| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
85.54 |
1.0669 |
0.1228 |
286 |
1 |
85.54 |
2011-02-04 |
| 2. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
85.27 |
1.0630 |
0.1242 |
397 |
1 |
85.27 |
2011-02-01 |
| 3. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
84.89 |
1.0608 |
0.1209 |
258 |
1 |
84.89 |
2011-02-01 |
| 4. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
84.02 |
1.0125 |
0.1217 |
224 |
1 |
84.02 |
2011-02-04 |
| 5. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
82.74 |
1.0521 |
0.0619 |
171 |
1 |
82.74 |
2011-02-04 |
| 6. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
82.59 |
1.0496 |
0.0667 |
314 |
1 |
82.59 |
2011-03-02 |
| 7. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
80.81 |
0.9897 |
0.1006 |
274 |
1 |
80.81 |
2011-02-01 |
| 8. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
80.73 |
0.9894 |
0.1067 |
323 |
1 |
80.73 |
2011-02-04 |
| 9. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
80.73 |
0.9651 |
0.1626 |
389 |
1 |
80.73 |
2011-03-02 |
| 10. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
80.16 |
1.0941 |
0.0209 |
256 |
1 |
80.16 |
2011-02-04 |
| 11. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
80.09 |
1.0388 |
0.0758 |
243 |
2 |
75.47 |
2011-04-03 |
| 12. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
79.63 |
1.0797 |
-0.0087 |
210 |
1 |
79.63 |
2011-02-01 |
| 13. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
79.61 |
0.9612 |
0.1155 |
256 |
1 |
79.61 |
2011-02-04 |
| 14. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
79.07 |
1.0099 |
0.0558 |
207 |
1 |
79.07 |
2011-02-04 |
| 15. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
79.00 |
1.0331 |
0.0325 |
234 |
1 |
79.00 |
2011-02-01 |
| 16. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
78.97 |
0.9886 |
0.0814 |
220 |
1 |
78.97 |
2011-02-01 |
| 17. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
78.83 |
1.0168 |
0.0505 |
271 |
1 |
78.83 |
2011-02-01 |
| 18. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
78.77 |
1.0012 |
0.0663 |
260 |
1 |
78.77 |
2011-02-04 |
| 19. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
78.71 |
0.9851 |
0.0814 |
317 |
1 |
78.71 |
2011-02-01 |
| 20. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
78.66 |
1.0595 |
0.0065 |
379 |
2 |
77.45 |
2011-02-01 |
| 21. |
Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn fe... |
78.24 |
1.0008 |
0.1000 |
473 |
1 |
78.24 |
2011-02-04 |
| 22. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
78.18 |
0.9863 |
0.0747 |
339 |
1 |
78.18 |
2011-02-01 |
| 23. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
78.07 |
1.0613 |
-0.0006 |
456 |
1 |
78.07 |
2011-02-04 |
| 24. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
77.80 |
1.0352 |
0.0196 |
341 |
1 |
77.80 |
2011-02-01 |
| 25. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
77.70 |
0.9898 |
0.0984 |
353 |
2 |
72.67 |
2011-02-04 |
| 26. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
77.60 |
1.0025 |
0.0460 |
256 |
1 |
77.60 |
2011-02-01 |
| 27. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
77.53 |
0.9289 |
0.1166 |
204 |
1 |
77.53 |
2011-02-04 |
| 28. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
76.36 |
0.9986 |
0.0338 |
283 |
1 |
76.36 |
2011-02-01 |
| 29. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
76.28 |
1.0763 |
-0.0038 |
367 |
1 |
76.28 |
2011-02-01 |
| 30. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
75.03 |
0.9266 |
0.0888 |
278 |
1 |
75.03 |
2011-02-01 |
| 31. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
75.03 |
1.0343 |
0.0165 |
242 |
1 |
75.03 |
2011-02-04 |
| 32. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
74.54 |
1.0429 |
-0.0375 |
259 |
1 |
74.54 |
2011-02-04 |
| 33. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
74.25 |
1.0621 |
-0.0398 |
263 |
1 |
74.25 |
2011-02-04 |
| 34. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
74.24 |
1.0117 |
0.0358 |
297 |
1 |
74.24 |
2011-02-04 |
| 35. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
74.19 |
1.0375 |
0.0105 |
200 |
1 |
74.19 |
2011-09-20 |
| 36. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
74.16 |
1.0124 |
-0.0132 |
204 |
1 |
74.16 |
2011-02-01 |
| 37. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
73.71 |
0.9212 |
0.0775 |
323 |
1 |
73.71 |
2011-02-01 |
| 38. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
73.65 |
1.0042 |
0.0323 |
352 |
1 |
73.65 |
2011-02-01 |
| 39. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
73.61 |
0.9266 |
0.0675 |
267 |
1 |
73.61 |
2011-02-01 |
| 40. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
73.48 |
0.9769 |
0.0136 |
263 |
1 |
73.48 |
2011-02-01 |
| 41. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
72.64 |
0.9941 |
-0.0154 |
217 |
1 |
72.64 |
2011-02-04 |
| 42. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
72.50 |
1.0288 |
-0.0175 |
300 |
1 |
72.50 |
2011-02-01 |
| 43. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
72.25 |
1.0774 |
-0.0725 |
304 |
1 |
72.25 |
2011-02-04 |
| 44. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
72.06 |
1.0004 |
-0.0336 |
212 |
1 |
72.06 |
2011-02-01 |
| 45. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
71.70 |
1.0349 |
-0.0679 |
234 |
1 |
71.70 |
2011-02-01 |
| 46. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
71.01 |
0.9461 |
0.0121 |
276 |
1 |
71.01 |
2011-03-02 |
| 47. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
70.92 |
1.0684 |
-0.0810 |
253 |
1 |
70.92 |
2011-02-01 |
| 48. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
70.90 |
0.9942 |
-0.0283 |
483 |
1 |
70.90 |
2011-02-01 |
| 49. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
70.79 |
1.0477 |
-0.0897 |
360 |
1 |
70.79 |
2011-02-01 |
| 50. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
70.71 |
0.9831 |
-0.0207 |
469 |
1 |
70.71 |
2011-02-01 |
| 51. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
70.69 |
0.9168 |
0.0390 |
240 |
1 |
70.69 |
2011-02-01 |
| 52. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
70.67 |
0.9631 |
0.0421 |
345 |
1 |
70.67 |
2011-02-04 |
| 53. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
69.82 |
0.9673 |
0.0142 |
232 |
1 |
69.82 |
2011-02-01 |
| 54. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
69.74 |
0.9693 |
-0.0066 |
360 |
1 |
69.74 |
2011-02-01 |
| 55. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
69.44 |
0.9309 |
0.0044 |
284 |
1 |
69.44 |
2011-02-04 |
| 56. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
69.40 |
1.0328 |
-0.0577 |
356 |
1 |
69.40 |
2011-02-01 |
| 57. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
69.35 |
0.9857 |
-0.0509 |
293 |
1 |
69.35 |
2011-02-01 |
| 58. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
69.35 |
1.0412 |
-0.1059 |
225 |
1 |
69.35 |
2011-02-01 |
| 59. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
69.13 |
0.9922 |
-0.0184 |
341 |
1 |
69.13 |
2011-02-01 |
| 60. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
69.08 |
0.9176 |
0.0535 |
365 |
1 |
69.08 |
2011-02-01 |
| 61. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
69.08 |
0.9792 |
-0.0085 |
265 |
1 |
69.08 |
2011-02-04 |
| 62. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
68.55 |
0.9120 |
0.0463 |
436 |
1 |
68.55 |
2011-02-01 |
| 63. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
68.24 |
0.9566 |
-0.0129 |
576 |
1 |
68.24 |
2011-02-01 |
| 64. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
68.00 |
0.9614 |
-0.0408 |
292 |
1 |
68.00 |
2011-02-04 |
| 65. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
67.61 |
0.9820 |
-0.0669 |
267 |
1 |
67.61 |
2011-02-01 |
| 66. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
67.08 |
0.9376 |
0.0028 |
360 |
1 |
67.08 |
2011-02-14 |
| 67. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
67.07 |
0.9049 |
0.0053 |
351 |
1 |
67.07 |
2011-02-04 |
| 68. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
67.01 |
0.9087 |
0.0060 |
393 |
1 |
67.01 |
2011-02-01 |
| 69. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
66.25 |
0.8914 |
0.0025 |
366 |
1 |
66.25 |
2011-02-14 |
| 70. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
65.76 |
0.9622 |
-0.0689 |
392 |
1 |
65.76 |
2011-02-01 |
| 71. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
65.47 |
0.9372 |
-0.0499 |
320 |
1 |
65.47 |
2011-02-01 |
| 72. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
63.90 |
1.0463 |
-0.1897 |
182 |
1 |
63.90 |
2011-02-01 |
| 73. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
62.90 |
0.8996 |
-0.0575 |
192 |
1 |
62.90 |
2011-02-01 |
| 74. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
62.83 |
0.7805 |
0.0618 |
154 |
1 |
62.83 |
2011-03-02 |
| 75. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
61.37 |
0.8467 |
0.0047 |
343 |
1 |
61.37 |
2011-02-01 |
| 76. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
60.13 |
0.9509 |
-0.1029 |
225 |
1 |
60.13 |
2011-02-01 |
| 77. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
59.81 |
1.1014 |
-0.2584 |
273 |
1 |
59.81 |
2011-02-01 |
| 78. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
59.81 |
0.8722 |
-0.0637 |
285 |
1 |
59.81 |
2011-02-01 |
| 79. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
57.24 |
0.9865 |
-0.2152 |
276 |
1 |
57.24 |
2011-02-01 |