| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
89.08 |
1.1296 |
0.3271 |
252 |
1 |
89.08 |
2012-12-13 |
| 2. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
88.28 |
1.0799 |
0.3311 |
243 |
1 |
88.28 |
2012-12-04 |
| 3. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
80.40 |
1.0598 |
0.2216 |
196 |
1 |
80.40 |
2012-12-11 |
| 4. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
79.24 |
1.0389 |
0.2320 |
340 |
2 |
72.65 |
2012-12-12 |
| 5. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
79.15 |
1.0396 |
0.2202 |
149 |
3 |
78.33 |
2012-12-06 |
| 6. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
78.92 |
0.9786 |
0.2842 |
235 |
1 |
78.92 |
2012-12-13 |
| 7. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
77.38 |
1.0596 |
0.1767 |
239 |
1 |
77.38 |
2012-12-13 |
| 8. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
75.59 |
1.0673 |
0.1839 |
230 |
2 |
68.18 |
2012-12-11 |
| 9. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
75.21 |
1.0725 |
0.1566 |
233 |
1 |
75.21 |
2012-12-11 |
| 10. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
74.83 |
0.9233 |
0.2656 |
168 |
1 |
74.83 |
2012-12-13 |
| 11. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
74.02 |
1.0263 |
0.1570 |
267 |
1 |
74.02 |
2012-12-13 |
| 12. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
74.00 |
0.9649 |
0.2177 |
193 |
1 |
74.00 |
2012-12-04 |
| 13. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
73.80 |
1.0429 |
0.1362 |
259 |
1 |
73.80 |
2012-12-12 |
| 14. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
73.51 |
1.0441 |
0.1730 |
316 |
1 |
73.51 |
2012-12-13 |
| 15. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
72.96 |
1.0797 |
0.0816 |
210 |
2 |
70.26 |
2012-12-11 |
| 16. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
72.25 |
1.0124 |
0.1406 |
204 |
1 |
72.25 |
2012-12-06 |
| 17. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
72.02 |
1.0943 |
0.0900 |
206 |
2 |
66.63 |
2012-12-11 |
| 18. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
71.57 |
0.8941 |
0.2523 |
216 |
1 |
71.57 |
2012-12-17 |
| 19. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
71.08 |
1.0788 |
0.0521 |
171 |
1 |
71.08 |
2012-12-05 |
| 20. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
70.84 |
1.0555 |
0.0785 |
363 |
1 |
70.84 |
2012-12-04 |
| 21. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
70.29 |
1.0403 |
0.1233 |
275 |
1 |
70.29 |
2012-12-12 |
| 22. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
70.27 |
1.0201 |
0.1037 |
303 |
1 |
70.27 |
2012-12-04 |
| 23. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
69.99 |
1.0577 |
0.0577 |
247 |
1 |
69.99 |
2012-12-13 |
| 24. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
69.58 |
0.9578 |
0.1540 |
281 |
2 |
65.34 |
2012-12-11 |
| 25. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
69.48 |
0.9513 |
0.1631 |
354 |
1 |
69.48 |
2012-12-12 |
| 26. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
69.47 |
1.0441 |
0.0679 |
252 |
1 |
69.47 |
2012-12-06 |
| 27. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
68.93 |
1.1022 |
0.0347 |
259 |
1 |
68.93 |
2012-12-16 |
| 28. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
68.92 |
0.8348 |
0.2731 |
219 |
1 |
68.92 |
2012-12-06 |
| 29. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
68.75 |
1.0352 |
0.0662 |
341 |
1 |
68.75 |
2012-12-13 |
| 30. |
At the very end of these food chains (which is to say, at th... |
68.06 |
0.8202 |
0.2648 |
178 |
1 |
68.06 |
2012-12-06 |
| 31. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
67.84 |
0.9430 |
0.1440 |
297 |
1 |
67.84 |
2012-12-17 |
| 32. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
67.73 |
1.0667 |
0.0541 |
406 |
1 |
67.73 |
2012-12-13 |
| 33. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
67.72 |
1.0297 |
0.0513 |
249 |
1 |
67.72 |
2012-12-05 |
| 34. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
67.70 |
0.9176 |
0.1981 |
267 |
1 |
67.70 |
2012-12-12 |
| 35. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
67.35 |
1.1215 |
-0.0213 |
200 |
1 |
67.35 |
2012-12-11 |
| 36. |
Sometimes you concentrate more on racing the cars around you... |
67.33 |
1.0968 |
0.0165 |
365 |
1 |
67.33 |
2012-12-13 |
| 37. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
67.25 |
1.0521 |
0.0177 |
171 |
1 |
67.25 |
2012-12-04 |
| 38. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
67.10 |
1.0340 |
0.0434 |
406 |
2 |
63.55 |
2012-12-13 |
| 39. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
66.74 |
1.0619 |
0.0080 |
354 |
1 |
66.74 |
2012-12-05 |
| 40. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
66.67 |
0.9857 |
0.0785 |
293 |
2 |
66.04 |
2012-12-13 |
| 41. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
65.86 |
1.0132 |
0.0302 |
143 |
1 |
65.86 |
2012-12-04 |
| 42. |
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the ... |
65.31 |
1.0381 |
-0.0048 |
170 |
1 |
65.31 |
2012-12-06 |
| 43. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
65.19 |
1.0379 |
0.0383 |
245 |
2 |
60.28 |
2012-12-04 |
| 44. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
65.10 |
0.9820 |
0.0580 |
274 |
1 |
65.10 |
2012-12-04 |
| 45. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
64.95 |
0.9281 |
0.1144 |
273 |
1 |
64.95 |
2012-12-13 |
| 46. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
64.89 |
0.9768 |
0.0622 |
387 |
1 |
64.89 |
2012-12-11 |
| 47. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
64.82 |
1.0483 |
-0.0160 |
227 |
1 |
64.82 |
2012-12-13 |
| 48. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
64.67 |
0.9226 |
0.1141 |
177 |
1 |
64.67 |
2012-12-06 |
| 49. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
64.56 |
0.9202 |
0.1102 |
254 |
2 |
59.52 |
2012-12-12 |
| 50. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
64.26 |
0.9846 |
0.0405 |
281 |
2 |
61.67 |
2012-12-13 |
| 51. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
64.02 |
0.9088 |
0.1188 |
348 |
1 |
64.02 |
2012-12-11 |
| 52. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
63.71 |
0.9754 |
0.0480 |
362 |
1 |
63.71 |
2012-12-12 |
| 53. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
63.57 |
1.0917 |
-0.0531 |
243 |
2 |
61.97 |
2012-12-13 |
| 54. |
How many times have you seen the leader of a race have a mec... |
63.30 |
1.0155 |
-0.0036 |
232 |
1 |
63.30 |
2012-12-04 |
| 55. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
63.29 |
1.0547 |
-0.0094 |
257 |
1 |
63.29 |
2012-12-13 |
| 56. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
63.27 |
0.9411 |
0.0699 |
318 |
1 |
63.27 |
2012-12-05 |
| 57. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
63.25 |
1.0498 |
-0.0447 |
180 |
1 |
63.25 |
2012-12-11 |
| 58. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
63.15 |
0.9572 |
0.0942 |
376 |
1 |
63.15 |
2012-12-12 |
| 59. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
62.88 |
1.0289 |
-0.0206 |
276 |
1 |
62.88 |
2012-12-13 |
| 60. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
62.84 |
0.9946 |
0.0085 |
246 |
1 |
62.84 |
2012-12-11 |
| 61. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
62.22 |
0.9681 |
0.0334 |
378 |
1 |
62.22 |
2012-12-11 |
| 62. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
62.16 |
0.9723 |
0.0237 |
364 |
1 |
62.16 |
2012-12-13 |
| 63. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
62.15 |
1.0944 |
-0.0575 |
308 |
1 |
62.15 |
2012-12-17 |
| 64. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
62.11 |
0.9439 |
0.0556 |
476 |
1 |
62.11 |
2012-12-13 |
| 65. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
61.90 |
0.9504 |
0.0323 |
263 |
1 |
61.90 |
2012-12-13 |
| 66. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
61.78 |
1.0169 |
0.0078 |
346 |
1 |
61.78 |
2012-12-05 |
| 67. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
61.73 |
1.0232 |
-0.0023 |
236 |
1 |
61.73 |
2012-12-06 |
| 68. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
61.62 |
0.8826 |
0.1023 |
296 |
1 |
61.62 |
2012-12-06 |
| 69. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
61.42 |
0.9942 |
-0.0051 |
483 |
1 |
61.42 |
2012-12-13 |
| 70. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
61.40 |
1.0621 |
-0.0627 |
263 |
2 |
60.24 |
2012-12-11 |
| 71. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
61.26 |
1.0314 |
-0.0145 |
452 |
1 |
61.26 |
2012-12-13 |
| 72. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
61.22 |
1.0711 |
-0.0991 |
213 |
1 |
61.22 |
2012-12-12 |
| 73. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
61.22 |
0.9710 |
-0.0004 |
173 |
2 |
45.94 |
2012-12-05 |
| 74. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
61.17 |
0.9711 |
0.0040 |
176 |
1 |
61.17 |
2012-12-11 |
| 75. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
61.16 |
0.9986 |
-0.0274 |
162 |
1 |
61.16 |
2012-12-08 |
| 76. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
60.93 |
0.9739 |
0.0343 |
412 |
1 |
60.93 |
2012-12-16 |
| 77. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
60.91 |
0.9790 |
0.0337 |
311 |
1 |
60.91 |
2012-12-04 |
| 78. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
60.84 |
1.0088 |
0.0008 |
396 |
1 |
60.84 |
2012-12-13 |
| 79. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
60.65 |
1.0214 |
-0.0589 |
166 |
1 |
60.65 |
2012-12-11 |
| 80. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
60.49 |
1.0125 |
-0.0094 |
413 |
1 |
60.49 |
2012-12-13 |
| 81. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
60.24 |
0.9904 |
0.0114 |
203 |
1 |
60.24 |
2012-12-06 |
| 82. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
60.00 |
1.0033 |
-0.0527 |
189 |
1 |
60.00 |
2012-12-13 |
| 83. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
59.97 |
0.9005 |
0.0549 |
212 |
1 |
59.97 |
2012-12-13 |
| 84. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
59.77 |
0.9763 |
-0.0232 |
289 |
1 |
59.77 |
2012-12-13 |
| 85. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
59.64 |
0.9786 |
-0.0323 |
193 |
1 |
59.64 |
2012-12-06 |
| 86. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
59.63 |
0.9527 |
-0.0014 |
251 |
1 |
59.63 |
2012-12-06 |
| 87. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
59.51 |
0.9570 |
-0.0059 |
287 |
1 |
59.51 |
2012-12-13 |
| 88. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
59.27 |
0.9257 |
0.0253 |
317 |
1 |
59.27 |
2012-12-06 |
| 89. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
59.10 |
0.9593 |
-0.0118 |
398 |
1 |
59.10 |
2012-12-11 |
| 90. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
59.06 |
0.9863 |
-0.0398 |
339 |
1 |
59.06 |
2012-12-13 |
| 91. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
58.91 |
1.0337 |
-0.0946 |
214 |
1 |
58.91 |
2012-12-12 |
| 92. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
58.78 |
1.0883 |
-0.1186 |
303 |
1 |
58.78 |
2012-12-06 |
| 93. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
58.73 |
0.9279 |
0.0154 |
317 |
2 |
58.60 |
2012-12-17 |
| 94. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
58.55 |
0.8935 |
0.0501 |
328 |
1 |
58.55 |
2012-12-11 |
| 95. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
58.46 |
0.9852 |
-0.0525 |
264 |
2 |
57.33 |
2012-12-11 |
| 96. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
58.27 |
1.0025 |
-0.0722 |
336 |
2 |
57.37 |
2012-12-06 |
| 97. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
57.82 |
0.9120 |
0.0433 |
436 |
1 |
57.82 |
2012-12-04 |
| 98. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
57.67 |
1.0232 |
-0.0576 |
350 |
1 |
57.67 |
2012-12-04 |
| 99. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
57.60 |
1.0029 |
-0.0908 |
209 |
2 |
55.04 |
2012-12-04 |
| 100. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
57.50 |
0.9769 |
-0.0621 |
263 |
1 |
57.50 |
2012-12-12 |
| 101. |
I leave you with photographs, pictures of trickery, and stai... |
56.90 |
0.9016 |
0.0133 |
192 |
1 |
56.90 |
2012-12-06 |
| 102. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
56.59 |
0.9756 |
-0.0747 |
229 |
1 |
56.59 |
2012-12-12 |
| 103. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
56.48 |
0.9941 |
-0.0961 |
217 |
1 |
56.48 |
2012-12-04 |
| 104. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
56.43 |
0.9213 |
-0.0212 |
295 |
1 |
56.43 |
2012-12-05 |
| 105. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
56.38 |
0.9772 |
-0.0819 |
217 |
1 |
56.38 |
2012-12-13 |
| 106. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
56.37 |
1.0679 |
-0.1490 |
177 |
1 |
56.37 |
2012-12-05 |
| 107. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
56.37 |
0.9612 |
-0.0626 |
256 |
1 |
56.37 |
2012-12-06 |
| 108. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
56.27 |
1.0173 |
-0.0761 |
268 |
1 |
56.27 |
2012-12-06 |
| 109. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
56.16 |
1.0042 |
-0.0674 |
352 |
1 |
56.16 |
2012-12-04 |
| 110. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
55.63 |
0.9514 |
-0.0644 |
237 |
3 |
52.99 |
2012-12-06 |
| 111. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
55.16 |
0.8595 |
0.0214 |
242 |
1 |
55.16 |
2012-12-04 |
| 112. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
54.55 |
0.9330 |
-0.0572 |
360 |
2 |
54.29 |
2012-12-11 |
| 113. |
Thing is Butch, right now you got ability. But painful as it... |
54.46 |
0.8912 |
-0.0212 |
186 |
1 |
54.46 |
2012-12-06 |
| 114. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
54.41 |
1.0213 |
-0.1575 |
240 |
1 |
54.41 |
2012-12-13 |
| 115. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
54.35 |
1.0403 |
-0.1593 |
193 |
1 |
54.35 |
2012-12-11 |
| 116. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
54.05 |
0.9148 |
-0.0523 |
317 |
1 |
54.05 |
2012-12-06 |
| 117. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
53.84 |
1.0154 |
-0.1079 |
351 |
1 |
53.84 |
2012-12-08 |
| 118. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
53.76 |
0.9239 |
-0.0609 |
193 |
1 |
53.76 |
2012-12-06 |
| 119. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
53.44 |
1.0068 |
-0.1522 |
358 |
1 |
53.44 |
2012-12-04 |
| 120. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
53.41 |
1.0684 |
-0.1878 |
253 |
1 |
53.41 |
2012-12-04 |
| 121. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
53.03 |
0.9351 |
-0.0960 |
190 |
1 |
53.03 |
2012-12-08 |
| 122. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
52.46 |
0.9922 |
-0.1157 |
341 |
1 |
52.46 |
2012-12-08 |
| 123. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
51.85 |
0.9907 |
-0.1667 |
211 |
1 |
51.85 |
2012-12-08 |
| 124. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
51.80 |
0.9899 |
-0.1699 |
163 |
1 |
51.80 |
2012-12-04 |
| 125. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
51.70 |
0.9429 |
-0.1185 |
287 |
2 |
51.47 |
2012-12-13 |
| 126. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
51.57 |
0.9485 |
-0.1258 |
236 |
1 |
51.57 |
2012-12-11 |
| 127. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
51.49 |
1.0608 |
-0.2078 |
258 |
1 |
51.49 |
2012-12-05 |
| 128. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
51.48 |
0.9871 |
-0.1453 |
227 |
1 |
51.48 |
2012-12-05 |
| 129. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
50.91 |
0.9865 |
-0.1750 |
276 |
1 |
50.91 |
2012-12-06 |
| 130. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
50.81 |
0.7876 |
0.0237 |
316 |
1 |
50.81 |
2012-12-12 |
| 131. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
50.64 |
1.0529 |
-0.2470 |
351 |
1 |
50.64 |
2012-12-06 |
| 132. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
49.98 |
0.9831 |
-0.1904 |
222 |
1 |
49.98 |
2012-12-04 |
| 133. |
Don't practice too much at first, or you're likely to develo... |
49.61 |
1.0141 |
-0.1847 |
381 |
1 |
49.61 |
2012-12-06 |
| 134. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
49.54 |
1.0090 |
-0.1770 |
282 |
1 |
49.54 |
2012-12-04 |
| 135. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
48.97 |
0.8961 |
-0.1205 |
189 |
1 |
48.97 |
2012-12-06 |
| 136. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
47.75 |
0.9278 |
-0.1658 |
295 |
1 |
47.75 |
2012-12-04 |
| 137. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
46.83 |
0.9673 |
-0.1836 |
232 |
1 |
46.83 |
2012-12-13 |
| 138. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
45.40 |
0.8105 |
-0.0935 |
204 |
1 |
45.40 |
2012-12-04 |
| 139. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
44.14 |
0.9912 |
-0.2634 |
237 |
1 |
44.14 |
2012-12-04 |
| 140. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
43.90 |
0.9371 |
-0.2012 |
318 |
1 |
43.90 |
2012-12-06 |
| 141. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
39.53 |
0.8956 |
-0.2667 |
217 |
1 |
39.53 |
2012-12-06 |