| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
65.20 |
1.0384 |
0.2309 |
183 |
2 |
56.72 |
2012-03-06 |
| 2. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
63.56 |
1.0211 |
0.2563 |
213 |
1 |
63.56 |
2012-04-19 |
| 3. |
Some drivers actually perform best when there is a little ex... |
61.56 |
0.9632 |
0.2416 |
240 |
1 |
61.56 |
2012-03-11 |
| 4. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
60.75 |
1.0714 |
0.1104 |
129 |
1 |
60.75 |
2012-04-19 |
| 5. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
60.72 |
1.0523 |
0.1341 |
256 |
1 |
60.72 |
2011-10-20 |
| 6. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
60.68 |
1.1215 |
0.0921 |
200 |
1 |
60.68 |
2012-04-23 |
| 7. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
60.46 |
1.0203 |
0.1685 |
261 |
2 |
56.45 |
2012-03-23 |
| 8. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
60.20 |
1.1081 |
0.1063 |
206 |
1 |
60.20 |
2012-04-18 |
| 9. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
60.00 |
1.1018 |
0.0678 |
220 |
1 |
60.00 |
2012-03-05 |
| 10. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
60.00 |
1.0151 |
0.1518 |
152 |
1 |
60.00 |
2011-10-20 |
| 11. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
59.44 |
1.0252 |
0.1334 |
176 |
1 |
59.44 |
2012-03-07 |
| 12. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
59.09 |
1.0528 |
0.1007 |
201 |
1 |
59.09 |
2012-03-04 |
| 13. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
59.01 |
1.0555 |
0.1027 |
363 |
1 |
59.01 |
2012-03-04 |
| 14. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
58.69 |
1.0462 |
0.0981 |
184 |
2 |
55.09 |
2012-04-25 |
| 15. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
58.66 |
0.9772 |
0.1691 |
217 |
1 |
58.66 |
2012-04-18 |
| 16. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
58.61 |
1.0529 |
0.0957 |
351 |
2 |
54.07 |
2012-03-05 |
| 17. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
58.18 |
1.0150 |
0.1743 |
325 |
2 |
54.32 |
2011-06-27 |
| 18. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
57.78 |
1.1016 |
0.0303 |
233 |
1 |
57.78 |
2012-04-18 |
| 19. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
57.05 |
0.9303 |
0.1803 |
176 |
1 |
57.05 |
2012-04-20 |
| 20. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
57.03 |
1.0141 |
0.1396 |
304 |
2 |
55.36 |
2012-03-06 |
| 21. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
56.39 |
1.0797 |
0.0195 |
210 |
1 |
56.39 |
2011-10-22 |
| 22. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
56.27 |
0.9601 |
0.1470 |
308 |
1 |
56.27 |
2012-04-19 |
| 23. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
55.85 |
1.0477 |
0.0485 |
360 |
1 |
55.85 |
2012-03-10 |
| 24. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
55.53 |
1.0168 |
0.0727 |
271 |
1 |
55.53 |
2012-04-23 |
| 25. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
55.08 |
0.9681 |
0.1188 |
378 |
1 |
55.08 |
2012-03-10 |
| 26. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
54.91 |
1.0099 |
0.0623 |
207 |
1 |
54.91 |
2012-03-04 |
| 27. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
54.86 |
0.8961 |
0.1750 |
189 |
1 |
54.86 |
2012-03-12 |
| 28. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
54.79 |
1.0004 |
0.0664 |
212 |
3 |
51.99 |
2012-04-18 |
| 29. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
54.66 |
1.0375 |
0.0787 |
200 |
1 |
54.66 |
2012-03-12 |
| 30. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
54.64 |
0.9820 |
0.0876 |
274 |
1 |
54.64 |
2011-06-22 |
| 31. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
54.39 |
0.8826 |
0.1841 |
296 |
1 |
54.39 |
2012-04-19 |
| 32. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
54.34 |
1.0498 |
0.0094 |
180 |
2 |
50.57 |
2012-03-11 |
| 33. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
54.24 |
1.0388 |
0.0550 |
243 |
1 |
54.24 |
2011-09-21 |
| 34. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
53.99 |
0.9164 |
0.1459 |
305 |
1 |
53.99 |
2012-03-04 |
| 35. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
53.92 |
1.0774 |
0.0077 |
304 |
1 |
53.92 |
2012-03-10 |
| 36. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
53.70 |
0.9991 |
0.0529 |
225 |
1 |
53.70 |
2012-03-06 |
| 37. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
53.68 |
0.9572 |
0.0922 |
201 |
1 |
53.68 |
2012-03-10 |
| 38. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
53.42 |
1.0131 |
0.0288 |
225 |
1 |
53.42 |
2012-03-13 |
| 39. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
53.36 |
1.0534 |
-0.0062 |
357 |
1 |
53.36 |
2011-10-22 |
| 40. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
53.25 |
1.0613 |
-0.0179 |
266 |
1 |
53.25 |
2012-03-04 |
| 41. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
53.10 |
1.0117 |
0.0724 |
297 |
1 |
53.10 |
2012-03-10 |
| 42. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
53.01 |
1.0441 |
0.0351 |
316 |
1 |
53.01 |
2012-04-23 |
| 43. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
52.89 |
1.0297 |
0.0044 |
249 |
1 |
52.89 |
2011-06-19 |
| 44. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
52.73 |
1.0352 |
0.0003 |
341 |
2 |
51.74 |
2011-06-24 |
| 45. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
52.68 |
0.9234 |
0.1129 |
346 |
1 |
52.68 |
2012-04-18 |
| 46. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
52.64 |
1.0531 |
0.0155 |
272 |
1 |
52.64 |
2011-06-24 |
| 47. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
52.41 |
0.9572 |
0.1117 |
376 |
1 |
52.41 |
2012-04-18 |
| 48. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
52.30 |
0.9068 |
0.1148 |
225 |
2 |
50.47 |
2012-04-18 |
| 49. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
52.07 |
0.8573 |
0.1650 |
270 |
1 |
52.07 |
2012-03-23 |
| 50. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
52.06 |
1.0941 |
-0.0439 |
256 |
1 |
52.06 |
2011-09-21 |
| 51. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
51.89 |
0.9350 |
0.0807 |
195 |
1 |
51.89 |
2011-06-22 |
| 52. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
51.40 |
0.9570 |
0.0505 |
287 |
2 |
51.09 |
2012-03-20 |
| 53. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
51.26 |
0.9899 |
0.0082 |
163 |
2 |
51.19 |
2012-04-20 |
| 54. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
51.17 |
0.9776 |
0.0240 |
308 |
2 |
50.87 |
2012-03-04 |
| 55. |
This country is hard on people. Hard and crazy. Got the devi... |
51.13 |
0.9028 |
0.0953 |
111 |
1 |
51.13 |
2011-08-01 |
| 56. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
51.04 |
1.0068 |
-0.0047 |
358 |
1 |
51.04 |
2012-04-20 |
| 57. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
50.93 |
1.0795 |
-0.0528 |
226 |
1 |
50.93 |
2011-06-06 |
| 58. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
50.74 |
0.9309 |
0.0598 |
284 |
1 |
50.74 |
2011-10-20 |
| 59. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
50.50 |
1.0034 |
-0.0166 |
302 |
1 |
50.50 |
2011-10-22 |
| 60. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
50.49 |
0.9863 |
0.0058 |
339 |
1 |
50.49 |
2012-03-04 |
| 61. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
50.27 |
1.0621 |
-0.0595 |
263 |
1 |
50.27 |
2011-06-04 |
| 62. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
50.27 |
1.0567 |
-0.0723 |
303 |
1 |
50.27 |
2011-06-16 |
| 63. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
50.17 |
1.0095 |
-0.0296 |
316 |
1 |
50.17 |
2011-08-01 |
| 64. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
50.12 |
1.0829 |
-0.1012 |
288 |
1 |
50.12 |
2011-06-24 |
| 65. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
49.85 |
0.9619 |
0.0188 |
393 |
1 |
49.85 |
2011-08-01 |
| 66. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
49.79 |
1.0042 |
0.0114 |
352 |
1 |
49.79 |
2011-10-20 |
| 67. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
49.78 |
1.0167 |
-0.0358 |
378 |
2 |
47.86 |
2011-06-18 |
| 68. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
49.71 |
0.9798 |
-0.0131 |
199 |
1 |
49.71 |
2012-04-18 |
| 69. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
49.64 |
0.9758 |
-0.0042 |
314 |
1 |
49.64 |
2011-06-06 |
| 70. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
49.62 |
1.0883 |
-0.0856 |
303 |
1 |
49.62 |
2011-06-03 |
| 71. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
49.37 |
0.9226 |
0.0490 |
348 |
1 |
49.37 |
2012-03-07 |
| 72. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
49.13 |
0.9464 |
0.0197 |
323 |
1 |
49.13 |
2011-06-19 |
| 73. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
49.07 |
1.0917 |
-0.1087 |
243 |
1 |
49.07 |
2012-03-12 |
| 74. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
48.95 |
1.0029 |
-0.0523 |
209 |
1 |
48.95 |
2012-03-05 |
| 75. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
48.95 |
1.0218 |
-0.0675 |
268 |
1 |
48.95 |
2012-03-10 |
| 76. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
48.93 |
1.0389 |
-0.0803 |
318 |
1 |
48.93 |
2011-06-27 |
| 77. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
48.93 |
1.0120 |
-0.0560 |
290 |
1 |
48.93 |
2012-03-10 |
| 78. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
48.81 |
1.0172 |
-0.0277 |
341 |
1 |
48.81 |
2011-07-01 |
| 79. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
48.71 |
1.0263 |
-0.0749 |
267 |
1 |
48.71 |
2011-06-25 |
| 80. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
48.46 |
0.9673 |
0.0194 |
232 |
1 |
48.46 |
2011-10-22 |
| 81. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
48.39 |
0.9257 |
0.0256 |
317 |
1 |
48.39 |
2011-06-06 |
| 82. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
48.37 |
1.0515 |
-0.1080 |
250 |
1 |
48.37 |
2011-06-03 |
| 83. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
48.19 |
0.8907 |
0.0638 |
351 |
1 |
48.19 |
2012-03-04 |
| 84. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
47.86 |
1.0429 |
-0.1089 |
259 |
1 |
47.86 |
2011-06-22 |
| 85. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
47.75 |
1.0314 |
-0.0588 |
452 |
1 |
47.75 |
2011-06-20 |
| 86. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
47.65 |
0.9504 |
-0.0247 |
263 |
1 |
47.65 |
2012-03-10 |
| 87. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
47.51 |
0.8878 |
0.0406 |
346 |
1 |
47.51 |
2012-03-23 |
| 88. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
47.46 |
0.9342 |
-0.0027 |
434 |
1 |
47.46 |
2011-08-01 |
| 89. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
47.44 |
0.8845 |
0.0428 |
273 |
1 |
47.44 |
2012-03-11 |
| 90. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
47.43 |
1.0403 |
-0.0985 |
193 |
1 |
47.43 |
2011-06-04 |
| 91. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
47.43 |
0.9907 |
-0.0649 |
211 |
1 |
47.43 |
2011-08-01 |
| 92. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
47.31 |
0.7805 |
0.1396 |
154 |
1 |
47.31 |
2012-04-23 |
| 93. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
47.05 |
0.9567 |
-0.0369 |
273 |
1 |
47.05 |
2012-03-04 |
| 94. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
46.91 |
1.0031 |
-0.0529 |
304 |
1 |
46.91 |
2011-10-22 |
| 95. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
46.47 |
0.9786 |
-0.0711 |
235 |
1 |
46.47 |
2011-07-02 |
| 96. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
46.30 |
1.0062 |
-0.1017 |
288 |
1 |
46.30 |
2011-06-27 |
| 97. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
46.29 |
1.0419 |
-0.1377 |
261 |
1 |
46.29 |
2011-09-21 |
| 98. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
46.29 |
0.9740 |
-0.0738 |
209 |
1 |
46.29 |
2011-06-24 |
| 99. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
46.19 |
0.9559 |
-0.0513 |
195 |
1 |
46.19 |
2011-06-17 |
| 100. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
45.93 |
0.9763 |
-0.0795 |
289 |
1 |
45.93 |
2011-06-18 |
| 101. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
45.56 |
1.0905 |
-0.1689 |
210 |
1 |
45.56 |
2011-09-21 |
| 102. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
45.56 |
1.0025 |
-0.1113 |
336 |
1 |
45.56 |
2011-09-21 |
| 103. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
45.45 |
0.9910 |
-0.1010 |
295 |
1 |
45.45 |
2011-06-02 |
| 104. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
45.43 |
0.9965 |
-0.1084 |
277 |
1 |
45.43 |
2011-06-22 |
| 105. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
45.41 |
1.0109 |
-0.1232 |
276 |
1 |
45.41 |
2011-07-02 |
| 106. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
45.38 |
1.0417 |
-0.1581 |
253 |
1 |
45.38 |
2011-10-22 |
| 107. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
45.31 |
0.9266 |
-0.0400 |
278 |
1 |
45.31 |
2011-06-16 |
| 108. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
45.17 |
0.8670 |
0.0204 |
318 |
1 |
45.17 |
2011-10-22 |
| 109. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
45.05 |
0.9213 |
-0.0406 |
295 |
1 |
45.05 |
2011-06-18 |
| 110. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
44.93 |
0.9614 |
-0.0806 |
292 |
1 |
44.93 |
2011-06-03 |
| 111. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
44.81 |
1.0516 |
-0.1771 |
281 |
1 |
44.81 |
2011-06-24 |
| 112. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
44.79 |
0.8935 |
-0.0090 |
328 |
1 |
44.79 |
2011-06-24 |
| 113. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
44.65 |
0.9866 |
-0.1181 |
218 |
1 |
44.65 |
2011-06-04 |
| 114. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
44.15 |
1.0083 |
-0.1019 |
273 |
1 |
44.15 |
2011-06-04 |
| 115. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
43.67 |
0.9128 |
-0.0186 |
369 |
1 |
43.67 |
2011-10-20 |
| 116. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
43.61 |
0.9871 |
-0.0994 |
209 |
1 |
43.61 |
2011-06-03 |
| 117. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
43.49 |
1.0201 |
-0.1705 |
303 |
1 |
43.49 |
2011-06-06 |
| 118. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
43.32 |
0.9846 |
-0.1407 |
281 |
1 |
43.32 |
2011-06-02 |
| 119. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
42.97 |
1.0426 |
-0.2047 |
323 |
1 |
42.97 |
2011-06-06 |
| 120. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
42.86 |
0.9795 |
-0.1425 |
308 |
1 |
42.86 |
2011-06-02 |
| 121. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
42.77 |
1.0885 |
-0.2188 |
341 |
1 |
42.77 |
2011-06-06 |
| 122. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
42.22 |
0.9048 |
-0.0766 |
271 |
1 |
42.22 |
2011-06-03 |
| 123. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
41.53 |
0.9266 |
-0.1167 |
267 |
1 |
41.53 |
2011-06-20 |
| 124. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
40.84 |
0.9430 |
-0.1537 |
211 |
2 |
38.83 |
2011-09-21 |
| 125. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
40.55 |
1.0257 |
-0.2286 |
401 |
1 |
40.55 |
2011-07-28 |
| 126. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
39.44 |
1.0487 |
-0.2851 |
231 |
1 |
39.44 |
2011-06-16 |
| 127. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
37.47 |
0.8916 |
-0.1614 |
216 |
1 |
37.47 |
2011-06-06 |
| 128. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
37.45 |
0.9371 |
-0.1688 |
318 |
1 |
37.45 |
2011-06-06 |
| 129. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
36.62 |
0.9540 |
-0.2433 |
285 |
1 |
36.62 |
2011-06-02 |