| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
79.73 |
1.0993 |
0.0948 |
265 |
1 |
79.73 |
2008-09-10 |
| 2. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
78.82 |
1.0528 |
0.1246 |
201 |
1 |
78.82 |
2008-12-09 |
| 3. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
77.27 |
1.0486 |
0.1111 |
289 |
2 |
73.14 |
2008-10-20 |
| 4. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
76.99 |
1.0120 |
0.1419 |
290 |
1 |
76.99 |
2008-12-09 |
| 5. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
76.79 |
0.9614 |
0.1932 |
292 |
2 |
68.99 |
2009-10-06 |
| 6. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
76.21 |
1.0197 |
0.1202 |
226 |
3 |
72.34 |
2008-12-09 |
| 7. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
75.83 |
1.0496 |
0.0868 |
314 |
1 |
75.83 |
2008-09-10 |
| 8. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
75.33 |
1.0787 |
0.0495 |
237 |
1 |
75.33 |
2008-09-10 |
| 9. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
74.26 |
1.0419 |
0.0714 |
261 |
1 |
74.26 |
2008-10-21 |
| 10. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
74.09 |
1.0714 |
0.0304 |
129 |
1 |
74.09 |
2008-11-13 |
| 11. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
73.31 |
1.0124 |
0.0841 |
204 |
1 |
73.31 |
2008-08-12 |
| 12. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
72.38 |
1.0060 |
0.0741 |
171 |
2 |
66.12 |
2009-08-20 |
| 13. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
71.81 |
1.0619 |
0.0178 |
354 |
1 |
71.81 |
2008-08-12 |
| 14. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
71.67 |
1.0483 |
0.0227 |
227 |
1 |
71.67 |
2008-10-20 |
| 15. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
70.31 |
0.9768 |
0.0792 |
387 |
1 |
70.31 |
2008-12-09 |
| 16. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
69.86 |
0.9723 |
0.0779 |
364 |
1 |
69.86 |
2008-12-09 |
| 17. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
69.82 |
0.9893 |
0.0567 |
323 |
1 |
69.82 |
2008-08-13 |
| 18. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
69.55 |
0.9527 |
0.0890 |
251 |
2 |
64.46 |
2008-12-09 |
| 19. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
69.38 |
0.9820 |
0.0575 |
274 |
1 |
69.38 |
2009-08-20 |
| 20. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
68.96 |
1.0390 |
-0.0099 |
205 |
1 |
68.96 |
2008-12-09 |
| 21. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
68.87 |
1.0183 |
0.0076 |
191 |
1 |
68.87 |
2008-08-12 |
| 22. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
68.74 |
1.0214 |
0.0507 |
281 |
1 |
68.74 |
2011-05-10 |
| 23. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
68.43 |
1.0261 |
-0.0031 |
273 |
2 |
67.65 |
2008-11-13 |
| 24. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
68.27 |
0.9986 |
0.0244 |
283 |
1 |
68.27 |
2009-08-20 |
| 25. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
68.27 |
1.0352 |
-0.0102 |
341 |
1 |
68.27 |
2008-12-09 |
| 26. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
67.81 |
1.0063 |
0.0096 |
371 |
1 |
67.81 |
2008-09-10 |
| 27. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
67.72 |
1.0257 |
-0.0052 |
401 |
1 |
67.72 |
2008-10-20 |
| 28. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
67.32 |
0.9691 |
0.0384 |
223 |
1 |
67.32 |
2008-08-13 |
| 29. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
67.30 |
0.9785 |
0.0324 |
335 |
1 |
67.30 |
2008-09-10 |
| 30. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
67.19 |
0.9500 |
0.0583 |
362 |
2 |
63.89 |
2008-09-10 |
| 31. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
66.94 |
0.9866 |
0.0120 |
218 |
1 |
66.94 |
2008-08-13 |
| 32. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
66.53 |
0.9485 |
0.0492 |
236 |
1 |
66.53 |
2008-10-21 |
| 33. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
66.09 |
0.9941 |
-0.0071 |
217 |
1 |
66.09 |
2009-10-06 |
| 34. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
65.94 |
0.9597 |
0.0315 |
347 |
1 |
65.94 |
2008-12-09 |
| 35. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
65.91 |
0.9578 |
0.0283 |
281 |
1 |
65.91 |
2008-09-10 |
| 36. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
65.65 |
0.9763 |
0.0059 |
289 |
1 |
65.65 |
2008-12-09 |
| 37. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
65.46 |
0.9084 |
0.0732 |
300 |
2 |
63.69 |
2008-11-23 |
| 38. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
65.42 |
1.0025 |
-0.0224 |
336 |
1 |
65.42 |
2008-10-21 |
| 39. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
65.33 |
0.8958 |
0.0866 |
322 |
3 |
60.96 |
2009-10-06 |
| 40. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
64.98 |
1.0454 |
-0.0766 |
255 |
1 |
64.98 |
2008-12-09 |
| 41. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
64.71 |
0.9776 |
-0.0090 |
308 |
2 |
62.97 |
2008-12-09 |
| 42. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
64.66 |
0.9857 |
-0.0190 |
293 |
1 |
64.66 |
2008-08-12 |
| 43. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
64.65 |
0.9865 |
-0.0179 |
276 |
2 |
63.54 |
2008-10-20 |
| 44. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
64.56 |
0.9376 |
0.0340 |
367 |
2 |
61.60 |
2008-12-15 |
| 45. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
63.94 |
0.8753 |
0.0907 |
427 |
1 |
63.94 |
2008-11-23 |
| 46. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
63.40 |
0.9593 |
-0.0060 |
398 |
1 |
63.40 |
2008-10-21 |
| 47. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
63.37 |
0.9964 |
-0.0482 |
203 |
1 |
63.37 |
2008-10-21 |
| 48. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
62.94 |
1.0385 |
-0.0987 |
230 |
1 |
62.94 |
2008-10-21 |
| 49. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
62.75 |
1.0168 |
-0.0767 |
271 |
1 |
62.75 |
2008-08-12 |
| 50. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
61.61 |
0.9820 |
-0.0578 |
267 |
1 |
61.61 |
2009-08-20 |
| 51. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
61.38 |
0.9213 |
-0.0029 |
295 |
1 |
61.38 |
2009-10-06 |
| 52. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
61.27 |
0.9672 |
-0.0444 |
396 |
1 |
61.27 |
2008-12-09 |
| 53. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
61.02 |
0.8947 |
0.0227 |
366 |
1 |
61.02 |
2008-10-21 |
| 54. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
60.65 |
0.9886 |
-0.0792 |
220 |
1 |
60.65 |
2008-10-20 |
| 55. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
60.64 |
1.0320 |
-0.0880 |
293 |
1 |
60.64 |
2009-08-20 |
| 56. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
60.05 |
1.0167 |
-0.1121 |
378 |
1 |
60.05 |
2008-11-23 |
| 57. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
59.53 |
0.9045 |
-0.0143 |
235 |
2 |
54.20 |
2008-10-20 |
| 58. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
59.13 |
0.9863 |
-0.0981 |
339 |
1 |
59.13 |
2008-08-31 |
| 59. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
58.37 |
0.9398 |
-0.0582 |
419 |
1 |
58.37 |
2008-09-10 |
| 60. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
58.34 |
0.9786 |
-0.1120 |
193 |
1 |
58.34 |
2008-12-09 |
| 61. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
57.91 |
0.9965 |
-0.1309 |
310 |
1 |
57.91 |
2011-05-10 |
| 62. |
Do you know why they call him Franky "Four Fingers" Doug? Be... |
57.69 |
0.8786 |
0.0005 |
214 |
1 |
57.69 |
2008-08-12 |
| 63. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
57.21 |
0.9309 |
-0.0781 |
284 |
1 |
57.21 |
2011-05-10 |
| 64. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
57.16 |
0.8770 |
-0.0199 |
300 |
1 |
57.16 |
2008-08-12 |
| 65. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
56.71 |
0.8826 |
-0.0341 |
296 |
1 |
56.71 |
2008-08-13 |
| 66. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
53.85 |
0.9910 |
-0.1854 |
295 |
1 |
53.85 |
2008-08-31 |
| 67. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
48.80 |
0.9168 |
-0.1883 |
240 |
1 |
48.80 |
2008-12-15 |
| 68. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
47.09 |
0.7876 |
-0.0838 |
316 |
1 |
47.09 |
2008-10-20 |