| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
86.10 |
1.0787 |
0.2160 |
237 |
1 |
86.10 |
2009-01-13 |
| 2. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
84.41 |
1.1022 |
0.1811 |
259 |
1 |
84.41 |
2011-12-09 |
| 3. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
83.02 |
0.9852 |
0.2635 |
264 |
3 |
79.73 |
2011-12-09 |
| 4. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
82.78 |
1.0669 |
0.1911 |
286 |
1 |
82.78 |
2011-12-09 |
| 5. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
80.85 |
0.9899 |
0.2258 |
163 |
1 |
80.85 |
2011-12-09 |
| 6. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
79.81 |
0.9965 |
0.2035 |
277 |
1 |
79.81 |
2011-12-09 |
| 7. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
79.81 |
0.9578 |
0.2428 |
281 |
1 |
79.81 |
2011-12-09 |
| 8. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
78.19 |
1.0740 |
0.1168 |
264 |
1 |
78.19 |
2011-12-09 |
| 9. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
76.90 |
1.0426 |
0.1137 |
323 |
1 |
76.90 |
2011-12-07 |
| 10. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
76.64 |
1.0168 |
0.1352 |
271 |
1 |
76.64 |
2011-12-09 |
| 11. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
76.06 |
1.0257 |
0.1180 |
401 |
1 |
76.06 |
2011-12-09 |
| 12. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
76.01 |
1.0389 |
0.1038 |
318 |
3 |
71.05 |
2011-12-09 |
| 13. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
75.98 |
1.0232 |
0.1341 |
236 |
1 |
75.98 |
2011-12-16 |
| 14. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
75.18 |
0.9886 |
0.1419 |
220 |
1 |
75.18 |
2011-12-07 |
| 15. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
75.02 |
0.9922 |
0.1496 |
341 |
1 |
75.02 |
2011-12-09 |
| 16. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
75.00 |
1.1016 |
0.0259 |
233 |
1 |
75.00 |
2011-12-14 |
| 17. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
74.76 |
1.0555 |
0.0769 |
323 |
1 |
74.76 |
2011-12-09 |
| 18. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
74.49 |
1.0358 |
0.0972 |
349 |
2 |
70.22 |
2011-12-09 |
| 19. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
74.33 |
0.9966 |
0.1212 |
259 |
1 |
74.33 |
2011-12-07 |
| 20. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
73.75 |
1.0767 |
0.0319 |
212 |
1 |
73.75 |
2009-01-06 |
| 21. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
73.66 |
0.9943 |
0.1132 |
373 |
1 |
73.66 |
2011-12-09 |
| 22. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
73.43 |
1.0120 |
0.0919 |
290 |
1 |
73.43 |
2011-12-05 |
| 23. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
73.16 |
1.0004 |
0.0992 |
212 |
1 |
73.16 |
2009-01-06 |
| 24. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
72.74 |
0.9553 |
0.1387 |
430 |
1 |
72.74 |
2011-12-09 |
| 25. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
72.46 |
1.0829 |
0.0064 |
288 |
2 |
67.53 |
2009-01-06 |
| 26. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
72.39 |
1.0662 |
0.0327 |
407 |
1 |
72.39 |
2011-12-14 |
| 27. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
72.04 |
0.9540 |
0.1293 |
285 |
1 |
72.04 |
2011-12-09 |
| 28. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
71.98 |
1.0403 |
0.0493 |
193 |
1 |
71.98 |
2011-12-09 |
| 29. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
70.47 |
0.9801 |
0.0918 |
428 |
1 |
70.47 |
2011-12-09 |
| 30. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
70.41 |
1.0399 |
0.0187 |
294 |
1 |
70.41 |
2011-12-05 |
| 31. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
70.24 |
0.9879 |
0.0685 |
450 |
1 |
70.24 |
2011-12-05 |
| 32. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
69.96 |
0.9088 |
0.1435 |
348 |
1 |
69.96 |
2011-12-09 |
| 33. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
69.14 |
0.9795 |
0.0596 |
308 |
1 |
69.14 |
2009-01-06 |
| 34. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
69.05 |
1.0183 |
0.0193 |
191 |
1 |
69.05 |
2009-01-06 |
| 35. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
68.56 |
0.8941 |
0.1374 |
216 |
1 |
68.56 |
2011-12-07 |
| 36. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
68.30 |
1.0292 |
-0.0028 |
262 |
1 |
68.30 |
2011-12-05 |
| 37. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
68.25 |
0.9811 |
0.0443 |
272 |
1 |
68.25 |
2009-01-06 |
| 38. |
Races are not won in the first corner; however, they are oft... |
68.14 |
1.0535 |
-0.0186 |
326 |
1 |
68.14 |
2011-12-05 |
| 39. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
68.07 |
1.0462 |
-0.0232 |
184 |
1 |
68.07 |
2011-12-19 |
| 40. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
67.92 |
0.9353 |
0.0862 |
177 |
1 |
67.92 |
2011-12-05 |
| 41. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
67.68 |
1.0154 |
0.0198 |
351 |
1 |
67.68 |
2011-12-19 |
| 42. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
67.67 |
1.0515 |
-0.0346 |
250 |
1 |
67.67 |
2009-01-06 |
| 43. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
67.38 |
0.9697 |
0.0432 |
249 |
1 |
67.38 |
2011-12-07 |
| 44. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
67.23 |
0.9668 |
0.0595 |
383 |
1 |
67.23 |
2011-12-09 |
| 45. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
66.74 |
1.0454 |
-0.0408 |
255 |
1 |
66.74 |
2009-01-06 |
| 46. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
66.71 |
0.9429 |
0.0599 |
287 |
1 |
66.71 |
2009-01-06 |
| 47. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
66.56 |
1.0487 |
-0.0490 |
231 |
2 |
62.70 |
2008-09-01 |
| 48. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
66.46 |
1.0352 |
-0.0361 |
341 |
1 |
66.46 |
2008-08-31 |
| 49. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
66.41 |
0.8826 |
0.1163 |
296 |
1 |
66.41 |
2011-12-07 |
| 50. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
66.31 |
1.0197 |
-0.0231 |
226 |
1 |
66.31 |
2011-12-16 |
| 51. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
66.04 |
0.9278 |
0.0653 |
295 |
1 |
66.04 |
2009-01-13 |
| 52. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
65.95 |
0.9064 |
0.0854 |
399 |
1 |
65.95 |
2009-01-13 |
| 53. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
65.39 |
0.9946 |
-0.0119 |
246 |
1 |
65.39 |
2009-01-06 |
| 54. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
65.29 |
0.9084 |
0.0732 |
404 |
3 |
60.66 |
2011-12-16 |
| 55. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
65.20 |
0.9893 |
-0.0091 |
323 |
1 |
65.20 |
2012-08-20 |
| 56. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
65.07 |
1.0013 |
-0.0232 |
273 |
1 |
65.07 |
2009-01-06 |
| 57. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
65.06 |
0.9339 |
0.0443 |
310 |
1 |
65.06 |
2008-08-31 |
| 58. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
64.92 |
0.9916 |
0.0002 |
282 |
1 |
64.92 |
2011-12-09 |
| 59. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
64.85 |
0.9863 |
-0.0117 |
339 |
2 |
59.32 |
2012-08-20 |
| 60. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
64.48 |
0.8890 |
0.0802 |
199 |
1 |
64.48 |
2011-12-05 |
| 61. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
64.37 |
0.8996 |
0.0679 |
192 |
1 |
64.37 |
2009-01-06 |
| 62. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
64.33 |
0.9709 |
0.0081 |
397 |
1 |
64.33 |
2011-12-16 |
| 63. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
64.28 |
0.9567 |
0.0097 |
273 |
1 |
64.28 |
2008-08-31 |
| 64. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
64.10 |
0.9632 |
0.0009 |
392 |
1 |
64.10 |
2008-08-31 |
| 65. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
64.02 |
1.0613 |
-0.0991 |
456 |
1 |
64.02 |
2009-01-06 |
| 66. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
63.60 |
1.0444 |
-0.0889 |
197 |
1 |
63.60 |
2009-01-06 |
| 67. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
63.05 |
0.9756 |
-0.0283 |
229 |
1 |
63.05 |
2009-01-13 |
| 68. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
62.80 |
0.9461 |
-0.0020 |
276 |
1 |
62.80 |
2011-12-09 |
| 69. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
62.50 |
0.9684 |
-0.0290 |
388 |
1 |
62.50 |
2009-01-13 |
| 70. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
62.45 |
0.9649 |
-0.0263 |
193 |
2 |
58.10 |
2011-12-09 |
| 71. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
62.33 |
1.0666 |
-0.1303 |
297 |
1 |
62.33 |
2008-08-31 |
| 72. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
62.19 |
0.8753 |
0.0601 |
427 |
1 |
62.19 |
2011-12-09 |
| 73. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
61.84 |
0.9468 |
-0.0174 |
276 |
1 |
61.84 |
2008-09-01 |
| 74. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
61.82 |
0.8852 |
0.0441 |
201 |
1 |
61.82 |
2009-01-06 |
| 75. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
61.72 |
0.8553 |
0.0722 |
174 |
1 |
61.72 |
2011-12-05 |
| 76. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
61.34 |
0.9776 |
-0.0557 |
308 |
1 |
61.34 |
2008-08-31 |
| 77. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
61.33 |
1.0023 |
-0.0808 |
211 |
1 |
61.33 |
2009-01-06 |
| 78. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
61.30 |
1.0763 |
-0.1421 |
367 |
1 |
61.30 |
2011-12-16 |
| 79. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
60.89 |
1.0863 |
-0.1577 |
210 |
1 |
60.89 |
2011-12-12 |
| 80. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
60.85 |
0.9342 |
-0.0194 |
434 |
2 |
60.70 |
2008-08-30 |
| 81. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
60.80 |
0.9084 |
0.0055 |
300 |
2 |
59.89 |
2009-01-06 |
| 82. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
60.46 |
0.9593 |
-0.0503 |
398 |
1 |
60.46 |
2008-08-31 |
| 83. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
59.87 |
0.9234 |
-0.0232 |
346 |
1 |
59.87 |
2012-08-20 |
| 84. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
59.11 |
1.0296 |
-0.1414 |
437 |
1 |
59.11 |
2008-09-01 |
| 85. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
58.95 |
0.9846 |
-0.0988 |
281 |
1 |
58.95 |
2009-01-06 |
| 86. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
58.89 |
0.9763 |
-0.0915 |
289 |
1 |
58.89 |
2008-09-01 |
| 87. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
58.45 |
1.0696 |
-0.1919 |
226 |
1 |
58.45 |
2008-08-31 |
| 88. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
57.63 |
0.9785 |
-0.1123 |
335 |
1 |
57.63 |
2008-09-01 |
| 89. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
57.58 |
0.9865 |
-0.1214 |
276 |
1 |
57.58 |
2008-08-30 |
| 90. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
57.48 |
0.9754 |
-0.1114 |
362 |
1 |
57.48 |
2008-08-31 |
| 91. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
57.25 |
1.0398 |
-0.1801 |
110 |
1 |
57.25 |
2009-01-06 |
| 92. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
57.11 |
0.8770 |
-0.0184 |
300 |
1 |
57.11 |
2009-01-06 |
| 93. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
57.05 |
0.9619 |
-0.1042 |
393 |
1 |
57.05 |
2008-08-31 |
| 94. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
56.52 |
0.9527 |
-0.1036 |
251 |
1 |
56.52 |
2008-08-31 |
| 95. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
56.43 |
0.9125 |
-0.0646 |
308 |
1 |
56.43 |
2008-08-30 |
| 96. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
55.86 |
0.9653 |
-0.1256 |
394 |
1 |
55.86 |
2008-08-30 |
| 97. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
55.26 |
0.9772 |
-0.1470 |
217 |
1 |
55.26 |
2008-09-01 |
| 98. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
55.21 |
1.0261 |
-0.1970 |
273 |
1 |
55.21 |
2008-09-01 |
| 99. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
53.96 |
0.9072 |
-0.0961 |
237 |
1 |
53.96 |
2008-08-31 |
| 100. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
53.16 |
0.9109 |
-0.1118 |
401 |
1 |
53.16 |
2008-08-30 |
| 101. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
48.52 |
0.8105 |
-0.0818 |
204 |
1 |
48.52 |
2008-08-30 |