| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
66.87 |
1.1114 |
0.3595 |
247 |
1 |
66.87 |
2009-12-08 |
| 2. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
65.49 |
0.8731 |
0.5768 |
199 |
1 |
65.49 |
2010-11-05 |
| 3. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
60.36 |
1.0496 |
0.2786 |
314 |
1 |
60.36 |
2010-11-05 |
| 4. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
59.07 |
0.9943 |
0.3091 |
373 |
1 |
59.07 |
2009-12-11 |
| 5. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
58.75 |
1.0138 |
0.2789 |
231 |
1 |
58.75 |
2009-12-15 |
| 6. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
56.90 |
0.9665 |
0.3348 |
326 |
1 |
56.90 |
2011-03-01 |
| 7. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
56.63 |
0.9226 |
0.3297 |
348 |
3 |
53.20 |
2011-03-30 |
| 8. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
55.72 |
0.9684 |
0.2600 |
388 |
1 |
55.72 |
2011-03-01 |
| 9. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
55.12 |
1.0240 |
0.1858 |
256 |
1 |
55.12 |
2010-02-09 |
| 10. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
54.84 |
0.9922 |
0.2551 |
341 |
2 |
48.63 |
2010-04-22 |
| 11. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
54.33 |
1.0183 |
0.1709 |
191 |
2 |
48.44 |
2009-12-15 |
| 12. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
54.01 |
1.0441 |
0.1451 |
252 |
1 |
54.01 |
2009-12-11 |
| 13. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
53.43 |
1.0534 |
0.1236 |
357 |
1 |
53.43 |
2009-12-08 |
| 14. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
53.30 |
1.0349 |
0.1363 |
234 |
1 |
53.30 |
2010-02-09 |
| 15. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
53.29 |
1.0205 |
0.1447 |
179 |
1 |
53.29 |
2009-12-07 |
| 16. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
53.06 |
1.0213 |
0.1421 |
240 |
1 |
53.06 |
2010-01-29 |
| 17. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
53.05 |
0.9722 |
0.1963 |
283 |
1 |
53.05 |
2010-04-15 |
| 18. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
53.03 |
1.0799 |
0.0823 |
243 |
1 |
53.03 |
2010-04-29 |
| 19. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
52.59 |
1.0907 |
0.0682 |
303 |
1 |
52.59 |
2011-03-01 |
| 20. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
51.76 |
1.0352 |
0.1051 |
341 |
1 |
51.76 |
2010-04-15 |
| 21. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
51.39 |
0.9257 |
0.2093 |
317 |
1 |
51.39 |
2010-02-09 |
| 22. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
51.32 |
1.1016 |
0.0264 |
233 |
1 |
51.32 |
2009-12-07 |
| 23. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
50.51 |
1.0412 |
0.0681 |
225 |
1 |
50.51 |
2010-02-09 |
| 24. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
50.46 |
1.0396 |
0.0620 |
149 |
1 |
50.46 |
2009-12-07 |
| 25. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
50.42 |
0.9938 |
0.1149 |
339 |
1 |
50.42 |
2010-03-31 |
| 26. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
50.40 |
1.0109 |
0.0974 |
276 |
1 |
50.40 |
2009-12-15 |
| 27. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
50.08 |
1.0565 |
0.0413 |
247 |
1 |
50.08 |
2009-12-07 |
| 28. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
50.06 |
0.9572 |
0.1416 |
201 |
1 |
50.06 |
2010-04-22 |
| 29. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
50.03 |
0.9553 |
0.1511 |
430 |
1 |
50.03 |
2010-02-09 |
| 30. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
49.90 |
1.1018 |
-0.0118 |
220 |
1 |
49.90 |
2010-04-15 |
| 31. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
49.89 |
1.0389 |
0.0596 |
340 |
1 |
49.89 |
2009-12-04 |
| 32. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
48.45 |
1.0263 |
0.0370 |
267 |
1 |
48.45 |
2009-12-07 |
| 33. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
48.36 |
0.9772 |
0.0814 |
217 |
2 |
44.94 |
2010-04-22 |
| 34. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
48.31 |
1.0391 |
0.0280 |
358 |
1 |
48.31 |
2009-12-07 |
| 35. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
47.84 |
1.0445 |
0.0070 |
373 |
1 |
47.84 |
2010-04-19 |
| 36. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
47.45 |
0.9844 |
0.0623 |
293 |
1 |
47.45 |
2009-12-17 |
| 37. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
47.35 |
0.9843 |
0.0504 |
234 |
1 |
47.35 |
2010-02-09 |
| 38. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
46.76 |
1.0168 |
0.0112 |
271 |
1 |
46.76 |
2009-12-04 |
| 39. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
46.57 |
0.9559 |
0.0691 |
195 |
1 |
46.57 |
2009-12-08 |
| 40. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
45.93 |
1.0124 |
-0.0067 |
204 |
1 |
45.93 |
2010-04-22 |
| 41. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
45.92 |
0.8910 |
0.1186 |
150 |
1 |
45.92 |
2011-03-01 |
| 42. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
45.31 |
0.9769 |
0.0153 |
263 |
1 |
45.31 |
2010-04-15 |
| 43. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
45.18 |
0.9820 |
0.0096 |
274 |
1 |
45.18 |
2009-11-21 |
| 44. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
44.58 |
0.9710 |
0.0006 |
173 |
1 |
44.58 |
2010-04-19 |
| 45. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
44.56 |
0.8914 |
0.0871 |
366 |
1 |
44.56 |
2009-12-11 |
| 46. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
44.38 |
0.9527 |
0.0209 |
251 |
1 |
44.38 |
2011-03-30 |
| 47. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
44.29 |
0.9567 |
0.0572 |
184 |
2 |
37.60 |
2009-12-07 |
| 48. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
43.86 |
0.9699 |
-0.0084 |
269 |
1 |
43.86 |
2009-12-08 |
| 49. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
43.68 |
0.8899 |
0.0793 |
293 |
1 |
43.68 |
2009-11-21 |
| 50. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
43.60 |
0.9649 |
-0.0097 |
193 |
1 |
43.60 |
2010-04-29 |
| 51. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
43.28 |
0.9266 |
0.0227 |
267 |
1 |
43.28 |
2009-12-04 |
| 52. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
43.18 |
1.0297 |
-0.0839 |
249 |
1 |
43.18 |
2010-04-22 |
| 53. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
42.98 |
0.9350 |
0.0083 |
195 |
1 |
42.98 |
2009-12-07 |
| 54. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
42.62 |
1.0523 |
-0.1221 |
256 |
1 |
42.62 |
2009-12-07 |
| 55. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
42.54 |
0.9711 |
-0.0396 |
176 |
1 |
42.54 |
2010-04-29 |
| 56. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
42.52 |
0.9965 |
-0.0636 |
277 |
1 |
42.52 |
2009-12-07 |
| 57. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
42.41 |
0.9697 |
-0.0396 |
249 |
2 |
39.45 |
2011-03-01 |
| 58. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
42.38 |
0.9593 |
-0.0254 |
398 |
1 |
42.38 |
2009-12-15 |
| 59. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
42.06 |
0.9540 |
-0.0337 |
285 |
1 |
42.06 |
2010-04-29 |
| 60. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
42.00 |
0.8826 |
0.0395 |
296 |
1 |
42.00 |
2009-12-07 |
| 61. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
41.93 |
1.0029 |
-0.0901 |
209 |
1 |
41.93 |
2009-11-21 |
| 62. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
41.88 |
0.9820 |
-0.0611 |
267 |
1 |
41.88 |
2009-12-08 |
| 63. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
41.25 |
0.8595 |
0.0464 |
242 |
1 |
41.25 |
2009-12-07 |
| 64. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
40.76 |
0.9430 |
-0.0571 |
211 |
2 |
35.99 |
2010-04-15 |
| 65. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
40.69 |
0.8353 |
0.0638 |
283 |
1 |
40.69 |
2009-12-11 |
| 66. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
40.45 |
0.9908 |
-0.0586 |
342 |
1 |
40.45 |
2010-04-15 |
| 67. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
40.41 |
0.9986 |
-0.1126 |
283 |
1 |
40.41 |
2009-12-08 |
| 68. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
40.32 |
0.9884 |
-0.1058 |
233 |
1 |
40.32 |
2010-01-29 |
| 69. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
40.21 |
0.9786 |
-0.0981 |
235 |
3 |
36.40 |
2010-04-22 |
| 70. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
40.06 |
1.0361 |
-0.1575 |
269 |
1 |
40.06 |
2010-04-15 |
| 71. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
39.95 |
0.9763 |
-0.1016 |
289 |
1 |
39.95 |
2009-12-08 |
| 72. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
39.87 |
0.9811 |
-0.1050 |
272 |
1 |
39.87 |
2009-12-08 |
| 73. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
39.77 |
1.0095 |
-0.1394 |
316 |
1 |
39.77 |
2010-04-22 |
| 74. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
39.60 |
1.0012 |
-0.1305 |
260 |
1 |
39.60 |
2010-04-20 |
| 75. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
39.59 |
0.8811 |
-0.0093 |
239 |
1 |
39.59 |
2009-12-08 |
| 76. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
39.44 |
0.9364 |
-0.0325 |
351 |
1 |
39.44 |
2009-12-08 |
| 77. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
39.37 |
0.9852 |
-0.1226 |
264 |
1 |
39.37 |
2010-04-22 |
| 78. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
39.16 |
0.9088 |
-0.0460 |
348 |
2 |
37.21 |
2010-01-29 |
| 79. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
38.71 |
0.8739 |
-0.0303 |
136 |
1 |
38.71 |
2009-11-21 |
| 80. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
38.66 |
1.0270 |
-0.1445 |
255 |
1 |
38.66 |
2009-12-04 |
| 81. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
38.61 |
0.9529 |
-0.0669 |
269 |
1 |
38.61 |
2010-04-22 |
| 82. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
37.95 |
0.8793 |
-0.0470 |
157 |
1 |
37.95 |
2009-12-04 |
| 83. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
37.51 |
1.0331 |
-0.2144 |
234 |
1 |
37.51 |
2010-04-22 |
| 84. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
37.44 |
0.8442 |
-0.0208 |
265 |
1 |
37.44 |
2009-12-11 |
| 85. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
37.27 |
1.0462 |
-0.2367 |
184 |
1 |
37.27 |
2010-03-25 |
| 86. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
36.99 |
1.0515 |
-0.2440 |
250 |
1 |
36.99 |
2009-12-07 |
| 87. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
36.86 |
1.0528 |
-0.2513 |
201 |
1 |
36.86 |
2009-12-07 |
| 88. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
36.65 |
1.0033 |
-0.2082 |
189 |
1 |
36.65 |
2009-12-15 |
| 89. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
35.96 |
0.9576 |
-0.1665 |
212 |
1 |
35.96 |
2010-02-09 |
| 90. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
35.92 |
0.8919 |
-0.1080 |
205 |
1 |
35.92 |
2009-12-15 |
| 91. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
35.72 |
0.9886 |
-0.2050 |
220 |
1 |
35.72 |
2009-12-15 |
| 92. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
35.09 |
0.9857 |
-0.2196 |
293 |
1 |
35.09 |
2009-12-17 |
| 93. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
33.29 |
1.0211 |
-0.2633 |
213 |
1 |
33.29 |
2010-04-29 |
| 94. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
32.73 |
0.9964 |
-0.2816 |
203 |
1 |
32.73 |
2009-12-07 |
| 95. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
32.68 |
1.0252 |
-0.3181 |
176 |
1 |
32.68 |
2010-04-22 |
| 96. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
32.36 |
1.0016 |
-0.2997 |
218 |
1 |
32.36 |
2010-04-20 |
| 97. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
31.57 |
0.8890 |
-0.2037 |
199 |
1 |
31.57 |
2009-12-07 |
| 98. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
27.44 |
1.0334 |
-0.4428 |
131 |
1 |
27.44 |
2009-12-17 |