| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
71.58 |
1.1086 |
0.1715 |
233 |
1 |
71.58 |
2009-06-17 |
| 2. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
66.70 |
1.0960 |
0.1002 |
315 |
1 |
66.70 |
2009-06-05 |
| 3. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
61.09 |
1.0901 |
0.0032 |
288 |
1 |
61.09 |
2009-06-17 |
| 4. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
66.88 |
1.0881 |
0.1033 |
210 |
2 |
64.78 |
2009-06-17 |
| 5. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
64.73 |
1.0877 |
0.0656 |
129 |
1 |
64.73 |
2009-06-05 |
| 6. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
59.95 |
1.0845 |
-0.0148 |
212 |
1 |
59.95 |
2009-06-05 |
| 7. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
63.51 |
1.0777 |
0.0549 |
226 |
2 |
61.91 |
2009-06-18 |
| 8. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
39.99 |
1.0743 |
-0.3610 |
297 |
1 |
39.99 |
2009-06-05 |
| 9. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
55.84 |
1.0686 |
-0.0680 |
354 |
1 |
55.84 |
2009-06-04 |
| 10. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
43.68 |
1.0682 |
-0.2886 |
266 |
1 |
43.68 |
2009-06-04 |
| 11. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
41.22 |
1.0669 |
-0.3294 |
379 |
1 |
41.22 |
2009-06-04 |
| 12. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
60.13 |
1.0639 |
0.0112 |
303 |
1 |
60.13 |
2009-06-05 |
| 13. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
43.09 |
1.0617 |
-0.2957 |
171 |
1 |
43.09 |
2009-06-05 |
| 14. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
65.05 |
1.0590 |
0.1023 |
250 |
1 |
65.05 |
2009-06-10 |
| 15. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
61.41 |
1.0557 |
0.0425 |
289 |
1 |
61.41 |
2009-06-10 |
| 16. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
59.76 |
1.0543 |
0.0154 |
360 |
1 |
59.76 |
2009-06-05 |
| 17. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
62.86 |
1.0540 |
0.0641 |
184 |
1 |
62.86 |
2009-06-04 |
| 18. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
42.17 |
1.0529 |
-0.2989 |
373 |
1 |
42.17 |
2009-06-04 |
| 19. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
67.02 |
1.0498 |
0.1492 |
261 |
2 |
62.17 |
2009-06-05 |
| 20. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
68.11 |
1.0495 |
0.1674 |
323 |
2 |
65.94 |
2009-06-05 |
| 21. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
65.86 |
1.0487 |
0.1261 |
253 |
2 |
65.67 |
2009-06-10 |
| 22. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
55.44 |
1.0481 |
-0.0660 |
255 |
1 |
55.44 |
2009-06-23 |
| 23. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
38.14 |
1.0476 |
-0.3780 |
110 |
1 |
38.14 |
2009-06-17 |
| 24. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
74.95 |
1.0464 |
0.2989 |
294 |
1 |
74.95 |
2009-06-17 |
| 25. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
63.74 |
1.0461 |
0.0950 |
318 |
1 |
63.74 |
2009-06-04 |
| 26. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
61.00 |
1.0427 |
0.0479 |
269 |
1 |
61.00 |
2009-06-04 |
| 27. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
49.76 |
1.0414 |
-0.1546 |
234 |
1 |
49.76 |
2009-06-09 |
| 28. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
68.38 |
1.0411 |
0.1829 |
341 |
1 |
68.38 |
2009-06-05 |
| 29. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
47.40 |
1.0387 |
-0.1892 |
333 |
1 |
47.40 |
2009-06-15 |
| 30. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
69.33 |
1.0372 |
0.2017 |
249 |
1 |
69.33 |
2009-06-17 |
| 31. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
66.65 |
1.0362 |
0.1613 |
437 |
1 |
66.65 |
2009-06-17 |
| 32. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
59.99 |
1.0341 |
0.0368 |
273 |
1 |
59.99 |
2009-06-17 |
| 33. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
55.00 |
1.0333 |
-0.0565 |
176 |
1 |
55.00 |
2009-06-18 |
| 34. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
36.72 |
1.0332 |
-0.3803 |
267 |
1 |
36.72 |
2009-06-04 |
| 35. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
64.60 |
1.0291 |
0.1231 |
240 |
1 |
64.60 |
2009-06-10 |
| 36. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
60.29 |
1.0267 |
0.0533 |
261 |
1 |
60.29 |
2009-06-17 |
| 37. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
37.03 |
1.0264 |
-0.3716 |
191 |
1 |
37.03 |
2009-06-10 |
| 38. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
45.30 |
1.0199 |
-0.2161 |
225 |
1 |
45.30 |
2009-06-04 |
| 39. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
53.16 |
1.0197 |
-0.0727 |
204 |
1 |
53.16 |
2009-06-05 |
| 40. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
68.60 |
1.0194 |
0.2047 |
224 |
1 |
68.60 |
2009-06-17 |
| 41. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
65.24 |
1.0181 |
0.1490 |
276 |
1 |
65.24 |
2009-06-18 |
| 42. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
56.97 |
1.0132 |
0.0047 |
371 |
1 |
56.97 |
2009-06-04 |
| 43. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
56.00 |
1.0130 |
-0.0131 |
288 |
1 |
56.00 |
2009-06-05 |
| 44. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
53.94 |
1.0115 |
-0.0539 |
189 |
1 |
53.94 |
2009-06-10 |
| 45. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
46.59 |
1.0106 |
-0.1808 |
302 |
2 |
41.35 |
2009-06-10 |
| 46. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
61.46 |
1.0095 |
0.0870 |
211 |
1 |
61.46 |
2009-06-05 |
| 47. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
62.01 |
1.0086 |
0.0949 |
218 |
2 |
59.90 |
2009-06-18 |
| 48. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
52.79 |
1.0079 |
-0.0667 |
273 |
1 |
52.79 |
2009-06-17 |
| 49. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
56.20 |
1.0035 |
0.0005 |
310 |
1 |
56.20 |
2009-06-05 |
| 50. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
61.72 |
1.0033 |
0.0996 |
203 |
1 |
61.72 |
2009-06-15 |
| 51. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
47.66 |
1.0028 |
-0.1539 |
259 |
1 |
47.66 |
2009-06-04 |
| 52. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
56.76 |
1.0018 |
0.0120 |
246 |
1 |
56.76 |
2009-06-05 |
| 53. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
59.49 |
0.9974 |
0.0612 |
163 |
1 |
59.49 |
2009-06-17 |
| 54. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
64.77 |
0.9957 |
0.1657 |
323 |
1 |
64.77 |
2009-06-09 |
| 55. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
57.01 |
0.9928 |
0.0246 |
293 |
1 |
57.01 |
2009-06-17 |
| 56. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
60.98 |
0.9927 |
0.0972 |
276 |
1 |
60.98 |
2009-06-18 |
| 57. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
65.57 |
0.9885 |
0.1834 |
355 |
2 |
54.16 |
2009-06-17 |
| 58. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
60.04 |
0.9885 |
0.0906 |
469 |
1 |
60.04 |
2009-06-17 |
| 59. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
42.15 |
0.9869 |
-0.2395 |
193 |
1 |
42.15 |
2009-06-04 |
| 60. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
60.43 |
0.9836 |
0.0959 |
289 |
1 |
60.43 |
2009-06-04 |
| 61. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
59.10 |
0.9827 |
0.0737 |
314 |
1 |
59.10 |
2009-07-02 |
| 62. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
58.76 |
0.9809 |
0.0646 |
209 |
1 |
58.76 |
2009-06-10 |
| 63. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
46.13 |
0.9807 |
-0.1698 |
129 |
1 |
46.13 |
2009-06-05 |
| 64. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
60.06 |
0.9801 |
0.0924 |
289 |
1 |
60.06 |
2009-06-05 |
| 65. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
67.26 |
0.9768 |
0.2266 |
237 |
4 |
58.94 |
2009-06-17 |
| 66. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
58.19 |
0.9713 |
0.0665 |
193 |
1 |
58.19 |
2009-06-10 |
| 67. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
60.98 |
0.9704 |
0.1189 |
254 |
1 |
60.98 |
2009-06-04 |
| 68. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
47.28 |
0.9673 |
-0.1202 |
393 |
1 |
47.28 |
2009-06-23 |
| 69. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
60.85 |
0.9636 |
0.1220 |
281 |
1 |
60.85 |
2009-06-11 |
| 70. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
46.32 |
0.9631 |
-0.1377 |
273 |
1 |
46.32 |
2009-06-09 |
| 71. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
52.85 |
0.9621 |
-0.0218 |
201 |
1 |
52.85 |
2009-06-10 |
| 72. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
53.68 |
0.9594 |
-0.0030 |
258 |
1 |
53.68 |
2009-06-04 |
| 73. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
53.21 |
0.9519 |
0.0017 |
323 |
1 |
53.21 |
2009-06-10 |
| 74. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
55.62 |
0.9468 |
0.0460 |
318 |
1 |
55.62 |
2009-06-05 |
| 75. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
51.06 |
0.9425 |
-0.0307 |
248 |
1 |
51.06 |
2009-06-04 |
| 76. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
54.84 |
0.9402 |
0.0369 |
310 |
1 |
54.84 |
2009-06-17 |
| 77. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
60.09 |
0.9400 |
0.1359 |
434 |
1 |
60.09 |
2009-06-17 |
| 78. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
55.62 |
0.9357 |
0.0551 |
204 |
1 |
55.62 |
2009-06-04 |
| 79. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
40.65 |
0.9332 |
-0.2077 |
295 |
1 |
40.65 |
2009-06-05 |
| 80. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
54.33 |
0.9243 |
0.0476 |
240 |
2 |
51.79 |
2009-06-17 |
| 81. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
50.91 |
0.9206 |
-0.0117 |
317 |
1 |
50.91 |
2009-06-17 |
| 82. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
59.28 |
0.9145 |
0.1478 |
404 |
1 |
59.28 |
2009-06-17 |
| 83. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
48.05 |
0.9136 |
-0.0533 |
348 |
1 |
48.05 |
2009-07-02 |
| 84. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
48.89 |
0.9135 |
-0.0326 |
393 |
1 |
48.89 |
2009-06-17 |
| 85. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
48.30 |
0.9101 |
-0.0447 |
351 |
1 |
48.30 |
2009-06-05 |
| 86. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
61.69 |
0.9027 |
0.1958 |
189 |
1 |
61.69 |
2009-06-17 |
| 87. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
53.62 |
0.9011 |
0.0592 |
322 |
1 |
53.62 |
2009-06-17 |
| 88. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
55.68 |
0.8993 |
0.0976 |
366 |
1 |
55.68 |
2009-06-12 |
| 89. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
51.64 |
0.8988 |
0.0219 |
193 |
1 |
51.64 |
2009-06-17 |
| 90. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
32.54 |
0.8986 |
-0.3196 |
216 |
1 |
32.54 |
2009-06-04 |
| 91. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
53.49 |
0.8964 |
0.0554 |
199 |
2 |
47.67 |
2009-06-05 |
| 92. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
35.89 |
0.8913 |
-0.2512 |
201 |
1 |
35.89 |
2009-06-04 |
| 93. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
52.28 |
0.8815 |
0.0564 |
296 |
1 |
52.28 |
2009-06-05 |
| 94. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
55.44 |
0.8794 |
0.1170 |
427 |
1 |
55.44 |
2009-06-10 |
| 95. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
50.60 |
0.8666 |
0.0337 |
206 |
1 |
50.60 |
2009-06-17 |
| 96. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
57.53 |
0.8624 |
0.1602 |
174 |
2 |
56.34 |
2009-06-11 |
| 97. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
39.62 |
0.8437 |
-0.1388 |
268 |
1 |
39.62 |
2009-06-17 |
| 98. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
46.27 |
0.8172 |
0.0035 |
204 |
1 |
46.27 |
2009-06-10 |
| 99. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
58.28 |
0.8117 |
0.2324 |
209 |
1 |
58.28 |
2009-06-11 |