| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
98.94 |
1.0767 |
0.1713 |
212 |
2 |
96.17 |
2011-10-07 |
| 2. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
94.83 |
0.9844 |
0.2199 |
229 |
1 |
94.83 |
2011-10-03 |
| 3. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
93.96 |
1.0993 |
0.0860 |
265 |
1 |
93.96 |
2011-10-03 |
| 4. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
93.69 |
1.0252 |
0.1547 |
176 |
1 |
93.69 |
2011-10-08 |
| 5. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
92.55 |
1.0034 |
0.1639 |
302 |
1 |
92.55 |
2011-10-07 |
| 6. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
91.83 |
0.9396 |
0.2165 |
119 |
1 |
91.83 |
2011-10-03 |
| 7. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
90.56 |
1.0768 |
0.1050 |
295 |
1 |
90.56 |
2011-10-07 |
| 8. |
As civilizations grew, humans spread out across the face of ... |
90.11 |
0.9418 |
0.1982 |
188 |
1 |
90.11 |
2011-10-09 |
| 9. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
89.04 |
0.9430 |
0.1781 |
211 |
1 |
89.04 |
2011-10-03 |
| 10. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
88.72 |
0.9540 |
0.1653 |
285 |
1 |
88.72 |
2011-10-08 |
| 11. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
88.34 |
1.0669 |
0.0807 |
286 |
1 |
88.34 |
2011-10-07 |
| 12. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
86.08 |
1.0565 |
0.0276 |
247 |
1 |
86.08 |
2011-10-08 |
| 13. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
86.05 |
1.0391 |
0.0491 |
358 |
2 |
83.21 |
2011-10-04 |
| 14. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
84.73 |
0.9907 |
0.0771 |
211 |
1 |
84.73 |
2011-10-07 |
| 15. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
84.39 |
1.0485 |
0.0533 |
153 |
1 |
84.39 |
2011-10-08 |
| 16. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
84.06 |
1.0883 |
0.0041 |
303 |
1 |
84.06 |
2011-10-07 |
| 17. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
83.86 |
1.0944 |
0.0062 |
308 |
1 |
83.86 |
2011-10-09 |
| 18. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
83.56 |
1.0740 |
0.0193 |
264 |
1 |
83.56 |
2011-10-03 |
| 19. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
83.56 |
1.0711 |
-0.0211 |
213 |
2 |
78.52 |
2011-10-07 |
| 20. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
83.01 |
0.7877 |
0.2620 |
142 |
1 |
83.01 |
2011-10-07 |
| 21. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
82.03 |
0.9597 |
0.0770 |
347 |
1 |
82.03 |
2011-10-07 |
| 22. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
81.80 |
1.0013 |
0.0298 |
273 |
1 |
81.80 |
2011-10-07 |
| 23. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
81.45 |
1.0905 |
-0.0285 |
210 |
1 |
81.45 |
2011-10-03 |
| 24. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
81.42 |
1.0669 |
-0.0071 |
213 |
1 |
81.42 |
2011-10-09 |
| 25. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
81.24 |
1.0787 |
-0.0553 |
237 |
1 |
81.24 |
2011-10-07 |
| 26. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
80.95 |
0.9884 |
0.0350 |
262 |
1 |
80.95 |
2011-10-07 |
| 27. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
80.58 |
1.0523 |
-0.0382 |
256 |
1 |
80.58 |
2011-10-07 |
| 28. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
80.50 |
1.0352 |
-0.0197 |
341 |
1 |
80.50 |
2011-10-04 |
| 29. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
80.43 |
1.0943 |
-0.0480 |
206 |
1 |
80.43 |
2011-10-09 |
| 30. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
80.42 |
0.9681 |
0.0492 |
378 |
1 |
80.42 |
2011-10-08 |
| 31. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
80.24 |
0.9857 |
0.0256 |
293 |
1 |
80.24 |
2011-10-08 |
| 32. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
80.04 |
0.9863 |
0.0246 |
339 |
1 |
80.04 |
2011-10-04 |
| 33. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
79.65 |
0.9461 |
0.0555 |
193 |
1 |
79.65 |
2011-10-08 |
| 34. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
79.40 |
0.8792 |
0.1274 |
296 |
1 |
79.40 |
2011-10-09 |
| 35. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
79.34 |
1.0506 |
-0.0211 |
277 |
1 |
79.34 |
2011-10-09 |
| 36. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
78.99 |
1.1018 |
-0.1095 |
220 |
1 |
78.99 |
2011-10-03 |
| 37. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
78.98 |
1.0795 |
-0.0512 |
226 |
1 |
78.98 |
2011-10-09 |
| 38. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
78.65 |
1.0577 |
-0.0685 |
247 |
1 |
78.65 |
2011-10-04 |
| 39. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
78.11 |
1.0419 |
-0.0592 |
261 |
1 |
78.11 |
2011-10-04 |
| 40. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
77.82 |
1.0346 |
-0.0114 |
244 |
1 |
77.82 |
2011-10-09 |
| 41. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
77.33 |
1.0240 |
-0.0523 |
256 |
1 |
77.33 |
2011-10-07 |
| 42. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
77.10 |
0.9711 |
0.0010 |
176 |
1 |
77.10 |
2011-10-07 |
| 43. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
76.03 |
0.9532 |
0.0045 |
258 |
1 |
76.03 |
2011-10-08 |
| 44. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
75.99 |
0.9820 |
-0.0227 |
267 |
1 |
75.99 |
2011-10-07 |
| 45. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
75.81 |
0.9873 |
-0.0344 |
155 |
1 |
75.81 |
2011-10-07 |
| 46. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
75.53 |
0.9871 |
-0.0123 |
227 |
1 |
75.53 |
2011-10-03 |
| 47. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
75.33 |
1.0270 |
-0.0421 |
255 |
1 |
75.33 |
2011-10-03 |
| 48. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
75.17 |
0.9756 |
-0.0292 |
229 |
1 |
75.17 |
2011-10-09 |
| 49. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
74.82 |
0.9084 |
0.0354 |
300 |
1 |
74.82 |
2011-10-07 |
| 50. |
The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kiddin... |
74.82 |
0.9063 |
0.0412 |
239 |
1 |
74.82 |
2011-10-07 |
| 51. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
74.55 |
1.0679 |
-0.1034 |
177 |
1 |
74.55 |
2011-10-03 |
| 52. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
74.44 |
0.9128 |
0.0651 |
369 |
1 |
74.44 |
2011-10-03 |
| 53. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
74.15 |
1.0211 |
-0.0548 |
213 |
1 |
74.15 |
2011-10-09 |
| 54. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
72.69 |
0.8722 |
0.0451 |
285 |
1 |
72.69 |
2011-10-07 |
| 55. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
72.11 |
0.8022 |
0.1071 |
215 |
1 |
72.11 |
2011-10-03 |
| 56. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
71.49 |
0.9513 |
-0.0494 |
354 |
1 |
71.49 |
2011-10-09 |
| 57. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
71.39 |
0.9376 |
-0.0066 |
360 |
1 |
71.39 |
2011-10-04 |
| 58. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
71.22 |
0.9831 |
-0.0883 |
222 |
1 |
71.22 |
2011-10-09 |
| 59. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
69.76 |
0.8811 |
-0.0003 |
239 |
1 |
69.76 |
2011-10-03 |
| 60. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
69.59 |
0.9281 |
-0.0484 |
273 |
1 |
69.59 |
2011-10-09 |
| 61. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
69.32 |
0.8996 |
-0.0297 |
192 |
1 |
69.32 |
2011-10-03 |
| 62. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
68.56 |
0.8826 |
-0.0178 |
296 |
1 |
68.56 |
2011-10-07 |
| 63. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
68.22 |
0.8553 |
0.0013 |
174 |
1 |
68.22 |
2011-10-03 |
| 64. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
65.87 |
0.9207 |
-0.0904 |
174 |
1 |
65.87 |
2011-10-07 |
| 65. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
65.65 |
0.8348 |
-0.0045 |
219 |
1 |
65.65 |
2011-10-07 |
| 66. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
64.67 |
0.8670 |
-0.0518 |
318 |
1 |
64.67 |
2011-10-03 |
| 67. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
64.45 |
0.9005 |
-0.0897 |
212 |
1 |
64.45 |
2011-10-09 |
| 68. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
63.92 |
0.9049 |
-0.0986 |
351 |
1 |
63.92 |
2011-10-04 |
| 69. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
61.58 |
0.8602 |
-0.0868 |
206 |
1 |
61.58 |
2011-10-07 |
| 70. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
60.57 |
0.9843 |
-0.2257 |
234 |
1 |
60.57 |
2011-10-09 |
| 71. |
This country is hard on people. Hard and crazy. Got the devi... |
59.91 |
0.9028 |
-0.1511 |
111 |
1 |
59.91 |
2011-10-07 |