| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
80.21 |
1.0565 |
0.2556 |
247 |
1 |
80.21 |
2009-11-21 |
| 2. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
77.02 |
1.0138 |
0.2477 |
231 |
1 |
77.02 |
2009-11-21 |
| 3. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
76.14 |
1.0767 |
0.1685 |
212 |
1 |
76.14 |
2009-11-21 |
| 4. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
71.47 |
1.1068 |
0.1036 |
393 |
1 |
71.47 |
2009-11-21 |
| 5. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
71.21 |
0.9897 |
0.1738 |
274 |
1 |
71.21 |
2009-11-21 |
| 6. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
69.86 |
1.0596 |
0.0817 |
239 |
1 |
69.86 |
2009-11-29 |
| 7. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
67.02 |
0.9938 |
0.1034 |
339 |
1 |
67.02 |
2009-11-21 |
| 8. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
66.30 |
1.0343 |
0.0876 |
242 |
1 |
66.30 |
2009-11-21 |
| 9. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
65.63 |
1.0669 |
0.0388 |
286 |
1 |
65.63 |
2009-11-21 |
| 10. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
65.49 |
1.0390 |
0.0283 |
205 |
1 |
65.49 |
2009-11-21 |
| 11. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
65.22 |
1.0477 |
0.0213 |
360 |
1 |
65.22 |
2009-11-21 |
| 12. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
64.91 |
1.0696 |
-0.0116 |
226 |
1 |
64.91 |
2009-11-21 |
| 13. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
64.85 |
0.9572 |
0.1022 |
201 |
1 |
64.85 |
2009-11-27 |
| 14. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
64.83 |
0.9513 |
0.1127 |
354 |
1 |
64.83 |
2009-11-21 |
| 15. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
64.78 |
1.0595 |
0.0023 |
379 |
1 |
64.78 |
2009-11-21 |
| 16. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
64.77 |
0.9758 |
0.0841 |
314 |
1 |
64.77 |
2009-11-21 |
| 17. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
64.56 |
1.0358 |
0.0615 |
349 |
1 |
64.56 |
2009-11-21 |
| 18. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
64.47 |
1.0213 |
0.0297 |
240 |
1 |
64.47 |
2009-11-21 |
| 19. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
64.08 |
1.0483 |
-0.0036 |
227 |
1 |
64.08 |
2009-11-21 |
| 20. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
63.63 |
0.9619 |
0.0836 |
393 |
1 |
63.63 |
2009-11-21 |
| 21. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
63.12 |
0.9811 |
0.0535 |
272 |
1 |
63.12 |
2009-11-21 |
| 22. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
61.76 |
0.8947 |
0.1195 |
366 |
2 |
56.70 |
2009-11-21 |
| 23. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
61.54 |
0.9740 |
0.0276 |
209 |
1 |
61.54 |
2009-11-21 |
| 24. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
61.41 |
1.0389 |
-0.0337 |
318 |
1 |
61.41 |
2009-11-21 |
| 25. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
60.87 |
0.9540 |
0.0388 |
285 |
1 |
60.87 |
2009-11-21 |
| 26. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
60.81 |
0.9893 |
0.0044 |
323 |
1 |
60.81 |
2009-11-21 |
| 27. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
60.76 |
1.0441 |
-0.0498 |
252 |
2 |
58.42 |
2009-11-21 |
| 28. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
60.22 |
0.9965 |
-0.0120 |
277 |
1 |
60.22 |
2009-11-21 |
| 29. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
59.72 |
0.9820 |
-0.0036 |
267 |
1 |
59.72 |
2009-11-21 |
| 30. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
59.45 |
0.9676 |
0.0118 |
442 |
1 |
59.45 |
2009-11-21 |
| 31. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
59.34 |
1.0398 |
-0.0810 |
110 |
1 |
59.34 |
2009-11-21 |
| 32. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
59.23 |
1.0165 |
-0.0451 |
392 |
1 |
59.23 |
2009-11-21 |
| 33. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
58.66 |
0.9769 |
-0.0210 |
263 |
1 |
58.66 |
2009-11-21 |
| 34. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
58.53 |
0.9398 |
0.0254 |
419 |
1 |
58.53 |
2009-11-21 |
| 35. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
58.38 |
1.0462 |
-0.0989 |
184 |
1 |
58.38 |
2009-11-21 |
| 36. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
58.13 |
1.0090 |
-0.0159 |
282 |
1 |
58.13 |
2009-11-21 |
| 37. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
57.93 |
0.8700 |
0.0752 |
127 |
1 |
57.93 |
2009-11-21 |
| 38. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
57.91 |
0.9339 |
0.0102 |
310 |
1 |
57.91 |
2009-11-21 |
| 39. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
57.88 |
1.0486 |
-0.1027 |
289 |
1 |
57.88 |
2009-12-02 |
| 40. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
57.87 |
0.9612 |
-0.0162 |
256 |
1 |
57.87 |
2009-11-27 |
| 41. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
57.79 |
1.0025 |
-0.0580 |
336 |
1 |
57.79 |
2009-11-21 |
| 42. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
57.47 |
0.9601 |
-0.0171 |
308 |
1 |
57.47 |
2009-11-21 |
| 43. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
56.59 |
0.9088 |
0.0202 |
348 |
2 |
53.46 |
2009-11-21 |
| 44. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
56.26 |
1.0201 |
-0.1014 |
303 |
1 |
56.26 |
2009-11-21 |
| 45. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
56.05 |
0.9202 |
-0.0061 |
254 |
1 |
56.05 |
2009-11-21 |
| 46. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
55.46 |
0.9468 |
-0.0422 |
276 |
1 |
55.46 |
2009-11-21 |
| 47. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
55.06 |
0.9109 |
-0.0099 |
401 |
1 |
55.06 |
2009-11-21 |
| 48. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
54.39 |
0.9376 |
-0.0448 |
367 |
1 |
54.39 |
2009-11-21 |
| 49. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
53.78 |
0.8852 |
-0.0058 |
201 |
1 |
53.78 |
2009-11-21 |
| 50. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
53.63 |
0.9865 |
-0.1106 |
276 |
1 |
53.63 |
2009-11-21 |
| 51. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
52.76 |
0.8919 |
-0.0332 |
205 |
1 |
52.76 |
2009-11-21 |
| 52. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
51.99 |
0.8595 |
-0.0101 |
242 |
1 |
51.99 |
2009-11-21 |
| 53. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
51.27 |
0.9485 |
-0.1104 |
291 |
1 |
51.27 |
2009-12-01 |
| 54. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
50.93 |
0.8845 |
-0.0540 |
273 |
1 |
50.93 |
2009-11-21 |
| 55. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
49.18 |
0.9485 |
-0.1457 |
236 |
1 |
49.18 |
2009-11-21 |
| 56. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
49.10 |
0.9278 |
-0.1253 |
295 |
1 |
49.10 |
2009-11-21 |
| 57. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
46.68 |
0.9726 |
-0.2193 |
154 |
1 |
46.68 |
2009-11-21 |
| 58. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
45.78 |
1.0251 |
-0.2825 |
261 |
1 |
45.78 |
2009-11-21 |