| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
60.37 |
0.9885 |
-0.0082 |
469 |
1 |
60.37 |
2009-04-23 |
| 2. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
48.82 |
0.8887 |
-0.0887 |
464 |
1 |
48.82 |
2009-04-23 |
| 3. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
69.33 |
1.0362 |
0.0891 |
437 |
3 |
67.30 |
2009-12-30 |
| 4. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
67.41 |
0.9451 |
0.1507 |
419 |
2 |
60.88 |
2009-12-31 |
| 5. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
63.64 |
0.9162 |
0.1117 |
401 |
1 |
63.64 |
2009-04-23 |
| 6. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
66.56 |
0.9644 |
0.1128 |
398 |
1 |
66.56 |
2009-12-31 |
| 7. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
58.41 |
0.9726 |
-0.0256 |
396 |
1 |
58.41 |
2009-12-29 |
| 8. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
51.74 |
0.9873 |
-0.1433 |
396 |
1 |
51.74 |
2010-01-01 |
| 9. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
57.02 |
0.9135 |
0.0145 |
393 |
1 |
57.02 |
2009-12-30 |
| 10. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
55.12 |
0.9833 |
-0.0925 |
387 |
1 |
55.12 |
2009-04-23 |
| 11. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
63.26 |
1.0669 |
-0.0432 |
379 |
2 |
62.23 |
2009-12-30 |
| 12. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
55.24 |
1.0529 |
-0.1600 |
373 |
1 |
55.24 |
2009-12-02 |
| 13. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
54.82 |
0.9740 |
-0.0872 |
371 |
2 |
54.38 |
2009-12-30 |
| 14. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
62.66 |
1.0128 |
0.0048 |
369 |
2 |
60.53 |
2009-04-23 |
| 15. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
64.40 |
0.8966 |
0.1417 |
366 |
1 |
64.40 |
2009-12-31 |
| 16. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
59.22 |
0.9561 |
0.0062 |
364 |
1 |
59.22 |
2009-12-23 |
| 17. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
59.20 |
0.9392 |
0.0215 |
360 |
1 |
59.20 |
2010-01-05 |
| 18. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
63.07 |
1.0135 |
0.0072 |
358 |
1 |
63.07 |
2010-01-05 |
| 19. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
61.87 |
1.0450 |
-0.0418 |
358 |
1 |
61.87 |
2009-12-30 |
| 20. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
53.64 |
0.9359 |
-0.0708 |
355 |
2 |
52.44 |
2009-12-16 |
| 21. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
65.54 |
1.0686 |
-0.0075 |
354 |
2 |
65.26 |
2009-12-29 |
| 22. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
62.78 |
0.9157 |
0.1096 |
353 |
1 |
62.78 |
2009-12-31 |
| 23. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
65.58 |
0.9203 |
0.1407 |
350 |
1 |
65.58 |
2009-12-23 |
| 24. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
57.63 |
0.9136 |
0.0188 |
348 |
1 |
57.63 |
2009-04-23 |
| 25. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
58.03 |
0.9137 |
0.0239 |
342 |
1 |
58.03 |
2009-12-29 |
| 26. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
66.68 |
1.0411 |
0.0367 |
341 |
1 |
66.68 |
2009-12-02 |
| 27. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
66.55 |
1.0419 |
0.0351 |
341 |
2 |
64.32 |
2009-04-23 |
| 28. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
62.05 |
0.9991 |
0.0012 |
339 |
1 |
62.05 |
2009-12-31 |
| 29. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
57.96 |
0.9849 |
-0.0492 |
337 |
1 |
57.96 |
2009-12-30 |
| 30. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
60.62 |
0.9515 |
0.0363 |
334 |
1 |
60.62 |
2009-12-30 |
| 31. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
61.31 |
0.9909 |
0.0019 |
334 |
1 |
61.31 |
2009-12-23 |
| 32. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
55.66 |
0.8959 |
0.0067 |
328 |
1 |
55.66 |
2009-04-23 |
| 33. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
70.32 |
0.9957 |
0.1392 |
323 |
1 |
70.32 |
2009-12-31 |
| 34. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
63.76 |
0.9519 |
0.0806 |
323 |
1 |
63.76 |
2009-12-29 |
| 35. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
60.91 |
0.9012 |
0.0847 |
322 |
1 |
60.91 |
2009-12-30 |
| 36. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
67.54 |
1.0960 |
-0.0019 |
315 |
1 |
67.54 |
2009-04-23 |
| 37. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
59.97 |
0.9827 |
-0.0147 |
314 |
1 |
59.97 |
2009-05-07 |
| 38. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
67.08 |
0.9402 |
0.1404 |
310 |
2 |
63.58 |
2009-12-16 |
| 39. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
66.32 |
0.9839 |
0.0861 |
308 |
1 |
66.32 |
2009-12-31 |
| 40. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
54.13 |
0.9658 |
-0.0898 |
308 |
1 |
54.13 |
2009-05-20 |
| 41. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
59.49 |
0.9183 |
0.0419 |
308 |
1 |
59.49 |
2009-12-23 |
| 42. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
66.70 |
1.0639 |
0.0135 |
303 |
2 |
64.78 |
2009-12-31 |
| 43. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
62.05 |
0.9143 |
0.0876 |
300 |
1 |
62.05 |
2009-12-16 |
| 44. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
53.27 |
0.8880 |
-0.0295 |
296 |
1 |
53.27 |
2009-12-16 |
| 45. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
64.22 |
1.0464 |
-0.0053 |
294 |
1 |
64.22 |
2009-04-23 |
| 46. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
58.72 |
0.9561 |
-0.0060 |
291 |
1 |
58.72 |
2009-12-30 |
| 47. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
54.93 |
0.9836 |
-0.0982 |
289 |
1 |
54.93 |
2009-04-23 |
| 48. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
52.48 |
1.0557 |
-0.2090 |
289 |
1 |
52.48 |
2009-04-21 |
| 49. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
63.82 |
1.0130 |
0.0167 |
288 |
1 |
63.82 |
2009-04-23 |
| 50. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
52.77 |
0.9632 |
-0.1117 |
287 |
1 |
52.77 |
2009-12-02 |
| 51. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
54.87 |
0.9500 |
-0.0640 |
287 |
1 |
54.87 |
2009-12-29 |
| 52. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
52.20 |
0.9604 |
-0.1215 |
285 |
1 |
52.20 |
2009-12-02 |
| 53. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
47.74 |
0.8381 |
-0.0659 |
283 |
1 |
47.74 |
2009-04-21 |
| 54. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
67.46 |
1.0059 |
0.0840 |
283 |
2 |
66.58 |
2009-12-31 |
| 55. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
63.17 |
1.0588 |
-0.0397 |
281 |
1 |
63.17 |
2009-12-16 |
| 56. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
67.82 |
0.9517 |
0.1415 |
276 |
1 |
67.82 |
2009-12-02 |
| 57. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
58.44 |
1.0351 |
-0.0889 |
276 |
1 |
58.44 |
2009-12-29 |
| 58. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
55.86 |
0.9538 |
-0.0536 |
276 |
1 |
55.86 |
2009-04-23 |
| 59. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
58.70 |
0.9315 |
0.0168 |
273 |
1 |
58.70 |
2009-12-23 |
| 60. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
70.05 |
1.0287 |
0.1009 |
269 |
1 |
70.05 |
2009-12-31 |
| 61. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
58.13 |
0.8437 |
0.0928 |
268 |
1 |
58.13 |
2009-12-23 |
| 62. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
64.44 |
0.9332 |
0.1065 |
267 |
1 |
64.44 |
2009-05-20 |
| 63. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
58.28 |
0.9884 |
-0.0462 |
267 |
1 |
58.28 |
2009-12-31 |
| 64. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
67.19 |
1.0682 |
0.0172 |
266 |
1 |
67.19 |
2009-12-30 |
| 65. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
77.69 |
1.0493 |
0.2123 |
264 |
2 |
75.20 |
2010-01-01 |
| 66. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
64.75 |
1.0267 |
0.0211 |
261 |
3 |
60.46 |
2009-12-31 |
| 67. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
60.30 |
1.0060 |
-0.0321 |
260 |
1 |
60.30 |
2009-12-23 |
| 68. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
70.12 |
1.0481 |
0.0760 |
255 |
1 |
70.12 |
2009-12-30 |
| 69. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
64.80 |
0.9265 |
0.1179 |
254 |
1 |
64.80 |
2009-12-31 |
| 70. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
60.97 |
0.9597 |
0.0238 |
251 |
1 |
60.97 |
2009-12-29 |
| 71. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
56.92 |
1.0372 |
-0.1200 |
249 |
1 |
56.92 |
2009-04-23 |
| 72. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
63.07 |
1.1198 |
-0.1034 |
247 |
1 |
63.07 |
2009-12-02 |
| 73. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
65.60 |
1.0873 |
-0.0318 |
243 |
1 |
65.60 |
2009-12-29 |
| 74. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
60.31 |
0.9108 |
0.0617 |
235 |
1 |
60.31 |
2009-05-14 |
| 75. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
62.02 |
0.9852 |
0.0146 |
235 |
1 |
62.02 |
2009-04-23 |
| 76. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
58.88 |
1.0403 |
-0.0926 |
234 |
1 |
58.88 |
2009-12-29 |
| 77. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
51.85 |
1.0125 |
-0.1787 |
232 |
1 |
51.85 |
2009-12-02 |
| 78. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
73.59 |
1.0466 |
0.1412 |
230 |
2 |
69.40 |
2010-01-05 |
| 79. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
70.03 |
1.0585 |
0.0747 |
226 |
1 |
70.03 |
2009-12-30 |
| 80. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
63.42 |
1.0060 |
0.0178 |
225 |
2 |
61.59 |
2009-12-23 |
| 81. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
76.84 |
0.9931 |
0.2439 |
218 |
1 |
76.84 |
2009-12-31 |
| 82. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
62.79 |
0.9841 |
0.0255 |
217 |
1 |
62.79 |
2009-12-30 |
| 83. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
62.94 |
1.0010 |
0.0182 |
213 |
1 |
62.94 |
2009-12-30 |
| 84. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
67.19 |
1.0082 |
0.0711 |
212 |
1 |
67.19 |
2009-12-31 |
| 85. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
63.92 |
1.0178 |
0.0117 |
207 |
1 |
63.92 |
2009-12-30 |
| 86. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
51.06 |
0.8666 |
-0.0466 |
206 |
1 |
51.06 |
2009-04-23 |
| 87. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
52.60 |
0.9357 |
-0.0904 |
204 |
1 |
52.60 |
2009-04-23 |
| 88. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
54.35 |
0.8172 |
0.0544 |
204 |
1 |
54.35 |
2009-12-31 |
| 89. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
68.64 |
1.0026 |
0.1096 |
200 |
1 |
68.64 |
2009-12-30 |
| 90. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
57.25 |
0.9780 |
-0.0612 |
173 |
1 |
57.25 |
2009-12-30 |
| 91. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
65.40 |
1.0867 |
-0.0359 |
171 |
1 |
65.40 |
2010-01-01 |
| 92. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
60.26 |
1.0617 |
-0.0918 |
171 |
1 |
60.26 |
2009-12-29 |
| 93. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
63.73 |
0.9299 |
0.0898 |
168 |
2 |
58.37 |
2009-12-23 |
| 94. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
69.21 |
1.0288 |
0.0836 |
166 |
1 |
69.21 |
2009-12-30 |
| 95. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
58.48 |
0.9974 |
-0.0584 |
163 |
1 |
58.48 |
2009-04-23 |
| 96. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
76.04 |
0.9791 |
0.2422 |
154 |
2 |
72.55 |
2009-12-30 |
| 97. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
62.59 |
1.0800 |
-0.0774 |
129 |
1 |
62.59 |
2009-05-14 |