| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
61.67 |
1.0596 |
0.1483 |
239 |
2 |
55.53 |
2008-12-18 |
| 2. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
59.95 |
1.0331 |
0.1406 |
234 |
2 |
55.83 |
2008-10-09 |
| 3. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
59.91 |
1.0696 |
0.1020 |
226 |
3 |
53.38 |
2008-10-10 |
| 4. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
59.71 |
1.0419 |
0.1292 |
261 |
1 |
59.71 |
2008-10-09 |
| 5. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
59.00 |
1.0788 |
0.0726 |
171 |
1 |
59.00 |
2008-10-08 |
| 6. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
58.87 |
1.0796 |
0.0701 |
129 |
1 |
58.87 |
2008-10-08 |
| 7. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
58.52 |
1.0441 |
0.1049 |
252 |
1 |
58.52 |
2008-12-18 |
| 8. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
57.03 |
1.0004 |
0.1115 |
212 |
1 |
57.03 |
2008-10-08 |
| 9. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
56.26 |
0.9567 |
0.1458 |
273 |
2 |
54.11 |
2009-02-21 |
| 10. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
56.21 |
0.9593 |
0.1471 |
398 |
1 |
56.21 |
2008-10-22 |
| 11. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
56.01 |
1.0109 |
0.0876 |
276 |
1 |
56.01 |
2008-10-09 |
| 12. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
55.98 |
0.9485 |
0.1503 |
236 |
1 |
55.98 |
2008-10-08 |
| 13. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
55.93 |
1.0095 |
0.0856 |
316 |
1 |
55.93 |
2008-10-08 |
| 14. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
55.46 |
1.0396 |
0.0400 |
149 |
2 |
54.98 |
2008-10-08 |
| 15. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
55.35 |
1.0666 |
0.0182 |
297 |
1 |
55.35 |
2009-02-21 |
| 16. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
54.75 |
0.9729 |
0.1001 |
255 |
3 |
52.91 |
2009-02-21 |
| 17. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
54.67 |
0.9758 |
0.0961 |
314 |
2 |
50.45 |
2008-10-08 |
| 18. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
54.62 |
1.0183 |
0.0463 |
191 |
1 |
54.62 |
2008-10-08 |
| 19. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
54.54 |
0.9072 |
0.1597 |
237 |
1 |
54.54 |
2009-03-05 |
| 20. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
54.41 |
0.9646 |
0.1005 |
264 |
2 |
48.80 |
2008-10-10 |
| 21. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
54.37 |
1.0417 |
0.0210 |
253 |
1 |
54.37 |
2008-10-08 |
| 22. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
54.28 |
0.9049 |
0.1639 |
351 |
1 |
54.28 |
2009-01-28 |
| 23. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
54.24 |
1.0168 |
0.0472 |
271 |
4 |
48.51 |
2009-02-21 |
| 24. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
54.21 |
1.0885 |
-0.0232 |
315 |
1 |
54.21 |
2008-10-07 |
| 25. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
54.16 |
1.0534 |
0.0099 |
357 |
1 |
54.16 |
2008-10-08 |
| 26. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
54.07 |
1.0257 |
0.0400 |
401 |
1 |
54.07 |
2008-10-11 |
| 27. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
53.95 |
0.9365 |
0.1218 |
248 |
2 |
50.81 |
2009-02-21 |
| 28. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
53.93 |
0.9597 |
0.1009 |
347 |
1 |
53.93 |
2009-01-28 |
| 29. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
53.47 |
1.0398 |
-0.0029 |
110 |
2 |
53.19 |
2009-02-21 |
| 30. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
53.23 |
1.0201 |
0.0157 |
172 |
1 |
53.23 |
2008-10-08 |
| 31. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
53.16 |
1.0138 |
0.0270 |
231 |
1 |
53.16 |
2008-10-09 |
| 32. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
53.08 |
0.9168 |
0.1241 |
240 |
1 |
53.08 |
2009-02-21 |
| 33. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
52.99 |
1.0390 |
-0.0049 |
205 |
1 |
52.99 |
2008-10-08 |
| 34. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
52.78 |
1.0060 |
0.0230 |
171 |
1 |
52.78 |
2009-01-28 |
| 35. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
52.61 |
1.0797 |
-0.0550 |
210 |
1 |
52.61 |
2008-10-09 |
| 36. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
52.57 |
0.8826 |
0.1483 |
296 |
1 |
52.57 |
2008-10-08 |
| 37. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
52.46 |
0.9279 |
0.1059 |
317 |
1 |
52.46 |
2008-10-09 |
| 38. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
52.21 |
1.0337 |
-0.0119 |
214 |
2 |
49.35 |
2009-02-21 |
| 39. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
51.90 |
0.8996 |
0.1111 |
192 |
1 |
51.90 |
2008-10-08 |
| 40. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
51.87 |
1.0167 |
0.0057 |
378 |
1 |
51.87 |
2008-10-07 |
| 41. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
51.57 |
0.8971 |
0.1179 |
266 |
2 |
49.00 |
2009-02-21 |
| 42. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
51.45 |
0.9048 |
0.1071 |
271 |
1 |
51.45 |
2008-10-08 |
| 43. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
50.89 |
0.9513 |
0.0487 |
354 |
2 |
50.25 |
2008-10-11 |
| 44. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
50.69 |
0.9633 |
0.0311 |
304 |
1 |
50.69 |
2008-10-08 |
| 45. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
50.60 |
0.9614 |
0.0321 |
292 |
1 |
50.60 |
2008-10-22 |
| 46. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
50.40 |
1.0352 |
-0.0461 |
341 |
1 |
50.40 |
2008-10-09 |
| 47. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
49.93 |
0.9780 |
0.0002 |
337 |
1 |
49.93 |
2008-10-08 |
| 48. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
49.73 |
0.9697 |
0.0037 |
249 |
1 |
49.73 |
2008-10-08 |
| 49. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
49.59 |
1.0213 |
-0.0541 |
240 |
1 |
49.59 |
2008-10-08 |
| 50. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
49.55 |
0.9841 |
-0.0107 |
334 |
1 |
49.55 |
2008-10-09 |
| 51. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
49.39 |
0.9865 |
-0.0189 |
276 |
1 |
49.39 |
2008-10-08 |
| 52. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
49.36 |
0.8602 |
0.1035 |
206 |
1 |
49.36 |
2008-10-09 |
| 53. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
49.24 |
0.9109 |
0.0552 |
401 |
1 |
49.24 |
2008-10-08 |
| 54. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
49.23 |
0.9846 |
-0.0224 |
281 |
1 |
49.23 |
2008-10-08 |
| 55. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
49.16 |
0.8933 |
0.0750 |
363 |
1 |
49.16 |
2009-02-21 |
| 56. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
49.15 |
0.9612 |
0.0005 |
256 |
1 |
49.15 |
2008-10-11 |
| 57. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
48.81 |
0.9691 |
-0.0146 |
223 |
1 |
48.81 |
2008-10-08 |
| 58. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
48.76 |
1.0444 |
-0.0970 |
197 |
1 |
48.76 |
2009-02-21 |
| 59. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
48.50 |
0.9429 |
0.0072 |
287 |
2 |
46.72 |
2009-03-05 |
| 60. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
48.31 |
0.9339 |
0.0097 |
310 |
1 |
48.31 |
2009-02-21 |
| 61. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
47.88 |
1.0296 |
-0.0867 |
437 |
1 |
47.88 |
2008-10-07 |
| 62. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
47.86 |
0.9965 |
-0.0601 |
310 |
1 |
47.86 |
2008-10-08 |
| 63. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
47.79 |
0.9468 |
-0.0126 |
276 |
1 |
47.79 |
2008-10-08 |
| 64. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
47.70 |
0.9857 |
-0.0537 |
293 |
1 |
47.70 |
2008-10-22 |
| 65. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
47.64 |
0.9907 |
-0.0605 |
211 |
1 |
47.64 |
2008-10-09 |
| 66. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
47.37 |
0.9532 |
-0.0281 |
258 |
1 |
47.37 |
2008-10-08 |
| 67. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
47.27 |
0.9309 |
-0.0084 |
284 |
1 |
47.27 |
2008-10-08 |
| 68. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
47.23 |
0.8595 |
0.0659 |
242 |
2 |
43.45 |
2008-10-11 |
| 69. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
47.19 |
0.9886 |
-0.0633 |
220 |
1 |
47.19 |
2008-10-10 |
| 70. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
47.12 |
0.9045 |
0.0173 |
235 |
1 |
47.12 |
2008-10-08 |
| 71. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
47.11 |
0.8533 |
0.0691 |
232 |
1 |
47.11 |
2008-10-08 |
| 72. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
46.91 |
1.0025 |
-0.0853 |
256 |
1 |
46.91 |
2008-12-15 |
| 73. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
46.54 |
1.0120 |
-0.1028 |
290 |
1 |
46.54 |
2008-12-15 |
| 74. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
46.35 |
0.8947 |
0.0164 |
366 |
1 |
46.35 |
2008-12-18 |
| 75. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
45.72 |
1.0487 |
-0.1600 |
231 |
1 |
45.72 |
2009-03-05 |
| 76. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
45.54 |
0.9500 |
-0.0577 |
362 |
1 |
45.54 |
2008-10-08 |
| 77. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
45.48 |
1.0062 |
-0.1173 |
288 |
1 |
45.48 |
2008-10-11 |
| 78. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
45.20 |
0.9936 |
-0.1105 |
311 |
1 |
45.20 |
2008-10-09 |
| 79. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
44.54 |
0.9619 |
-0.0864 |
393 |
1 |
44.54 |
2008-12-15 |
| 80. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
43.34 |
1.0483 |
-0.2048 |
227 |
1 |
43.34 |
2008-10-10 |
| 81. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
43.18 |
0.8442 |
0.0031 |
265 |
1 |
43.18 |
2008-10-07 |
| 82. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
42.91 |
0.8553 |
-0.0224 |
174 |
1 |
42.91 |
2008-10-09 |
| 83. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
42.88 |
0.8878 |
-0.0506 |
346 |
1 |
42.88 |
2008-12-18 |
| 84. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
42.07 |
0.9164 |
-0.0903 |
305 |
1 |
42.07 |
2008-10-08 |
| 85. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
40.14 |
0.9293 |
-0.1455 |
355 |
1 |
40.14 |
2008-10-08 |
| 86. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
40.07 |
0.9084 |
-0.1249 |
300 |
1 |
40.07 |
2008-10-10 |
| 87. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
38.85 |
0.9991 |
-0.2411 |
225 |
1 |
38.85 |
2008-10-07 |
| 88. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
35.28 |
0.7876 |
-0.0983 |
316 |
1 |
35.28 |
2008-10-10 |
| 89. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
32.44 |
0.9572 |
-0.3279 |
201 |
1 |
32.44 |
2008-10-10 |