| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
81.96 |
1.0214 |
0.2926 |
166 |
1 |
81.96 |
2011-10-05 |
| 2. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
80.62 |
1.1018 |
0.1890 |
220 |
2 |
77.93 |
2011-10-14 |
| 3. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
77.24 |
1.0124 |
0.2275 |
204 |
1 |
77.24 |
2011-10-07 |
| 4. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
76.61 |
1.0417 |
0.1878 |
253 |
2 |
70.37 |
2011-10-07 |
| 5. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
75.15 |
1.0389 |
0.1715 |
318 |
1 |
75.15 |
2011-10-05 |
| 6. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
73.61 |
0.9758 |
0.2084 |
314 |
3 |
65.06 |
2011-10-07 |
| 7. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
73.48 |
1.0454 |
0.1328 |
255 |
2 |
70.86 |
2011-10-14 |
| 8. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
72.84 |
1.0257 |
0.1517 |
401 |
1 |
72.84 |
2011-10-07 |
| 9. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
72.70 |
0.9786 |
0.1895 |
235 |
1 |
72.70 |
2011-10-05 |
| 10. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
72.39 |
0.9776 |
0.1864 |
308 |
1 |
72.39 |
2011-10-14 |
| 11. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
71.62 |
1.0361 |
0.1159 |
269 |
1 |
71.62 |
2011-10-07 |
| 12. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
71.46 |
1.0515 |
0.0890 |
166 |
1 |
71.46 |
2011-09-09 |
| 13. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
71.43 |
1.0201 |
0.1286 |
303 |
1 |
71.43 |
2011-10-05 |
| 14. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
70.70 |
1.0797 |
0.0510 |
210 |
1 |
70.70 |
2011-10-07 |
| 15. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
70.38 |
1.0403 |
0.1053 |
193 |
1 |
70.38 |
2011-10-07 |
| 16. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
70.16 |
1.0429 |
0.0829 |
259 |
2 |
68.93 |
2011-10-14 |
| 17. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
70.03 |
1.0719 |
0.0812 |
360 |
1 |
70.03 |
2011-10-07 |
| 18. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
69.79 |
1.0885 |
0.0362 |
315 |
2 |
69.64 |
2011-10-14 |
| 19. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
69.78 |
0.9846 |
0.1350 |
281 |
2 |
66.11 |
2011-10-14 |
| 20. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
69.72 |
1.0577 |
0.0588 |
247 |
1 |
69.72 |
2011-10-05 |
| 21. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
69.41 |
0.9567 |
0.1587 |
273 |
1 |
69.41 |
2011-10-14 |
| 22. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
69.20 |
1.0799 |
0.0280 |
243 |
1 |
69.20 |
2011-10-07 |
| 23. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
68.53 |
1.0941 |
0.0380 |
256 |
1 |
68.53 |
2011-10-05 |
| 24. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
68.36 |
1.0083 |
0.1342 |
273 |
1 |
68.36 |
2011-10-14 |
| 25. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
68.36 |
0.9411 |
0.1579 |
318 |
2 |
63.32 |
2011-10-07 |
| 26. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
68.23 |
1.0516 |
0.0437 |
281 |
2 |
67.66 |
2011-10-05 |
| 27. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
68.01 |
1.0523 |
0.0359 |
256 |
1 |
68.01 |
2011-10-05 |
| 28. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
67.91 |
1.0131 |
0.0739 |
225 |
1 |
67.91 |
2011-10-04 |
| 29. |
Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn fe... |
67.80 |
1.0008 |
0.1316 |
473 |
1 |
67.80 |
2011-09-30 |
| 30. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
67.44 |
1.0013 |
0.0809 |
273 |
1 |
67.44 |
2011-10-07 |
| 31. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
67.01 |
0.9894 |
0.0912 |
323 |
1 |
67.01 |
2011-10-07 |
| 32. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
66.91 |
1.0073 |
0.0755 |
369 |
1 |
66.91 |
2011-10-05 |
| 33. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
66.87 |
0.9851 |
0.0914 |
317 |
2 |
61.31 |
2011-10-14 |
| 34. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
66.11 |
1.0388 |
0.0544 |
243 |
1 |
66.11 |
2011-10-05 |
| 35. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
66.04 |
1.0662 |
0.0324 |
407 |
1 |
66.04 |
2011-10-14 |
| 36. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
65.71 |
1.0696 |
-0.0180 |
226 |
1 |
65.71 |
2011-10-05 |
| 37. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
65.66 |
0.9578 |
0.0964 |
281 |
1 |
65.66 |
2011-10-07 |
| 38. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
65.00 |
1.0172 |
0.0613 |
341 |
1 |
65.00 |
2011-10-07 |
| 39. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
64.92 |
0.9672 |
0.0817 |
396 |
2 |
64.67 |
2011-10-05 |
| 40. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
64.82 |
1.0905 |
-0.0185 |
210 |
1 |
64.82 |
2011-10-14 |
| 41. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
64.42 |
0.9814 |
0.0922 |
364 |
2 |
62.92 |
2011-10-05 |
| 42. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
64.34 |
0.9734 |
0.0594 |
289 |
1 |
64.34 |
2011-10-14 |
| 43. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
64.30 |
1.0496 |
-0.0181 |
314 |
1 |
64.30 |
2011-10-07 |
| 44. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
63.89 |
0.9857 |
0.0387 |
293 |
1 |
63.89 |
2011-10-03 |
| 45. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
63.79 |
1.0365 |
0.0169 |
162 |
1 |
63.79 |
2011-09-08 |
| 46. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
63.61 |
0.9289 |
0.0897 |
204 |
1 |
63.61 |
2011-10-07 |
| 47. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
63.59 |
0.9833 |
0.0390 |
355 |
1 |
63.59 |
2011-10-03 |
| 48. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
63.44 |
0.9651 |
0.0890 |
389 |
1 |
63.44 |
2011-10-14 |
| 49. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
63.43 |
0.9925 |
0.0624 |
247 |
1 |
63.43 |
2011-10-05 |
| 50. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
63.26 |
0.9910 |
0.0264 |
295 |
1 |
63.26 |
2011-09-08 |
| 51. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
63.20 |
1.0602 |
-0.0420 |
389 |
1 |
63.20 |
2011-09-08 |
| 52. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
63.20 |
1.0531 |
-0.0007 |
272 |
1 |
63.20 |
2011-10-05 |
| 53. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
63.16 |
1.0201 |
-0.0024 |
375 |
1 |
63.16 |
2011-09-09 |
| 54. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
63.07 |
0.9663 |
0.0512 |
330 |
2 |
55.57 |
2011-10-07 |
| 55. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
63.03 |
1.0796 |
-0.0736 |
129 |
1 |
63.03 |
2011-09-09 |
| 56. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
62.97 |
1.0063 |
0.0045 |
371 |
1 |
62.97 |
2011-10-05 |
| 57. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
62.81 |
0.9678 |
0.0752 |
445 |
1 |
62.81 |
2011-10-05 |
| 58. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
62.34 |
1.0284 |
0.0152 |
282 |
2 |
61.92 |
2011-10-05 |
| 59. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
62.32 |
0.9675 |
0.0418 |
383 |
1 |
62.32 |
2011-09-09 |
| 60. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
61.90 |
1.0168 |
-0.0219 |
271 |
1 |
61.90 |
2011-10-05 |
| 61. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
61.89 |
0.9904 |
0.0430 |
203 |
2 |
59.57 |
2011-10-07 |
| 62. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
61.86 |
0.9911 |
-0.0023 |
212 |
1 |
61.86 |
2011-10-05 |
| 63. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
61.85 |
1.0829 |
-0.0892 |
288 |
1 |
61.85 |
2011-10-03 |
| 64. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
61.85 |
1.0644 |
-0.0356 |
257 |
1 |
61.85 |
2011-10-14 |
| 65. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
61.72 |
0.9089 |
0.0848 |
342 |
1 |
61.72 |
2011-10-07 |
| 66. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
61.44 |
0.9754 |
0.0163 |
362 |
1 |
61.44 |
2011-09-09 |
| 67. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
61.12 |
0.9831 |
-0.0059 |
222 |
1 |
61.12 |
2011-10-03 |
| 68. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
61.07 |
0.9763 |
0.0028 |
289 |
1 |
61.07 |
2011-10-05 |
| 69. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
60.90 |
0.9430 |
0.0362 |
297 |
1 |
60.90 |
2011-10-14 |
| 70. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
60.75 |
0.9710 |
-0.0029 |
173 |
1 |
60.75 |
2011-10-05 |
| 71. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
60.75 |
1.0038 |
0.0009 |
237 |
1 |
60.75 |
2011-10-05 |
| 72. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
60.36 |
0.9831 |
-0.0070 |
469 |
2 |
59.01 |
2011-09-09 |
| 73. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
60.29 |
1.0189 |
-0.0489 |
337 |
1 |
60.29 |
2011-09-08 |
| 74. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
60.26 |
0.9546 |
0.0430 |
198 |
1 |
60.26 |
2011-10-07 |
| 75. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
60.00 |
1.0403 |
-0.0382 |
275 |
1 |
60.00 |
2011-10-14 |
| 76. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
59.87 |
0.9697 |
-0.0096 |
249 |
1 |
59.87 |
2011-09-09 |
| 77. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
59.81 |
0.9023 |
0.0999 |
231 |
1 |
59.81 |
2011-09-09 |
| 78. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
59.81 |
0.9125 |
0.0485 |
308 |
1 |
59.81 |
2011-10-03 |
| 79. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
59.76 |
1.0077 |
-0.0084 |
250 |
1 |
59.76 |
2011-09-08 |
| 80. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
59.61 |
1.0343 |
-0.0413 |
242 |
1 |
59.61 |
2011-09-09 |
| 81. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
59.55 |
1.0197 |
-0.0676 |
226 |
1 |
59.55 |
2011-09-09 |
| 82. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
59.55 |
0.9938 |
-0.0385 |
339 |
1 |
59.55 |
2011-10-07 |
| 83. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
59.51 |
1.0263 |
-0.0732 |
267 |
1 |
59.51 |
2011-10-05 |
| 84. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
59.50 |
0.9567 |
0.0398 |
184 |
1 |
59.50 |
2011-10-05 |
| 85. |
Don't practice too much at first, or you're likely to develo... |
59.18 |
1.0141 |
-0.0248 |
381 |
1 |
59.18 |
2011-10-07 |
| 86. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
59.14 |
1.0545 |
-0.0654 |
416 |
1 |
59.14 |
2011-10-05 |
| 87. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
58.83 |
1.0150 |
-0.0227 |
325 |
1 |
58.83 |
2011-10-03 |
| 88. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
58.72 |
0.9687 |
-0.0224 |
371 |
2 |
56.81 |
2011-10-03 |
| 89. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
58.63 |
0.9365 |
0.0050 |
248 |
1 |
58.63 |
2011-10-14 |
| 90. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
58.63 |
1.0088 |
-0.0301 |
396 |
2 |
57.00 |
2011-10-05 |
| 91. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
58.51 |
0.9673 |
0.0099 |
232 |
1 |
58.51 |
2011-09-09 |
| 92. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
58.09 |
0.9532 |
-0.0234 |
258 |
1 |
58.09 |
2011-09-09 |
| 93. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
57.64 |
0.9612 |
-0.0371 |
256 |
1 |
57.64 |
2011-09-08 |
| 94. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
57.40 |
0.9795 |
-0.0592 |
308 |
1 |
57.40 |
2011-10-07 |
| 95. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
57.39 |
0.9371 |
0.0218 |
318 |
1 |
57.39 |
2011-09-08 |
| 96. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
56.59 |
0.9965 |
-0.0894 |
310 |
1 |
56.59 |
2011-09-09 |
| 97. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
56.46 |
0.8958 |
0.0138 |
322 |
1 |
56.46 |
2011-09-08 |
| 98. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
56.39 |
0.9513 |
-0.0440 |
354 |
1 |
56.39 |
2011-10-14 |
| 99. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
56.38 |
0.9801 |
-0.0339 |
428 |
1 |
56.38 |
2011-09-30 |
| 100. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
56.32 |
1.0767 |
-0.1765 |
212 |
1 |
56.32 |
2011-10-05 |
| 101. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
56.32 |
1.0334 |
-0.1375 |
131 |
1 |
56.32 |
2011-10-14 |
| 102. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
56.28 |
1.0574 |
-0.1276 |
205 |
1 |
56.28 |
2011-10-03 |
| 103. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
56.17 |
1.0031 |
-0.0698 |
304 |
1 |
56.17 |
2011-10-05 |
| 104. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
55.99 |
0.9213 |
-0.0235 |
295 |
1 |
55.99 |
2011-10-14 |
| 105. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
55.97 |
1.0034 |
-0.1079 |
302 |
1 |
55.97 |
2011-09-09 |
| 106. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
55.88 |
0.9786 |
-0.0885 |
193 |
1 |
55.88 |
2011-10-05 |
| 107. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
55.86 |
1.0506 |
-0.1270 |
277 |
1 |
55.86 |
2011-09-09 |
| 108. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
55.75 |
0.9087 |
-0.0046 |
393 |
1 |
55.75 |
2011-09-30 |
| 109. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
55.59 |
1.0177 |
-0.0889 |
392 |
1 |
55.59 |
2011-10-07 |
| 110. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
55.25 |
1.0487 |
-0.1687 |
231 |
1 |
55.25 |
2011-10-05 |
| 111. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
55.12 |
0.9908 |
-0.0617 |
342 |
1 |
55.12 |
2011-09-09 |
| 112. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
54.92 |
0.9898 |
-0.0721 |
353 |
1 |
54.92 |
2011-09-09 |
| 113. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
54.71 |
1.1014 |
-0.1875 |
273 |
1 |
54.71 |
2011-09-09 |
| 114. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
54.36 |
1.0109 |
-0.1075 |
400 |
1 |
54.36 |
2011-10-03 |
| 115. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
54.07 |
1.0340 |
-0.1628 |
406 |
1 |
54.07 |
2011-09-09 |
| 116. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
53.90 |
0.9279 |
-0.0581 |
317 |
1 |
53.90 |
2011-10-05 |
| 117. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
53.78 |
0.9212 |
-0.0568 |
323 |
1 |
53.78 |
2011-10-05 |
| 118. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
53.58 |
0.9691 |
-0.1118 |
223 |
1 |
53.58 |
2011-10-05 |
| 119. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
53.37 |
1.0016 |
-0.1519 |
218 |
1 |
53.37 |
2011-10-05 |
| 120. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
52.93 |
0.9965 |
-0.1539 |
168 |
1 |
52.93 |
2011-10-05 |
| 121. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
52.83 |
0.9879 |
-0.1333 |
450 |
1 |
52.83 |
2011-09-09 |
| 122. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
52.77 |
0.9372 |
-0.0879 |
320 |
1 |
52.77 |
2011-09-09 |
| 123. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
52.40 |
1.0533 |
-0.1879 |
257 |
1 |
52.40 |
2011-09-09 |
| 124. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
51.47 |
0.9074 |
-0.0774 |
396 |
1 |
51.47 |
2011-09-08 |
| 125. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
51.29 |
0.8382 |
-0.0166 |
268 |
1 |
51.29 |
2011-09-09 |
| 126. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
50.40 |
0.9912 |
-0.1582 |
237 |
1 |
50.40 |
2011-09-09 |
| 127. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
49.66 |
0.9233 |
-0.1374 |
168 |
1 |
49.66 |
2011-09-09 |
| 128. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
49.43 |
0.9509 |
-0.1222 |
225 |
1 |
49.43 |
2011-10-07 |
| 129. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
49.09 |
1.0555 |
-0.2405 |
323 |
1 |
49.09 |
2011-10-05 |
| 130. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
48.43 |
0.9120 |
-0.1043 |
436 |
1 |
48.43 |
2011-10-07 |
| 131. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
48.28 |
0.8956 |
-0.1192 |
322 |
1 |
48.28 |
2011-10-05 |
| 132. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They ... |
48.11 |
0.9774 |
-0.2096 |
196 |
1 |
48.11 |
2011-10-05 |
| 133. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
45.80 |
0.9176 |
-0.1474 |
365 |
1 |
45.80 |
2011-10-05 |
| 134. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
45.74 |
0.9884 |
-0.2584 |
233 |
1 |
45.74 |
2011-10-05 |