| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
44.16 |
1.0787 |
0.2003 |
237 |
2 |
42.94 |
2010-12-26 |
| 2. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
41.94 |
0.9303 |
0.2853 |
176 |
2 |
41.30 |
2011-06-08 |
| 3. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
41.58 |
0.9316 |
0.2767 |
287 |
1 |
41.58 |
2010-12-23 |
| 4. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
41.36 |
1.1114 |
0.0854 |
247 |
1 |
41.36 |
2010-11-22 |
| 5. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
41.00 |
1.0711 |
0.1148 |
213 |
2 |
37.45 |
2011-02-11 |
| 6. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
40.83 |
0.9559 |
0.2282 |
195 |
1 |
40.83 |
2010-12-05 |
| 7. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
40.56 |
0.9187 |
0.2566 |
118 |
1 |
40.56 |
2010-09-28 |
| 8. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
40.15 |
0.8614 |
0.3036 |
172 |
1 |
40.15 |
2010-12-27 |
| 9. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
40.12 |
1.0523 |
0.1090 |
256 |
1 |
40.12 |
2010-12-26 |
| 10. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
40.12 |
1.0679 |
0.1168 |
177 |
1 |
40.12 |
2011-01-22 |
| 11. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
39.97 |
0.9128 |
0.2481 |
133 |
1 |
39.97 |
2011-05-02 |
| 12. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
39.87 |
1.0917 |
0.0863 |
243 |
1 |
39.87 |
2010-12-23 |
| 13. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
39.87 |
0.8653 |
0.2949 |
255 |
2 |
35.91 |
2010-12-05 |
| 14. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
39.85 |
1.0288 |
0.1522 |
300 |
1 |
39.85 |
2010-12-21 |
| 15. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
39.79 |
0.9532 |
0.2000 |
258 |
1 |
39.79 |
2011-02-11 |
| 16. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
39.39 |
0.9884 |
0.1551 |
262 |
2 |
37.99 |
2010-12-20 |
| 17. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
39.34 |
1.0506 |
0.1126 |
277 |
1 |
39.34 |
2011-01-31 |
| 18. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
38.81 |
0.9991 |
0.1249 |
225 |
1 |
38.81 |
2010-12-24 |
| 19. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
38.73 |
0.9365 |
0.1861 |
248 |
2 |
34.93 |
2010-12-27 |
| 20. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
38.67 |
0.8918 |
0.2297 |
100 |
2 |
35.79 |
2010-10-16 |
| 21. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
38.07 |
0.9706 |
0.1337 |
216 |
1 |
38.07 |
2011-01-03 |
| 22. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
37.80 |
1.0463 |
0.0472 |
182 |
2 |
36.42 |
2011-06-06 |
| 23. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
37.80 |
0.9740 |
0.1206 |
209 |
1 |
37.80 |
2010-12-23 |
| 24. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
37.71 |
1.0183 |
0.0724 |
191 |
3 |
34.18 |
2011-05-02 |
| 25. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
37.65 |
0.9350 |
0.1578 |
195 |
1 |
37.65 |
2010-12-27 |
| 26. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
37.65 |
0.8725 |
0.2200 |
163 |
1 |
37.65 |
2010-09-18 |
| 27. |
Since the ninja is that being than which nothing sweeter can... |
37.55 |
0.8919 |
0.1971 |
152 |
1 |
37.55 |
2010-12-05 |
| 28. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
37.52 |
0.9912 |
0.1196 |
237 |
1 |
37.52 |
2010-12-22 |
| 29. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
37.17 |
1.0677 |
0.0340 |
284 |
2 |
36.84 |
2010-12-27 |
| 30. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
37.15 |
1.0261 |
0.0484 |
273 |
2 |
33.78 |
2010-12-24 |
| 31. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
37.08 |
0.9221 |
0.1521 |
244 |
1 |
37.08 |
2011-01-25 |
| 32. |
As civilizations grew, humans spread out across the face of ... |
36.90 |
0.9418 |
0.1294 |
188 |
1 |
36.90 |
2010-12-06 |
| 33. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
36.83 |
1.0516 |
0.0144 |
281 |
1 |
36.83 |
2010-12-24 |
| 34. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
36.58 |
0.9852 |
0.0737 |
264 |
1 |
36.58 |
2011-01-31 |
| 35. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
36.47 |
0.9965 |
0.0592 |
277 |
1 |
36.47 |
2010-11-22 |
| 36. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
36.41 |
0.9161 |
0.1400 |
200 |
1 |
36.41 |
2010-10-12 |
| 37. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
36.41 |
1.1014 |
-0.0148 |
273 |
2 |
35.61 |
2011-02-12 |
| 38. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
36.33 |
0.9048 |
0.1502 |
271 |
1 |
36.33 |
2010-09-18 |
| 39. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
36.25 |
0.9263 |
0.1247 |
188 |
1 |
36.25 |
2011-01-29 |
| 40. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
36.22 |
0.9941 |
0.0538 |
217 |
1 |
36.22 |
2010-12-22 |
| 41. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
36.22 |
0.9710 |
0.0774 |
173 |
1 |
36.22 |
2010-09-18 |
| 42. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
36.20 |
0.9820 |
0.0675 |
274 |
1 |
36.20 |
2010-10-16 |
| 43. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
36.13 |
1.0993 |
-0.0541 |
265 |
1 |
36.13 |
2011-02-03 |
| 44. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
36.03 |
0.9646 |
0.0790 |
264 |
1 |
36.03 |
2010-12-27 |
| 45. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
36.02 |
0.9711 |
0.0740 |
176 |
1 |
36.02 |
2011-01-11 |
| 46. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
35.90 |
0.8709 |
0.1719 |
202 |
2 |
35.72 |
2010-12-22 |
| 47. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
35.89 |
1.0384 |
-0.0006 |
183 |
1 |
35.89 |
2010-12-05 |
| 48. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
35.89 |
1.0829 |
-0.0443 |
288 |
1 |
35.89 |
2010-12-27 |
| 49. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
35.89 |
1.0669 |
-0.0002 |
286 |
1 |
35.89 |
2010-10-16 |
| 50. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
35.82 |
0.9688 |
0.0693 |
217 |
1 |
35.82 |
2010-12-20 |
| 51. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
35.77 |
0.9430 |
0.0920 |
211 |
1 |
35.77 |
2010-10-16 |
| 52. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
35.40 |
0.8956 |
0.1314 |
217 |
1 |
35.40 |
2010-09-16 |
| 53. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
35.31 |
1.0138 |
0.0081 |
231 |
1 |
35.31 |
2011-05-01 |
| 54. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
35.26 |
0.8788 |
0.1446 |
134 |
3 |
34.80 |
2011-02-04 |
| 55. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
35.16 |
1.0297 |
-0.0127 |
249 |
1 |
35.16 |
2011-01-22 |
| 56. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
35.12 |
1.0487 |
-0.0342 |
231 |
1 |
35.12 |
2011-01-03 |
| 57. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
35.11 |
1.0214 |
-0.0055 |
269 |
1 |
35.11 |
2010-11-22 |
| 58. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
34.78 |
1.0120 |
-0.0054 |
290 |
1 |
34.78 |
2010-12-24 |
| 59. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
34.76 |
0.9776 |
0.0291 |
308 |
1 |
34.76 |
2010-12-20 |
| 60. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
34.56 |
0.9207 |
0.0816 |
174 |
1 |
34.56 |
2010-12-05 |
| 61. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
34.54 |
1.0565 |
-0.0572 |
247 |
1 |
34.54 |
2010-09-18 |
| 62. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
34.33 |
1.0486 |
-0.0553 |
289 |
1 |
34.33 |
2011-02-03 |
| 63. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
34.28 |
1.0389 |
-0.0473 |
340 |
2 |
31.91 |
2010-12-06 |
| 64. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
34.09 |
1.0211 |
-0.0075 |
213 |
1 |
34.09 |
2010-12-24 |
| 65. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
34.04 |
1.0124 |
-0.0278 |
204 |
1 |
34.04 |
2010-09-28 |
| 66. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
34.01 |
0.8573 |
0.1307 |
270 |
1 |
34.01 |
2010-11-22 |
| 67. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
33.96 |
1.0375 |
-0.0129 |
200 |
1 |
33.96 |
2010-12-21 |
| 68. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
33.94 |
0.9310 |
0.0533 |
188 |
1 |
33.94 |
2011-02-11 |
| 69. |
By the early 1990s the first Internet language (HTTP) was wr... |
33.91 |
0.7104 |
0.2752 |
131 |
1 |
33.91 |
2011-02-04 |
| 70. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
33.83 |
0.9786 |
0.0006 |
235 |
1 |
33.83 |
2010-09-16 |
| 71. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
33.38 |
0.9772 |
-0.0114 |
217 |
1 |
33.38 |
2011-05-02 |
| 72. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
33.35 |
0.8382 |
0.1281 |
268 |
3 |
29.81 |
2011-02-03 |
| 73. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
33.20 |
0.9976 |
-0.0180 |
174 |
1 |
33.20 |
2010-10-01 |
| 74. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
33.01 |
0.8793 |
0.0783 |
157 |
1 |
33.01 |
2010-12-06 |
| 75. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
33.00 |
0.9540 |
0.0013 |
285 |
1 |
33.00 |
2010-12-20 |
| 76. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
32.41 |
0.9916 |
-0.0198 |
282 |
1 |
32.41 |
2010-12-05 |
| 77. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
32.27 |
0.8810 |
0.0556 |
282 |
1 |
32.27 |
2011-01-11 |
| 78. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
32.27 |
0.9089 |
0.0267 |
342 |
1 |
32.27 |
2011-01-31 |
| 79. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
32.20 |
0.9578 |
-0.0253 |
281 |
1 |
32.20 |
2011-01-03 |
| 80. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
32.13 |
0.9572 |
-0.0258 |
201 |
1 |
32.13 |
2010-09-16 |
| 81. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
32.08 |
1.1016 |
-0.1737 |
233 |
1 |
32.08 |
2010-12-20 |
| 82. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
32.06 |
0.9247 |
0.0064 |
253 |
1 |
32.06 |
2010-12-20 |
| 83. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
31.99 |
1.0385 |
-0.1143 |
230 |
1 |
31.99 |
2010-09-28 |
| 84. |
While it may hold true that the final few seconds of a bike ... |
31.66 |
0.8341 |
0.0851 |
224 |
1 |
31.66 |
2011-01-14 |
| 85. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
31.63 |
0.8773 |
0.0411 |
205 |
1 |
31.63 |
2010-12-20 |
| 86. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
31.63 |
0.9597 |
-0.0433 |
347 |
1 |
31.63 |
2011-01-25 |
| 87. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
31.63 |
0.9514 |
-0.0366 |
237 |
1 |
31.63 |
2011-01-31 |
| 88. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
31.04 |
0.9649 |
-0.0668 |
193 |
1 |
31.04 |
2010-12-05 |
| 89. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
31.03 |
0.9798 |
-0.0838 |
199 |
1 |
31.03 |
2010-10-16 |
| 90. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
30.80 |
0.9005 |
-0.0093 |
212 |
1 |
30.80 |
2010-12-22 |
| 91. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
30.71 |
0.8892 |
0.0038 |
207 |
1 |
30.71 |
2011-01-08 |
| 92. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
30.68 |
0.9576 |
-0.0681 |
212 |
1 |
30.68 |
2010-12-20 |
| 93. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
30.62 |
0.9731 |
-0.0884 |
129 |
1 |
30.62 |
2010-09-18 |
| 94. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
30.18 |
0.8811 |
-0.0050 |
239 |
1 |
30.18 |
2010-10-01 |
| 95. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
30.14 |
0.9886 |
-0.1169 |
220 |
1 |
30.14 |
2010-12-22 |
| 96. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
30.06 |
1.0943 |
-0.1993 |
206 |
1 |
30.06 |
2011-01-31 |
| 97. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
29.97 |
0.9233 |
-0.0566 |
168 |
1 |
29.97 |
2010-10-12 |
| 98. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
29.73 |
0.9843 |
-0.1263 |
234 |
1 |
29.73 |
2010-12-20 |
| 99. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
29.62 |
0.9164 |
-0.0597 |
305 |
1 |
29.62 |
2010-09-18 |
| 100. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
29.61 |
0.8353 |
0.0247 |
283 |
1 |
29.61 |
2011-01-03 |
| 101. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
29.40 |
1.0292 |
-0.1803 |
262 |
1 |
29.40 |
2011-01-25 |
| 102. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
29.22 |
0.9286 |
-0.0837 |
194 |
1 |
29.22 |
2011-01-31 |
| 103. |
When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, y... |
28.93 |
0.8763 |
-0.0396 |
105 |
1 |
28.93 |
2010-12-20 |
| 104. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
28.72 |
0.9805 |
-0.1495 |
292 |
1 |
28.72 |
2010-12-06 |
| 105. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
28.70 |
0.9019 |
-0.0691 |
204 |
1 |
28.70 |
2010-12-20 |
| 106. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
28.48 |
0.8541 |
-0.0277 |
260 |
1 |
28.48 |
2011-06-06 |
| 107. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
28.36 |
0.9213 |
-0.1007 |
295 |
1 |
28.36 |
2011-01-03 |
| 108. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
27.87 |
0.9509 |
-0.1122 |
225 |
1 |
27.87 |
2010-12-20 |
| 109. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
27.82 |
0.7389 |
0.0684 |
145 |
1 |
27.82 |
2010-12-27 |
| 110. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
27.36 |
0.8910 |
-0.0992 |
150 |
1 |
27.36 |
2011-01-11 |
| 111. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
26.53 |
1.0004 |
-0.2350 |
212 |
1 |
26.53 |
2011-01-31 |
| 112. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
26.38 |
0.9811 |
-0.2203 |
272 |
1 |
26.38 |
2010-12-06 |
| 113. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
26.26 |
0.9697 |
-0.2086 |
266 |
1 |
26.26 |
2010-09-18 |
| 114. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
25.61 |
0.9045 |
-0.1645 |
235 |
1 |
25.61 |
2010-09-18 |
| 115. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
24.81 |
0.8153 |
-0.0962 |
200 |
1 |
24.81 |
2010-12-20 |