| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
45.48 |
0.8809 |
0.4453 |
127 |
2 |
37.23 |
2011-12-29 |
| 2. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
44.16 |
0.9325 |
0.3502 |
156 |
1 |
44.16 |
2012-01-01 |
| 3. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
43.79 |
1.0074 |
0.2727 |
242 |
1 |
43.79 |
2012-01-01 |
| 4. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
42.82 |
0.8876 |
0.3611 |
118 |
1 |
42.82 |
2011-12-31 |
| 5. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
42.16 |
0.9287 |
0.2948 |
108 |
1 |
42.16 |
2012-01-02 |
| 6. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
42.14 |
0.9688 |
0.2601 |
217 |
2 |
33.39 |
2012-01-05 |
| 7. |
You came close, but you never made it, and if you were gonna... |
41.84 |
0.9126 |
0.2994 |
96 |
1 |
41.84 |
2011-12-29 |
| 8. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
41.53 |
0.9097 |
0.3022 |
153 |
3 |
34.71 |
2012-01-05 |
| 9. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
41.25 |
1.0907 |
0.1152 |
303 |
1 |
41.25 |
2012-01-02 |
| 10. |
Never give up. Most races are decided in the last 10 percent... |
41.06 |
0.8713 |
0.3231 |
73 |
1 |
41.06 |
2011-11-12 |
| 11. |
I leave you with photographs, pictures of trickery, and stai... |
40.87 |
0.9016 |
0.2985 |
192 |
2 |
36.56 |
2012-01-05 |
| 12. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
40.78 |
1.0799 |
0.1061 |
243 |
1 |
40.78 |
2012-01-05 |
| 13. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
40.65 |
1.0515 |
0.1324 |
250 |
2 |
40.64 |
2012-01-05 |
| 14. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
40.39 |
0.9187 |
0.2494 |
118 |
1 |
40.39 |
2012-01-01 |
| 15. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
40.31 |
1.0863 |
0.1243 |
210 |
1 |
40.31 |
2011-12-30 |
| 16. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
39.48 |
1.1296 |
0.0509 |
252 |
1 |
39.48 |
2011-12-31 |
| 17. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
39.46 |
1.0673 |
0.1253 |
230 |
2 |
39.12 |
2012-01-03 |
| 18. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
39.13 |
1.0523 |
0.0846 |
256 |
2 |
33.22 |
2012-01-02 |
| 19. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
39.10 |
1.0829 |
0.0587 |
288 |
1 |
39.10 |
2012-01-03 |
| 20. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
38.96 |
0.9710 |
0.1588 |
173 |
2 |
32.02 |
2012-01-02 |
| 21. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
38.79 |
1.0905 |
0.0721 |
210 |
2 |
36.16 |
2012-01-09 |
| 22. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
38.74 |
1.0429 |
0.0852 |
259 |
1 |
38.74 |
2011-12-31 |
| 23. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
38.60 |
1.0417 |
0.0811 |
253 |
1 |
38.60 |
2011-12-31 |
| 24. |
You have to be a fairly determined ecological detective to f... |
38.51 |
0.8994 |
0.2253 |
188 |
1 |
38.51 |
2012-01-02 |
| 25. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
38.19 |
0.9884 |
0.1291 |
262 |
2 |
33.38 |
2011-12-31 |
| 26. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
38.18 |
0.8867 |
0.2335 |
163 |
3 |
30.23 |
2012-01-05 |
| 27. |
It's about realizing that there are no problems. Only situat... |
38.03 |
0.9145 |
0.1994 |
207 |
1 |
38.03 |
2011-12-31 |
| 28. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
38.02 |
1.0797 |
0.0232 |
210 |
1 |
38.02 |
2012-01-05 |
| 29. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
37.82 |
0.8951 |
0.2098 |
193 |
1 |
37.82 |
2012-01-05 |
| 30. |
Some drivers actually perform best when there is a little ex... |
37.72 |
0.9632 |
0.1343 |
240 |
1 |
37.72 |
2011-12-28 |
| 31. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
37.55 |
1.0284 |
0.1095 |
282 |
2 |
35.36 |
2012-01-04 |
| 32. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
37.48 |
0.9781 |
0.1169 |
193 |
1 |
37.48 |
2011-12-19 |
| 33. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
37.43 |
1.0388 |
0.0838 |
243 |
2 |
34.14 |
2012-01-05 |
| 34. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
37.20 |
1.0459 |
0.0692 |
200 |
1 |
37.20 |
2012-01-04 |
| 35. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
37.14 |
0.9572 |
0.1238 |
201 |
1 |
37.14 |
2011-12-29 |
| 36. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
37.14 |
1.0214 |
0.0558 |
166 |
1 |
37.14 |
2011-12-30 |
| 37. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
37.09 |
0.9805 |
0.1052 |
292 |
1 |
37.09 |
2011-12-31 |
| 38. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
36.94 |
1.0214 |
0.0537 |
269 |
1 |
36.94 |
2012-01-05 |
| 39. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
36.78 |
1.1022 |
0.0047 |
259 |
1 |
36.78 |
2011-11-23 |
| 40. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
36.77 |
0.8791 |
0.1917 |
190 |
1 |
36.77 |
2011-12-28 |
| 41. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
36.76 |
0.9567 |
0.1147 |
273 |
1 |
36.76 |
2011-12-31 |
| 42. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
36.60 |
1.0349 |
0.0306 |
234 |
2 |
34.59 |
2012-01-05 |
| 43. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
36.56 |
0.9682 |
0.0957 |
143 |
1 |
36.56 |
2012-01-02 |
| 44. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
36.54 |
0.9798 |
0.0794 |
199 |
4 |
34.12 |
2012-01-05 |
| 45. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
36.52 |
0.8153 |
0.2535 |
200 |
2 |
35.74 |
2012-01-04 |
| 46. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
36.51 |
1.0725 |
0.0170 |
233 |
1 |
36.51 |
2012-01-02 |
| 47. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
36.49 |
1.0205 |
0.0359 |
179 |
1 |
36.49 |
2011-12-29 |
| 48. |
The forum has become one of the most consistent places in he... |
36.42 |
0.8481 |
0.2129 |
152 |
2 |
32.79 |
2011-12-19 |
| 49. |
The hectic speed, and the brevity of the lines in the thread... |
36.42 |
0.9131 |
0.1433 |
144 |
1 |
36.42 |
2012-01-01 |
| 50. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
36.25 |
0.9128 |
0.1487 |
133 |
2 |
34.51 |
2011-12-31 |
| 51. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
35.41 |
0.9899 |
0.0367 |
163 |
1 |
35.41 |
2012-01-05 |
| 52. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
35.41 |
1.0463 |
-0.0195 |
182 |
1 |
35.41 |
2011-12-31 |
| 53. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
35.36 |
0.9396 |
0.0874 |
119 |
1 |
35.36 |
2012-01-01 |
| 54. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
35.30 |
1.0263 |
0.0007 |
267 |
1 |
35.30 |
2011-12-19 |
| 55. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
35.29 |
1.1016 |
-0.0740 |
233 |
1 |
35.29 |
2011-12-30 |
| 56. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
35.23 |
0.9310 |
0.0904 |
188 |
2 |
33.41 |
2011-12-19 |
| 57. |
This country is hard on people. Hard and crazy. Got the devi... |
35.21 |
0.9028 |
0.1206 |
111 |
1 |
35.21 |
2012-01-02 |
| 58. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
35.19 |
1.0387 |
0.0183 |
239 |
1 |
35.19 |
2011-12-29 |
| 59. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
35.05 |
1.0403 |
0.0203 |
275 |
1 |
35.05 |
2012-01-02 |
| 60. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
35.02 |
0.8854 |
0.1338 |
116 |
1 |
35.02 |
2011-12-19 |
| 61. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
34.98 |
1.0232 |
0.0312 |
236 |
1 |
34.98 |
2011-11-23 |
| 62. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
34.97 |
0.8289 |
0.1965 |
304 |
1 |
34.97 |
2012-01-01 |
| 63. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
34.93 |
0.7818 |
0.2357 |
195 |
1 |
34.93 |
2012-01-04 |
| 64. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
34.88 |
0.9559 |
0.0621 |
195 |
1 |
34.88 |
2011-12-31 |
| 65. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
34.76 |
0.9691 |
0.0426 |
223 |
1 |
34.76 |
2011-12-30 |
| 66. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
34.65 |
1.0252 |
-0.0228 |
176 |
1 |
34.65 |
2011-12-31 |
| 67. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
34.40 |
0.9986 |
0.0037 |
283 |
1 |
34.40 |
2012-01-03 |
| 68. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
34.32 |
1.0917 |
-0.0690 |
243 |
1 |
34.32 |
2011-12-30 |
| 69. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
34.22 |
0.8105 |
0.1812 |
204 |
1 |
34.22 |
2012-01-01 |
| 70. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
34.13 |
1.0598 |
-0.0722 |
196 |
1 |
34.13 |
2011-12-30 |
| 71. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
34.10 |
0.8996 |
0.0876 |
192 |
1 |
34.10 |
2012-01-01 |
| 72. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
34.07 |
1.0711 |
-0.0845 |
213 |
1 |
34.07 |
2011-12-30 |
| 73. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
34.04 |
0.8852 |
0.1082 |
201 |
1 |
34.04 |
2011-12-31 |
| 74. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
33.86 |
1.1162 |
-0.0893 |
189 |
1 |
33.86 |
2012-01-02 |
| 75. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
33.84 |
0.9964 |
-0.0114 |
203 |
1 |
33.84 |
2012-01-05 |
| 76. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
33.63 |
0.8629 |
0.1203 |
299 |
1 |
33.63 |
2012-01-02 |
| 77. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
33.60 |
0.9786 |
-0.0011 |
235 |
2 |
30.58 |
2012-01-03 |
| 78. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
33.55 |
1.0183 |
-0.0471 |
191 |
1 |
33.55 |
2011-12-29 |
| 79. |
This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic people ... |
33.52 |
0.9089 |
0.0767 |
187 |
1 |
33.52 |
2011-12-29 |
| 80. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
33.47 |
0.8653 |
0.1202 |
255 |
1 |
33.47 |
2012-01-02 |
| 81. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
33.43 |
0.9047 |
0.0613 |
118 |
1 |
33.43 |
2012-01-05 |
| 82. |
If you begin to repeat an error, or if your concentration or... |
33.33 |
0.9505 |
0.0193 |
204 |
2 |
29.69 |
2012-01-03 |
| 83. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
33.28 |
0.9212 |
0.0506 |
323 |
1 |
33.28 |
2012-01-02 |
| 84. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. Witho... |
33.09 |
0.8270 |
0.1375 |
117 |
2 |
31.70 |
2011-11-15 |
| 85. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
33.00 |
0.9619 |
0.0040 |
393 |
1 |
33.00 |
2011-12-29 |
| 86. |
In the capital of the Sunbelt South, the quiet revolution of... |
32.85 |
0.9098 |
0.0421 |
167 |
1 |
32.85 |
2011-12-30 |
| 87. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
32.79 |
1.0077 |
-0.0126 |
250 |
1 |
32.79 |
2012-01-05 |
| 88. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
32.65 |
0.9351 |
0.0093 |
190 |
1 |
32.65 |
2012-01-02 |
| 89. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
32.48 |
0.8811 |
0.0682 |
239 |
2 |
31.09 |
2012-01-04 |
| 90. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
32.44 |
0.9966 |
-0.0533 |
259 |
1 |
32.44 |
2012-01-05 |
| 91. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
32.35 |
0.9724 |
-0.0282 |
237 |
1 |
32.35 |
2011-12-31 |
| 92. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
32.33 |
0.9162 |
0.0244 |
165 |
1 |
32.33 |
2011-12-29 |
| 93. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
32.31 |
0.8723 |
0.0634 |
185 |
1 |
32.31 |
2011-12-31 |
| 94. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
32.20 |
0.9884 |
-0.0521 |
233 |
1 |
32.20 |
2011-12-31 |
| 95. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
32.15 |
0.9740 |
-0.0430 |
209 |
1 |
32.15 |
2011-12-30 |
| 96. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
31.97 |
0.9865 |
-0.0554 |
276 |
1 |
31.97 |
2011-12-31 |
| 97. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
31.96 |
0.9991 |
-0.0688 |
225 |
1 |
31.96 |
2012-01-05 |
| 98. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
31.90 |
0.8562 |
0.0718 |
170 |
1 |
31.90 |
2011-11-12 |
| 99. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
31.76 |
0.8773 |
0.0500 |
205 |
1 |
31.76 |
2012-01-02 |
| 100. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
31.64 |
1.0608 |
-0.1074 |
258 |
1 |
31.64 |
2011-12-30 |
| 101. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
31.33 |
0.9773 |
-0.0746 |
123 |
1 |
31.33 |
2011-11-12 |
| 102. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
31.22 |
0.8118 |
0.1016 |
109 |
1 |
31.22 |
2011-11-12 |
| 103. |
The label doesn't mention that that rib-eye steak came from ... |
31.22 |
0.7731 |
0.1367 |
145 |
2 |
29.97 |
2011-11-12 |
| 104. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
31.09 |
0.9843 |
-0.0854 |
234 |
1 |
31.09 |
2011-12-29 |
| 105. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
31.07 |
1.0201 |
-0.1232 |
172 |
2 |
28.50 |
2011-11-12 |
| 106. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
30.98 |
0.8323 |
0.0694 |
203 |
1 |
30.98 |
2011-11-12 |
| 107. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
30.56 |
0.8520 |
0.0369 |
202 |
1 |
30.56 |
2012-01-05 |
| 108. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
30.47 |
0.8190 |
0.0743 |
135 |
1 |
30.47 |
2011-11-15 |
| 109. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
30.20 |
0.9672 |
-0.0828 |
396 |
1 |
30.20 |
2011-11-23 |
| 110. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
30.13 |
0.8890 |
-0.0170 |
199 |
1 |
30.13 |
2012-01-01 |
| 111. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
30.04 |
1.0574 |
-0.1564 |
205 |
1 |
30.04 |
2011-12-31 |
| 112. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
29.97 |
0.8845 |
-0.0135 |
273 |
1 |
29.97 |
2011-12-31 |
| 113. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
29.96 |
0.7934 |
0.0777 |
134 |
1 |
29.96 |
2011-12-29 |
| 114. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
29.59 |
0.9529 |
-0.0527 |
269 |
1 |
29.59 |
2011-12-29 |
| 115. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
29.39 |
0.8372 |
0.0160 |
179 |
1 |
29.39 |
2011-11-12 |
| 116. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
29.38 |
0.9941 |
-0.1429 |
217 |
1 |
29.38 |
2011-12-30 |
| 117. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
28.83 |
1.0767 |
-0.2417 |
212 |
1 |
28.83 |
2011-12-31 |
| 118. |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic ... |
28.70 |
0.8162 |
0.0226 |
149 |
1 |
28.70 |
2011-12-30 |
| 119. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
28.38 |
0.9430 |
-0.1224 |
227 |
1 |
28.38 |
2011-11-12 |
| 120. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
28.22 |
0.8747 |
-0.0594 |
201 |
1 |
28.22 |
2011-11-15 |
| 121. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
28.22 |
0.9461 |
-0.1273 |
276 |
1 |
28.22 |
2011-12-31 |
| 122. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
28.13 |
1.0419 |
-0.2255 |
261 |
1 |
28.13 |
2011-12-31 |
| 123. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
27.57 |
0.9127 |
-0.1154 |
252 |
1 |
27.57 |
2011-12-29 |
| 124. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
27.54 |
0.8615 |
-0.0623 |
110 |
1 |
27.54 |
2011-12-29 |
| 125. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
27.35 |
0.8792 |
-0.0761 |
296 |
1 |
27.35 |
2011-11-12 |
| 126. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
27.30 |
0.8022 |
-0.0073 |
215 |
1 |
27.30 |
2012-01-02 |
| 127. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
27.15 |
0.9233 |
-0.1438 |
168 |
1 |
27.15 |
2011-11-17 |
| 128. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
26.96 |
0.9871 |
-0.1687 |
209 |
1 |
26.96 |
2011-12-19 |
| 129. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
26.77 |
1.0334 |
-0.2634 |
131 |
1 |
26.77 |
2011-12-18 |
| 130. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
26.11 |
0.9023 |
-0.1022 |
231 |
1 |
26.11 |
2011-12-30 |
| 131. |
Be careful you don't get too caught up in what the competiti... |
25.76 |
0.8447 |
-0.1052 |
134 |
1 |
25.76 |
2011-11-15 |
| 132. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
25.45 |
0.8323 |
-0.0950 |
145 |
1 |
25.45 |
2011-12-17 |
| 133. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
24.26 |
0.7389 |
-0.0348 |
145 |
1 |
24.26 |
2011-11-12 |
| 134. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
24.06 |
0.9430 |
-0.2441 |
297 |
1 |
24.06 |
2011-12-18 |
| 135. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
23.20 |
1.0013 |
-0.3310 |
273 |
1 |
23.20 |
2011-12-29 |
| 136. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
22.97 |
0.9852 |
-0.3205 |
264 |
1 |
22.97 |
2011-11-12 |
| 137. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
22.77 |
0.9221 |
-0.2649 |
244 |
1 |
22.77 |
2011-11-15 |
| 138. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
19.62 |
0.7839 |
-0.2131 |
257 |
1 |
19.62 |
2011-11-12 |
| 139. |
Grits and fried chicken won't disappear, but perhaps future ... |
19.29 |
0.8884 |
-0.3325 |
135 |
1 |
19.29 |
2011-11-12 |