| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
42.28 |
0.8773 |
0.8215 |
205 |
2 |
34.20 |
2010-09-09 |
| 2. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
31.46 |
0.8506 |
0.4033 |
132 |
2 |
25.61 |
2010-09-21 |
| 3. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
31.33 |
0.8660 |
0.3873 |
193 |
1 |
31.33 |
2010-09-23 |
| 4. |
Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. |
31.05 |
0.9580 |
0.2758 |
62 |
2 |
27.25 |
2010-09-13 |
| 5. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
30.16 |
0.9187 |
0.2770 |
118 |
3 |
23.49 |
2010-09-23 |
| 6. |
When the green lights came on, pedestrians skirted or jumped... |
29.89 |
0.8297 |
0.3536 |
103 |
1 |
29.89 |
2010-09-23 |
| 7. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
29.83 |
0.9171 |
0.2755 |
165 |
1 |
29.83 |
2010-09-23 |
| 8. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
29.81 |
0.9164 |
0.2786 |
121 |
4 |
25.36 |
2010-09-13 |
| 9. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
29.20 |
0.8867 |
0.2860 |
163 |
3 |
28.37 |
2010-09-13 |
| 10. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
29.04 |
0.8519 |
0.3122 |
150 |
2 |
28.51 |
2010-09-21 |
| 11. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
28.97 |
1.0151 |
0.1339 |
152 |
2 |
24.94 |
2010-09-09 |
| 12. |
Jay earned himself a promotion to lieutenant on the strength... |
28.48 |
0.8122 |
0.3279 |
181 |
1 |
28.48 |
2010-09-23 |
| 13. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
28.32 |
1.0521 |
0.0744 |
171 |
2 |
26.44 |
2010-09-23 |
| 14. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
28.05 |
0.7997 |
0.3170 |
138 |
1 |
28.05 |
2010-09-07 |
| 15. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
28.03 |
1.0797 |
0.0343 |
210 |
2 |
26.34 |
2010-09-13 |
| 16. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
27.95 |
0.8747 |
0.2371 |
201 |
2 |
27.51 |
2010-09-09 |
| 17. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
27.94 |
1.0565 |
0.0568 |
247 |
1 |
27.94 |
2010-09-13 |
| 18. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
27.86 |
0.9986 |
0.1092 |
162 |
3 |
27.70 |
2010-09-21 |
| 19. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
27.75 |
1.0767 |
0.0293 |
212 |
2 |
27.06 |
2010-09-21 |
| 20. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
27.74 |
1.0099 |
0.0950 |
207 |
1 |
27.74 |
2010-09-23 |
| 21. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
27.51 |
1.0132 |
0.0766 |
143 |
1 |
27.51 |
2010-09-23 |
| 22. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
27.30 |
0.8153 |
0.2796 |
200 |
1 |
27.30 |
2010-09-13 |
| 23. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
27.19 |
0.9128 |
0.1783 |
133 |
2 |
25.37 |
2010-09-13 |
| 24. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
26.91 |
1.0033 |
0.0643 |
189 |
2 |
26.21 |
2010-09-09 |
| 25. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
26.82 |
1.0334 |
0.0308 |
131 |
1 |
26.82 |
2010-09-23 |
| 26. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
26.77 |
0.9965 |
0.0673 |
168 |
1 |
26.77 |
2010-09-09 |
| 27. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
26.71 |
0.8785 |
0.1836 |
172 |
2 |
23.80 |
2010-09-07 |
| 28. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
26.65 |
0.8125 |
0.2538 |
197 |
3 |
25.10 |
2010-09-09 |
| 29. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
26.52 |
1.0025 |
0.0559 |
256 |
1 |
26.52 |
2010-09-21 |
| 30. |
As civilizations grew, humans spread out across the face of ... |
26.52 |
0.9418 |
0.1223 |
188 |
1 |
26.52 |
2010-09-07 |
| 31. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
26.49 |
1.0124 |
0.0425 |
204 |
1 |
26.49 |
2010-09-13 |
| 32. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
26.39 |
0.9798 |
0.0678 |
199 |
2 |
22.84 |
2010-09-09 |
| 33. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
26.28 |
0.8915 |
0.1562 |
188 |
2 |
26.11 |
2010-09-13 |
| 34. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
26.27 |
0.9263 |
0.1256 |
188 |
1 |
26.27 |
2010-09-07 |
| 35. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
26.25 |
1.0596 |
-0.0141 |
239 |
1 |
26.25 |
2010-09-23 |
| 36. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
26.24 |
1.1215 |
-0.0503 |
200 |
1 |
26.24 |
2010-09-09 |
| 37. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
26.14 |
1.0375 |
0.0517 |
200 |
1 |
26.14 |
2010-09-13 |
| 38. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
26.10 |
0.8936 |
0.1464 |
127 |
1 |
26.10 |
2010-09-23 |
| 39. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
25.97 |
0.9221 |
0.1127 |
244 |
1 |
25.97 |
2010-09-09 |
| 40. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
25.69 |
0.9907 |
0.0327 |
211 |
1 |
25.69 |
2010-09-21 |
| 41. |
You can't get away with saying "I don't like green food!" mu... |
25.63 |
0.7484 |
0.2706 |
185 |
3 |
23.78 |
2010-09-13 |
| 42. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
25.61 |
0.7850 |
0.2332 |
154 |
2 |
24.61 |
2010-09-07 |
| 43. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
25.52 |
1.0004 |
0.0116 |
212 |
2 |
24.09 |
2010-09-13 |
| 44. |
The time has come for man to plant the seed of his highest h... |
25.51 |
0.8953 |
0.1229 |
193 |
2 |
24.95 |
2010-09-09 |
| 45. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
25.50 |
1.0029 |
0.0080 |
209 |
2 |
22.84 |
2010-09-13 |
| 46. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
25.46 |
0.8562 |
0.1596 |
170 |
1 |
25.46 |
2010-09-07 |
| 47. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
25.29 |
0.8739 |
0.1310 |
136 |
3 |
22.55 |
2010-09-21 |
| 48. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
25.28 |
1.0528 |
-0.0494 |
201 |
1 |
25.28 |
2010-09-13 |
| 49. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
25.18 |
0.8311 |
0.1674 |
124 |
1 |
25.18 |
2010-09-07 |
| 50. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
25.15 |
0.9239 |
0.0859 |
193 |
1 |
25.15 |
2010-09-23 |
| 51. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
24.98 |
0.7877 |
0.2132 |
142 |
1 |
24.98 |
2010-09-07 |
| 52. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
24.97 |
0.9196 |
0.0780 |
148 |
1 |
24.97 |
2010-09-09 |
| 53. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
24.88 |
0.7908 |
0.2062 |
127 |
1 |
24.88 |
2010-09-09 |
| 54. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
24.87 |
1.0463 |
-0.0590 |
182 |
2 |
24.81 |
2010-09-09 |
| 55. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
24.85 |
0.8145 |
0.1789 |
115 |
3 |
24.14 |
2010-09-23 |
| 56. |
The label doesn't mention that that rib-eye steak came from ... |
24.82 |
0.7731 |
0.2188 |
145 |
3 |
21.22 |
2010-09-21 |
| 57. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
24.82 |
0.8077 |
0.1803 |
167 |
2 |
24.72 |
2010-09-23 |
| 58. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
24.80 |
0.9289 |
0.0579 |
204 |
2 |
22.76 |
2010-09-23 |
| 59. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
24.77 |
0.8615 |
0.1264 |
110 |
1 |
24.77 |
2010-09-09 |
| 60. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
24.69 |
0.8910 |
0.0953 |
150 |
1 |
24.69 |
2010-09-07 |
| 61. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
24.69 |
0.9559 |
0.0314 |
195 |
2 |
23.91 |
2010-09-21 |
| 62. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
24.62 |
0.9303 |
0.0452 |
176 |
1 |
24.62 |
2010-09-13 |
| 63. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
24.43 |
0.8956 |
0.0811 |
217 |
1 |
24.43 |
2010-09-23 |
| 64. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
24.42 |
0.9941 |
-0.0228 |
217 |
1 |
24.42 |
2010-09-13 |
| 65. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
24.36 |
1.1016 |
-0.1302 |
233 |
1 |
24.36 |
2010-09-13 |
| 66. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
24.35 |
1.0787 |
-0.1091 |
237 |
1 |
24.35 |
2010-09-13 |
| 67. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
24.28 |
0.7934 |
0.1738 |
134 |
1 |
24.28 |
2010-09-09 |
| 68. |
In the capital of the Sunbelt South, the quiet revolution of... |
24.21 |
0.9098 |
0.0517 |
167 |
2 |
20.11 |
2010-09-23 |
| 69. |
This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immo... |
24.16 |
0.8244 |
0.1404 |
73 |
1 |
24.16 |
2010-08-06 |
| 70. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
24.08 |
0.8723 |
0.0838 |
185 |
1 |
24.08 |
2010-09-07 |
| 71. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
23.99 |
0.8295 |
0.1286 |
209 |
2 |
23.44 |
2010-09-07 |
| 72. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
23.86 |
1.0023 |
-0.0531 |
211 |
1 |
23.86 |
2010-09-07 |
| 73. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
23.79 |
0.8581 |
0.0870 |
136 |
1 |
23.79 |
2010-09-07 |
| 74. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
23.73 |
0.8890 |
0.0532 |
199 |
2 |
22.71 |
2010-09-13 |
| 75. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
23.58 |
0.8422 |
0.0993 |
164 |
1 |
23.58 |
2010-09-21 |
| 76. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
23.57 |
0.8811 |
0.0629 |
239 |
2 |
21.96 |
2010-09-13 |
| 77. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
23.57 |
0.9756 |
-0.0375 |
229 |
1 |
23.57 |
2010-09-13 |
| 78. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
23.49 |
1.0714 |
-0.1442 |
129 |
2 |
22.64 |
2010-09-07 |
| 79. |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic ... |
23.42 |
0.8162 |
0.1222 |
149 |
2 |
21.97 |
2010-09-07 |
| 80. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
23.37 |
0.7981 |
0.1308 |
126 |
1 |
23.37 |
2010-08-06 |
| 81. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
23.25 |
0.8089 |
0.1146 |
158 |
1 |
23.25 |
2010-09-13 |
| 82. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
23.12 |
0.8628 |
0.0550 |
196 |
1 |
23.12 |
2010-09-13 |
| 83. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
23.11 |
0.8826 |
0.0396 |
296 |
1 |
23.11 |
2010-09-23 |
| 84. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
23.02 |
0.7259 |
0.1971 |
186 |
1 |
23.02 |
2010-09-23 |
| 85. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
22.99 |
0.8323 |
0.0840 |
203 |
1 |
22.99 |
2010-09-13 |
| 86. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
22.72 |
1.0403 |
-0.1203 |
193 |
2 |
21.67 |
2010-09-09 |
| 87. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
22.61 |
0.9350 |
-0.0336 |
195 |
1 |
22.61 |
2010-09-07 |
| 88. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
22.54 |
0.9772 |
-0.0830 |
217 |
1 |
22.54 |
2010-09-13 |
| 89. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
22.51 |
0.9649 |
-0.0695 |
193 |
1 |
22.51 |
2010-09-09 |
| 90. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
22.45 |
0.9729 |
-0.0786 |
255 |
1 |
22.45 |
2010-08-06 |
| 91. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
22.44 |
1.0384 |
-0.1543 |
183 |
1 |
22.44 |
2010-09-21 |
| 92. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
22.11 |
0.9351 |
-0.0602 |
190 |
1 |
22.11 |
2010-09-21 |
| 93. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
22.11 |
1.0390 |
-0.1624 |
205 |
1 |
22.11 |
2010-09-09 |
| 94. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
22.07 |
0.9233 |
-0.0528 |
168 |
1 |
22.07 |
2010-09-09 |
| 95. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
22.07 |
0.8996 |
-0.0263 |
192 |
2 |
20.27 |
2010-09-13 |
| 96. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
21.92 |
1.0252 |
-0.1590 |
176 |
1 |
21.92 |
2010-08-06 |
| 97. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
21.92 |
0.8559 |
0.0176 |
191 |
1 |
21.92 |
2010-09-21 |
| 98. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
21.74 |
0.8793 |
-0.0123 |
157 |
1 |
21.74 |
2010-09-09 |
| 99. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
21.73 |
0.8037 |
0.0640 |
148 |
1 |
21.73 |
2010-09-07 |
| 100. |
Don't make assumptions. Communicate with others as clearly a... |
21.66 |
0.8082 |
0.0629 |
186 |
1 |
21.66 |
2010-09-21 |
| 101. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
21.59 |
0.8852 |
-0.0254 |
158 |
1 |
21.59 |
2010-09-09 |
| 102. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
21.56 |
0.8788 |
-0.0241 |
134 |
1 |
21.56 |
2010-09-07 |
| 103. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
21.41 |
0.7375 |
0.1178 |
148 |
1 |
21.41 |
2010-08-06 |
| 104. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
21.11 |
0.7389 |
0.1025 |
145 |
4 |
18.96 |
2010-09-21 |
| 105. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
21.07 |
0.9936 |
-0.1351 |
227 |
1 |
21.07 |
2010-09-23 |
| 106. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
20.97 |
0.8105 |
0.0195 |
204 |
1 |
20.97 |
2010-09-09 |
| 107. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
20.45 |
0.9161 |
-0.1048 |
200 |
1 |
20.45 |
2010-08-06 |
| 108. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
20.37 |
1.0444 |
-0.2409 |
197 |
1 |
20.37 |
2010-09-06 |
| 109. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
20.02 |
1.0396 |
-0.2509 |
149 |
1 |
20.02 |
2010-08-06 |
| 110. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
19.73 |
1.0462 |
-0.2681 |
184 |
1 |
19.73 |
2010-09-09 |
| 111. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
19.35 |
0.8691 |
-0.1138 |
119 |
1 |
19.35 |
2010-08-06 |
| 112. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
19.30 |
0.9461 |
-0.1831 |
193 |
1 |
19.30 |
2010-09-09 |
| 113. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
19.14 |
0.7352 |
0.0251 |
106 |
1 |
19.14 |
2010-08-06 |
| 114. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
19.09 |
0.8323 |
-0.0753 |
145 |
1 |
19.09 |
2010-08-06 |
| 115. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
18.93 |
0.9726 |
-0.2271 |
154 |
1 |
18.93 |
2010-08-06 |
| 116. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
17.90 |
1.0498 |
-0.3443 |
180 |
1 |
17.90 |
2010-08-06 |
| 117. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
17.45 |
0.8854 |
-0.1940 |
116 |
1 |
17.45 |
2010-08-06 |