 |