| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
37.59 |
0.8867 |
0.4811 |
163 |
1 |
37.59 |
2011-04-16 |
| 2. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
35.18 |
0.8785 |
0.3901 |
172 |
1 |
35.18 |
2011-04-16 |
| 3. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
34.55 |
0.8263 |
0.4213 |
162 |
1 |
34.55 |
2011-04-16 |
| 4. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
32.97 |
1.1016 |
0.0901 |
233 |
1 |
32.97 |
2011-04-16 |
| 5. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
32.86 |
0.8715 |
0.3134 |
130 |
1 |
32.86 |
2010-11-09 |
| 6. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
32.18 |
0.8653 |
0.3091 |
255 |
1 |
32.18 |
2011-04-16 |
| 7. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
32.15 |
1.0263 |
0.1346 |
267 |
1 |
32.15 |
2011-04-16 |
| 8. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
31.54 |
1.0403 |
0.1140 |
193 |
1 |
31.54 |
2011-04-16 |
| 9. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
31.53 |
0.9773 |
0.1537 |
123 |
1 |
31.53 |
2010-11-09 |
| 10. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
31.46 |
0.9572 |
0.1782 |
201 |
1 |
31.46 |
2010-11-09 |
| 11. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
31.45 |
0.8666 |
0.2735 |
150 |
1 |
31.45 |
2011-04-16 |
| 12. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
31.39 |
0.8551 |
0.2801 |
171 |
1 |
31.39 |
2010-11-09 |
| 13. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
31.26 |
1.0251 |
0.1025 |
261 |
1 |
31.26 |
2011-04-16 |
| 14. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
31.18 |
0.9772 |
0.1460 |
217 |
2 |
31.07 |
2011-04-16 |
| 15. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
30.90 |
1.0349 |
0.0804 |
234 |
1 |
30.90 |
2010-11-09 |
| 16. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
30.59 |
1.0485 |
0.0909 |
153 |
3 |
27.76 |
2011-04-16 |
| 17. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
30.51 |
0.7938 |
0.3092 |
176 |
1 |
30.51 |
2011-04-16 |
| 18. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
30.39 |
0.9266 |
0.1727 |
278 |
2 |
29.95 |
2011-04-16 |
| 19. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
30.20 |
0.9325 |
0.1513 |
156 |
1 |
30.20 |
2010-11-09 |
| 20. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
30.16 |
0.7852 |
0.3103 |
149 |
1 |
30.16 |
2011-04-16 |
| 21. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
29.82 |
0.9310 |
0.1412 |
188 |
1 |
29.82 |
2010-11-09 |
| 22. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
29.81 |
0.7981 |
0.2770 |
126 |
1 |
29.81 |
2011-04-16 |
| 23. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
29.80 |
0.9353 |
0.1363 |
177 |
1 |
29.80 |
2011-04-16 |
| 24. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
29.55 |
1.0795 |
0.0177 |
226 |
2 |
29.14 |
2010-11-09 |
| 25. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
29.48 |
0.8787 |
0.1903 |
202 |
1 |
29.48 |
2010-11-09 |
| 26. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
29.25 |
0.8190 |
0.2445 |
135 |
1 |
29.25 |
2011-04-16 |
| 27. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
29.12 |
1.0396 |
0.0044 |
149 |
2 |
27.72 |
2010-11-09 |
| 28. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
29.05 |
0.8745 |
0.1729 |
169 |
3 |
26.97 |
2011-04-16 |
| 29. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
28.99 |
0.8916 |
0.1554 |
216 |
1 |
28.99 |
2011-04-16 |
| 30. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
28.91 |
0.9665 |
0.1265 |
326 |
2 |
26.20 |
2011-04-16 |
| 31. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
28.90 |
0.9263 |
0.1203 |
188 |
1 |
28.90 |
2011-04-16 |
| 32. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
28.88 |
1.0797 |
-0.0426 |
210 |
1 |
28.88 |
2010-11-09 |
| 33. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
28.87 |
1.0033 |
0.0320 |
189 |
1 |
28.87 |
2011-04-16 |
| 34. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
28.73 |
0.8145 |
0.2250 |
115 |
1 |
28.73 |
2011-04-16 |
| 35. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
28.65 |
1.0498 |
-0.0205 |
180 |
1 |
28.65 |
2010-11-09 |
| 36. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
28.55 |
0.9072 |
0.1212 |
237 |
1 |
28.55 |
2011-04-16 |
| 37. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
28.41 |
1.0565 |
-0.0341 |
247 |
1 |
28.41 |
2011-04-16 |
| 38. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
28.36 |
1.0711 |
-0.0528 |
213 |
1 |
28.36 |
2010-11-09 |
| 39. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
28.30 |
0.9567 |
0.1070 |
184 |
1 |
28.30 |
2011-04-16 |
| 40. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
28.29 |
0.8275 |
0.1949 |
142 |
1 |
28.29 |
2010-11-09 |
| 41. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
28.07 |
1.0483 |
-0.0386 |
227 |
1 |
28.07 |
2011-04-16 |
| 42. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
28.02 |
1.0788 |
-0.0734 |
171 |
2 |
27.95 |
2011-04-16 |
| 43. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
27.98 |
0.8152 |
0.1962 |
163 |
1 |
27.98 |
2010-11-09 |
| 44. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
27.90 |
0.8739 |
0.1313 |
136 |
2 |
27.66 |
2010-11-09 |
| 45. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
27.89 |
0.8562 |
0.1502 |
170 |
1 |
27.89 |
2010-11-09 |
| 46. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
27.74 |
0.9251 |
0.0808 |
177 |
1 |
27.74 |
2010-11-09 |
| 47. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
27.65 |
0.9559 |
0.0439 |
195 |
1 |
27.65 |
2011-04-16 |
| 48. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
27.57 |
0.8125 |
0.1856 |
197 |
1 |
27.57 |
2011-04-16 |
| 49. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
27.22 |
0.9684 |
0.0160 |
388 |
1 |
27.22 |
2011-04-16 |
| 50. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
27.10 |
1.0375 |
-0.0142 |
200 |
1 |
27.10 |
2010-11-09 |
| 51. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
27.07 |
0.9286 |
0.0466 |
194 |
2 |
25.37 |
2011-04-16 |
| 52. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
27.05 |
1.0515 |
-0.0839 |
166 |
1 |
27.05 |
2011-04-16 |
| 53. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
27.02 |
0.9097 |
0.0647 |
153 |
1 |
27.02 |
2011-04-16 |
| 54. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
26.86 |
0.9820 |
-0.0136 |
274 |
2 |
25.99 |
2011-04-16 |
| 55. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
26.82 |
0.7818 |
0.1856 |
195 |
1 |
26.82 |
2010-11-09 |
| 56. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
26.82 |
1.0943 |
-0.0945 |
206 |
1 |
26.82 |
2011-04-16 |
| 57. |
Jay earned himself a promotion to lieutenant on the strength... |
26.76 |
0.8122 |
0.1555 |
181 |
2 |
24.94 |
2010-11-11 |
| 58. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
26.74 |
0.9509 |
0.0516 |
225 |
1 |
26.74 |
2010-11-09 |
| 59. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
26.74 |
0.8731 |
0.0979 |
199 |
2 |
24.42 |
2011-04-16 |
| 60. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
26.54 |
0.9430 |
0.0068 |
211 |
1 |
26.54 |
2011-04-16 |
| 61. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
26.50 |
0.9162 |
0.0393 |
165 |
1 |
26.50 |
2011-04-16 |
| 62. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
26.50 |
1.0173 |
-0.0178 |
268 |
1 |
26.50 |
2011-04-16 |
| 63. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
26.48 |
0.9904 |
0.0047 |
203 |
1 |
26.48 |
2010-11-09 |
| 64. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
26.45 |
0.9233 |
0.0221 |
168 |
1 |
26.45 |
2010-11-09 |
| 65. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
26.42 |
0.8791 |
0.0726 |
190 |
2 |
26.03 |
2010-11-09 |
| 66. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
26.40 |
1.0197 |
-0.0707 |
226 |
1 |
26.40 |
2011-04-16 |
| 67. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
26.29 |
0.8037 |
0.1472 |
148 |
1 |
26.29 |
2010-11-09 |
| 68. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
26.14 |
0.9852 |
-0.0425 |
264 |
1 |
26.14 |
2011-04-16 |
| 69. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
26.13 |
1.0462 |
-0.1102 |
184 |
1 |
26.13 |
2011-04-16 |
| 70. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
26.10 |
0.9941 |
-0.0556 |
217 |
1 |
26.10 |
2011-04-18 |
| 71. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
26.10 |
0.8811 |
0.0640 |
239 |
1 |
26.10 |
2010-11-09 |
| 72. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
25.96 |
1.0725 |
-0.1111 |
233 |
1 |
25.96 |
2011-04-16 |
| 73. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
25.76 |
0.9936 |
-0.0450 |
227 |
1 |
25.76 |
2011-04-16 |
| 74. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
25.74 |
0.8520 |
0.0762 |
202 |
2 |
25.27 |
2011-04-16 |
| 75. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
25.70 |
1.0669 |
-0.1076 |
213 |
1 |
25.70 |
2010-11-09 |
| 76. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
25.64 |
0.7389 |
0.1869 |
145 |
1 |
25.64 |
2011-04-16 |
| 77. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
25.64 |
0.8559 |
0.0693 |
191 |
2 |
24.90 |
2010-11-09 |
| 78. |
In the capital of the Sunbelt South, the quiet revolution of... |
25.56 |
0.9098 |
0.0073 |
167 |
1 |
25.56 |
2010-11-11 |
| 79. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
25.54 |
0.8793 |
0.0421 |
157 |
1 |
25.54 |
2010-11-09 |
| 80. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
25.39 |
0.9221 |
-0.0085 |
244 |
1 |
25.39 |
2011-04-16 |
| 81. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
25.35 |
0.9350 |
-0.0212 |
195 |
1 |
25.35 |
2011-04-16 |
| 82. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
25.26 |
0.8900 |
0.0213 |
164 |
1 |
25.26 |
2011-04-16 |
| 83. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
25.17 |
1.0334 |
-0.1331 |
131 |
1 |
25.17 |
2010-11-09 |
| 84. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
25.14 |
0.8876 |
0.0168 |
118 |
1 |
25.14 |
2011-04-16 |
| 85. |
The label doesn't mention that that rib-eye steak came from ... |
25.14 |
0.7731 |
0.1346 |
145 |
1 |
25.14 |
2011-04-16 |
| 86. |
When the green lights came on, pedestrians skirted or jumped... |
24.86 |
0.8297 |
0.0568 |
103 |
1 |
24.86 |
2011-04-16 |
| 87. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
24.77 |
0.9028 |
-0.0096 |
155 |
1 |
24.77 |
2010-11-09 |
| 88. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
24.74 |
0.9303 |
-0.0462 |
176 |
1 |
24.74 |
2010-11-09 |
| 89. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
24.60 |
0.8936 |
-0.0087 |
127 |
2 |
24.00 |
2011-04-16 |
| 90. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
24.43 |
0.8022 |
0.0803 |
215 |
3 |
23.64 |
2011-04-16 |
| 91. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
24.34 |
0.8323 |
0.0452 |
203 |
1 |
24.34 |
2011-04-16 |
| 92. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
24.33 |
0.9649 |
-0.0896 |
193 |
1 |
24.33 |
2010-11-09 |
| 93. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
24.07 |
0.9309 |
-0.0662 |
284 |
1 |
24.07 |
2011-04-16 |
| 94. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
24.03 |
0.8105 |
0.0502 |
204 |
1 |
24.03 |
2010-11-09 |
| 95. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
23.97 |
0.9636 |
-0.1009 |
254 |
1 |
23.97 |
2010-11-11 |
| 96. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
23.87 |
0.8070 |
0.0554 |
137 |
1 |
23.87 |
2011-04-16 |
| 97. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
23.77 |
0.9740 |
-0.1225 |
209 |
2 |
22.22 |
2011-04-16 |
| 98. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
23.75 |
1.0679 |
-0.1930 |
177 |
2 |
23.56 |
2011-04-16 |
| 99. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
23.60 |
0.7708 |
0.0841 |
207 |
1 |
23.60 |
2010-11-09 |
| 100. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
23.11 |
0.9763 |
-0.1453 |
289 |
1 |
23.11 |
2010-11-09 |
| 101. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
22.66 |
0.8118 |
0.0087 |
109 |
1 |
22.66 |
2011-04-16 |
| 102. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
22.47 |
0.7826 |
0.0302 |
97 |
1 |
22.47 |
2011-04-16 |
| 103. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
22.01 |
1.0796 |
-0.2937 |
129 |
1 |
22.01 |
2011-04-16 |
| 104. |
Desktop publishing revolutionized the creation of printed do... |
21.85 |
0.8023 |
-0.0110 |
182 |
1 |
21.85 |
2011-04-16 |
| 105. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
21.78 |
0.9128 |
-0.1246 |
133 |
1 |
21.78 |
2011-04-16 |
| 106. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
21.27 |
0.9612 |
-0.1967 |
256 |
1 |
21.27 |
2011-04-16 |
| 107. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
21.13 |
0.9048 |
-0.1410 |
271 |
1 |
21.13 |
2011-04-16 |