| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
68.39 |
0.9266 |
0.3165 |
278 |
1 |
68.39 |
2008-12-10 |
| 2. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
68.21 |
1.0454 |
0.1889 |
255 |
1 |
68.21 |
2012-06-28 |
| 3. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
65.37 |
1.0796 |
0.1016 |
129 |
2 |
62.21 |
2008-12-10 |
| 4. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
64.23 |
1.0389 |
0.1286 |
340 |
1 |
64.23 |
2010-06-04 |
| 5. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
64.01 |
1.0565 |
0.1019 |
247 |
1 |
64.01 |
2010-08-21 |
| 6. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
63.94 |
1.0596 |
0.0980 |
239 |
1 |
63.94 |
2008-12-20 |
| 7. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
63.34 |
1.0390 |
0.1059 |
205 |
1 |
63.34 |
2008-12-12 |
| 8. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
63.23 |
0.8941 |
0.2546 |
216 |
1 |
63.23 |
2008-12-10 |
| 9. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
61.64 |
0.9894 |
0.1326 |
323 |
1 |
61.64 |
2008-12-28 |
| 10. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
61.39 |
1.0016 |
0.1068 |
218 |
1 |
61.39 |
2008-12-10 |
| 11. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
61.32 |
1.0060 |
0.1010 |
171 |
1 |
61.32 |
2008-12-12 |
| 12. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
61.24 |
1.0389 |
0.0730 |
318 |
2 |
56.41 |
2008-12-10 |
| 13. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
61.09 |
1.0379 |
0.1045 |
245 |
1 |
61.09 |
2010-08-21 |
| 14. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
61.02 |
1.0263 |
0.0791 |
267 |
1 |
61.02 |
2008-12-11 |
| 15. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
60.97 |
1.1016 |
0.0038 |
233 |
3 |
58.26 |
2010-03-10 |
| 16. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
60.76 |
1.0714 |
0.0211 |
129 |
1 |
60.76 |
2008-12-11 |
| 17. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
59.89 |
1.0534 |
0.0343 |
357 |
1 |
59.89 |
2008-12-10 |
| 18. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
59.84 |
1.0668 |
0.0202 |
350 |
1 |
59.84 |
2008-12-10 |
| 19. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
59.77 |
0.9157 |
0.1725 |
350 |
1 |
59.77 |
2010-03-10 |
| 20. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
59.73 |
0.9851 |
0.0996 |
317 |
1 |
59.73 |
2008-12-10 |
| 21. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
59.67 |
1.0666 |
0.0149 |
297 |
1 |
59.67 |
2008-12-11 |
| 22. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
59.51 |
1.0214 |
0.0517 |
166 |
2 |
54.98 |
2008-12-10 |
| 23. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
59.41 |
1.0993 |
-0.0247 |
265 |
2 |
58.80 |
2008-12-10 |
| 24. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
59.10 |
0.9365 |
0.1359 |
248 |
1 |
59.10 |
2008-12-11 |
| 25. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
58.96 |
1.0331 |
0.0331 |
234 |
1 |
58.96 |
2008-12-11 |
| 26. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
58.92 |
0.9991 |
0.0691 |
225 |
1 |
58.92 |
2010-03-10 |
| 27. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
58.66 |
0.9672 |
0.1022 |
396 |
1 |
58.66 |
2008-12-11 |
| 28. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
58.43 |
0.9578 |
0.1004 |
281 |
1 |
58.43 |
2008-12-10 |
| 29. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
58.43 |
1.0073 |
0.0594 |
369 |
1 |
58.43 |
2008-12-12 |
| 30. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
58.40 |
1.0252 |
0.0264 |
176 |
2 |
52.84 |
2008-12-20 |
| 31. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
58.15 |
1.0787 |
-0.0265 |
237 |
1 |
58.15 |
2008-12-10 |
| 32. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
57.90 |
1.1114 |
-0.0651 |
247 |
2 |
54.85 |
2010-03-08 |
| 33. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
57.66 |
0.9622 |
0.0888 |
392 |
1 |
57.66 |
2010-03-10 |
| 34. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
57.61 |
1.0346 |
0.0510 |
244 |
1 |
57.61 |
2010-03-08 |
| 35. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
57.53 |
1.0399 |
0.0075 |
294 |
2 |
56.28 |
2008-12-10 |
| 36. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
57.24 |
1.0201 |
0.0172 |
303 |
2 |
55.72 |
2008-12-28 |
| 37. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
56.96 |
1.0352 |
-0.0004 |
341 |
1 |
56.96 |
2008-12-11 |
| 38. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
56.96 |
0.9986 |
0.0337 |
283 |
3 |
51.55 |
2012-06-28 |
| 39. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
56.88 |
0.9567 |
0.0734 |
273 |
2 |
51.58 |
2008-12-10 |
| 40. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
56.74 |
0.9485 |
0.0809 |
236 |
1 |
56.74 |
2008-12-10 |
| 41. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
56.68 |
0.9646 |
0.0611 |
264 |
1 |
56.68 |
2008-12-10 |
| 42. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
56.57 |
0.9893 |
0.0354 |
323 |
2 |
55.19 |
2010-03-10 |
| 43. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
56.38 |
0.9653 |
0.0641 |
394 |
2 |
55.56 |
2010-03-08 |
| 44. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
56.34 |
0.9048 |
0.1202 |
271 |
1 |
56.34 |
2008-12-11 |
| 45. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
56.20 |
1.0523 |
-0.0388 |
256 |
1 |
56.20 |
2008-12-10 |
| 46. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
56.16 |
0.9279 |
0.0957 |
317 |
1 |
56.16 |
2008-12-10 |
| 47. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
55.94 |
0.9756 |
0.0361 |
229 |
4 |
51.20 |
2010-06-04 |
| 48. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
55.92 |
0.9966 |
0.0155 |
259 |
1 |
55.92 |
2014-02-23 |
| 49. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
55.84 |
0.9234 |
0.0932 |
346 |
1 |
55.84 |
2008-12-10 |
| 50. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
55.71 |
1.0426 |
-0.0345 |
323 |
1 |
55.71 |
2008-12-12 |
| 51. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
55.56 |
0.9758 |
0.0309 |
314 |
1 |
55.56 |
2008-12-10 |
| 52. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
55.33 |
0.9785 |
0.0265 |
335 |
1 |
55.33 |
2008-12-10 |
| 53. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
55.32 |
1.0099 |
-0.0112 |
207 |
1 |
55.32 |
2008-12-10 |
| 54. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
55.07 |
0.9281 |
0.0741 |
273 |
1 |
55.07 |
2010-03-10 |
| 55. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
54.86 |
1.0261 |
-0.0348 |
273 |
1 |
54.86 |
2008-12-10 |
| 56. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
54.86 |
0.9233 |
0.0616 |
168 |
2 |
49.14 |
2008-12-10 |
| 57. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
54.71 |
1.0396 |
-0.0563 |
149 |
1 |
54.71 |
2008-12-10 |
| 58. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
54.25 |
1.0124 |
-0.0328 |
204 |
1 |
54.25 |
2008-12-10 |
| 59. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
54.16 |
0.9795 |
0.0009 |
308 |
1 |
54.16 |
2008-12-11 |
| 60. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
53.65 |
0.9710 |
-0.0065 |
173 |
1 |
53.65 |
2008-12-10 |
| 61. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
53.63 |
1.0441 |
-0.0321 |
316 |
1 |
53.63 |
2012-06-28 |
| 62. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
53.45 |
1.1014 |
-0.0962 |
273 |
1 |
53.45 |
2010-03-10 |
| 63. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
52.36 |
0.8442 |
0.1072 |
265 |
1 |
52.36 |
2008-12-10 |
| 64. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
52.24 |
0.9635 |
-0.0129 |
389 |
1 |
52.24 |
2008-12-10 |
| 65. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
51.81 |
0.9723 |
-0.0313 |
364 |
1 |
51.81 |
2008-12-12 |
| 66. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
51.80 |
1.0419 |
-0.1048 |
261 |
1 |
51.80 |
2008-12-12 |
| 67. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
51.74 |
0.9768 |
-0.0382 |
387 |
1 |
51.74 |
2008-12-10 |
| 68. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
51.48 |
1.0487 |
-0.1225 |
231 |
1 |
51.48 |
2008-12-10 |
| 69. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
51.47 |
0.8826 |
0.0498 |
296 |
2 |
47.85 |
2009-08-25 |
| 70. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
51.33 |
1.0125 |
-0.0863 |
224 |
1 |
51.33 |
2010-03-10 |
| 71. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
51.31 |
0.9570 |
-0.0272 |
287 |
1 |
51.31 |
2008-12-10 |
| 72. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
51.28 |
1.0292 |
-0.1029 |
262 |
1 |
51.28 |
2010-03-10 |
| 73. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
51.26 |
0.8595 |
0.0695 |
242 |
2 |
49.81 |
2008-12-10 |
| 74. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
51.25 |
0.9769 |
-0.0520 |
263 |
1 |
51.25 |
2008-12-10 |
| 75. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
51.24 |
0.9376 |
-0.0054 |
367 |
2 |
43.64 |
2008-12-10 |
| 76. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
51.03 |
0.9884 |
-0.0662 |
233 |
2 |
50.48 |
2008-12-10 |
| 77. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
51.02 |
0.8919 |
0.0292 |
205 |
1 |
51.02 |
2008-12-10 |
| 78. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
50.93 |
0.9430 |
-0.0292 |
211 |
2 |
46.15 |
2010-03-08 |
| 79. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
50.91 |
0.9429 |
-0.0208 |
287 |
1 |
50.91 |
2008-12-11 |
| 80. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
50.84 |
0.9426 |
-0.0200 |
317 |
1 |
50.84 |
2008-12-11 |
| 81. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
50.81 |
0.9734 |
-0.0548 |
289 |
1 |
50.81 |
2008-12-10 |
| 82. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
50.81 |
0.9005 |
0.0169 |
212 |
2 |
49.98 |
2010-08-21 |
| 83. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
50.78 |
0.8916 |
0.0271 |
216 |
2 |
48.80 |
2009-01-21 |
| 84. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
50.54 |
0.7876 |
0.1290 |
316 |
1 |
50.54 |
2008-12-12 |
| 85. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
50.30 |
1.0131 |
-0.1074 |
225 |
1 |
50.30 |
2010-03-08 |
| 86. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
50.23 |
0.9886 |
-0.0778 |
220 |
1 |
50.23 |
2010-03-08 |
| 87. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
49.81 |
1.0398 |
-0.1497 |
110 |
1 |
49.81 |
2008-12-10 |
| 88. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
49.45 |
0.9897 |
-0.0980 |
274 |
1 |
49.45 |
2010-03-10 |
| 89. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
49.01 |
1.0529 |
-0.1671 |
351 |
1 |
49.01 |
2008-12-10 |
| 90. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
48.97 |
0.9844 |
-0.0944 |
293 |
1 |
48.97 |
2008-12-11 |
| 91. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
48.73 |
1.0445 |
-0.1628 |
373 |
1 |
48.73 |
2008-12-10 |
| 92. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
48.52 |
0.9212 |
-0.0410 |
323 |
1 |
48.52 |
2008-12-20 |
| 93. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
48.33 |
1.0516 |
-0.1785 |
281 |
1 |
48.33 |
2008-12-10 |
| 94. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
48.19 |
0.8951 |
-0.0220 |
193 |
1 |
48.19 |
2010-03-10 |
| 95. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
48.11 |
1.0251 |
-0.1579 |
261 |
1 |
48.11 |
2008-12-10 |
| 96. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
48.05 |
0.9468 |
-0.0790 |
276 |
1 |
48.05 |
2008-12-10 |
| 97. |
Pulp: 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. 2. A magaz... |
47.96 |
0.9155 |
0.0005 |
168 |
1 |
47.96 |
2014-02-23 |
| 98. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
46.78 |
0.9772 |
-0.1357 |
217 |
1 |
46.78 |
2008-12-10 |
| 99. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
46.25 |
0.8602 |
-0.0271 |
206 |
1 |
46.25 |
2012-06-28 |
| 100. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
46.06 |
1.0334 |
-0.2081 |
131 |
1 |
46.06 |
2008-12-10 |
| 101. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
45.73 |
0.9863 |
-0.1561 |
339 |
1 |
45.73 |
2010-03-08 |
| 102. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
45.44 |
1.0197 |
-0.2021 |
226 |
1 |
45.44 |
2008-12-10 |
| 103. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
45.05 |
1.0213 |
-0.2112 |
240 |
1 |
45.05 |
2010-03-08 |
| 104. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
43.00 |
1.0337 |
-0.2586 |
214 |
1 |
43.00 |
2008-12-10 |
| 105. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
42.85 |
0.9740 |
-0.2051 |
209 |
1 |
42.85 |
2008-12-10 |
| 106. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
41.65 |
0.9786 |
-0.2329 |
193 |
1 |
41.65 |
2008-12-11 |
| 107. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
38.56 |
1.0201 |
-0.3326 |
172 |
1 |
38.56 |
2008-12-10 |