| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
47.22 |
0.9559 |
0.3540 |
195 |
1 |
47.22 |
2010-12-01 |
| 2. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
43.80 |
1.0214 |
0.2327 |
281 |
2 |
38.85 |
2010-12-01 |
| 3. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
42.78 |
0.9866 |
0.1928 |
218 |
2 |
38.74 |
2010-12-01 |
| 4. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
42.21 |
0.8915 |
0.2746 |
188 |
2 |
41.87 |
2010-12-01 |
| 5. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
41.78 |
1.0099 |
0.1423 |
207 |
1 |
41.78 |
2010-11-28 |
| 6. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
41.65 |
1.1081 |
0.0780 |
206 |
1 |
41.65 |
2010-11-28 |
| 7. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
41.42 |
1.0252 |
0.1134 |
176 |
1 |
41.42 |
2010-11-28 |
| 8. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
41.09 |
0.8791 |
0.2558 |
190 |
1 |
41.09 |
2010-12-01 |
| 9. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
40.94 |
1.0201 |
0.1120 |
303 |
1 |
40.94 |
2010-11-28 |
| 10. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
40.77 |
0.9710 |
0.1494 |
173 |
1 |
40.77 |
2010-11-28 |
| 11. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
40.60 |
1.0213 |
0.0976 |
240 |
1 |
40.60 |
2010-12-01 |
| 12. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
40.40 |
1.0346 |
0.1240 |
244 |
1 |
40.40 |
2010-11-28 |
| 13. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
40.00 |
0.9769 |
0.1264 |
263 |
1 |
40.00 |
2010-11-28 |
| 14. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
39.98 |
1.0074 |
0.0993 |
242 |
1 |
39.98 |
2010-11-26 |
| 15. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
39.88 |
1.0053 |
0.0947 |
232 |
1 |
39.88 |
2010-12-01 |
| 16. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
39.85 |
0.9239 |
0.1839 |
193 |
1 |
39.85 |
2010-12-01 |
| 17. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
39.67 |
1.0767 |
0.0172 |
212 |
1 |
39.67 |
2010-11-28 |
| 18. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
39.65 |
0.9697 |
0.1305 |
266 |
2 |
37.97 |
2010-12-01 |
| 19. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
39.58 |
1.0441 |
0.0510 |
252 |
1 |
39.58 |
2010-11-28 |
| 20. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
39.39 |
0.9187 |
0.1597 |
118 |
1 |
39.39 |
2010-11-18 |
| 21. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
39.38 |
1.0232 |
0.1004 |
236 |
3 |
37.29 |
2010-11-28 |
| 22. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
39.38 |
0.8666 |
0.2244 |
150 |
1 |
39.38 |
2010-12-01 |
| 23. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
39.30 |
0.9316 |
0.1602 |
287 |
2 |
38.58 |
2010-11-28 |
| 24. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
39.00 |
0.9873 |
0.0874 |
155 |
1 |
39.00 |
2010-11-26 |
| 25. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
38.90 |
1.0528 |
0.0168 |
201 |
1 |
38.90 |
2010-11-28 |
| 26. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
38.88 |
1.0203 |
0.0572 |
261 |
1 |
38.88 |
2010-11-26 |
| 27. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
38.88 |
0.9706 |
0.1078 |
216 |
1 |
38.88 |
2010-11-26 |
| 28. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
38.67 |
0.9646 |
0.1027 |
264 |
2 |
37.66 |
2010-11-28 |
| 29. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
38.62 |
1.0403 |
0.0664 |
275 |
1 |
38.62 |
2010-11-28 |
| 30. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
38.61 |
1.0331 |
0.0312 |
234 |
1 |
38.61 |
2010-11-28 |
| 31. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
38.44 |
1.0016 |
0.0556 |
218 |
1 |
38.44 |
2010-11-26 |
| 32. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
38.21 |
0.9943 |
0.0642 |
373 |
1 |
38.21 |
2010-12-01 |
| 33. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
38.13 |
1.0131 |
0.0361 |
225 |
1 |
38.13 |
2010-11-28 |
| 34. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
37.92 |
1.0714 |
-0.0331 |
129 |
1 |
37.92 |
2010-11-18 |
| 35. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
37.89 |
1.0429 |
0.0021 |
259 |
1 |
37.89 |
2010-11-18 |
| 36. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
37.88 |
1.0083 |
0.0819 |
273 |
1 |
37.88 |
2010-11-26 |
| 37. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
37.87 |
0.9773 |
0.0606 |
123 |
1 |
37.87 |
2010-12-01 |
| 38. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
37.80 |
0.8821 |
0.1613 |
176 |
1 |
37.80 |
2010-11-28 |
| 39. |
I leave you with photographs, pictures of trickery, and stai... |
37.76 |
0.9016 |
0.1489 |
192 |
1 |
37.76 |
2010-11-26 |
| 40. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
37.59 |
0.8900 |
0.1492 |
164 |
1 |
37.59 |
2010-12-01 |
| 41. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
37.51 |
1.0577 |
-0.0254 |
247 |
1 |
37.51 |
2010-11-18 |
| 42. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
37.46 |
1.0529 |
-0.0186 |
351 |
1 |
37.46 |
2010-11-26 |
| 43. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
37.28 |
0.7877 |
0.2462 |
142 |
2 |
32.33 |
2010-11-26 |
| 44. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
37.14 |
1.0396 |
-0.0214 |
149 |
1 |
37.14 |
2010-12-01 |
| 45. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
37.11 |
0.9844 |
0.0512 |
229 |
1 |
37.11 |
2010-11-26 |
| 46. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
37.04 |
0.9772 |
0.0419 |
217 |
1 |
37.04 |
2010-11-26 |
| 47. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
36.94 |
0.9684 |
0.0541 |
388 |
1 |
36.94 |
2010-11-30 |
| 48. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
36.64 |
0.8295 |
0.1837 |
209 |
1 |
36.64 |
2010-11-26 |
| 49. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
36.61 |
0.9986 |
0.0126 |
283 |
1 |
36.61 |
2010-11-26 |
| 50. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
36.57 |
0.9266 |
0.0847 |
278 |
1 |
36.57 |
2010-11-28 |
| 51. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
36.54 |
0.8975 |
0.1116 |
268 |
1 |
36.54 |
2010-11-26 |
| 52. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
36.53 |
1.0883 |
-0.0478 |
303 |
1 |
36.53 |
2010-11-26 |
| 53. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
36.32 |
1.0183 |
-0.0214 |
191 |
1 |
36.32 |
2010-11-18 |
| 54. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
36.07 |
0.9514 |
0.0444 |
237 |
2 |
33.82 |
2010-11-28 |
| 55. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
36.05 |
0.9310 |
0.0600 |
188 |
1 |
36.05 |
2010-11-26 |
| 56. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
36.03 |
1.0506 |
-0.0274 |
277 |
1 |
36.03 |
2010-11-18 |
| 57. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
35.81 |
1.0288 |
-0.0085 |
300 |
1 |
35.81 |
2010-11-18 |
| 58. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
35.78 |
0.9207 |
0.0693 |
174 |
1 |
35.78 |
2010-11-18 |
| 59. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
35.77 |
0.7801 |
0.2034 |
116 |
1 |
35.77 |
2010-11-26 |
| 60. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
35.64 |
0.9430 |
0.0332 |
211 |
1 |
35.64 |
2010-11-26 |
| 61. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
35.63 |
0.9430 |
0.0431 |
297 |
1 |
35.63 |
2010-11-18 |
| 62. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
35.61 |
0.9072 |
0.0737 |
237 |
1 |
35.61 |
2010-11-28 |
| 63. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
35.55 |
0.7916 |
0.1971 |
184 |
1 |
35.55 |
2010-11-26 |
| 64. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
35.37 |
1.0445 |
-0.0677 |
373 |
2 |
33.81 |
2010-11-28 |
| 65. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
35.32 |
0.9798 |
-0.0110 |
199 |
2 |
33.63 |
2010-11-26 |
| 66. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
35.29 |
1.0403 |
-0.0516 |
193 |
1 |
35.29 |
2010-11-18 |
| 67. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
35.28 |
1.0417 |
-0.0708 |
253 |
1 |
35.28 |
2010-12-01 |
| 68. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
35.14 |
0.9938 |
-0.0235 |
339 |
1 |
35.14 |
2010-11-18 |
| 69. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
35.08 |
1.0595 |
-0.0892 |
379 |
1 |
35.08 |
2010-11-28 |
| 70. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
34.99 |
0.9309 |
0.0325 |
284 |
1 |
34.99 |
2010-12-01 |
| 71. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
34.85 |
1.0796 |
-0.1230 |
129 |
1 |
34.85 |
2010-11-28 |
| 72. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
34.81 |
0.9567 |
0.0458 |
184 |
1 |
34.81 |
2010-11-28 |
| 73. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
34.81 |
1.0388 |
-0.0469 |
243 |
1 |
34.81 |
2010-11-18 |
| 74. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
34.60 |
0.9673 |
0.0264 |
232 |
1 |
34.60 |
2010-12-01 |
| 75. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
34.55 |
1.0292 |
-0.0775 |
262 |
1 |
34.55 |
2010-11-18 |
| 76. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
34.32 |
1.0669 |
-0.0874 |
213 |
1 |
34.32 |
2010-11-26 |
| 77. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
34.28 |
0.8595 |
0.0878 |
242 |
1 |
34.28 |
2010-11-28 |
| 78. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
34.25 |
0.9089 |
0.0396 |
342 |
1 |
34.25 |
2010-11-26 |
| 79. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
34.18 |
0.9844 |
-0.0369 |
293 |
1 |
34.18 |
2010-11-18 |
| 80. |
At the very end of these food chains (which is to say, at th... |
34.13 |
0.8202 |
0.1184 |
178 |
1 |
34.13 |
2010-11-26 |
| 81. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
33.94 |
1.0033 |
-0.0740 |
189 |
1 |
33.94 |
2010-11-28 |
| 82. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
33.73 |
0.9128 |
0.0588 |
369 |
1 |
33.73 |
2010-11-26 |
| 83. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
33.67 |
0.9325 |
-0.0108 |
156 |
1 |
33.67 |
2010-11-18 |
| 84. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
33.37 |
0.8382 |
0.0823 |
268 |
2 |
31.78 |
2010-12-01 |
| 85. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
33.16 |
0.9168 |
-0.0014 |
240 |
1 |
33.16 |
2010-11-26 |
| 86. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
33.10 |
0.8353 |
0.0847 |
283 |
1 |
33.10 |
2010-11-18 |
| 87. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
33.04 |
0.9884 |
-0.0733 |
262 |
1 |
33.04 |
2010-11-26 |
| 88. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
32.86 |
0.8899 |
0.0270 |
293 |
1 |
32.86 |
2010-11-28 |
| 89. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
32.83 |
0.9527 |
-0.0479 |
251 |
1 |
32.83 |
2010-11-26 |
| 90. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
32.78 |
0.9019 |
0.0068 |
204 |
1 |
32.78 |
2010-12-01 |
| 91. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
32.71 |
0.9509 |
-0.0109 |
225 |
1 |
32.71 |
2010-11-18 |
| 92. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
32.53 |
0.9513 |
-0.0510 |
354 |
1 |
32.53 |
2010-11-18 |
| 93. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
32.52 |
1.0343 |
-0.1006 |
242 |
1 |
32.52 |
2010-11-18 |
| 94. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
32.43 |
0.9350 |
-0.0405 |
195 |
1 |
32.43 |
2010-11-28 |
| 95. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
32.42 |
0.9820 |
-0.0857 |
267 |
1 |
32.42 |
2010-11-26 |
| 96. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
32.25 |
0.7876 |
0.1037 |
316 |
1 |
32.25 |
2010-12-01 |
| 97. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
32.22 |
0.8722 |
0.0186 |
285 |
1 |
32.22 |
2010-12-01 |
| 98. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
32.16 |
0.9461 |
-0.0637 |
193 |
1 |
32.16 |
2010-11-18 |
| 99. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
32.15 |
1.0023 |
-0.1183 |
211 |
1 |
32.15 |
2010-11-26 |
| 100. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
32.09 |
0.9614 |
-0.0742 |
292 |
1 |
32.09 |
2010-11-28 |
| 101. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
32.05 |
0.8935 |
-0.0007 |
328 |
1 |
32.05 |
2010-12-01 |
| 102. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
32.04 |
0.9161 |
-0.0353 |
200 |
1 |
32.04 |
2010-11-26 |
| 103. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
31.77 |
0.9266 |
-0.0512 |
267 |
1 |
31.77 |
2010-12-01 |
| 104. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
31.75 |
0.9697 |
-0.0948 |
249 |
1 |
31.75 |
2010-11-28 |
| 105. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
31.74 |
0.8811 |
-0.0020 |
239 |
1 |
31.74 |
2010-11-18 |
| 106. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
31.67 |
0.9726 |
-0.1065 |
154 |
1 |
31.67 |
2010-11-18 |
| 107. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
31.64 |
0.7690 |
0.1043 |
142 |
1 |
31.64 |
2010-11-18 |
| 108. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
31.52 |
0.8961 |
-0.0312 |
189 |
1 |
31.52 |
2010-11-26 |
| 109. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
31.19 |
1.0117 |
-0.1078 |
297 |
1 |
31.19 |
2010-11-26 |
| 110. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
30.92 |
0.8559 |
-0.0036 |
191 |
1 |
30.92 |
2010-11-18 |
| 111. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
30.38 |
1.0284 |
-0.1487 |
282 |
1 |
30.38 |
2010-11-18 |
| 112. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
30.27 |
0.9631 |
-0.0784 |
345 |
1 |
30.27 |
2010-11-18 |
| 113. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
30.26 |
0.8810 |
-0.0471 |
282 |
1 |
30.26 |
2010-11-18 |
| 114. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
29.58 |
1.0426 |
-0.2292 |
323 |
1 |
29.58 |
2010-11-18 |
| 115. |
This country is hard on people. Hard and crazy. Got the devi... |
29.55 |
0.9028 |
-0.0914 |
111 |
1 |
29.55 |
2010-11-28 |
| 116. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
29.49 |
1.0004 |
-0.1950 |
212 |
1 |
29.49 |
2010-11-18 |
| 117. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
29.47 |
0.8289 |
-0.0105 |
304 |
1 |
29.47 |
2010-11-18 |
| 118. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
29.19 |
0.8793 |
-0.0745 |
157 |
1 |
29.19 |
2010-11-18 |
| 119. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
25.47 |
0.8951 |
-0.1937 |
193 |
1 |
25.47 |
2010-11-18 |