| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
73.10 |
1.0060 |
0.4616 |
171 |
2 |
65.69 |
2013-04-17 |
| 2. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
70.31 |
1.0062 |
0.4095 |
288 |
1 |
70.31 |
2013-07-15 |
| 3. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
64.88 |
1.0444 |
0.2544 |
197 |
1 |
64.88 |
2012-06-19 |
| 4. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
64.29 |
1.0099 |
0.2807 |
207 |
1 |
64.29 |
2012-02-13 |
| 5. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
63.80 |
1.0740 |
0.2477 |
264 |
1 |
63.80 |
2013-07-11 |
| 6. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
62.75 |
1.0004 |
0.2557 |
212 |
1 |
62.75 |
2012-06-18 |
| 7. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
62.50 |
0.9005 |
0.3549 |
212 |
1 |
62.50 |
2013-03-02 |
| 8. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
62.46 |
0.9286 |
0.3264 |
194 |
1 |
62.46 |
2012-03-17 |
| 9. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
62.02 |
0.9965 |
0.2512 |
277 |
1 |
62.02 |
2012-06-19 |
| 10. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
61.75 |
0.9226 |
0.3233 |
177 |
1 |
61.75 |
2012-02-12 |
| 11. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
61.27 |
1.0943 |
0.1703 |
206 |
1 |
61.27 |
2012-02-13 |
| 12. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
61.06 |
0.8725 |
0.3574 |
163 |
1 |
61.06 |
2012-02-12 |
| 13. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
60.74 |
1.0669 |
0.1867 |
286 |
1 |
60.74 |
2012-03-17 |
| 14. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
60.72 |
0.9724 |
0.2522 |
237 |
1 |
60.72 |
2013-07-11 |
| 15. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
60.55 |
0.9756 |
0.2403 |
229 |
1 |
60.55 |
2013-07-14 |
| 16. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
60.46 |
1.1016 |
0.1140 |
233 |
1 |
60.46 |
2013-07-08 |
| 17. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
60.32 |
1.0523 |
0.1563 |
256 |
1 |
60.32 |
2012-02-17 |
| 18. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
60.24 |
1.0596 |
0.1493 |
239 |
2 |
60.06 |
2012-03-20 |
| 19. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
59.85 |
0.9769 |
0.2242 |
263 |
2 |
57.73 |
2013-02-23 |
| 20. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
59.82 |
1.0023 |
0.1984 |
211 |
1 |
59.82 |
2012-02-14 |
| 21. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
59.42 |
0.9275 |
0.2637 |
211 |
1 |
59.42 |
2012-03-17 |
| 22. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
59.37 |
1.0053 |
0.1860 |
232 |
1 |
59.37 |
2013-07-08 |
| 23. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
58.79 |
1.0547 |
0.1616 |
257 |
1 |
58.79 |
2012-05-11 |
| 24. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
58.75 |
0.9911 |
0.1866 |
212 |
1 |
58.75 |
2013-07-08 |
| 25. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
58.50 |
0.9964 |
0.1791 |
203 |
1 |
58.50 |
2012-02-17 |
| 26. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
58.34 |
1.1022 |
0.1054 |
259 |
1 |
58.34 |
2012-02-13 |
| 27. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
58.18 |
1.0074 |
0.1641 |
242 |
1 |
58.18 |
2012-02-12 |
| 28. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
58.12 |
0.9786 |
0.1888 |
235 |
1 |
58.12 |
2012-02-12 |
| 29. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
58.04 |
0.9711 |
0.1943 |
176 |
1 |
58.04 |
2012-06-18 |
| 30. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
58.03 |
1.0340 |
0.1371 |
406 |
1 |
58.03 |
2012-02-12 |
| 31. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
58.01 |
0.9811 |
0.1874 |
272 |
1 |
58.01 |
2012-02-14 |
| 32. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
57.72 |
1.0073 |
0.1603 |
369 |
1 |
57.72 |
2012-06-19 |
| 33. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
57.49 |
1.0767 |
0.0764 |
212 |
1 |
57.49 |
2012-02-12 |
| 34. |
Thing is Butch, right now you got ability. But painful as it... |
57.46 |
0.8912 |
0.2655 |
186 |
1 |
57.46 |
2012-02-12 |
| 35. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
57.20 |
1.0521 |
0.0923 |
171 |
2 |
54.91 |
2012-02-17 |
| 36. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
57.19 |
0.9439 |
0.2132 |
476 |
1 |
57.19 |
2013-04-17 |
| 37. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
56.95 |
1.0529 |
0.0913 |
351 |
1 |
56.95 |
2012-06-19 |
| 38. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
56.78 |
1.0063 |
0.1350 |
371 |
1 |
56.78 |
2012-02-13 |
| 39. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
56.58 |
1.0337 |
0.1022 |
214 |
1 |
56.58 |
2012-03-20 |
| 40. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
56.52 |
1.1323 |
0.0367 |
341 |
1 |
56.52 |
2012-02-13 |
| 41. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
56.47 |
1.0714 |
0.0542 |
129 |
2 |
37.52 |
2013-07-07 |
| 42. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
56.32 |
1.0077 |
0.1651 |
250 |
1 |
56.32 |
2012-03-20 |
| 43. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
56.30 |
1.0396 |
0.0845 |
149 |
1 |
56.30 |
2012-02-12 |
| 44. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
56.25 |
1.0403 |
0.1296 |
275 |
1 |
56.25 |
2012-06-19 |
| 45. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
55.99 |
0.9411 |
0.1846 |
318 |
1 |
55.99 |
2012-02-12 |
| 46. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
55.92 |
1.1014 |
0.0596 |
273 |
1 |
55.92 |
2012-02-12 |
| 47. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
55.90 |
0.9814 |
0.1809 |
364 |
2 |
54.20 |
2012-03-17 |
| 48. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
55.82 |
0.9722 |
0.1513 |
283 |
1 |
55.82 |
2012-05-11 |
| 49. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
55.72 |
1.0025 |
0.1166 |
256 |
1 |
55.72 |
2013-07-11 |
| 50. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
55.72 |
1.0172 |
0.1370 |
341 |
1 |
55.72 |
2013-07-07 |
| 51. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
55.65 |
0.9866 |
0.1277 |
218 |
1 |
55.65 |
2012-06-19 |
| 52. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
55.56 |
0.9251 |
0.1959 |
177 |
1 |
55.56 |
2012-02-12 |
| 53. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
55.46 |
0.9330 |
0.1874 |
360 |
2 |
52.54 |
2012-05-11 |
| 54. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
55.36 |
1.0183 |
0.0882 |
191 |
3 |
43.88 |
2013-07-07 |
| 55. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
55.21 |
0.9907 |
0.1166 |
211 |
3 |
50.60 |
2012-06-18 |
| 56. |
Races are not won in the first corner; however, they are oft... |
54.94 |
1.0535 |
0.0847 |
326 |
1 |
54.94 |
2012-03-20 |
| 57. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
54.68 |
0.8787 |
0.2242 |
202 |
1 |
54.68 |
2012-02-12 |
| 58. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
54.68 |
1.0384 |
0.0504 |
183 |
1 |
54.68 |
2013-07-09 |
| 59. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
54.53 |
0.9570 |
0.1395 |
287 |
1 |
54.53 |
2012-02-14 |
| 60. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
54.37 |
1.0368 |
0.0557 |
276 |
2 |
48.80 |
2012-02-14 |
| 61. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
54.29 |
0.9068 |
0.1867 |
269 |
1 |
54.29 |
2012-02-17 |
| 62. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
52.98 |
1.0297 |
0.0326 |
249 |
1 |
52.98 |
2013-07-08 |
| 63. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
52.50 |
0.9991 |
0.0554 |
225 |
1 |
52.50 |
2012-02-14 |
| 64. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
52.28 |
0.9780 |
0.0722 |
337 |
1 |
52.28 |
2012-02-12 |
| 65. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
52.25 |
1.0251 |
0.0214 |
261 |
2 |
51.16 |
2012-05-11 |
| 66. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
52.20 |
0.9893 |
0.0586 |
323 |
1 |
52.20 |
2012-02-12 |
| 67. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
51.83 |
1.0577 |
-0.0211 |
247 |
2 |
51.28 |
2012-03-20 |
| 68. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
51.74 |
0.9772 |
0.0577 |
217 |
1 |
51.74 |
2012-02-12 |
| 69. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
51.65 |
1.0068 |
0.0329 |
358 |
1 |
51.65 |
2012-03-18 |
| 70. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
51.50 |
0.9768 |
0.0593 |
387 |
1 |
51.50 |
2012-03-17 |
| 71. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
51.21 |
0.9128 |
0.1563 |
369 |
2 |
50.89 |
2012-02-17 |
| 72. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
51.12 |
1.0387 |
0.0195 |
239 |
1 |
51.12 |
2012-02-13 |
| 73. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
50.83 |
1.0334 |
-0.0199 |
131 |
1 |
50.83 |
2012-02-17 |
| 74. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
50.62 |
0.9364 |
0.1195 |
351 |
1 |
50.62 |
2012-02-17 |
| 75. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
50.54 |
1.0254 |
0.0295 |
217 |
1 |
50.54 |
2012-02-17 |
| 76. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
50.44 |
0.9946 |
0.0171 |
246 |
1 |
50.44 |
2012-06-19 |
| 77. |
Buddhism addresses two major types of meditation. Vipassana ... |
50.00 |
0.9312 |
0.1224 |
320 |
1 |
50.00 |
2012-02-14 |
| 78. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
49.92 |
0.9164 |
0.0895 |
305 |
2 |
47.57 |
2012-02-14 |
| 79. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
49.63 |
0.9943 |
0.0047 |
373 |
1 |
49.63 |
2012-02-12 |
| 80. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
49.48 |
0.9266 |
0.0660 |
267 |
1 |
49.48 |
2012-02-12 |
| 81. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
49.29 |
1.0719 |
-0.0558 |
360 |
1 |
49.29 |
2012-02-17 |
| 82. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
49.18 |
0.9048 |
0.0864 |
271 |
1 |
49.18 |
2012-02-14 |
| 83. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
49.15 |
1.0498 |
-0.0689 |
180 |
1 |
49.15 |
2012-02-12 |
| 84. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
48.38 |
0.7876 |
0.1851 |
316 |
1 |
48.38 |
2012-02-12 |
| 85. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
48.17 |
0.8595 |
0.1081 |
242 |
1 |
48.17 |
2012-02-17 |
| 86. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
47.47 |
0.8916 |
0.0602 |
216 |
1 |
47.47 |
2012-02-12 |
| 87. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
45.26 |
0.8105 |
0.0919 |
204 |
2 |
42.04 |
2012-05-11 |
| 88. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
42.26 |
0.9734 |
-0.1280 |
289 |
1 |
42.26 |
2012-02-17 |
| 89. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
26.97 |
0.9965 |
-0.4662 |
168 |
1 |
26.97 |
2009-01-02 |
| 90. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
26.67 |
0.8788 |
-0.3529 |
134 |
1 |
26.67 |
2009-01-01 |
| 91. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
26.23 |
0.8791 |
-0.3594 |
190 |
2 |
24.06 |
2009-01-02 |
| 92. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
26.08 |
1.0029 |
-0.4922 |
209 |
1 |
26.08 |
2009-01-02 |
| 93. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
26.06 |
1.0033 |
-0.4933 |
189 |
1 |
26.06 |
2009-01-01 |
| 94. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
25.92 |
0.7850 |
-0.2746 |
154 |
1 |
25.92 |
2009-01-03 |
| 95. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
25.04 |
1.0462 |
-0.5562 |
184 |
1 |
25.04 |
2009-01-01 |
| 96. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
24.77 |
0.8295 |
-0.3371 |
209 |
1 |
24.77 |
2009-01-01 |
| 97. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
24.70 |
1.0252 |
-0.5426 |
176 |
1 |
24.70 |
2009-01-03 |
| 98. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
24.64 |
0.8190 |
-0.3240 |
135 |
1 |
24.64 |
2009-01-01 |
| 99. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
24.12 |
0.7690 |
-0.2900 |
142 |
1 |
24.12 |
2009-01-03 |
| 100. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
23.61 |
0.9740 |
-0.5111 |
209 |
1 |
23.61 |
2009-01-04 |
| 101. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
23.47 |
0.8700 |
-0.4062 |
127 |
1 |
23.47 |
2009-01-01 |
| 102. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
23.04 |
0.8553 |
-0.4050 |
174 |
1 |
23.04 |
2009-01-03 |
| 103. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
22.86 |
0.8900 |
-0.4369 |
164 |
1 |
22.86 |
2009-01-01 |
| 104. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
21.98 |
0.9233 |
-0.4976 |
168 |
1 |
21.98 |
2009-01-02 |
| 105. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
21.27 |
0.9710 |
-0.5580 |
173 |
1 |
21.27 |
2009-01-01 |
| 106. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
21.01 |
0.9572 |
-0.5440 |
201 |
1 |
21.01 |
2009-01-01 |
| 107. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
20.87 |
1.0214 |
-0.6156 |
166 |
1 |
20.87 |
2009-01-01 |
| 108. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
20.41 |
0.8628 |
-0.4641 |
196 |
1 |
20.41 |
2009-01-01 |
| 109. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
20.27 |
0.8152 |
-0.4159 |
163 |
1 |
20.27 |
2009-01-01 |
| 110. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
19.97 |
0.9128 |
-0.5142 |
133 |
1 |
19.97 |
2009-01-01 |
| 111. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
16.53 |
0.8615 |
-0.5383 |
110 |
1 |
16.53 |
2009-01-01 |