| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
60.59 |
1.0352 |
0.2157 |
341 |
1 |
60.59 |
2008-11-11 |
| 2. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
57.66 |
1.0124 |
0.1725 |
204 |
1 |
57.66 |
2008-11-11 |
| 3. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
54.93 |
0.9991 |
0.1319 |
225 |
2 |
39.77 |
2008-11-12 |
| 4. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
54.86 |
0.9866 |
0.1387 |
218 |
1 |
54.86 |
2008-11-13 |
| 5. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
54.75 |
1.0787 |
0.0467 |
237 |
1 |
54.75 |
2008-11-12 |
| 6. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
54.63 |
0.9966 |
0.1270 |
259 |
3 |
47.78 |
2008-11-12 |
| 7. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
54.52 |
1.0417 |
0.0777 |
253 |
2 |
48.42 |
2008-11-12 |
| 8. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
54.31 |
1.0167 |
0.1077 |
378 |
1 |
54.31 |
2008-11-12 |
| 9. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
54.28 |
1.0462 |
0.0647 |
184 |
1 |
54.28 |
2008-11-10 |
| 10. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
54.12 |
1.0095 |
0.1030 |
316 |
2 |
49.83 |
2008-11-11 |
| 11. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
54.11 |
1.0053 |
0.1061 |
232 |
1 |
54.11 |
2008-11-13 |
| 12. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
54.10 |
1.0528 |
0.0554 |
201 |
1 |
54.10 |
2008-11-10 |
| 13. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
53.79 |
1.1018 |
-0.0014 |
220 |
1 |
53.79 |
2008-11-14 |
| 14. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
53.53 |
1.0788 |
0.0169 |
171 |
1 |
53.53 |
2008-11-12 |
| 15. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
53.48 |
1.0419 |
0.0584 |
261 |
2 |
48.29 |
2008-11-12 |
| 16. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
53.18 |
1.0534 |
0.0429 |
357 |
2 |
51.98 |
2008-11-12 |
| 17. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
53.11 |
1.0099 |
0.0798 |
207 |
1 |
53.11 |
2008-11-12 |
| 18. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
53.10 |
0.9805 |
0.1165 |
292 |
1 |
53.10 |
2008-11-10 |
| 19. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
52.91 |
1.0389 |
0.0519 |
340 |
2 |
50.85 |
2008-11-10 |
| 20. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
52.69 |
1.0349 |
0.0483 |
234 |
1 |
52.69 |
2008-11-12 |
| 21. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
52.33 |
0.9785 |
0.1011 |
335 |
1 |
52.33 |
2008-11-13 |
| 22. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
52.27 |
0.9776 |
0.0977 |
308 |
1 |
52.27 |
2008-11-12 |
| 23. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
52.26 |
0.9844 |
0.0953 |
293 |
1 |
52.26 |
2008-11-11 |
| 24. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
52.24 |
1.0214 |
0.0514 |
269 |
1 |
52.24 |
2008-11-13 |
| 25. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
52.23 |
1.0565 |
0.0152 |
247 |
2 |
44.86 |
2008-11-10 |
| 26. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
52.19 |
1.0483 |
0.0221 |
227 |
1 |
52.19 |
2008-11-12 |
| 27. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
52.08 |
1.0567 |
0.0151 |
303 |
1 |
52.08 |
2008-11-12 |
| 28. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
52.07 |
1.0297 |
0.0401 |
249 |
1 |
52.07 |
2008-11-10 |
| 29. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
52.03 |
0.9464 |
0.1288 |
323 |
2 |
47.29 |
2008-11-13 |
| 30. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
51.58 |
0.9468 |
0.1135 |
276 |
2 |
48.56 |
2008-11-13 |
| 31. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
51.56 |
1.0352 |
0.0282 |
341 |
1 |
51.56 |
2008-11-12 |
| 32. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
51.52 |
0.9941 |
0.0630 |
217 |
3 |
47.73 |
2008-11-13 |
| 33. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
51.19 |
1.0385 |
0.0123 |
230 |
1 |
51.19 |
2008-11-10 |
| 34. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
50.87 |
0.9894 |
0.0610 |
323 |
1 |
50.87 |
2008-11-14 |
| 35. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
50.74 |
0.9213 |
0.1225 |
295 |
1 |
50.74 |
2008-11-12 |
| 36. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
50.70 |
1.0013 |
0.0402 |
273 |
1 |
50.70 |
2008-11-10 |
| 37. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
50.56 |
0.9233 |
0.1079 |
168 |
2 |
50.01 |
2008-11-10 |
| 38. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
50.54 |
0.9795 |
0.0596 |
308 |
2 |
49.83 |
2008-11-12 |
| 39. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
50.30 |
1.0613 |
-0.0263 |
266 |
1 |
50.30 |
2008-11-12 |
| 40. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
50.00 |
1.0368 |
-0.0080 |
276 |
1 |
50.00 |
2008-11-12 |
| 41. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
49.90 |
1.0498 |
-0.0288 |
180 |
1 |
49.90 |
2008-11-13 |
| 42. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
49.87 |
0.8890 |
0.1326 |
199 |
2 |
45.30 |
2008-11-10 |
| 43. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
49.80 |
0.8933 |
0.1368 |
363 |
4 |
46.82 |
2008-11-14 |
| 44. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
49.66 |
0.9365 |
0.0857 |
248 |
1 |
49.66 |
2008-11-13 |
| 45. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
49.56 |
1.0168 |
0.0033 |
271 |
1 |
49.56 |
2008-11-12 |
| 46. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
49.48 |
1.0213 |
-0.0075 |
240 |
1 |
49.48 |
2008-11-12 |
| 47. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
49.10 |
0.9635 |
0.0510 |
389 |
1 |
49.10 |
2008-11-12 |
| 48. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
49.02 |
0.9684 |
0.0418 |
388 |
1 |
49.02 |
2008-11-10 |
| 49. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
48.88 |
1.0138 |
-0.0097 |
231 |
1 |
48.88 |
2008-11-14 |
| 50. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
48.70 |
0.9614 |
0.0424 |
292 |
1 |
48.70 |
2008-11-11 |
| 51. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
48.64 |
0.9612 |
0.0384 |
256 |
2 |
45.50 |
2008-11-12 |
| 52. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
48.36 |
0.9754 |
0.0244 |
362 |
2 |
48.23 |
2008-11-13 |
| 53. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
48.34 |
0.9731 |
0.0077 |
129 |
1 |
48.34 |
2008-11-13 |
| 54. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
48.17 |
0.9852 |
0.0049 |
264 |
1 |
48.17 |
2008-11-12 |
| 55. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
48.05 |
0.9893 |
-0.0019 |
323 |
1 |
48.05 |
2008-11-12 |
| 56. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
47.99 |
0.9500 |
0.0382 |
362 |
1 |
47.99 |
2008-11-10 |
| 57. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
47.98 |
0.9740 |
0.0077 |
209 |
1 |
47.98 |
2008-11-10 |
| 58. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
47.96 |
0.9841 |
0.0051 |
334 |
1 |
47.96 |
2008-11-10 |
| 59. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
47.86 |
0.9005 |
0.0813 |
212 |
2 |
45.49 |
2008-11-13 |
| 60. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
47.76 |
0.9293 |
0.0527 |
355 |
1 |
47.76 |
2008-11-14 |
| 61. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
47.39 |
0.9910 |
-0.0156 |
295 |
1 |
47.39 |
2008-11-13 |
| 62. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
47.18 |
0.8941 |
0.0771 |
216 |
1 |
47.18 |
2008-11-11 |
| 63. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
47.07 |
0.9572 |
0.0086 |
201 |
1 |
47.07 |
2008-11-07 |
| 64. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
46.86 |
0.8958 |
0.0713 |
322 |
1 |
46.86 |
2008-11-12 |
| 65. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
46.81 |
0.8996 |
0.0564 |
192 |
2 |
41.54 |
2008-11-12 |
| 66. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
46.76 |
0.9734 |
-0.0133 |
289 |
1 |
46.76 |
2008-11-12 |
| 67. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
46.50 |
0.8770 |
0.0812 |
300 |
1 |
46.50 |
2008-11-12 |
| 68. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
46.14 |
1.0486 |
-0.1003 |
289 |
1 |
46.14 |
2008-11-12 |
| 69. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
46.12 |
0.9514 |
-0.0040 |
237 |
1 |
46.12 |
2008-11-12 |
| 70. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
46.11 |
0.9266 |
0.0221 |
278 |
1 |
46.11 |
2008-11-07 |
| 71. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
45.76 |
0.9330 |
0.0132 |
360 |
1 |
45.76 |
2008-11-18 |
| 72. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
45.71 |
0.8919 |
0.0450 |
205 |
1 |
45.71 |
2008-11-13 |
| 73. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
45.66 |
0.9048 |
0.0373 |
271 |
1 |
45.66 |
2008-11-12 |
| 74. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
45.66 |
1.0337 |
-0.0968 |
214 |
1 |
45.66 |
2008-11-10 |
| 75. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
45.44 |
1.0596 |
-0.1288 |
239 |
1 |
45.44 |
2008-11-14 |
| 76. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
45.36 |
0.8553 |
0.0709 |
174 |
2 |
44.53 |
2008-11-13 |
| 77. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
45.33 |
0.9148 |
0.0173 |
317 |
1 |
45.33 |
2008-11-07 |
| 78. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
45.33 |
0.9068 |
0.0269 |
269 |
1 |
45.33 |
2008-11-07 |
| 79. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
45.26 |
0.8916 |
0.0379 |
216 |
2 |
42.13 |
2008-11-13 |
| 80. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
45.25 |
1.0034 |
-0.0759 |
302 |
1 |
45.25 |
2008-11-13 |
| 81. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
45.24 |
0.9109 |
0.0205 |
401 |
1 |
45.24 |
2008-11-10 |
| 82. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
44.31 |
0.8722 |
0.0401 |
285 |
1 |
44.31 |
2008-11-11 |
| 83. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
44.07 |
0.8602 |
0.0420 |
206 |
1 |
44.07 |
2008-11-12 |
| 84. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
43.67 |
0.9593 |
-0.0585 |
398 |
2 |
42.27 |
2008-11-10 |
| 85. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
43.61 |
0.8878 |
0.0069 |
346 |
1 |
43.61 |
2008-11-10 |
| 86. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
43.60 |
0.9886 |
-0.0915 |
220 |
1 |
43.60 |
2008-11-10 |
| 87. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
43.58 |
0.9567 |
-0.0627 |
273 |
1 |
43.58 |
2008-11-10 |
| 88. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
43.15 |
0.9275 |
-0.0455 |
211 |
1 |
43.15 |
2008-11-07 |
| 89. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
42.21 |
1.0016 |
-0.1405 |
218 |
1 |
42.21 |
2008-11-07 |
| 90. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
41.72 |
0.8573 |
0.0018 |
270 |
1 |
41.72 |
2008-11-10 |
| 91. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
41.55 |
1.0396 |
-0.1948 |
149 |
1 |
41.55 |
2008-11-07 |
| 92. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
41.50 |
1.0829 |
-0.2305 |
288 |
1 |
41.50 |
2008-11-12 |
| 93. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
41.38 |
0.9965 |
-0.1478 |
310 |
1 |
41.38 |
2008-11-14 |
| 94. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
40.90 |
1.0263 |
-0.1887 |
267 |
1 |
40.90 |
2008-11-10 |
| 95. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
40.67 |
0.8595 |
-0.0240 |
242 |
1 |
40.67 |
2008-11-12 |
| 96. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
40.39 |
0.8105 |
0.0130 |
204 |
1 |
40.39 |
2008-11-10 |
| 97. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
34.98 |
0.9691 |
-0.2544 |
223 |
1 |
34.98 |
2008-11-10 |
| 98. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
33.57 |
1.0496 |
-0.3644 |
314 |
1 |
33.57 |
2008-11-12 |
| 99. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
33.56 |
0.9619 |
-0.2710 |
393 |
1 |
33.56 |
2008-11-10 |
| 100. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
32.24 |
1.0251 |
-0.3691 |
261 |
1 |
32.24 |
2008-11-12 |
| 101. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
21.62 |
1.0252 |
-0.5946 |
176 |
1 |
21.62 |
2008-11-10 |