| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
44.67 |
1.1016 |
0.1210 |
233 |
1 |
44.67 |
2008-11-17 |
| 2. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
43.49 |
0.9316 |
0.2642 |
287 |
1 |
43.49 |
2008-11-17 |
| 3. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
43.05 |
1.0349 |
0.1421 |
234 |
2 |
35.76 |
2008-11-17 |
| 4. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
42.95 |
1.1114 |
0.0608 |
247 |
1 |
42.95 |
2008-11-03 |
| 5. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
42.95 |
1.0498 |
0.1203 |
180 |
2 |
41.30 |
2008-11-15 |
| 6. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
42.26 |
1.0252 |
0.1241 |
176 |
1 |
42.26 |
2008-11-03 |
| 7. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
42.21 |
0.9729 |
0.1817 |
255 |
1 |
42.21 |
2008-11-05 |
| 8. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
41.95 |
0.9851 |
0.1644 |
317 |
2 |
38.02 |
2008-11-17 |
| 9. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
41.90 |
0.9307 |
0.2232 |
246 |
3 |
36.22 |
2008-11-03 |
| 10. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
41.68 |
0.9731 |
0.1542 |
129 |
1 |
41.68 |
2008-11-12 |
| 11. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
41.35 |
0.9866 |
0.1404 |
218 |
1 |
41.35 |
2008-11-12 |
| 12. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
41.31 |
0.9212 |
0.2117 |
323 |
3 |
38.47 |
2008-11-17 |
| 13. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
41.05 |
1.0429 |
0.0781 |
259 |
1 |
41.05 |
2008-11-21 |
| 14. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
40.82 |
1.0426 |
0.0727 |
323 |
1 |
40.82 |
2008-11-15 |
| 15. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
40.72 |
0.9614 |
0.1548 |
292 |
2 |
38.91 |
2008-11-04 |
| 16. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
40.70 |
0.9286 |
0.1831 |
194 |
1 |
40.70 |
2008-11-03 |
| 17. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
40.64 |
1.0297 |
0.0801 |
249 |
1 |
40.64 |
2008-11-17 |
| 18. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
40.63 |
0.8899 |
0.2320 |
293 |
1 |
40.63 |
2008-11-15 |
| 19. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
40.55 |
0.9221 |
0.1849 |
244 |
2 |
38.95 |
2008-11-19 |
| 20. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
40.21 |
1.0025 |
0.0975 |
336 |
3 |
36.13 |
2008-11-14 |
| 21. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
40.18 |
1.0013 |
0.0961 |
273 |
1 |
40.18 |
2008-11-19 |
| 22. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
39.83 |
1.0214 |
0.0618 |
166 |
1 |
39.83 |
2008-11-15 |
| 23. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
39.55 |
0.9776 |
0.1035 |
308 |
2 |
36.71 |
2008-11-04 |
| 24. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
39.36 |
0.9325 |
0.1364 |
156 |
2 |
36.18 |
2008-11-12 |
| 25. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
39.21 |
1.0389 |
0.0343 |
318 |
1 |
39.21 |
2008-11-04 |
| 26. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
39.16 |
0.8791 |
0.1901 |
190 |
1 |
39.16 |
2008-11-14 |
| 27. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
39.12 |
1.0596 |
0.0073 |
239 |
1 |
39.12 |
2008-11-03 |
| 28. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
39.06 |
0.9068 |
0.1635 |
269 |
1 |
39.06 |
2008-11-03 |
| 29. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
38.95 |
1.0016 |
0.0581 |
218 |
2 |
35.08 |
2008-11-15 |
| 30. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
38.70 |
0.9309 |
0.1246 |
284 |
1 |
38.70 |
2008-11-12 |
| 31. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
38.59 |
1.0109 |
0.0442 |
276 |
1 |
38.59 |
2008-11-17 |
| 32. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
38.16 |
1.0385 |
0.0021 |
230 |
2 |
38.16 |
2008-11-17 |
| 33. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
37.86 |
0.8295 |
0.2064 |
209 |
1 |
37.86 |
2008-11-03 |
| 34. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
37.83 |
0.9884 |
0.0441 |
233 |
1 |
37.83 |
2008-11-12 |
| 35. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
37.79 |
0.9597 |
0.0766 |
347 |
2 |
36.00 |
2008-11-17 |
| 36. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
37.77 |
0.9365 |
0.0966 |
248 |
1 |
37.77 |
2008-11-17 |
| 37. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
37.71 |
0.9578 |
0.0717 |
281 |
1 |
37.71 |
2008-11-12 |
| 38. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
37.22 |
0.8653 |
0.1624 |
255 |
1 |
37.22 |
2008-10-29 |
| 39. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
36.99 |
0.9048 |
0.1099 |
271 |
1 |
36.99 |
2008-11-19 |
| 40. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
36.96 |
1.0419 |
-0.0326 |
261 |
1 |
36.96 |
2008-10-29 |
| 41. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
36.87 |
0.9636 |
0.0431 |
254 |
1 |
36.87 |
2008-11-15 |
| 42. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
36.40 |
0.9266 |
0.0690 |
278 |
1 |
36.40 |
2008-11-03 |
| 43. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
36.26 |
0.9646 |
0.0244 |
264 |
1 |
36.26 |
2008-11-12 |
| 44. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
36.22 |
1.0390 |
-0.0540 |
205 |
1 |
36.22 |
2008-11-12 |
| 45. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
36.12 |
0.9884 |
0.0019 |
262 |
1 |
36.12 |
2008-11-04 |
| 46. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
36.07 |
0.8890 |
0.0920 |
199 |
2 |
33.36 |
2008-11-03 |
| 47. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
36.07 |
0.9164 |
0.0717 |
121 |
1 |
36.07 |
2008-10-28 |
| 48. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
35.92 |
1.0203 |
-0.0364 |
261 |
1 |
35.92 |
2008-11-12 |
| 49. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
35.89 |
0.9863 |
-0.0022 |
339 |
1 |
35.89 |
2008-10-29 |
| 50. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
35.84 |
0.9763 |
0.0015 |
289 |
1 |
35.84 |
2008-11-03 |
| 51. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
35.73 |
0.9805 |
-0.0007 |
292 |
1 |
35.73 |
2008-11-12 |
| 52. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
35.72 |
0.9697 |
0.0055 |
249 |
1 |
35.72 |
2008-11-03 |
| 53. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
35.61 |
0.8878 |
0.0839 |
346 |
2 |
34.46 |
2008-11-15 |
| 54. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
35.45 |
1.0389 |
-0.0690 |
340 |
2 |
34.53 |
2008-11-17 |
| 55. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
35.36 |
0.9128 |
0.0577 |
133 |
1 |
35.36 |
2008-11-12 |
| 56. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
35.28 |
0.9532 |
0.0083 |
258 |
1 |
35.28 |
2008-11-19 |
| 57. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
34.91 |
1.0396 |
-0.0942 |
149 |
1 |
34.91 |
2008-10-29 |
| 58. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
34.88 |
0.8892 |
0.0685 |
207 |
1 |
34.88 |
2008-10-29 |
| 59. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
34.84 |
0.9196 |
0.0327 |
148 |
1 |
34.84 |
2008-11-04 |
| 60. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
34.79 |
0.9226 |
0.0329 |
348 |
1 |
34.79 |
2008-11-03 |
| 61. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
34.70 |
0.8353 |
0.1190 |
283 |
1 |
34.70 |
2008-11-17 |
| 62. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
34.68 |
1.0788 |
-0.1382 |
171 |
1 |
34.68 |
2008-11-03 |
| 63. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
34.68 |
0.8442 |
0.1060 |
265 |
1 |
34.68 |
2008-11-12 |
| 64. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
34.66 |
0.9846 |
-0.0401 |
281 |
1 |
34.66 |
2008-10-28 |
| 65. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
34.62 |
1.0213 |
-0.0800 |
240 |
1 |
34.62 |
2008-10-29 |
| 66. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
34.53 |
0.9275 |
0.0113 |
211 |
2 |
30.11 |
2008-11-12 |
| 67. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
34.23 |
1.0261 |
-0.0942 |
273 |
1 |
34.23 |
2008-10-28 |
| 68. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
34.18 |
1.0120 |
-0.0804 |
290 |
1 |
34.18 |
2008-11-19 |
| 69. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
34.18 |
0.9411 |
-0.0079 |
318 |
1 |
34.18 |
2008-11-03 |
| 70. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
34.12 |
0.8602 |
0.0683 |
206 |
1 |
34.12 |
2008-11-05 |
| 71. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
33.70 |
1.0334 |
-0.1208 |
131 |
1 |
33.70 |
2008-10-29 |
| 72. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
33.48 |
0.9843 |
-0.0763 |
234 |
1 |
33.48 |
2008-10-28 |
| 73. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
32.70 |
0.9740 |
-0.0867 |
209 |
1 |
32.70 |
2008-11-03 |
| 74. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
32.63 |
1.0197 |
-0.1331 |
226 |
1 |
32.63 |
2008-11-03 |
| 75. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
32.48 |
0.9756 |
-0.0915 |
229 |
1 |
32.48 |
2008-11-19 |
| 76. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
32.39 |
0.9045 |
-0.0213 |
235 |
1 |
32.39 |
2008-11-03 |
| 77. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
32.36 |
0.8153 |
0.0715 |
200 |
1 |
32.36 |
2008-11-03 |
| 78. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
32.29 |
0.9844 |
-0.0995 |
293 |
1 |
32.29 |
2008-11-03 |
| 79. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
32.06 |
0.8722 |
0.0044 |
285 |
1 |
32.06 |
2008-10-29 |
| 80. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
31.96 |
0.8105 |
0.0562 |
204 |
1 |
31.96 |
2008-11-12 |
| 81. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
31.85 |
0.9811 |
-0.1105 |
272 |
1 |
31.85 |
2008-11-03 |
| 82. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
31.66 |
1.0138 |
-0.1515 |
231 |
1 |
31.66 |
2008-11-03 |
| 83. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
31.61 |
0.8382 |
0.0236 |
268 |
1 |
31.61 |
2008-11-04 |
| 84. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
31.37 |
1.0528 |
-0.2031 |
201 |
1 |
31.37 |
2008-10-20 |
| 85. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
31.34 |
1.0004 |
-0.1527 |
212 |
1 |
31.34 |
2008-10-28 |
| 86. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
30.83 |
0.8323 |
0.0060 |
145 |
1 |
30.83 |
2008-10-20 |
| 87. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
29.39 |
0.9226 |
-0.1189 |
177 |
1 |
29.39 |
2008-10-22 |
| 88. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
29.19 |
0.9540 |
-0.1614 |
285 |
1 |
29.19 |
2008-11-03 |
| 89. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
28.02 |
0.9798 |
-0.2235 |
199 |
1 |
28.02 |
2008-10-20 |
| 90. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
27.84 |
1.0787 |
-0.3230 |
237 |
1 |
27.84 |
2008-10-20 |
| 91. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
27.78 |
0.8975 |
-0.1416 |
268 |
1 |
27.78 |
2008-10-29 |
| 92. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
27.70 |
0.9965 |
-0.2481 |
168 |
1 |
27.70 |
2008-10-21 |
| 93. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
27.14 |
0.8919 |
-0.1559 |
205 |
1 |
27.14 |
2008-10-29 |
| 94. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
23.27 |
0.8951 |
-0.2623 |
193 |
1 |
23.27 |
2008-10-22 |