| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
52.70 |
0.8680 |
0.6513 |
196 |
1 |
52.70 |
2010-06-10 |
| 2. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
45.70 |
1.0095 |
0.3098 |
211 |
2 |
41.90 |
2010-06-17 |
| 3. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
44.49 |
0.9621 |
0.3254 |
212 |
2 |
40.38 |
2010-03-10 |
| 4. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
43.36 |
0.9931 |
0.2561 |
218 |
2 |
34.50 |
2010-03-10 |
| 5. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
43.35 |
0.8758 |
0.3755 |
127 |
2 |
43.11 |
2010-03-09 |
| 6. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
42.69 |
0.9636 |
0.2688 |
281 |
1 |
42.69 |
2010-02-15 |
| 7. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
42.61 |
1.0969 |
0.1358 |
303 |
1 |
42.61 |
2010-03-03 |
| 8. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
42.11 |
0.9394 |
0.2750 |
195 |
1 |
42.11 |
2010-03-05 |
| 9. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
42.04 |
0.9807 |
0.2221 |
129 |
1 |
42.04 |
2010-03-03 |
| 10. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
41.97 |
1.0521 |
0.1548 |
197 |
1 |
41.97 |
2010-03-09 |
| 11. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
41.40 |
0.9517 |
0.2425 |
276 |
1 |
41.40 |
2010-03-09 |
| 12. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
40.79 |
0.9841 |
0.1910 |
217 |
1 |
40.79 |
2010-06-10 |
| 13. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
40.30 |
0.8687 |
0.2940 |
119 |
1 |
40.30 |
2010-06-10 |
| 14. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
40.29 |
1.0557 |
0.1091 |
289 |
1 |
40.29 |
2010-03-10 |
| 15. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
40.18 |
1.0268 |
0.1260 |
179 |
1 |
40.18 |
2010-06-17 |
| 16. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
39.98 |
1.0867 |
0.0636 |
171 |
1 |
39.98 |
2010-06-17 |
| 17. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
39.20 |
0.9974 |
0.1306 |
163 |
2 |
37.19 |
2010-03-10 |
| 18. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
39.18 |
1.0115 |
0.1146 |
189 |
1 |
39.18 |
2010-06-11 |
| 19. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
39.18 |
0.9756 |
0.1550 |
223 |
2 |
34.79 |
2010-03-03 |
| 20. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
39.08 |
0.9243 |
0.2038 |
231 |
1 |
39.08 |
2010-03-10 |
| 21. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
39.03 |
0.9909 |
0.1412 |
293 |
2 |
36.29 |
2010-02-15 |
| 22. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
38.42 |
1.0487 |
0.0581 |
253 |
1 |
38.42 |
2010-03-09 |
| 23. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
38.41 |
1.0272 |
0.0800 |
226 |
1 |
38.41 |
2010-02-15 |
| 24. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
38.36 |
0.9927 |
0.1158 |
276 |
1 |
38.36 |
2010-06-17 |
| 25. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
38.08 |
1.0338 |
0.0710 |
277 |
2 |
35.93 |
2010-03-10 |
| 26. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
38.03 |
1.1062 |
-0.0063 |
200 |
1 |
38.03 |
2010-06-17 |
| 27. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
37.97 |
0.9480 |
0.1488 |
297 |
2 |
33.63 |
2010-03-03 |
| 28. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
37.79 |
0.9917 |
0.1020 |
317 |
1 |
37.79 |
2010-06-11 |
| 29. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
37.65 |
0.9713 |
0.1146 |
193 |
2 |
34.54 |
2010-03-09 |
| 30. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
37.53 |
0.8911 |
0.1939 |
207 |
1 |
37.53 |
2010-06-17 |
| 31. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
37.42 |
0.8469 |
0.2338 |
164 |
1 |
37.42 |
2010-03-09 |
| 32. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
37.28 |
1.0194 |
0.0543 |
224 |
1 |
37.28 |
2010-03-03 |
| 33. |
Wood and other fibrous material is mixed with liquid and mas... |
37.24 |
0.8938 |
0.1816 |
238 |
1 |
37.24 |
2010-03-10 |
| 34. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
37.22 |
0.9422 |
0.1273 |
190 |
2 |
35.06 |
2010-06-11 |
| 35. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
37.06 |
0.8194 |
0.2493 |
193 |
1 |
37.06 |
2010-03-03 |
| 36. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
36.89 |
0.9957 |
0.0690 |
323 |
1 |
36.89 |
2010-03-10 |
| 37. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
36.56 |
0.9768 |
0.0790 |
237 |
1 |
36.56 |
2010-02-15 |
| 38. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
36.41 |
0.9780 |
0.0667 |
173 |
1 |
36.41 |
2010-03-03 |
| 39. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
36.27 |
0.8847 |
0.1597 |
282 |
1 |
36.27 |
2010-02-15 |
| 40. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
36.25 |
0.9594 |
0.0851 |
258 |
1 |
36.25 |
2010-06-17 |
| 41. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
36.12 |
0.8316 |
0.2137 |
304 |
1 |
36.12 |
2010-02-18 |
| 42. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
35.94 |
0.9260 |
0.1144 |
348 |
1 |
35.94 |
2010-02-15 |
| 43. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
35.92 |
0.9183 |
0.1142 |
252 |
1 |
35.92 |
2010-03-03 |
| 44. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
35.92 |
0.7920 |
0.2417 |
230 |
1 |
35.92 |
2010-02-15 |
| 45. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
35.91 |
1.0498 |
-0.0123 |
261 |
1 |
35.91 |
2010-03-05 |
| 46. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
35.85 |
1.0291 |
0.0037 |
240 |
1 |
35.85 |
2010-03-05 |
| 47. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
35.82 |
1.0094 |
0.0243 |
256 |
1 |
35.82 |
2010-02-15 |
| 48. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
35.48 |
0.8824 |
0.1429 |
202 |
1 |
35.48 |
2010-03-10 |
| 49. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
35.38 |
0.9884 |
0.0356 |
267 |
1 |
35.38 |
2010-03-10 |
| 50. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
35.19 |
0.8925 |
0.1294 |
293 |
1 |
35.19 |
2010-06-17 |
| 51. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
35.04 |
0.9583 |
0.0536 |
237 |
1 |
35.04 |
2010-06-10 |
| 52. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
34.98 |
0.9211 |
0.0857 |
165 |
1 |
34.98 |
2010-06-17 |
| 53. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
34.83 |
1.0016 |
0.0019 |
217 |
1 |
34.83 |
2010-02-15 |
| 54. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
34.77 |
1.0462 |
-0.0398 |
340 |
1 |
34.77 |
2010-02-15 |
| 55. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
34.62 |
0.8880 |
0.1115 |
296 |
1 |
34.62 |
2010-02-18 |
| 56. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
34.54 |
0.9402 |
0.0545 |
310 |
1 |
34.54 |
2010-06-17 |
| 57. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
34.26 |
0.9925 |
-0.0090 |
155 |
1 |
34.26 |
2010-02-15 |
| 58. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
34.19 |
0.9371 |
0.0401 |
156 |
1 |
34.19 |
2010-03-05 |
| 59. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
34.19 |
1.0033 |
-0.0167 |
203 |
1 |
34.19 |
2010-03-03 |
| 60. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
34.17 |
0.9244 |
0.0668 |
225 |
1 |
34.17 |
2010-06-17 |
| 61. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
34.04 |
0.9779 |
0.0024 |
255 |
2 |
29.91 |
2010-03-05 |
| 62. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
33.99 |
0.9068 |
0.0720 |
212 |
1 |
33.99 |
2010-06-17 |
| 63. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
33.99 |
1.0334 |
-0.0529 |
261 |
1 |
33.99 |
2010-06-10 |
| 64. |
As civilizations grew, humans spread out across the face of ... |
33.96 |
0.9459 |
0.0369 |
188 |
1 |
33.96 |
2010-06-17 |
| 65. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
33.89 |
0.8572 |
0.1186 |
232 |
3 |
31.79 |
2010-06-17 |
| 66. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
33.86 |
1.0472 |
-0.0767 |
149 |
1 |
33.86 |
2010-02-15 |
| 67. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
33.84 |
0.9285 |
0.0458 |
244 |
1 |
33.84 |
2010-03-02 |
| 68. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
33.74 |
0.8988 |
0.0741 |
216 |
1 |
33.74 |
2010-02-15 |
| 69. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
33.72 |
1.0529 |
-0.0770 |
373 |
2 |
32.57 |
2010-03-10 |
| 70. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
33.66 |
0.9869 |
-0.0193 |
193 |
1 |
33.66 |
2010-06-10 |
| 71. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
33.19 |
0.9948 |
-0.0379 |
233 |
1 |
33.19 |
2010-03-09 |
| 72. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
32.99 |
1.0479 |
-0.0975 |
205 |
2 |
28.26 |
2010-03-10 |
| 73. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
32.97 |
0.8827 |
0.0641 |
190 |
1 |
32.97 |
2010-03-05 |
| 74. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
32.88 |
1.0501 |
-0.1011 |
263 |
1 |
32.88 |
2010-06-17 |
| 75. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
32.83 |
1.0250 |
-0.0745 |
271 |
1 |
32.83 |
2010-03-03 |
| 76. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
32.66 |
1.0101 |
-0.0659 |
336 |
1 |
32.66 |
2010-03-10 |
| 77. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
32.60 |
1.0333 |
-0.0981 |
176 |
1 |
32.60 |
2010-06-11 |
| 78. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
32.54 |
0.9791 |
-0.0478 |
154 |
1 |
32.54 |
2010-03-03 |
| 79. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
32.44 |
0.9210 |
0.0101 |
200 |
2 |
31.15 |
2010-06-10 |
| 80. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
32.44 |
0.9809 |
-0.0493 |
209 |
1 |
32.44 |
2010-06-17 |
| 81. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
32.38 |
0.8381 |
0.0991 |
283 |
1 |
32.38 |
2010-02-15 |
| 82. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
32.07 |
0.9757 |
-0.0546 |
176 |
1 |
32.07 |
2010-03-09 |
| 83. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
31.99 |
0.9915 |
-0.0701 |
281 |
1 |
31.99 |
2010-02-15 |
| 84. |
This country is hard on people. Hard and crazy. Got the devi... |
31.77 |
0.9080 |
0.0037 |
111 |
1 |
31.77 |
2010-06-10 |
| 85. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
31.55 |
1.0466 |
-0.1371 |
230 |
1 |
31.55 |
2010-02-15 |
| 86. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
31.07 |
0.8778 |
0.0203 |
285 |
1 |
31.07 |
2010-03-03 |
| 87. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
30.85 |
0.9673 |
-0.0749 |
292 |
1 |
30.85 |
2010-02-15 |
| 88. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
30.81 |
0.8474 |
0.0412 |
265 |
1 |
30.81 |
2010-03-09 |
| 89. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
30.43 |
1.0106 |
-0.1337 |
302 |
1 |
30.43 |
2010-03-05 |
| 90. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
30.33 |
1.0010 |
-0.1227 |
213 |
1 |
30.33 |
2010-02-15 |
| 91. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
30.21 |
1.0743 |
-0.2019 |
297 |
1 |
30.21 |
2010-02-15 |
| 92. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
30.19 |
0.8856 |
-0.0075 |
369 |
2 |
28.18 |
2010-03-05 |
| 93. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
30.15 |
1.0524 |
-0.1852 |
177 |
1 |
30.15 |
2010-02-15 |
| 94. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
30.09 |
1.0082 |
-0.1459 |
212 |
2 |
29.15 |
2010-03-09 |
| 95. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
30.05 |
1.0036 |
-0.1363 |
277 |
1 |
30.05 |
2010-03-10 |
| 96. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
29.96 |
0.8901 |
-0.0277 |
273 |
1 |
29.96 |
2010-03-09 |
| 97. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
29.58 |
0.8339 |
0.0180 |
209 |
2 |
25.93 |
2010-06-10 |
| 98. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
29.40 |
0.9762 |
-0.1290 |
249 |
1 |
29.40 |
2010-02-15 |
| 99. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
29.36 |
0.8603 |
-0.0145 |
270 |
1 |
29.36 |
2010-02-15 |
| 100. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
29.29 |
0.9070 |
-0.0676 |
192 |
1 |
29.29 |
2010-06-10 |
| 101. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
29.14 |
0.8845 |
-0.0438 |
239 |
2 |
26.82 |
2010-06-10 |
| 102. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
28.58 |
0.9704 |
-0.1471 |
254 |
1 |
28.58 |
2010-02-15 |
| 103. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
28.40 |
1.0178 |
-0.2014 |
207 |
1 |
28.40 |
2010-03-05 |
| 104. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
28.37 |
0.8656 |
-0.0463 |
242 |
2 |
27.12 |
2010-06-17 |
| 105. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
28.28 |
1.0018 |
-0.1865 |
246 |
1 |
28.28 |
2010-03-05 |
| 106. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
28.10 |
0.8986 |
-0.0901 |
205 |
2 |
27.87 |
2010-03-10 |
| 107. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
28.05 |
0.9324 |
-0.1217 |
246 |
1 |
28.05 |
2010-03-09 |
| 108. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
27.35 |
0.9010 |
-0.1111 |
266 |
1 |
27.35 |
2010-03-05 |
| 109. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
27.22 |
0.7923 |
-0.0076 |
316 |
1 |
27.22 |
2010-06-10 |
| 110. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
24.56 |
0.7875 |
-0.0787 |
257 |
1 |
24.56 |
2010-03-05 |
| 111. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
24.55 |
0.8958 |
-0.1940 |
188 |
1 |
24.55 |
2010-03-05 |
| 112. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
22.64 |
1.0601 |
-0.4122 |
256 |
1 |
22.64 |
2010-03-05 |
| 113. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
22.27 |
0.8837 |
-0.2448 |
157 |
1 |
22.27 |
2010-03-09 |
| 114. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
22.06 |
0.9384 |
-0.3073 |
296 |
1 |
22.06 |
2010-03-05 |
| 115. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
18.32 |
1.0585 |
-0.5302 |
226 |
1 |
18.32 |
2010-03-09 |