| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
50.03 |
1.0012 |
0.1938 |
260 |
1 |
50.03 |
2011-05-06 |
| 2. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
49.08 |
1.0390 |
0.1268 |
205 |
1 |
49.08 |
2011-08-18 |
| 3. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
48.34 |
1.0529 |
0.0987 |
351 |
1 |
48.34 |
2011-08-18 |
| 4. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
47.77 |
0.8653 |
0.2839 |
255 |
2 |
45.28 |
2013-03-26 |
| 5. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
47.43 |
1.0120 |
0.1170 |
290 |
1 |
47.43 |
2011-08-19 |
| 6. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
47.41 |
0.9353 |
0.1894 |
177 |
1 |
47.41 |
2011-03-31 |
| 7. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
47.20 |
1.0034 |
0.1196 |
302 |
1 |
47.20 |
2011-08-18 |
| 8. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
47.11 |
1.1323 |
0.0238 |
341 |
1 |
47.11 |
2011-05-06 |
| 9. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
46.55 |
1.0696 |
0.0355 |
226 |
3 |
44.09 |
2011-08-19 |
| 10. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
46.48 |
0.9212 |
0.1888 |
323 |
1 |
46.48 |
2011-03-31 |
| 11. |
At the very end of these food chains (which is to say, at th... |
46.36 |
0.8202 |
0.2805 |
178 |
1 |
46.36 |
2011-08-19 |
| 12. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
46.12 |
1.0885 |
0.0130 |
315 |
1 |
46.12 |
2011-08-18 |
| 13. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
46.11 |
0.8773 |
0.2242 |
205 |
1 |
46.11 |
2011-05-06 |
| 14. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
45.83 |
0.9899 |
0.0964 |
163 |
1 |
45.83 |
2011-08-18 |
| 15. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
45.81 |
1.0074 |
0.0848 |
242 |
1 |
45.81 |
2011-03-31 |
| 16. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
45.79 |
1.0788 |
0.0058 |
171 |
2 |
42.39 |
2011-02-15 |
| 17. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
45.50 |
1.0403 |
0.0828 |
275 |
1 |
45.50 |
2011-05-09 |
| 18. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
45.06 |
1.0740 |
0.0370 |
264 |
1 |
45.06 |
2011-02-11 |
| 19. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
44.70 |
0.9461 |
0.1137 |
193 |
1 |
44.70 |
2011-08-19 |
| 20. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
44.55 |
1.0797 |
-0.0248 |
210 |
1 |
44.55 |
2011-08-19 |
| 21. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
44.22 |
1.0168 |
0.0373 |
271 |
1 |
44.22 |
2011-02-15 |
| 22. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
44.21 |
0.9576 |
0.0985 |
212 |
1 |
44.21 |
2013-03-26 |
| 23. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
44.11 |
1.0169 |
0.0717 |
346 |
1 |
44.11 |
2011-02-09 |
| 24. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
44.00 |
1.0462 |
-0.0051 |
184 |
1 |
44.00 |
2011-08-19 |
| 25. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
43.72 |
1.0684 |
0.0020 |
253 |
1 |
43.72 |
2013-03-26 |
| 26. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
43.24 |
0.9279 |
0.1076 |
317 |
1 |
43.24 |
2011-05-09 |
| 27. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
43.18 |
0.8348 |
0.1987 |
219 |
1 |
43.18 |
2013-03-26 |
| 28. |
We were all in our late twenties or early-to-middle thirties... |
43.13 |
0.8867 |
0.1445 |
241 |
1 |
43.13 |
2013-03-26 |
| 29. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
43.08 |
0.8709 |
0.1619 |
202 |
1 |
43.08 |
2011-02-09 |
| 30. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
42.99 |
0.9340 |
0.0880 |
296 |
1 |
42.99 |
2011-02-10 |
| 31. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
42.82 |
1.0270 |
0.0276 |
255 |
1 |
42.82 |
2011-05-09 |
| 32. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
42.76 |
1.0197 |
-0.0053 |
226 |
1 |
42.76 |
2011-05-06 |
| 33. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
42.57 |
0.9991 |
0.0142 |
225 |
1 |
42.57 |
2011-05-06 |
| 34. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
42.51 |
1.0555 |
-0.0428 |
363 |
1 |
42.51 |
2011-02-10 |
| 35. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
42.36 |
1.0214 |
-0.0191 |
166 |
2 |
40.41 |
2011-05-06 |
| 36. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
42.34 |
0.8573 |
0.1530 |
270 |
1 |
42.34 |
2011-03-31 |
| 37. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
42.29 |
0.9239 |
0.0883 |
193 |
1 |
42.29 |
2011-05-06 |
| 38. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
42.14 |
0.9316 |
0.0768 |
287 |
2 |
42.13 |
2011-02-15 |
| 39. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
42.09 |
0.9612 |
0.0400 |
256 |
2 |
40.70 |
2011-08-18 |
| 40. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
41.85 |
1.0941 |
-0.0676 |
256 |
2 |
39.89 |
2011-02-15 |
| 41. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
40.99 |
1.0124 |
-0.0404 |
204 |
1 |
40.99 |
2011-05-06 |
| 42. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
40.91 |
1.0042 |
0.0102 |
352 |
1 |
40.91 |
2011-08-19 |
| 43. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
40.62 |
0.9769 |
-0.0131 |
263 |
2 |
37.18 |
2011-03-31 |
| 44. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
40.53 |
0.8670 |
0.1016 |
318 |
1 |
40.53 |
2011-08-18 |
| 45. |
Grits and fried chicken won't disappear, but perhaps future ... |
40.30 |
0.8884 |
0.0695 |
135 |
1 |
40.30 |
2011-02-10 |
| 46. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
39.39 |
1.0907 |
-0.1525 |
303 |
1 |
39.39 |
2011-08-19 |
| 47. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
39.19 |
0.9263 |
0.0082 |
188 |
1 |
39.19 |
2011-02-10 |
| 48. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
38.73 |
0.9281 |
-0.0032 |
273 |
1 |
38.73 |
2011-05-06 |
| 49. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
38.69 |
0.8914 |
0.0282 |
366 |
1 |
38.69 |
2011-02-15 |
| 50. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
38.45 |
0.9109 |
0.0055 |
401 |
1 |
38.45 |
2011-05-06 |
| 51. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
38.45 |
1.0261 |
-0.1149 |
273 |
1 |
38.45 |
2011-05-06 |
| 52. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
38.09 |
0.8975 |
0.0077 |
268 |
1 |
38.09 |
2011-08-19 |
| 53. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
37.99 |
0.8821 |
0.0199 |
176 |
1 |
37.99 |
2011-02-11 |
| 54. |
This country is hard on people. Hard and crazy. Got the devi... |
37.93 |
0.9028 |
-0.0042 |
111 |
1 |
37.93 |
2011-02-10 |
| 55. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
37.55 |
0.8810 |
0.0111 |
282 |
1 |
37.55 |
2011-02-10 |
| 56. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
37.51 |
0.9865 |
-0.0946 |
276 |
1 |
37.51 |
2011-02-09 |
| 57. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
37.40 |
0.8900 |
-0.0008 |
164 |
1 |
37.40 |
2011-02-15 |
| 58. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
37.24 |
0.9843 |
-0.1051 |
234 |
1 |
37.24 |
2011-08-18 |
| 59. |
Eating, bathing, having a girlfriend, having an active socia... |
37.15 |
1.0328 |
-0.1539 |
216 |
1 |
37.15 |
2019-07-15 |
| 60. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
36.65 |
0.9922 |
-0.0812 |
341 |
1 |
36.65 |
2011-02-15 |
| 61. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
36.03 |
0.8533 |
0.0027 |
232 |
1 |
36.03 |
2011-02-09 |
| 62. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
35.66 |
0.8961 |
-0.0533 |
189 |
1 |
35.66 |
2011-05-06 |
| 63. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
35.61 |
1.0337 |
-0.1895 |
214 |
1 |
35.61 |
2011-02-09 |
| 64. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
35.24 |
1.0320 |
-0.1587 |
293 |
1 |
35.24 |
2011-02-10 |
| 65. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
34.55 |
0.8826 |
-0.0617 |
296 |
1 |
34.55 |
2011-02-10 |
| 66. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
33.59 |
0.8614 |
-0.0677 |
172 |
1 |
33.59 |
2011-02-09 |
| 67. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
32.89 |
0.8602 |
-0.0829 |
206 |
1 |
32.89 |
2011-02-09 |
| 68. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
32.75 |
1.0521 |
-0.2813 |
171 |
1 |
32.75 |
2011-02-09 |
| 69. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
31.44 |
1.0334 |
-0.2955 |
131 |
1 |
31.44 |
2011-02-23 |
| 70. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
30.62 |
1.0251 |
-0.3024 |
261 |
1 |
30.62 |
2011-02-23 |