| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
47.18 |
0.9187 |
0.2665 |
118 |
2 |
45.20 |
2011-11-09 |
| 2. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
46.39 |
0.9711 |
0.2032 |
176 |
1 |
46.39 |
2011-11-03 |
| 3. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
46.23 |
0.9226 |
0.2530 |
177 |
1 |
46.23 |
2011-11-02 |
| 4. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
46.23 |
1.0365 |
0.1650 |
162 |
2 |
44.97 |
2011-10-26 |
| 5. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
45.64 |
1.1296 |
0.0561 |
252 |
1 |
45.64 |
2011-11-01 |
| 6. |
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the ... |
45.46 |
1.0381 |
0.1029 |
170 |
2 |
45.33 |
2011-11-09 |
| 7. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
45.41 |
0.9706 |
0.1840 |
216 |
1 |
45.41 |
2011-11-09 |
| 8. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
45.28 |
1.0463 |
0.0965 |
182 |
1 |
45.28 |
2011-10-31 |
| 9. |
Races are not won in the first corner; however, they are oft... |
45.13 |
0.9582 |
0.1865 |
259 |
1 |
45.13 |
2011-11-03 |
| 10. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
44.18 |
1.0270 |
0.1282 |
255 |
1 |
44.18 |
2011-11-02 |
| 11. |
And in the dream I knew that he was goin' on ahead and that ... |
44.11 |
0.9598 |
0.1643 |
220 |
1 |
44.11 |
2011-11-03 |
| 12. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
44.08 |
1.0528 |
0.0591 |
201 |
1 |
44.08 |
2011-11-03 |
| 13. |
I leave you with photographs, pictures of trickery, and stai... |
43.84 |
0.9016 |
0.2165 |
192 |
1 |
43.84 |
2011-11-01 |
| 14. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
43.74 |
1.0944 |
0.0582 |
308 |
2 |
42.56 |
2011-11-02 |
| 15. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
43.71 |
0.8723 |
0.2304 |
185 |
2 |
43.05 |
2011-11-03 |
| 16. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
43.66 |
1.0521 |
0.0485 |
171 |
1 |
43.66 |
2011-11-03 |
| 17. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
43.64 |
1.0669 |
0.0708 |
286 |
1 |
43.64 |
2011-11-01 |
| 18. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
43.47 |
0.9266 |
0.1759 |
278 |
1 |
43.47 |
2011-11-02 |
| 19. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
43.46 |
0.9893 |
0.1116 |
323 |
1 |
43.46 |
2011-11-09 |
| 20. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
43.24 |
0.9376 |
0.1630 |
367 |
1 |
43.24 |
2011-11-03 |
| 21. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
43.18 |
0.9697 |
0.1278 |
266 |
2 |
39.65 |
2011-11-02 |
| 22. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
42.87 |
0.9567 |
0.1716 |
184 |
2 |
42.23 |
2011-10-31 |
| 23. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
42.78 |
1.0486 |
0.0355 |
289 |
1 |
42.78 |
2011-11-01 |
| 24. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
42.77 |
1.0292 |
0.0525 |
262 |
1 |
42.77 |
2011-11-03 |
| 25. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
42.72 |
0.9831 |
0.0954 |
222 |
1 |
42.72 |
2011-11-09 |
| 26. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
42.64 |
0.9763 |
0.1030 |
289 |
1 |
42.64 |
2011-11-09 |
| 27. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
42.56 |
1.0211 |
0.0872 |
213 |
1 |
42.56 |
2011-11-02 |
| 28. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
42.53 |
0.9946 |
0.0823 |
246 |
1 |
42.53 |
2011-11-03 |
| 29. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
42.01 |
1.0725 |
0.0167 |
233 |
1 |
42.01 |
2011-11-03 |
| 30. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
41.69 |
1.0343 |
0.0582 |
242 |
1 |
41.69 |
2011-11-03 |
| 31. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
41.62 |
1.0429 |
0.0092 |
259 |
1 |
41.62 |
2011-10-18 |
| 32. |
For all its apparent strength, the Aztec Empire had vulnerab... |
41.57 |
0.7988 |
0.2618 |
219 |
1 |
41.57 |
2011-11-03 |
| 33. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
41.53 |
0.9212 |
0.1333 |
231 |
1 |
41.53 |
2011-11-03 |
| 34. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
41.51 |
0.8787 |
0.1765 |
202 |
1 |
41.51 |
2011-10-21 |
| 35. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
41.50 |
0.9597 |
0.0949 |
347 |
2 |
39.74 |
2011-11-03 |
| 36. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
41.36 |
0.9884 |
0.0583 |
233 |
1 |
41.36 |
2011-10-20 |
| 37. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
41.03 |
0.9572 |
0.0798 |
201 |
1 |
41.03 |
2011-11-02 |
| 38. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
40.99 |
1.0033 |
0.0273 |
189 |
1 |
40.99 |
2011-11-03 |
| 39. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
40.60 |
0.9904 |
0.0772 |
203 |
1 |
40.60 |
2011-11-02 |
| 40. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
40.56 |
0.8933 |
0.1396 |
363 |
1 |
40.56 |
2011-11-02 |
| 41. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
40.50 |
1.0388 |
0.0179 |
243 |
1 |
40.50 |
2011-10-21 |
| 42. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
40.49 |
1.0117 |
0.0576 |
297 |
1 |
40.49 |
2011-10-20 |
| 43. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
40.44 |
0.9665 |
0.1064 |
326 |
1 |
40.44 |
2011-11-09 |
| 44. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
40.43 |
1.0487 |
-0.0305 |
231 |
1 |
40.43 |
2011-10-20 |
| 45. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
40.36 |
0.9758 |
0.0463 |
314 |
1 |
40.36 |
2011-10-20 |
| 46. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
40.25 |
0.9846 |
0.0323 |
281 |
1 |
40.25 |
2011-11-04 |
| 47. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
40.17 |
1.0004 |
0.0099 |
212 |
1 |
40.17 |
2011-10-19 |
| 48. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
40.11 |
0.9196 |
0.0968 |
148 |
1 |
40.11 |
2011-11-02 |
| 49. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
40.11 |
0.9212 |
0.0968 |
323 |
1 |
40.11 |
2011-11-09 |
| 50. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
39.97 |
0.8890 |
0.1187 |
199 |
1 |
39.97 |
2011-11-09 |
| 51. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
39.83 |
0.9275 |
0.0772 |
211 |
1 |
39.83 |
2011-11-03 |
| 52. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
39.54 |
1.0598 |
-0.0654 |
196 |
1 |
39.54 |
2011-11-03 |
| 53. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
39.47 |
0.9529 |
0.0863 |
269 |
1 |
39.47 |
2011-11-09 |
| 54. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
39.40 |
1.0485 |
-0.0176 |
153 |
1 |
39.40 |
2011-10-20 |
| 55. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
39.40 |
0.9171 |
0.0800 |
165 |
1 |
39.40 |
2011-11-01 |
| 56. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
39.24 |
1.0261 |
-0.0356 |
273 |
1 |
39.24 |
2011-10-21 |
| 57. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
39.22 |
0.9646 |
0.0266 |
264 |
1 |
39.22 |
2011-11-02 |
| 58. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
39.21 |
0.9461 |
0.0416 |
193 |
1 |
39.21 |
2011-11-03 |
| 59. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
39.08 |
1.0252 |
-0.0433 |
176 |
1 |
39.08 |
2011-10-19 |
| 60. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
38.82 |
0.9871 |
0.0177 |
227 |
1 |
38.82 |
2011-11-01 |
| 61. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
38.81 |
1.0214 |
-0.0451 |
166 |
1 |
38.81 |
2011-11-08 |
| 62. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
38.73 |
0.8971 |
0.0875 |
266 |
1 |
38.73 |
2011-10-19 |
| 63. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
38.65 |
0.9368 |
0.0403 |
173 |
1 |
38.65 |
2011-10-19 |
| 64. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
38.63 |
0.9461 |
0.0302 |
276 |
1 |
38.63 |
2011-10-18 |
| 65. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
38.43 |
0.8615 |
0.1101 |
110 |
1 |
38.43 |
2011-11-02 |
| 66. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
38.35 |
0.9309 |
0.0371 |
284 |
2 |
38.08 |
2011-11-03 |
| 67. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
38.30 |
1.0403 |
-0.0571 |
193 |
1 |
38.30 |
2011-10-18 |
| 68. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
38.29 |
0.9855 |
0.0164 |
258 |
1 |
38.29 |
2011-10-20 |
| 69. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
38.26 |
1.0441 |
-0.0752 |
252 |
1 |
38.26 |
2011-10-31 |
| 70. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
38.23 |
0.9612 |
0.0060 |
256 |
1 |
38.23 |
2011-10-19 |
| 71. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
38.17 |
0.9509 |
0.0527 |
225 |
1 |
38.17 |
2011-11-02 |
| 72. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
37.90 |
0.9513 |
0.0109 |
354 |
1 |
37.90 |
2011-10-20 |
| 73. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
37.88 |
0.9162 |
0.0412 |
165 |
1 |
37.88 |
2011-11-03 |
| 74. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
37.78 |
0.9684 |
-0.0107 |
388 |
1 |
37.78 |
2011-10-19 |
| 75. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
37.56 |
1.0445 |
-0.0937 |
373 |
1 |
37.56 |
2011-11-01 |
| 76. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
37.55 |
0.8595 |
0.0922 |
242 |
1 |
37.55 |
2011-11-03 |
| 77. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
37.51 |
1.0173 |
-0.0252 |
268 |
1 |
37.51 |
2011-10-19 |
| 78. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
37.29 |
0.8614 |
0.0782 |
172 |
1 |
37.29 |
2011-10-19 |
| 79. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
37.20 |
0.8573 |
0.0863 |
270 |
1 |
37.20 |
2011-10-19 |
| 80. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
37.09 |
0.8947 |
0.0482 |
366 |
1 |
37.09 |
2011-11-03 |
| 81. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
36.86 |
0.8878 |
0.0437 |
346 |
1 |
36.86 |
2011-10-18 |
| 82. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
36.79 |
1.0666 |
-0.1363 |
297 |
1 |
36.79 |
2011-10-19 |
| 83. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
36.15 |
0.8916 |
0.0225 |
216 |
1 |
36.15 |
2011-11-03 |
| 84. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
36.04 |
0.9540 |
-0.0455 |
285 |
2 |
34.56 |
2011-10-31 |
| 85. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
35.91 |
0.8898 |
0.0118 |
158 |
1 |
35.91 |
2011-10-26 |
| 86. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
35.90 |
0.9873 |
-0.0837 |
155 |
1 |
35.90 |
2011-11-09 |
| 87. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
35.68 |
0.9631 |
-0.0103 |
345 |
1 |
35.68 |
2011-10-19 |
| 88. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
35.27 |
0.8295 |
0.0630 |
209 |
1 |
35.27 |
2011-10-21 |
| 89. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
35.00 |
1.0034 |
-0.1205 |
302 |
1 |
35.00 |
2011-10-19 |
| 90. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
34.75 |
0.8442 |
0.0373 |
265 |
1 |
34.75 |
2011-10-14 |
| 91. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
34.66 |
0.9682 |
-0.0943 |
143 |
1 |
34.66 |
2011-10-26 |
| 92. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
34.46 |
0.9820 |
-0.1124 |
274 |
1 |
34.46 |
2011-10-20 |
| 93. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
34.08 |
0.8022 |
0.0607 |
215 |
1 |
34.08 |
2011-11-03 |
| 94. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They ... |
33.98 |
0.9774 |
-0.1210 |
196 |
1 |
33.98 |
2011-10-14 |
| 95. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
33.62 |
0.8770 |
-0.0251 |
300 |
1 |
33.62 |
2011-10-19 |
| 96. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
32.68 |
0.8826 |
-0.0564 |
296 |
1 |
32.68 |
2011-11-03 |
| 97. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
32.13 |
0.9798 |
-0.1751 |
199 |
1 |
32.13 |
2011-10-26 |
| 98. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
32.12 |
0.8910 |
-0.0796 |
150 |
1 |
32.12 |
2011-10-19 |
| 99. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
32.08 |
1.0462 |
-0.2431 |
184 |
1 |
32.08 |
2011-10-21 |
| 100. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
32.08 |
0.8793 |
-0.0694 |
157 |
1 |
32.08 |
2011-10-14 |
| 101. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
31.34 |
0.8900 |
-0.0986 |
164 |
1 |
31.34 |
2011-10-20 |
| 102. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
31.06 |
0.8105 |
-0.0321 |
204 |
1 |
31.06 |
2011-10-19 |
| 103. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
30.85 |
1.0419 |
-0.2645 |
261 |
1 |
30.85 |
2011-10-14 |
| 104. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
30.01 |
0.8961 |
-0.1433 |
189 |
1 |
30.01 |
2011-10-20 |
| 105. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
27.48 |
0.7801 |
-0.0936 |
116 |
1 |
27.48 |
2011-10-18 |
| 106. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
22.81 |
0.8919 |
-0.3216 |
205 |
1 |
22.81 |
2011-10-26 |
| 107. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
21.61 |
1.0151 |
-0.4840 |
152 |
1 |
21.61 |
2011-10-14 |