| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
56.72 |
1.0523 |
0.2988 |
256 |
1 |
56.72 |
2011-02-04 |
| 2. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
55.83 |
1.0132 |
0.3117 |
143 |
1 |
55.83 |
2011-02-04 |
| 3. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
54.95 |
0.9706 |
0.3455 |
216 |
1 |
54.95 |
2011-01-18 |
| 4. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
54.14 |
1.0696 |
0.2202 |
226 |
1 |
54.14 |
2011-02-04 |
| 5. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
53.80 |
0.8629 |
0.4258 |
299 |
1 |
53.80 |
2011-02-04 |
| 6. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
53.77 |
0.9353 |
0.3439 |
177 |
1 |
53.77 |
2011-01-18 |
| 7. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
53.50 |
1.0385 |
0.2373 |
230 |
2 |
51.30 |
2011-02-04 |
| 8. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
53.25 |
1.0384 |
0.2230 |
183 |
1 |
53.25 |
2011-02-04 |
| 9. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
53.23 |
0.9504 |
0.3147 |
263 |
1 |
53.23 |
2011-01-18 |
| 10. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
53.02 |
0.9897 |
0.2739 |
274 |
1 |
53.02 |
2011-01-18 |
| 11. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
52.82 |
1.1114 |
0.1470 |
247 |
1 |
52.82 |
2011-01-18 |
| 12. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
52.74 |
1.0619 |
0.2015 |
354 |
1 |
52.74 |
2011-01-18 |
| 13. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
52.49 |
1.0515 |
0.1935 |
166 |
1 |
52.49 |
2011-02-04 |
| 14. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
52.36 |
1.0095 |
0.2392 |
316 |
1 |
52.36 |
2011-02-04 |
| 15. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
52.09 |
1.0099 |
0.2306 |
207 |
1 |
52.09 |
2011-02-04 |
| 16. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
52.08 |
0.9805 |
0.2675 |
292 |
1 |
52.08 |
2011-01-19 |
| 17. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
52.01 |
1.0863 |
0.1900 |
210 |
1 |
52.01 |
2011-01-18 |
| 18. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
51.95 |
1.0529 |
0.1873 |
351 |
1 |
51.95 |
2011-01-19 |
| 19. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
51.91 |
0.9289 |
0.3079 |
204 |
1 |
51.91 |
2011-02-04 |
| 20. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
51.66 |
1.0574 |
0.2041 |
205 |
1 |
51.66 |
2011-01-19 |
| 21. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
51.65 |
1.0941 |
0.1702 |
256 |
1 |
51.65 |
2011-01-18 |
| 22. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
51.41 |
1.0331 |
0.1918 |
234 |
1 |
51.41 |
2011-02-04 |
| 23. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
51.37 |
1.0767 |
0.1471 |
212 |
2 |
43.19 |
2011-01-18 |
| 24. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
51.31 |
1.0365 |
0.2178 |
162 |
1 |
51.31 |
2010-12-25 |
| 25. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
51.11 |
1.0297 |
0.1891 |
249 |
1 |
51.11 |
2011-01-18 |
| 26. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
51.08 |
0.9342 |
0.2888 |
434 |
1 |
51.08 |
2011-01-19 |
| 27. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
50.94 |
0.9938 |
0.2219 |
339 |
1 |
50.94 |
2011-01-19 |
| 28. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
50.78 |
0.9340 |
0.2770 |
296 |
1 |
50.78 |
2011-01-15 |
| 29. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
50.62 |
1.0515 |
0.1545 |
250 |
1 |
50.62 |
2010-12-25 |
| 30. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
50.47 |
0.9966 |
0.2073 |
259 |
1 |
50.47 |
2011-02-04 |
| 31. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
49.10 |
0.9776 |
0.1941 |
308 |
1 |
49.10 |
2011-01-19 |
| 32. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
48.97 |
1.0403 |
0.1682 |
275 |
1 |
48.97 |
2010-12-25 |
| 33. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
48.88 |
0.9619 |
0.2099 |
393 |
1 |
48.88 |
2011-01-14 |
| 34. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
48.84 |
1.0679 |
0.1176 |
177 |
1 |
48.84 |
2011-01-18 |
| 35. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
48.77 |
0.9786 |
0.1845 |
235 |
1 |
48.77 |
2011-01-18 |
| 36. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
48.77 |
1.0763 |
0.1291 |
367 |
1 |
48.77 |
2011-01-18 |
| 37. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
48.71 |
0.8996 |
0.2570 |
192 |
1 |
48.71 |
2011-01-18 |
| 38. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
48.52 |
0.9866 |
0.1673 |
218 |
1 |
48.52 |
2010-12-25 |
| 39. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
47.88 |
1.0885 |
0.0568 |
315 |
1 |
47.88 |
2011-01-18 |
| 40. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
47.80 |
0.8653 |
0.2858 |
255 |
1 |
47.80 |
2010-12-25 |
| 41. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
47.04 |
0.9068 |
0.2125 |
225 |
1 |
47.04 |
2011-02-05 |
| 42. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
46.77 |
1.0774 |
0.0673 |
304 |
1 |
46.77 |
2011-01-18 |
| 43. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
46.54 |
1.0074 |
0.1032 |
242 |
1 |
46.54 |
2010-12-24 |
| 44. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
45.89 |
1.0396 |
0.0470 |
149 |
1 |
45.89 |
2010-12-25 |
| 45. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
45.84 |
1.0829 |
0.0113 |
288 |
1 |
45.84 |
2010-12-25 |
| 46. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
45.69 |
1.0316 |
0.0618 |
333 |
1 |
45.69 |
2010-12-25 |
| 47. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
45.34 |
1.0205 |
0.0528 |
179 |
1 |
45.34 |
2010-12-25 |
| 48. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
45.23 |
1.0883 |
0.0224 |
303 |
1 |
45.23 |
2010-12-24 |
| 49. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
45.06 |
1.0740 |
0.0383 |
264 |
1 |
45.06 |
2010-12-25 |
| 50. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
44.33 |
0.9844 |
0.0772 |
293 |
2 |
39.64 |
2010-12-21 |
| 51. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
43.95 |
1.0023 |
0.0428 |
211 |
1 |
43.95 |
2010-12-24 |
| 52. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
43.12 |
0.9307 |
0.1040 |
246 |
2 |
39.51 |
2010-12-24 |
| 53. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
43.09 |
0.9846 |
0.0404 |
281 |
1 |
43.09 |
2010-12-24 |
| 54. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
42.69 |
0.9023 |
0.1576 |
231 |
1 |
42.69 |
2011-01-18 |
| 55. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
41.90 |
0.8910 |
0.1075 |
150 |
1 |
41.90 |
2010-12-24 |
| 56. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
41.60 |
0.8867 |
0.1110 |
163 |
1 |
41.60 |
2010-12-14 |
| 57. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
40.96 |
0.8723 |
0.0980 |
185 |
1 |
40.96 |
2010-12-21 |
| 58. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
39.36 |
1.0516 |
-0.1158 |
281 |
1 |
39.36 |
2010-12-19 |
| 59. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
38.63 |
1.0214 |
-0.1039 |
269 |
1 |
38.63 |
2010-12-19 |
| 60. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
38.58 |
1.0496 |
-0.1328 |
314 |
2 |
36.52 |
2010-12-24 |
| 61. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
38.56 |
0.8715 |
0.0421 |
130 |
1 |
38.56 |
2010-12-14 |
| 62. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
37.82 |
0.8899 |
0.0197 |
293 |
1 |
37.82 |
2010-12-14 |
| 63. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
36.49 |
1.0349 |
-0.1687 |
234 |
2 |
35.42 |
2010-12-14 |
| 64. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
36.23 |
0.8731 |
-0.0056 |
199 |
1 |
36.23 |
2010-12-15 |
| 65. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
36.04 |
0.8745 |
-0.0200 |
169 |
1 |
36.04 |
2010-12-19 |
| 66. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
35.89 |
0.9740 |
-0.1256 |
209 |
1 |
35.89 |
2010-12-19 |
| 67. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
35.67 |
0.9612 |
-0.1134 |
256 |
1 |
35.67 |
2010-12-20 |
| 68. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
35.43 |
1.0565 |
-0.2178 |
247 |
1 |
35.43 |
2010-12-19 |
| 69. |
Don't make assumptions. Communicate with others as clearly a... |
35.31 |
0.8082 |
0.0390 |
186 |
1 |
35.31 |
2010-12-19 |
| 70. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
35.09 |
1.0788 |
-0.2511 |
171 |
1 |
35.09 |
2010-12-14 |
| 71. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
35.02 |
0.9991 |
-0.1668 |
225 |
2 |
33.47 |
2010-12-19 |
| 72. |
When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, y... |
34.84 |
0.8763 |
-0.0491 |
105 |
1 |
34.84 |
2010-12-14 |
| 73. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
34.41 |
0.9266 |
-0.1083 |
278 |
1 |
34.41 |
2010-12-15 |
| 74. |
While it may hold true that the final few seconds of a bike ... |
34.14 |
0.8341 |
-0.0154 |
224 |
1 |
34.14 |
2010-12-19 |
| 75. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
33.84 |
1.0090 |
-0.1621 |
282 |
1 |
33.84 |
2010-12-19 |
| 76. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
33.74 |
1.0343 |
-0.1962 |
242 |
1 |
33.74 |
2010-12-15 |
| 77. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
33.62 |
1.0426 |
-0.2453 |
323 |
1 |
33.62 |
2010-12-19 |
| 78. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
33.53 |
0.8348 |
-0.0333 |
219 |
1 |
33.53 |
2010-12-14 |
| 79. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
33.13 |
1.0168 |
-0.2287 |
271 |
1 |
33.13 |
2010-12-19 |
| 80. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
32.96 |
0.9758 |
-0.1931 |
314 |
1 |
32.96 |
2010-12-19 |
| 81. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
32.65 |
0.9572 |
-0.1844 |
201 |
1 |
32.65 |
2010-12-14 |
| 82. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
32.25 |
1.0463 |
-0.2860 |
182 |
1 |
32.25 |
2010-12-19 |
| 83. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
32.04 |
1.0025 |
-0.2431 |
256 |
1 |
32.04 |
2010-12-19 |
| 84. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
32.01 |
1.1162 |
-0.3160 |
189 |
1 |
32.01 |
2010-12-14 |
| 85. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
31.80 |
1.0270 |
-0.2369 |
255 |
1 |
31.80 |
2010-12-15 |
| 86. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
31.04 |
1.0131 |
-0.2814 |
225 |
1 |
31.04 |
2010-12-15 |
| 87. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
30.19 |
1.0125 |
-0.3000 |
224 |
1 |
30.19 |
2010-12-14 |
| 88. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
30.15 |
0.8725 |
-0.1567 |
163 |
1 |
30.15 |
2010-12-19 |
| 89. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
30.09 |
1.0334 |
-0.3272 |
131 |
2 |
29.78 |
2010-12-25 |
| 90. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
29.82 |
0.8845 |
-0.1784 |
273 |
1 |
29.82 |
2010-12-19 |
| 91. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
29.52 |
0.9907 |
-0.2929 |
211 |
1 |
29.52 |
2010-12-19 |
| 92. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
29.52 |
0.9286 |
-0.2307 |
194 |
1 |
29.52 |
2010-12-15 |
| 93. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
28.83 |
0.8422 |
-0.1572 |
164 |
1 |
28.83 |
2010-12-14 |
| 94. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
28.68 |
1.0033 |
-0.3313 |
189 |
1 |
28.68 |
2010-12-14 |
| 95. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
28.43 |
0.8295 |
-0.1552 |
209 |
1 |
28.43 |
2010-12-15 |
| 96. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
28.42 |
0.9221 |
-0.2513 |
244 |
1 |
28.42 |
2010-12-15 |
| 97. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
27.11 |
0.7876 |
-0.1441 |
316 |
1 |
27.11 |
2010-12-19 |
| 98. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
27.04 |
0.8105 |
-0.1759 |
204 |
1 |
27.04 |
2010-12-15 |
| 99. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
26.72 |
0.9485 |
-0.3152 |
236 |
1 |
26.72 |
2010-12-14 |
| 100. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
26.54 |
0.8628 |
-0.2391 |
196 |
1 |
26.54 |
2010-12-19 |
| 101. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
26.46 |
0.9527 |
-0.3272 |
251 |
1 |
26.46 |
2010-12-15 |
| 102. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
25.30 |
0.9729 |
-0.3760 |
255 |
1 |
25.30 |
2010-12-16 |
| 103. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
24.53 |
0.9309 |
-0.3541 |
284 |
1 |
24.53 |
2010-12-19 |
| 104. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
24.20 |
0.8821 |
-0.3119 |
176 |
1 |
24.20 |
2010-12-14 |
| 105. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
23.91 |
0.9844 |
-0.4104 |
229 |
1 |
23.91 |
2010-12-14 |