| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
84.58 |
1.0125 |
0.3149 |
224 |
2 |
71.98 |
2012-10-04 |
| 2. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
84.06 |
1.0787 |
0.2414 |
237 |
2 |
78.85 |
2012-10-04 |
| 3. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
79.44 |
1.0261 |
0.2201 |
273 |
1 |
79.44 |
2012-10-04 |
| 4. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
78.87 |
1.0412 |
0.1977 |
225 |
2 |
72.05 |
2012-10-04 |
| 5. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
78.44 |
1.1014 |
0.1687 |
273 |
2 |
72.95 |
2012-10-04 |
| 6. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
78.30 |
1.0613 |
0.1699 |
266 |
2 |
66.67 |
2012-10-04 |
| 7. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
76.11 |
0.9699 |
0.2247 |
269 |
1 |
76.11 |
2012-10-04 |
| 8. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
76.08 |
1.0709 |
0.1626 |
392 |
1 |
76.08 |
2012-10-01 |
| 9. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
76.05 |
1.1018 |
0.0861 |
220 |
2 |
73.01 |
2012-10-04 |
| 10. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
75.95 |
1.0396 |
0.1461 |
149 |
3 |
71.10 |
2012-10-04 |
| 11. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
75.68 |
1.0677 |
0.1513 |
284 |
2 |
68.73 |
2012-10-05 |
| 12. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
73.96 |
0.9619 |
0.2050 |
393 |
1 |
73.96 |
2013-09-02 |
| 13. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
73.63 |
1.0565 |
0.0967 |
247 |
2 |
71.67 |
2012-10-05 |
| 14. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
73.58 |
1.0972 |
0.0876 |
251 |
1 |
73.58 |
2012-10-01 |
| 15. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
73.49 |
1.0214 |
0.1272 |
166 |
1 |
73.49 |
2012-11-17 |
| 16. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
73.43 |
1.0797 |
0.0678 |
210 |
1 |
73.43 |
2012-10-01 |
| 17. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
73.35 |
1.0669 |
0.1178 |
213 |
2 |
65.64 |
2012-10-04 |
| 18. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
72.64 |
1.0391 |
0.1072 |
358 |
1 |
72.64 |
2012-10-05 |
| 19. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
72.49 |
0.9593 |
0.1835 |
398 |
1 |
72.49 |
2012-10-04 |
| 20. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
72.13 |
1.0095 |
0.1213 |
316 |
2 |
66.61 |
2013-09-02 |
| 21. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
71.85 |
1.0390 |
0.0851 |
205 |
2 |
69.98 |
2012-10-01 |
| 22. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
71.45 |
1.0197 |
0.0989 |
226 |
1 |
71.45 |
2012-10-05 |
| 23. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
71.27 |
1.0349 |
0.0827 |
234 |
1 |
71.27 |
2012-10-03 |
| 24. |
I often see racers, particularly at the back of the pack in ... |
71.21 |
0.9653 |
0.1513 |
349 |
1 |
71.21 |
2012-10-01 |
| 25. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
70.80 |
1.0038 |
0.1376 |
237 |
1 |
70.80 |
2012-10-04 |
| 26. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
70.53 |
0.9798 |
0.1215 |
199 |
1 |
70.53 |
2012-10-05 |
| 27. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
70.40 |
0.9529 |
0.1924 |
269 |
2 |
64.94 |
2012-10-01 |
| 28. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
70.34 |
1.0316 |
0.0762 |
333 |
2 |
69.08 |
2012-10-04 |
| 29. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
70.30 |
1.0863 |
0.0517 |
210 |
1 |
70.30 |
2012-10-01 |
| 30. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
69.97 |
1.0358 |
0.1041 |
349 |
1 |
69.97 |
2012-10-04 |
| 31. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
69.80 |
1.0090 |
0.1299 |
282 |
1 |
69.80 |
2012-10-30 |
| 32. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
69.72 |
0.9925 |
0.1385 |
247 |
1 |
69.72 |
2012-10-02 |
| 33. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
69.22 |
0.8961 |
0.1866 |
189 |
1 |
69.22 |
2012-10-01 |
| 34. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
69.08 |
1.1215 |
-0.0138 |
200 |
1 |
69.08 |
2012-10-01 |
| 35. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
68.78 |
0.9851 |
0.0965 |
317 |
1 |
68.78 |
2012-10-01 |
| 36. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
68.61 |
1.0885 |
0.0228 |
341 |
1 |
68.61 |
2012-10-01 |
| 37. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
68.52 |
1.0320 |
0.0802 |
293 |
1 |
68.52 |
2013-09-02 |
| 38. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
68.34 |
1.0288 |
0.0758 |
300 |
1 |
68.34 |
2012-10-01 |
| 39. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
67.96 |
0.9866 |
0.0760 |
218 |
1 |
67.96 |
2012-10-01 |
| 40. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
67.53 |
1.1022 |
-0.0078 |
259 |
1 |
67.53 |
2012-09-30 |
| 41. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
67.29 |
1.0885 |
-0.0297 |
315 |
1 |
67.29 |
2012-10-01 |
| 42. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
66.93 |
1.0696 |
-0.0233 |
226 |
2 |
64.84 |
2012-10-04 |
| 43. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
66.54 |
0.9852 |
0.0587 |
264 |
1 |
66.54 |
2012-10-01 |
| 44. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
66.53 |
1.0529 |
-0.0096 |
351 |
1 |
66.53 |
2012-10-01 |
| 45. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
66.24 |
1.0429 |
-0.0057 |
259 |
1 |
66.24 |
2012-11-09 |
| 46. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
65.92 |
1.0403 |
0.0332 |
275 |
1 |
65.92 |
2012-10-01 |
| 47. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
65.51 |
0.9342 |
0.0967 |
434 |
1 |
65.51 |
2012-10-01 |
| 48. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They ... |
65.18 |
0.9774 |
0.0434 |
196 |
1 |
65.18 |
2012-10-01 |
| 49. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
65.08 |
0.9266 |
0.0936 |
267 |
1 |
65.08 |
2013-09-02 |
| 50. |
Don't practice too much at first, or you're likely to develo... |
65.02 |
1.0141 |
0.0456 |
381 |
1 |
65.02 |
2012-10-04 |
| 51. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
64.78 |
0.9500 |
0.0676 |
362 |
1 |
64.78 |
2012-10-05 |
| 52. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
64.73 |
0.9578 |
0.0568 |
281 |
1 |
64.73 |
2012-10-01 |
| 53. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
64.72 |
0.9893 |
0.0254 |
323 |
1 |
64.72 |
2012-10-01 |
| 54. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
64.56 |
0.9710 |
0.0347 |
173 |
1 |
64.56 |
2012-10-01 |
| 55. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
64.12 |
0.9687 |
0.0413 |
371 |
1 |
64.12 |
2012-10-04 |
| 56. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
63.94 |
0.9532 |
0.0477 |
258 |
2 |
61.78 |
2012-10-04 |
| 57. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
63.57 |
0.9504 |
0.0402 |
263 |
1 |
63.57 |
2012-09-30 |
| 58. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
63.55 |
1.0331 |
-0.0393 |
234 |
1 |
63.55 |
2012-09-30 |
| 59. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
63.09 |
0.9776 |
0.0115 |
308 |
1 |
63.09 |
2012-09-30 |
| 60. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
62.74 |
0.9632 |
0.0263 |
392 |
1 |
62.74 |
2012-10-01 |
| 61. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
62.68 |
1.0763 |
-0.0522 |
367 |
2 |
58.15 |
2012-10-01 |
| 62. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
62.63 |
0.9266 |
0.0564 |
278 |
1 |
62.63 |
2012-10-01 |
| 63. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
62.63 |
0.9176 |
0.0976 |
267 |
1 |
62.63 |
2012-10-02 |
| 64. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
62.56 |
1.0169 |
0.0023 |
346 |
1 |
62.56 |
2012-10-01 |
| 65. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
62.23 |
0.9005 |
0.0732 |
212 |
1 |
62.23 |
2012-10-01 |
| 66. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
62.08 |
1.0547 |
-0.0473 |
257 |
2 |
61.64 |
2012-10-03 |
| 67. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
61.91 |
0.9668 |
0.0456 |
383 |
1 |
61.91 |
2012-10-01 |
| 68. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
61.76 |
0.9567 |
0.0111 |
273 |
1 |
61.76 |
2012-10-01 |
| 69. |
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the ... |
61.66 |
1.0381 |
-0.0830 |
170 |
1 |
61.66 |
2012-09-30 |
| 70. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
61.48 |
1.0124 |
-0.0518 |
204 |
1 |
61.48 |
2012-09-30 |
| 71. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
61.48 |
0.9364 |
0.0669 |
351 |
1 |
61.48 |
2012-10-01 |
| 72. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
61.48 |
1.0060 |
-0.0476 |
171 |
1 |
61.48 |
2012-10-01 |
| 73. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
61.42 |
1.0284 |
-0.0228 |
282 |
1 |
61.42 |
2012-09-30 |
| 74. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
61.14 |
1.0201 |
-0.0617 |
303 |
1 |
61.14 |
2012-09-30 |
| 75. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
61.08 |
0.9632 |
0.0359 |
345 |
1 |
61.08 |
2012-10-01 |
| 76. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
61.00 |
0.9986 |
-0.0424 |
283 |
1 |
61.00 |
2012-10-01 |
| 77. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
60.89 |
0.9965 |
-0.0474 |
168 |
1 |
60.89 |
2012-10-01 |
| 78. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
60.60 |
0.9429 |
0.0078 |
287 |
1 |
60.60 |
2014-02-25 |
| 79. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
60.55 |
0.9801 |
0.0111 |
428 |
1 |
60.55 |
2012-10-04 |
| 80. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
60.43 |
1.0172 |
-0.0358 |
341 |
1 |
60.43 |
2012-10-01 |
| 81. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
60.22 |
1.0574 |
-0.0862 |
205 |
2 |
57.09 |
2012-10-01 |
| 82. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
60.21 |
0.9376 |
0.0108 |
367 |
1 |
60.21 |
2012-09-30 |
| 83. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
59.76 |
0.9805 |
-0.0399 |
292 |
1 |
59.76 |
2012-09-30 |
| 84. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
59.76 |
0.9157 |
0.0247 |
350 |
1 |
59.76 |
2012-10-15 |
| 85. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
59.68 |
0.9795 |
-0.0445 |
308 |
1 |
59.68 |
2012-09-30 |
| 86. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
59.67 |
1.0673 |
-0.0911 |
230 |
1 |
59.67 |
2014-02-25 |
| 87. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
59.63 |
1.0232 |
-0.0538 |
236 |
2 |
54.94 |
2012-10-01 |
| 88. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
59.56 |
0.8382 |
0.0954 |
268 |
1 |
59.56 |
2012-10-05 |
| 89. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
59.45 |
0.8811 |
0.0541 |
239 |
1 |
59.45 |
2012-09-30 |
| 90. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
59.27 |
1.0340 |
-0.1006 |
406 |
1 |
59.27 |
2013-09-02 |
| 91. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
59.27 |
0.9097 |
0.0603 |
464 |
1 |
59.27 |
2012-10-01 |
| 92. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
59.09 |
0.9790 |
-0.0130 |
311 |
1 |
59.09 |
2012-10-02 |
| 93. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
58.89 |
0.8914 |
0.0311 |
366 |
1 |
58.89 |
2012-09-30 |
| 94. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
58.82 |
0.9682 |
-0.0488 |
143 |
1 |
58.82 |
2012-10-01 |
| 95. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
58.64 |
1.0314 |
-0.0742 |
452 |
1 |
58.64 |
2012-09-30 |
| 96. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
58.57 |
0.8722 |
0.0479 |
285 |
2 |
52.26 |
2012-10-02 |
| 97. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
58.22 |
0.9665 |
-0.0058 |
326 |
1 |
58.22 |
2012-09-30 |
| 98. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
57.88 |
0.9734 |
-0.0674 |
289 |
1 |
57.88 |
2012-09-30 |
| 99. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
57.87 |
1.0496 |
-0.1445 |
314 |
1 |
57.87 |
2012-09-30 |
| 100. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
57.62 |
0.9023 |
0.0426 |
231 |
1 |
57.62 |
2012-10-01 |
| 101. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
57.60 |
1.0398 |
-0.1491 |
110 |
1 |
57.60 |
2012-10-01 |
| 102. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
57.56 |
0.9485 |
-0.0458 |
236 |
1 |
57.56 |
2012-09-30 |
| 103. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
57.55 |
1.0068 |
-0.1027 |
358 |
1 |
57.55 |
2012-10-01 |
| 104. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
57.17 |
1.0042 |
-0.0677 |
352 |
2 |
56.74 |
2012-10-01 |
| 105. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
56.64 |
0.9651 |
-0.0428 |
389 |
1 |
56.64 |
2012-09-30 |
| 106. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
56.61 |
1.0214 |
-0.1370 |
269 |
1 |
56.61 |
2012-09-30 |
| 107. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
56.30 |
1.0365 |
-0.1260 |
162 |
1 |
56.30 |
2012-10-02 |
| 108. |
This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic people ... |
55.95 |
1.0203 |
-0.1114 |
400 |
1 |
55.95 |
2012-09-30 |
| 109. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
55.39 |
1.0506 |
-0.1554 |
277 |
1 |
55.39 |
2012-09-30 |
| 110. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
54.93 |
1.0016 |
-0.1472 |
218 |
1 |
54.93 |
2012-10-01 |
| 111. |
We were all in our late twenties or early-to-middle thirties... |
54.73 |
0.8867 |
-0.0257 |
241 |
1 |
54.73 |
2012-09-30 |
| 112. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
54.24 |
0.9430 |
-0.0985 |
227 |
1 |
54.24 |
2012-09-30 |
| 113. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
53.52 |
0.9646 |
-0.1287 |
264 |
1 |
53.52 |
2012-09-30 |
| 114. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
53.04 |
1.0183 |
-0.1946 |
191 |
1 |
53.04 |
2012-10-01 |
| 115. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
53.03 |
0.9553 |
-0.1191 |
430 |
1 |
53.03 |
2012-09-30 |
| 116. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
52.42 |
0.8951 |
-0.0735 |
193 |
1 |
52.42 |
2012-09-30 |
| 117. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
52.17 |
0.8916 |
-0.0758 |
216 |
1 |
52.17 |
2012-10-01 |
| 118. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
52.11 |
0.9527 |
-0.1381 |
251 |
1 |
52.11 |
2012-09-30 |
| 119. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
51.49 |
0.9168 |
-0.1106 |
240 |
1 |
51.49 |
2012-10-01 |
| 120. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
51.42 |
0.9614 |
-0.1546 |
292 |
1 |
51.42 |
2012-09-30 |
| 121. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
50.26 |
1.0077 |
-0.1818 |
250 |
1 |
50.26 |
2012-09-30 |
| 122. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
50.17 |
0.9570 |
-0.1717 |
287 |
1 |
50.17 |
2012-09-30 |
| 123. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
48.64 |
0.9330 |
-0.1670 |
360 |
1 |
48.64 |
2012-09-30 |
| 124. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
48.06 |
0.9841 |
-0.2300 |
334 |
1 |
48.06 |
2012-09-30 |
| 125. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
47.91 |
0.9635 |
-0.2100 |
389 |
1 |
47.91 |
2012-10-01 |
| 126. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
47.19 |
0.9309 |
-0.1966 |
284 |
1 |
47.19 |
2012-09-30 |
| 127. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
45.12 |
0.8996 |
-0.2018 |
192 |
1 |
45.12 |
2012-10-01 |
| 128. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
43.05 |
0.8770 |
-0.2033 |
300 |
1 |
43.05 |
2012-09-30 |
| 129. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
42.50 |
0.9786 |
-0.3220 |
193 |
1 |
42.50 |
2012-09-30 |
| 130. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
37.79 |
0.9649 |
-0.3788 |
193 |
1 |
37.79 |
2012-09-30 |