| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
59.08 |
1.0567 |
0.5647 |
303 |
2 |
42.92 |
2009-11-21 |
| 2. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
54.03 |
0.9820 |
0.4994 |
274 |
2 |
48.77 |
2009-11-14 |
| 3. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
53.69 |
1.0218 |
0.4471 |
268 |
1 |
53.69 |
2009-11-21 |
| 4. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
52.35 |
0.8263 |
0.6063 |
162 |
1 |
52.35 |
2009-11-08 |
| 5. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
51.65 |
1.0528 |
0.3576 |
201 |
1 |
51.65 |
2009-11-08 |
| 6. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
51.26 |
1.0297 |
0.3737 |
249 |
1 |
51.26 |
2009-11-26 |
| 7. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
50.50 |
1.0053 |
0.3763 |
232 |
1 |
50.50 |
2009-11-08 |
| 8. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
49.80 |
0.8941 |
0.4721 |
216 |
1 |
49.80 |
2009-11-08 |
| 9. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
49.10 |
0.9485 |
0.3981 |
236 |
1 |
49.10 |
2009-11-04 |
| 10. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
48.82 |
1.0669 |
0.3025 |
286 |
1 |
48.82 |
2009-11-04 |
| 11. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
48.15 |
1.0462 |
0.2663 |
184 |
1 |
48.15 |
2009-11-04 |
| 12. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
48.02 |
0.9726 |
0.3360 |
154 |
1 |
48.02 |
2009-11-08 |
| 13. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
47.72 |
0.8956 |
0.4157 |
322 |
1 |
47.72 |
2009-12-13 |
| 14. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
47.69 |
1.0429 |
0.2616 |
259 |
1 |
47.69 |
2009-11-08 |
| 15. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
47.41 |
1.0201 |
0.2712 |
172 |
3 |
34.25 |
2009-11-07 |
| 16. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
46.93 |
1.0352 |
0.2523 |
341 |
1 |
46.93 |
2009-11-18 |
| 17. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
46.51 |
0.9196 |
0.3553 |
148 |
1 |
46.51 |
2009-11-08 |
| 18. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
46.19 |
1.0797 |
0.1791 |
210 |
2 |
37.72 |
2009-11-08 |
| 19. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
45.96 |
1.0150 |
0.2920 |
325 |
1 |
45.96 |
2009-11-04 |
| 20. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
45.79 |
0.9857 |
0.2666 |
293 |
1 |
45.79 |
2009-11-21 |
| 21. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
45.13 |
1.0214 |
0.2083 |
166 |
1 |
45.13 |
2009-11-08 |
| 22. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
44.95 |
0.9342 |
0.2994 |
434 |
1 |
44.95 |
2009-11-08 |
| 23. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
44.82 |
0.9722 |
0.2564 |
283 |
2 |
43.51 |
2009-11-04 |
| 24. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
44.79 |
1.0154 |
0.2601 |
351 |
1 |
44.79 |
2009-11-08 |
| 25. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
44.65 |
1.0068 |
0.2183 |
358 |
1 |
44.65 |
2009-11-14 |
| 26. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
44.46 |
0.9772 |
0.2359 |
217 |
1 |
44.46 |
2009-11-04 |
| 27. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
44.27 |
1.0907 |
0.1233 |
303 |
1 |
44.27 |
2009-11-04 |
| 28. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
44.16 |
0.9612 |
0.2471 |
256 |
1 |
44.16 |
2009-12-20 |
| 29. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
43.99 |
0.8899 |
0.3248 |
293 |
1 |
43.99 |
2009-11-08 |
| 30. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
43.92 |
1.0417 |
0.1574 |
253 |
1 |
43.92 |
2009-11-08 |
| 31. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
43.72 |
1.0767 |
0.1172 |
212 |
1 |
43.72 |
2009-11-04 |
| 32. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
43.33 |
1.0168 |
0.1699 |
271 |
1 |
43.33 |
2009-11-14 |
| 33. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
42.93 |
0.8500 |
0.3289 |
145 |
1 |
42.93 |
2009-10-27 |
| 34. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
42.67 |
1.0213 |
0.1426 |
240 |
1 |
42.67 |
2009-11-08 |
| 35. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
42.05 |
1.0829 |
0.0685 |
288 |
1 |
42.05 |
2009-11-18 |
| 36. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
41.67 |
1.0201 |
0.1197 |
303 |
1 |
41.67 |
2009-11-08 |
| 37. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
41.21 |
1.0183 |
0.1028 |
191 |
1 |
41.21 |
2009-11-04 |
| 38. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
41.11 |
0.8382 |
0.2862 |
268 |
1 |
41.11 |
2009-11-08 |
| 39. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
40.51 |
0.9619 |
0.1506 |
393 |
1 |
40.51 |
2009-11-14 |
| 40. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
40.12 |
0.9084 |
0.1899 |
300 |
1 |
40.12 |
2009-11-04 |
| 41. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
38.79 |
0.8810 |
0.1796 |
282 |
1 |
38.79 |
2009-12-31 |
| 42. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
38.65 |
1.0034 |
0.0510 |
302 |
1 |
38.65 |
2009-11-04 |
| 43. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
38.28 |
0.8105 |
0.2309 |
204 |
1 |
38.28 |
2009-11-04 |
| 44. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
37.68 |
0.9316 |
0.1035 |
287 |
1 |
37.68 |
2009-10-27 |
| 45. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
37.20 |
0.9289 |
0.0846 |
204 |
1 |
37.20 |
2009-11-08 |
| 46. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
37.08 |
0.9239 |
0.0952 |
193 |
1 |
37.08 |
2009-11-04 |
| 47. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
36.91 |
1.0441 |
-0.0348 |
252 |
1 |
36.91 |
2009-11-26 |
| 48. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
36.19 |
0.9820 |
0.0087 |
267 |
1 |
36.19 |
2009-11-04 |
| 49. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
35.72 |
0.9871 |
0.0240 |
209 |
1 |
35.72 |
2009-10-27 |
| 50. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
34.95 |
0.9430 |
0.0033 |
211 |
1 |
34.95 |
2009-11-08 |
| 51. |
There is a trick for learning to type faster. That trick is ... |
33.15 |
0.8661 |
0.0288 |
94 |
1 |
33.15 |
2009-11-08 |
| 52. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
32.02 |
1.0337 |
-0.1618 |
214 |
3 |
26.20 |
2009-11-08 |
| 53. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
31.65 |
1.0714 |
-0.2180 |
129 |
1 |
31.65 |
2009-11-04 |
| 54. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
30.36 |
0.8890 |
-0.0660 |
199 |
1 |
30.36 |
2009-11-08 |
| 55. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
30.31 |
0.9028 |
-0.0778 |
155 |
1 |
30.31 |
2009-10-27 |
| 56. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
29.42 |
1.0131 |
-0.2163 |
225 |
1 |
29.42 |
2009-11-07 |
| 57. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
29.13 |
0.8154 |
-0.0210 |
193 |
2 |
28.29 |
2009-11-08 |
| 58. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
28.93 |
1.0398 |
-0.2632 |
110 |
1 |
28.93 |
2009-11-28 |
| 59. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
28.76 |
1.0799 |
-0.3012 |
243 |
1 |
28.76 |
2009-11-08 |
| 60. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
28.46 |
1.0125 |
-0.2407 |
224 |
1 |
28.46 |
2009-11-07 |
| 61. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
28.41 |
0.8573 |
-0.0810 |
270 |
1 |
28.41 |
2009-11-08 |
| 62. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
28.33 |
0.9161 |
-0.1476 |
200 |
1 |
28.33 |
2009-11-08 |
| 63. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
27.95 |
0.8867 |
-0.1208 |
163 |
1 |
27.95 |
2009-11-08 |
| 64. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
27.84 |
0.9769 |
-0.2220 |
263 |
1 |
27.84 |
2009-11-07 |
| 65. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
27.65 |
0.9213 |
-0.1691 |
295 |
1 |
27.65 |
2009-11-08 |
| 66. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
27.35 |
1.1114 |
-0.3707 |
247 |
1 |
27.35 |
2009-11-07 |
| 67. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
27.22 |
0.8788 |
-0.1425 |
134 |
1 |
27.22 |
2009-11-08 |
| 68. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
26.85 |
0.9811 |
-0.2488 |
272 |
1 |
26.85 |
2009-11-07 |
| 69. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
26.56 |
1.0426 |
-0.3217 |
323 |
1 |
26.56 |
2009-11-07 |
| 70. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
26.35 |
0.9171 |
-0.2010 |
165 |
2 |
24.89 |
2009-11-08 |
| 71. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
25.84 |
0.8915 |
-0.1909 |
188 |
1 |
25.84 |
2009-11-08 |
| 72. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
25.77 |
0.8826 |
-0.1815 |
296 |
1 |
25.77 |
2009-11-08 |
| 73. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
25.53 |
0.8747 |
-0.1861 |
201 |
1 |
25.53 |
2009-10-27 |
| 74. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
25.14 |
1.0444 |
-0.3687 |
197 |
1 |
25.14 |
2009-10-24 |
| 75. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
24.99 |
0.9251 |
-0.2420 |
177 |
1 |
24.99 |
2009-10-27 |
| 76. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
24.97 |
1.0334 |
-0.3623 |
131 |
1 |
24.97 |
2009-10-25 |
| 77. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
24.56 |
0.9697 |
-0.3032 |
249 |
1 |
24.56 |
2009-11-07 |
| 78. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
24.36 |
0.8919 |
-0.2329 |
205 |
1 |
24.36 |
2009-11-07 |
| 79. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
24.29 |
0.9873 |
-0.3312 |
155 |
1 |
24.29 |
2009-11-08 |
| 80. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
24.25 |
1.0124 |
-0.3571 |
204 |
1 |
24.25 |
2009-11-07 |
| 81. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
24.16 |
0.9941 |
-0.3413 |
217 |
1 |
24.16 |
2009-10-25 |
| 82. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
22.95 |
1.0254 |
-0.3629 |
217 |
1 |
22.95 |
2009-11-08 |
| 83. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
22.90 |
0.9260 |
-0.2952 |
243 |
1 |
22.90 |
2009-10-24 |
| 84. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
22.69 |
0.9798 |
-0.3710 |
199 |
1 |
22.69 |
2009-11-02 |
| 85. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
22.16 |
0.8422 |
-0.2406 |
164 |
1 |
22.16 |
2009-10-27 |
| 86. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
22.08 |
0.9266 |
-0.3288 |
267 |
1 |
22.08 |
2009-11-08 |
| 87. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
21.52 |
0.9786 |
-0.4016 |
193 |
1 |
21.52 |
2009-10-24 |
| 88. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
20.36 |
0.9351 |
-0.3905 |
190 |
1 |
20.36 |
2009-10-27 |
| 89. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
20.04 |
0.9128 |
-0.3660 |
133 |
1 |
20.04 |
2009-11-08 |
| 90. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
19.84 |
0.7934 |
-0.2585 |
134 |
1 |
19.84 |
2009-10-27 |
| 91. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
19.12 |
0.8037 |
-0.2852 |
148 |
1 |
19.12 |
2009-10-24 |