| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
44.93 |
0.9918 |
-0.0021 |
400 |
1 |
44.93 |
2009-11-29 |
| 2. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
46.66 |
0.9726 |
0.0512 |
396 |
1 |
46.66 |
2009-11-29 |
| 3. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
44.95 |
1.0057 |
-0.0203 |
382 |
1 |
44.95 |
2009-11-29 |
| 4. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
47.22 |
1.0543 |
-0.0190 |
360 |
1 |
47.22 |
2009-12-04 |
| 5. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
51.83 |
0.9947 |
0.1486 |
346 |
1 |
51.83 |
2011-01-24 |
| 6. |
Tommy had felt alone in a crowd before, even inferior to eve... |
74.38 |
1.0140 |
0.6124 |
345 |
1 |
74.38 |
2023-01-09 |
| 7. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
72.04 |
1.1138 |
0.4731 |
341 |
1 |
72.04 |
2015-05-29 |
| 8. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
47.59 |
0.9991 |
0.0446 |
339 |
1 |
47.59 |
2009-11-29 |
| 9. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
45.52 |
0.9931 |
0.0052 |
339 |
1 |
45.52 |
2009-11-29 |
| 10. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
46.42 |
0.9849 |
0.0326 |
337 |
1 |
46.42 |
2009-11-29 |
| 11. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
53.00 |
0.9842 |
0.1787 |
335 |
2 |
46.80 |
2009-12-04 |
| 12. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
38.18 |
0.9338 |
-0.0890 |
326 |
1 |
38.18 |
2009-11-29 |
| 13. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
49.01 |
0.9957 |
0.0790 |
323 |
1 |
49.01 |
2009-11-29 |
| 14. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
49.46 |
1.0495 |
0.0349 |
323 |
1 |
49.46 |
2009-11-29 |
| 15. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
38.39 |
0.8718 |
-0.0300 |
318 |
1 |
38.39 |
2009-11-29 |
| 16. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
39.82 |
0.9468 |
-0.0739 |
318 |
1 |
39.82 |
2009-11-29 |
| 17. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
49.03 |
0.9479 |
0.1272 |
317 |
1 |
49.03 |
2009-11-29 |
| 18. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
35.70 |
0.9283 |
-0.1429 |
317 |
1 |
35.70 |
2009-11-29 |
| 19. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
36.46 |
0.7923 |
0.0074 |
316 |
1 |
36.46 |
2009-11-29 |
| 20. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
41.07 |
0.9839 |
-0.0838 |
308 |
1 |
41.07 |
2009-11-29 |
| 21. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
39.07 |
0.9183 |
-0.0619 |
308 |
1 |
39.07 |
2009-12-04 |
| 22. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
41.89 |
0.9949 |
-0.0711 |
304 |
1 |
41.89 |
2009-11-29 |
| 23. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
59.66 |
1.0969 |
0.2123 |
303 |
2 |
53.59 |
2009-12-04 |
| 24. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
43.17 |
0.8830 |
0.0636 |
300 |
2 |
41.65 |
2009-12-04 |
| 25. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
39.60 |
0.9820 |
-0.1071 |
297 |
1 |
39.60 |
2009-11-29 |
| 26. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
69.69 |
1.0743 |
0.4549 |
297 |
2 |
55.75 |
2015-05-29 |
| 27. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
42.77 |
0.8815 |
0.0591 |
296 |
1 |
42.77 |
2009-11-29 |
| 28. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
47.71 |
0.9980 |
0.0487 |
295 |
1 |
47.71 |
2009-11-29 |
| 29. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
57.88 |
0.9673 |
0.3031 |
292 |
2 |
46.10 |
2011-01-24 |
| 30. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
41.28 |
1.0901 |
-0.1863 |
288 |
1 |
41.28 |
2009-11-29 |
| 31. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
44.92 |
1.0130 |
-0.0287 |
288 |
1 |
44.92 |
2009-12-04 |
| 32. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
41.44 |
0.9632 |
-0.0548 |
287 |
1 |
41.44 |
2009-11-29 |
| 33. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
37.95 |
1.0461 |
-0.2098 |
286 |
1 |
37.95 |
2009-11-29 |
| 34. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
43.94 |
1.0059 |
-0.0429 |
283 |
1 |
43.94 |
2009-12-04 |
| 35. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
48.14 |
0.9636 |
0.0920 |
281 |
1 |
48.14 |
2009-12-04 |
| 36. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
54.99 |
1.0588 |
0.1476 |
281 |
1 |
54.99 |
2010-07-14 |
| 37. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
34.85 |
1.0036 |
-0.2405 |
277 |
1 |
34.85 |
2009-11-29 |
| 38. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
43.09 |
0.9873 |
-0.0429 |
274 |
1 |
43.09 |
2009-11-29 |
| 39. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
41.17 |
0.9963 |
-0.0943 |
274 |
1 |
41.17 |
2009-11-29 |
| 40. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
38.15 |
1.0250 |
-0.1898 |
271 |
1 |
38.15 |
2009-12-04 |
| 41. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
38.04 |
0.9084 |
-0.0738 |
271 |
1 |
38.04 |
2009-11-29 |
| 42. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
40.09 |
0.9103 |
-0.0302 |
269 |
1 |
40.09 |
2009-11-29 |
| 43. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
43.61 |
0.9765 |
-0.0211 |
269 |
1 |
43.61 |
2009-12-04 |
| 44. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
44.78 |
1.0427 |
-0.0615 |
269 |
1 |
44.78 |
2010-04-27 |
| 45. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
44.60 |
0.9857 |
-0.0013 |
268 |
1 |
44.60 |
2009-12-04 |
| 46. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
44.97 |
1.0493 |
-0.0568 |
264 |
1 |
44.97 |
2009-11-29 |
| 47. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
38.76 |
0.9841 |
-0.1356 |
263 |
1 |
38.76 |
2009-11-29 |
| 48. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
49.93 |
0.9927 |
0.1037 |
262 |
1 |
49.93 |
2009-12-04 |
| 49. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
56.54 |
1.0267 |
0.2148 |
261 |
1 |
56.54 |
2011-01-24 |
| 50. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
48.86 |
1.0060 |
0.0660 |
260 |
1 |
48.86 |
2009-12-04 |
| 51. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
40.76 |
1.0736 |
-0.1757 |
256 |
1 |
40.76 |
2009-11-29 |
| 52. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
48.68 |
0.8669 |
0.2034 |
255 |
1 |
48.68 |
2009-11-29 |
| 53. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
47.43 |
0.9779 |
0.0630 |
255 |
1 |
47.43 |
2010-04-27 |
| 54. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
51.35 |
1.0487 |
0.0772 |
253 |
1 |
51.35 |
2009-11-29 |
| 55. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
47.78 |
1.0511 |
-0.0034 |
252 |
1 |
47.78 |
2009-12-04 |
| 56. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
43.92 |
0.9597 |
0.0033 |
251 |
1 |
43.92 |
2009-11-29 |
| 57. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
43.72 |
0.9324 |
0.0290 |
246 |
1 |
43.72 |
2009-11-29 |
| 58. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
43.30 |
1.0192 |
-0.0648 |
243 |
2 |
38.98 |
2009-12-04 |
| 59. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
57.66 |
1.0873 |
0.1765 |
243 |
1 |
57.66 |
2009-12-04 |
| 60. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
58.79 |
0.9128 |
0.3767 |
237 |
1 |
58.79 |
2011-01-24 |
| 61. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
32.00 |
0.9852 |
-0.2853 |
235 |
1 |
32.00 |
2009-11-29 |
| 62. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
52.03 |
1.0403 |
0.0999 |
234 |
1 |
52.03 |
2009-12-04 |
| 63. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
45.47 |
1.1086 |
-0.1121 |
233 |
1 |
45.47 |
2009-12-04 |
| 64. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
46.16 |
0.9948 |
0.0163 |
233 |
1 |
46.16 |
2009-12-04 |
| 65. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
38.65 |
1.0208 |
-0.1742 |
231 |
1 |
38.65 |
2009-11-29 |
| 66. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
37.81 |
1.0576 |
-0.2308 |
231 |
1 |
37.81 |
2009-11-29 |
| 67. |
Wherever they might be they always remember that the past wa... |
75.54 |
1.0559 |
0.5998 |
227 |
1 |
75.54 |
2023-01-09 |
| 68. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
44.93 |
1.0086 |
-0.0249 |
218 |
1 |
44.93 |
2009-11-29 |
| 69. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
47.52 |
0.9935 |
0.0553 |
217 |
1 |
47.52 |
2010-04-27 |
| 70. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
44.29 |
0.9841 |
-0.0136 |
217 |
2 |
42.51 |
2009-12-04 |
| 71. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
36.75 |
1.0016 |
-0.1978 |
217 |
1 |
36.75 |
2009-12-04 |
| 72. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
63.80 |
0.9756 |
0.4264 |
216 |
1 |
63.80 |
2011-01-24 |
| 73. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
40.57 |
1.0082 |
-0.1204 |
212 |
2 |
37.26 |
2009-11-29 |
| 74. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
35.80 |
0.8117 |
-0.0250 |
209 |
1 |
35.80 |
2009-12-04 |
| 75. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
33.36 |
0.9598 |
-0.2243 |
209 |
1 |
33.36 |
2009-11-29 |
| 76. |
For this dark and lonely room projects a shadow cast in gloo... |
88.46 |
1.0569 |
0.8816 |
207 |
1 |
88.46 |
2023-01-09 |
| 77. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
38.39 |
0.8911 |
-0.0483 |
207 |
1 |
38.39 |
2009-11-29 |
| 78. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
46.06 |
1.0479 |
-0.0390 |
205 |
1 |
46.06 |
2009-11-29 |
| 79. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
64.02 |
1.0197 |
0.3849 |
204 |
1 |
64.02 |
2011-01-24 |
| 80. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
42.02 |
1.0033 |
-0.0833 |
203 |
2 |
38.29 |
2009-12-04 |
| 81. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
47.43 |
0.8742 |
0.1691 |
202 |
1 |
47.43 |
2009-11-29 |
| 82. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
35.68 |
1.0615 |
-0.2813 |
201 |
1 |
35.68 |
2009-11-29 |
| 83. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
46.51 |
1.0026 |
0.0246 |
200 |
1 |
46.51 |
2009-11-29 |
| 84. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
41.96 |
0.9210 |
-0.0012 |
200 |
1 |
41.96 |
2009-12-04 |
| 85. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
45.21 |
0.8680 |
0.1258 |
196 |
1 |
45.21 |
2009-11-29 |
| 86. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
41.70 |
0.9614 |
-0.0467 |
195 |
1 |
41.70 |
2009-11-29 |
| 87. |
I know I should be angry. I should be furious. What a way to... |
83.74 |
1.0464 |
0.7881 |
195 |
1 |
83.74 |
2023-01-09 |
| 88. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
42.33 |
0.9352 |
-0.0078 |
194 |
2 |
41.47 |
2009-12-04 |
| 89. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
42.07 |
0.8988 |
0.0245 |
193 |
1 |
42.07 |
2009-12-04 |
| 90. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
51.50 |
0.9270 |
0.2034 |
193 |
1 |
51.50 |
2010-05-04 |
| 91. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
48.48 |
0.9264 |
0.1394 |
177 |
1 |
48.48 |
2009-11-29 |
| 92. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
74.43 |
0.9368 |
0.6965 |
176 |
1 |
74.43 |
2015-05-29 |
| 93. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
46.53 |
0.9854 |
0.0384 |
174 |
1 |
46.53 |
2009-11-29 |
| 94. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
41.73 |
0.8663 |
0.0498 |
172 |
1 |
41.73 |
2009-11-29 |
| 95. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
42.66 |
1.0617 |
-0.1284 |
171 |
1 |
42.66 |
2009-11-29 |
| 96. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
48.70 |
0.8594 |
0.2099 |
170 |
1 |
48.70 |
2009-11-29 |
| 97. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
35.58 |
1.0042 |
-0.2260 |
168 |
1 |
35.58 |
2009-11-29 |
| 98. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
44.97 |
0.8915 |
0.0995 |
158 |
1 |
44.97 |
2009-11-29 |
| 99. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
35.34 |
0.8837 |
-0.1092 |
157 |
1 |
35.34 |
2009-11-29 |
| 100. |
A body has one more kind of pull. This pull is such that it ... |
92.18 |
1.1076 |
0.9084 |
156 |
1 |
92.18 |
2023-01-09 |
| 101. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
39.36 |
0.7901 |
0.0750 |
154 |
1 |
39.36 |
2009-11-29 |
| 102. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
38.17 |
1.0472 |
-0.2128 |
149 |
1 |
38.17 |
2009-11-29 |
| 103. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
48.30 |
0.9807 |
0.0763 |
129 |
3 |
45.36 |
2009-12-04 |
| 104. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
37.80 |
0.8053 |
0.0265 |
126 |
1 |
37.80 |
2009-11-29 |
| 105. |
There is a trick for learning to type faster. That trick is ... |
53.29 |
0.8732 |
0.2974 |
94 |
1 |
53.29 |
2009-11-29 |