| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
83.13 |
0.9226 |
0.2669 |
348 |
1 |
83.13 |
2010-08-04 |
| 2. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
82.78 |
1.0445 |
0.1348 |
373 |
1 |
82.78 |
2011-06-11 |
| 3. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
81.44 |
1.0485 |
0.1447 |
153 |
1 |
81.44 |
2011-06-11 |
| 4. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
81.34 |
1.0361 |
0.1222 |
269 |
1 |
81.34 |
2011-01-08 |
| 5. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
79.48 |
1.0252 |
0.0989 |
176 |
1 |
79.48 |
2011-09-11 |
| 6. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
78.81 |
1.0666 |
0.0548 |
297 |
1 |
78.81 |
2010-06-15 |
| 7. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
78.79 |
1.0545 |
0.1071 |
416 |
1 |
78.79 |
2011-09-11 |
| 8. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
77.57 |
1.0261 |
0.0750 |
273 |
1 |
77.57 |
2010-07-12 |
| 9. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
77.30 |
0.9682 |
0.1296 |
143 |
1 |
77.30 |
2011-06-11 |
| 10. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
75.84 |
0.9672 |
0.1177 |
396 |
1 |
75.84 |
2011-01-08 |
| 11. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
75.48 |
0.9739 |
0.1352 |
412 |
1 |
75.48 |
2010-09-05 |
| 12. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
74.99 |
1.0719 |
0.0218 |
360 |
1 |
74.99 |
2011-06-11 |
| 13. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
74.73 |
1.0797 |
-0.0229 |
210 |
1 |
74.73 |
2010-06-15 |
| 14. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
74.62 |
1.0053 |
0.0534 |
232 |
1 |
74.62 |
2010-07-11 |
| 15. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
74.35 |
0.8947 |
0.1674 |
366 |
2 |
72.81 |
2011-09-11 |
| 16. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
74.21 |
0.9500 |
0.1069 |
362 |
1 |
74.21 |
2010-07-12 |
| 17. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
73.88 |
1.0441 |
0.0072 |
252 |
1 |
73.88 |
2010-07-11 |
| 18. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
73.85 |
0.9529 |
0.1372 |
269 |
1 |
73.85 |
2010-06-17 |
| 19. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
73.44 |
0.9871 |
0.0929 |
209 |
1 |
73.44 |
2010-08-04 |
| 20. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
72.65 |
1.0417 |
-0.0121 |
253 |
1 |
72.65 |
2010-06-17 |
| 21. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
72.50 |
1.0173 |
0.0570 |
268 |
1 |
72.50 |
2011-09-11 |
| 22. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
72.43 |
0.9893 |
0.0399 |
323 |
1 |
72.43 |
2011-09-11 |
| 23. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
72.32 |
1.0165 |
0.0150 |
392 |
1 |
72.32 |
2011-06-11 |
| 24. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
72.03 |
1.0711 |
-0.0530 |
213 |
1 |
72.03 |
2010-06-15 |
| 25. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
71.80 |
0.9196 |
0.1022 |
148 |
1 |
71.80 |
2010-06-15 |
| 26. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
71.58 |
0.9997 |
0.0210 |
382 |
1 |
71.58 |
2010-06-15 |
| 27. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
71.50 |
1.0016 |
0.0095 |
218 |
1 |
71.50 |
2011-06-11 |
| 28. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
71.27 |
1.0385 |
-0.0278 |
230 |
1 |
71.27 |
2011-06-11 |
| 29. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
71.24 |
1.0630 |
-0.0175 |
397 |
1 |
71.24 |
2010-06-15 |
| 30. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
71.22 |
1.0314 |
0.0196 |
452 |
1 |
71.22 |
2010-06-15 |
| 31. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
71.07 |
0.9640 |
0.0754 |
334 |
2 |
66.93 |
2011-06-11 |
| 32. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
70.99 |
1.0120 |
-0.0044 |
290 |
1 |
70.99 |
2010-07-11 |
| 33. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
70.89 |
0.8919 |
0.1138 |
205 |
1 |
70.89 |
2011-01-08 |
| 34. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
70.80 |
0.9286 |
0.0761 |
194 |
1 |
70.80 |
2010-06-17 |
| 35. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
70.43 |
0.8845 |
0.1160 |
273 |
1 |
70.43 |
2011-06-11 |
| 36. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
70.12 |
0.9212 |
0.0779 |
323 |
1 |
70.12 |
2010-06-15 |
| 37. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
69.73 |
0.9546 |
0.0670 |
198 |
1 |
69.73 |
2011-06-11 |
| 38. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
69.68 |
1.0029 |
-0.0198 |
209 |
1 |
69.68 |
2010-06-15 |
| 39. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
68.86 |
1.0602 |
-0.0784 |
389 |
1 |
68.86 |
2011-06-11 |
| 40. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
68.85 |
0.9430 |
0.0369 |
297 |
1 |
68.85 |
2010-06-15 |
| 41. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
68.75 |
0.9942 |
-0.0092 |
483 |
1 |
68.75 |
2011-06-11 |
| 42. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
68.74 |
1.0218 |
-0.0486 |
268 |
1 |
68.74 |
2010-06-15 |
| 43. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
68.41 |
0.8722 |
0.1023 |
285 |
1 |
68.41 |
2010-07-11 |
| 44. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
67.74 |
0.9275 |
0.0312 |
211 |
1 |
67.74 |
2011-06-11 |
| 45. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
66.47 |
1.0534 |
-0.1074 |
357 |
1 |
66.47 |
2010-06-15 |
| 46. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
66.42 |
1.0033 |
-0.0674 |
189 |
1 |
66.42 |
2011-06-11 |
| 47. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
66.22 |
1.0343 |
-0.0573 |
242 |
1 |
66.22 |
2011-06-11 |
| 48. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
65.50 |
1.0169 |
-0.0488 |
346 |
1 |
65.50 |
2010-06-15 |
| 49. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
65.24 |
1.0261 |
-0.0607 |
410 |
1 |
65.24 |
2010-07-11 |
| 50. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
65.13 |
0.9844 |
-0.0552 |
293 |
1 |
65.13 |
2010-06-15 |
| 51. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
64.77 |
0.8022 |
0.1196 |
215 |
1 |
64.77 |
2010-08-04 |
| 52. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
64.51 |
1.0565 |
-0.1442 |
247 |
1 |
64.51 |
2010-06-15 |
| 53. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
63.30 |
0.9023 |
0.0386 |
231 |
1 |
63.30 |
2010-06-15 |
| 54. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
63.28 |
0.9176 |
0.0188 |
365 |
1 |
63.28 |
2011-09-11 |
| 55. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
61.83 |
0.9871 |
-0.0879 |
227 |
1 |
61.83 |
2010-06-15 |
| 56. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
60.60 |
0.9965 |
-0.1422 |
168 |
1 |
60.60 |
2010-06-15 |
| 57. |
Pulp: 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. 2. A magaz... |
56.97 |
0.9155 |
-0.0596 |
168 |
1 |
56.97 |
2011-09-11 |
| 58. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
53.12 |
0.8916 |
-0.1398 |
216 |
1 |
53.12 |
2010-06-15 |
| 59. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
30.85 |
1.0077 |
-0.5359 |
250 |
1 |
30.85 |
2010-08-04 |
| 60. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
23.33 |
0.9342 |
-0.6078 |
434 |
1 |
23.33 |
2010-08-04 |