| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
175.92 |
0.9074 |
0.1961 |
396 |
1 |
175.92 |
2009-12-29 |
| 2. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
174.96 |
1.0668 |
0.0266 |
350 |
1 |
174.96 |
2009-12-29 |
| 3. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
174.73 |
0.9681 |
0.1296 |
378 |
1 |
174.73 |
2009-12-31 |
| 4. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
173.97 |
1.0167 |
0.0748 |
378 |
2 |
169.66 |
2009-12-29 |
| 5. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
173.58 |
1.1114 |
-0.0319 |
247 |
1 |
173.58 |
2009-12-31 |
| 6. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
172.14 |
1.0165 |
0.0605 |
392 |
1 |
172.14 |
2009-12-28 |
| 7. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
172.14 |
1.0389 |
0.0366 |
340 |
1 |
172.14 |
2009-12-29 |
| 8. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
172.03 |
0.9897 |
0.0804 |
274 |
1 |
172.03 |
2009-12-28 |
| 9. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
171.20 |
1.0211 |
0.0768 |
213 |
1 |
171.20 |
2009-12-29 |
| 10. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
168.69 |
0.9087 |
0.1533 |
393 |
1 |
168.69 |
2009-12-29 |
| 11. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
167.48 |
1.0797 |
-0.0416 |
210 |
1 |
167.48 |
2009-12-31 |
| 12. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
166.40 |
1.0545 |
0.0231 |
416 |
4 |
159.76 |
2009-12-29 |
| 13. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
166.29 |
1.0340 |
0.0074 |
406 |
2 |
161.51 |
2009-12-29 |
| 14. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
166.03 |
0.8770 |
0.1608 |
300 |
1 |
166.03 |
2009-12-29 |
| 15. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
165.38 |
0.9572 |
0.1164 |
376 |
1 |
165.38 |
2009-12-29 |
| 16. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
165.25 |
1.0154 |
0.0640 |
351 |
1 |
165.25 |
2009-12-28 |
| 17. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
164.60 |
1.0595 |
-0.0315 |
379 |
1 |
164.60 |
2009-12-28 |
| 18. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
163.93 |
0.9936 |
0.0274 |
311 |
1 |
163.93 |
2009-12-29 |
| 19. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
163.16 |
1.0232 |
0.0392 |
350 |
1 |
163.16 |
2009-12-29 |
| 20. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
162.13 |
1.0885 |
-0.0752 |
315 |
2 |
159.57 |
2009-12-29 |
| 21. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
161.01 |
1.0529 |
-0.0501 |
351 |
1 |
161.01 |
2009-12-29 |
| 22. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
160.81 |
1.0109 |
-0.0085 |
276 |
1 |
160.81 |
2009-12-29 |
| 23. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
159.87 |
1.0361 |
-0.0394 |
269 |
1 |
159.87 |
2009-12-29 |
| 24. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
158.04 |
0.9916 |
0.0352 |
282 |
1 |
158.04 |
2009-12-25 |
| 25. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
156.87 |
0.8947 |
0.0870 |
366 |
1 |
156.87 |
2009-12-28 |
| 26. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
156.20 |
0.9376 |
0.0403 |
367 |
1 |
156.20 |
2009-12-26 |
| 27. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
155.91 |
0.9646 |
0.0052 |
264 |
2 |
154.35 |
2009-12-25 |
| 28. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
155.85 |
0.9786 |
-0.0135 |
193 |
1 |
155.85 |
2009-12-29 |
| 29. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
155.81 |
0.8753 |
0.1040 |
427 |
1 |
155.81 |
2009-12-26 |
| 30. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
155.11 |
0.9814 |
0.0237 |
364 |
1 |
155.11 |
2009-12-25 |
| 31. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
154.98 |
1.0214 |
-0.0583 |
269 |
1 |
154.98 |
2009-12-28 |
| 32. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
154.11 |
1.0565 |
-0.0997 |
247 |
1 |
154.11 |
2009-12-29 |
| 33. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
152.93 |
0.9529 |
0.0396 |
269 |
1 |
152.93 |
2009-12-26 |
| 34. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
152.70 |
0.9653 |
-0.0065 |
394 |
1 |
152.70 |
2009-12-26 |
| 35. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
152.68 |
0.9557 |
0.0009 |
331 |
1 |
152.68 |
2009-12-29 |
| 36. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
148.76 |
0.9342 |
-0.0051 |
434 |
1 |
148.76 |
2009-12-29 |
| 37. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
147.99 |
0.9372 |
-0.0125 |
320 |
1 |
147.99 |
2009-12-26 |
| 38. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
147.70 |
1.0613 |
-0.1374 |
456 |
1 |
147.70 |
2009-12-26 |
| 39. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
147.66 |
0.9631 |
0.0069 |
345 |
1 |
147.66 |
2009-12-25 |
| 40. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
144.70 |
0.9740 |
-0.0781 |
209 |
1 |
144.70 |
2009-12-29 |
| 41. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
137.24 |
1.0251 |
-0.1744 |
261 |
1 |
137.24 |
2009-12-28 |
| 42. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
135.66 |
0.9632 |
-0.0779 |
345 |
1 |
135.66 |
2009-12-26 |
| 43. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
133.08 |
0.9833 |
-0.1550 |
355 |
1 |
133.08 |
2009-12-26 |
| 44. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
108.64 |
0.9072 |
-0.2364 |
237 |
1 |
108.64 |
2009-12-29 |