| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
93.24 |
1.0885 |
0.2131 |
341 |
1 |
93.24 |
2012-12-10 |
| 2. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
90.87 |
1.1114 |
0.1201 |
247 |
1 |
90.87 |
2012-12-01 |
| 3. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
89.58 |
1.0331 |
0.1812 |
234 |
1 |
89.58 |
2012-12-16 |
| 4. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
89.06 |
1.0943 |
0.1476 |
206 |
2 |
83.48 |
2012-12-16 |
| 5. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
88.29 |
1.0679 |
0.1512 |
177 |
1 |
88.29 |
2012-12-12 |
| 6. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
86.21 |
0.8841 |
0.2927 |
194 |
1 |
86.21 |
2012-12-16 |
| 7. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
85.98 |
1.0555 |
0.1412 |
323 |
1 |
85.98 |
2012-12-12 |
| 8. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
85.16 |
0.9911 |
0.1614 |
212 |
2 |
83.90 |
2012-12-12 |
| 9. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
84.97 |
0.9994 |
0.1844 |
269 |
1 |
84.97 |
2012-11-29 |
| 10. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
84.27 |
0.9820 |
0.1644 |
267 |
1 |
84.27 |
2012-12-11 |
| 11. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
83.52 |
0.9776 |
0.1559 |
308 |
1 |
83.52 |
2012-12-16 |
| 12. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
83.39 |
1.0462 |
0.0792 |
184 |
1 |
83.39 |
2012-12-10 |
| 13. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
83.22 |
1.0669 |
0.0946 |
286 |
1 |
83.22 |
2012-12-11 |
| 14. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
83.10 |
1.0529 |
0.0745 |
351 |
1 |
83.10 |
2012-12-10 |
| 15. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
82.74 |
1.1323 |
0.0240 |
341 |
1 |
82.74 |
2012-12-12 |
| 16. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
82.42 |
1.0154 |
0.1526 |
351 |
1 |
82.42 |
2012-12-15 |
| 17. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
81.37 |
0.9649 |
0.1378 |
193 |
1 |
81.37 |
2012-12-21 |
| 18. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
81.10 |
1.0615 |
0.0638 |
305 |
1 |
81.10 |
2012-12-15 |
| 19. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
80.85 |
0.8791 |
0.2166 |
190 |
1 |
80.85 |
2012-11-26 |
| 20. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
80.76 |
1.0719 |
0.0511 |
360 |
1 |
80.76 |
2012-11-29 |
| 21. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
80.64 |
0.9820 |
0.1120 |
274 |
1 |
80.64 |
2012-11-26 |
| 22. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
80.62 |
1.0141 |
0.1157 |
304 |
1 |
80.62 |
2012-12-10 |
| 23. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
80.53 |
0.9710 |
0.1148 |
173 |
1 |
80.53 |
2012-11-29 |
| 24. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
80.42 |
1.0389 |
0.0542 |
340 |
1 |
80.42 |
2012-12-12 |
| 25. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
80.40 |
1.0029 |
0.0812 |
209 |
1 |
80.40 |
2012-12-12 |
| 26. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
80.29 |
0.9504 |
0.1332 |
263 |
1 |
80.29 |
2012-11-28 |
| 27. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
80.04 |
1.0483 |
0.0342 |
227 |
1 |
80.04 |
2012-12-10 |
| 28. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
79.50 |
1.0361 |
0.0430 |
269 |
1 |
79.50 |
2012-11-28 |
| 29. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
79.35 |
1.0289 |
0.0516 |
276 |
1 |
79.35 |
2012-12-01 |
| 30. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
79.04 |
0.9943 |
0.0807 |
373 |
1 |
79.04 |
2012-12-10 |
| 31. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
78.96 |
0.9439 |
0.1348 |
476 |
1 |
78.96 |
2012-12-12 |
| 32. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
78.18 |
0.8971 |
0.1682 |
266 |
1 |
78.18 |
2012-12-01 |
| 33. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
78.09 |
1.0131 |
0.0418 |
225 |
1 |
78.09 |
2012-12-13 |
| 34. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
78.02 |
1.0124 |
0.0430 |
204 |
1 |
78.02 |
2012-12-10 |
| 35. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
77.97 |
0.8941 |
0.1650 |
216 |
1 |
77.97 |
2012-12-16 |
| 36. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
77.95 |
1.0673 |
0.0312 |
230 |
1 |
77.95 |
2012-12-16 |
| 37. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
77.66 |
0.9756 |
0.0760 |
229 |
1 |
77.66 |
2012-12-01 |
| 38. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
77.33 |
1.0521 |
-0.0086 |
171 |
1 |
77.33 |
2012-11-28 |
| 39. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
76.32 |
0.9398 |
0.1040 |
419 |
1 |
76.32 |
2012-12-01 |
| 40. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
76.21 |
0.9578 |
0.0747 |
281 |
1 |
76.21 |
2012-12-10 |
| 41. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
76.18 |
1.0487 |
-0.0211 |
231 |
1 |
76.18 |
2012-12-12 |
| 42. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
76.16 |
1.0387 |
0.0259 |
239 |
1 |
76.16 |
2012-11-26 |
| 43. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
76.11 |
0.9164 |
0.1200 |
305 |
1 |
76.11 |
2012-12-11 |
| 44. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
76.06 |
1.0944 |
-0.0187 |
308 |
2 |
75.18 |
2012-12-17 |
| 45. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
76.04 |
1.0714 |
-0.0497 |
129 |
1 |
76.04 |
2012-11-26 |
| 46. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
75.48 |
0.9672 |
0.0623 |
396 |
1 |
75.48 |
2012-12-12 |
| 47. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
75.39 |
1.0203 |
0.0048 |
261 |
2 |
72.96 |
2012-12-12 |
| 48. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
75.37 |
1.0379 |
0.0184 |
245 |
1 |
75.37 |
2012-11-27 |
| 49. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
74.81 |
0.9430 |
0.0635 |
211 |
1 |
74.81 |
2012-12-16 |
| 50. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
74.76 |
1.0711 |
-0.0631 |
213 |
1 |
74.76 |
2012-11-27 |
| 51. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
74.68 |
1.1215 |
-0.0855 |
200 |
1 |
74.68 |
2012-12-21 |
| 52. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
74.56 |
1.0917 |
-0.0579 |
243 |
1 |
74.56 |
2012-12-12 |
| 53. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
74.43 |
0.9916 |
0.0595 |
282 |
1 |
74.43 |
2012-11-29 |
| 54. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
74.40 |
1.0077 |
0.0417 |
250 |
1 |
74.40 |
2012-12-16 |
| 55. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
74.25 |
0.8722 |
0.1368 |
285 |
1 |
74.25 |
2012-12-12 |
| 56. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
74.20 |
1.0270 |
0.0144 |
255 |
1 |
74.20 |
2012-12-13 |
| 57. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
73.98 |
1.0090 |
0.0372 |
282 |
1 |
73.98 |
2012-12-16 |
| 58. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
73.72 |
1.0264 |
0.0125 |
422 |
1 |
73.72 |
2012-12-01 |
| 59. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
72.35 |
0.9986 |
-0.0180 |
283 |
1 |
72.35 |
2012-12-10 |
| 60. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
72.15 |
0.9342 |
0.0466 |
434 |
1 |
72.15 |
2012-11-27 |
| 61. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
72.03 |
1.0644 |
-0.0527 |
257 |
2 |
70.79 |
2012-11-29 |
| 62. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
71.76 |
0.9684 |
0.0062 |
388 |
1 |
71.76 |
2012-11-28 |
| 63. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
71.71 |
1.0795 |
-0.0778 |
226 |
1 |
71.71 |
2012-12-10 |
| 64. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
71.61 |
1.0214 |
-0.0570 |
166 |
2 |
68.32 |
2012-12-01 |
| 65. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
71.50 |
1.0296 |
-0.0549 |
437 |
1 |
71.50 |
2012-11-27 |
| 66. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
71.38 |
0.9709 |
0.0368 |
397 |
1 |
71.38 |
2012-12-12 |
| 67. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
71.10 |
1.0787 |
-0.1172 |
237 |
1 |
71.10 |
2012-12-17 |
| 68. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
70.94 |
1.0328 |
-0.0341 |
356 |
1 |
70.94 |
2012-12-12 |
| 69. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
70.94 |
0.9843 |
-0.0287 |
234 |
1 |
70.94 |
2012-11-27 |
| 70. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
70.69 |
0.9622 |
0.0014 |
392 |
1 |
70.69 |
2012-12-10 |
| 71. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
70.69 |
1.0993 |
-0.1442 |
265 |
1 |
70.69 |
2012-12-10 |
| 72. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
69.26 |
1.0595 |
-0.1194 |
379 |
1 |
69.26 |
2012-11-28 |
| 73. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
69.26 |
1.0596 |
-0.1241 |
239 |
1 |
69.26 |
2012-12-12 |
| 74. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
69.19 |
1.0417 |
-0.1076 |
253 |
1 |
69.19 |
2012-11-27 |
| 75. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
68.96 |
1.0263 |
-0.0936 |
267 |
1 |
68.96 |
2012-12-01 |
| 76. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
68.84 |
0.9087 |
0.0338 |
393 |
1 |
68.84 |
2012-11-29 |
| 77. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
68.81 |
1.0390 |
-0.1114 |
205 |
1 |
68.81 |
2012-11-28 |
| 78. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
68.54 |
0.9814 |
-0.0143 |
364 |
1 |
68.54 |
2012-12-21 |
| 79. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
68.14 |
0.8981 |
0.0287 |
393 |
1 |
68.14 |
2012-12-12 |
| 80. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
68.14 |
1.0337 |
-0.1121 |
214 |
1 |
68.14 |
2012-12-12 |
| 81. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
67.90 |
1.0799 |
-0.1647 |
243 |
1 |
67.90 |
2012-11-26 |
| 82. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
67.83 |
0.9772 |
-0.0627 |
217 |
1 |
67.83 |
2012-11-29 |
| 83. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
67.79 |
1.0109 |
-0.0606 |
400 |
1 |
67.79 |
2012-12-01 |
| 84. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
66.95 |
0.9893 |
-0.0833 |
323 |
1 |
66.95 |
2012-11-27 |
| 85. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
66.77 |
1.0459 |
-0.1113 |
200 |
1 |
66.77 |
2012-12-13 |
| 86. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
66.73 |
0.9811 |
-0.0755 |
272 |
1 |
66.73 |
2012-11-29 |
| 87. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
66.60 |
0.9740 |
-0.0770 |
209 |
1 |
66.60 |
2012-12-17 |
| 88. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
66.40 |
0.9168 |
-0.0172 |
240 |
1 |
66.40 |
2012-11-29 |
| 89. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
66.20 |
0.9899 |
-0.0990 |
163 |
1 |
66.20 |
2012-12-01 |
| 90. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
65.84 |
1.0232 |
-0.0866 |
350 |
1 |
65.84 |
2012-12-01 |
| 91. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
65.41 |
0.9697 |
-0.0847 |
249 |
1 |
65.41 |
2012-12-10 |
| 92. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
65.35 |
1.0506 |
-0.1379 |
277 |
1 |
65.35 |
2012-11-26 |
| 93. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
65.31 |
0.9763 |
-0.0934 |
289 |
2 |
63.16 |
2012-12-11 |
| 94. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
65.24 |
0.8520 |
0.0313 |
202 |
1 |
65.24 |
2012-12-16 |
| 95. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
64.82 |
0.9426 |
-0.0628 |
317 |
1 |
64.82 |
2012-12-01 |
| 96. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
64.45 |
0.9991 |
-0.1270 |
225 |
1 |
64.45 |
2012-12-12 |
| 97. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
63.01 |
0.9612 |
-0.1094 |
256 |
1 |
63.01 |
2012-12-12 |
| 98. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
62.80 |
0.9376 |
-0.0533 |
360 |
1 |
62.80 |
2012-11-27 |
| 99. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
62.10 |
0.9731 |
-0.1463 |
129 |
1 |
62.10 |
2012-12-12 |
| 100. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
61.85 |
0.9045 |
-0.0683 |
235 |
1 |
61.85 |
2012-12-15 |
| 101. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
61.76 |
1.0565 |
-0.2244 |
247 |
1 |
61.76 |
2012-11-28 |
| 102. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
61.02 |
0.9529 |
-0.0878 |
269 |
1 |
61.02 |
2012-12-10 |
| 103. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
60.92 |
1.0346 |
-0.1695 |
244 |
1 |
60.92 |
2012-11-28 |
| 104. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
60.63 |
0.8382 |
-0.0185 |
268 |
1 |
60.63 |
2012-12-10 |
| 105. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
60.25 |
0.9640 |
-0.1208 |
334 |
1 |
60.25 |
2012-11-30 |
| 106. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
60.06 |
0.9266 |
-0.1152 |
267 |
1 |
60.06 |
2012-12-12 |
| 107. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
56.92 |
0.9216 |
-0.1145 |
255 |
1 |
56.92 |
2012-12-10 |
| 108. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
55.51 |
0.9619 |
-0.2078 |
393 |
1 |
55.51 |
2012-12-01 |
| 109. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
54.91 |
0.9176 |
-0.1381 |
365 |
1 |
54.91 |
2012-11-27 |
| 110. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
54.62 |
1.0251 |
-0.2906 |
261 |
1 |
54.62 |
2012-11-27 |
| 111. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
48.91 |
0.9567 |
-0.2562 |
184 |
1 |
48.91 |
2012-11-27 |
| 112. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
40.11 |
0.7876 |
-0.2474 |
316 |
1 |
40.11 |
2012-12-10 |