| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
96.67 |
0.9338 |
0.7569 |
326 |
1 |
96.67 |
2014-02-10 |
| 2. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
95.16 |
1.0567 |
0.5973 |
314 |
1 |
95.16 |
2014-02-10 |
| 3. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
93.74 |
1.0291 |
0.5984 |
240 |
1 |
93.74 |
2014-02-10 |
| 4. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
92.12 |
0.9408 |
0.6555 |
177 |
1 |
92.12 |
2014-02-10 |
| 5. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
87.54 |
1.0506 |
0.4704 |
259 |
1 |
87.54 |
2014-02-10 |
| 6. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
83.83 |
1.0128 |
0.4505 |
369 |
1 |
83.83 |
2014-02-10 |
| 7. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
83.11 |
1.0320 |
0.4181 |
401 |
1 |
83.11 |
2014-02-10 |
| 8. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
81.83 |
0.9631 |
0.4583 |
273 |
1 |
81.83 |
2014-02-10 |
| 9. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
76.49 |
1.0432 |
0.2859 |
276 |
1 |
76.49 |
2014-02-10 |
| 10. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
74.85 |
1.0543 |
0.2426 |
182 |
1 |
74.85 |
2014-02-10 |
| 11. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
71.63 |
1.0600 |
0.1842 |
351 |
1 |
71.63 |
2014-02-10 |
| 12. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
71.62 |
1.0753 |
0.1753 |
206 |
1 |
71.62 |
2014-02-10 |
| 13. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
70.43 |
1.0492 |
0.1791 |
284 |
1 |
70.43 |
2014-02-10 |
| 14. |
Ultimately, this is not about solving your problems. It's ab... |
67.81 |
1.0390 |
0.1435 |
260 |
2 |
54.73 |
2014-01-31 |
| 15. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
66.61 |
1.0370 |
0.1190 |
262 |
1 |
66.61 |
2014-01-31 |
| 16. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
65.58 |
0.9963 |
0.1396 |
274 |
1 |
65.58 |
2014-02-09 |
| 17. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
64.97 |
1.0471 |
0.0928 |
406 |
1 |
64.97 |
2014-01-25 |
| 18. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
64.81 |
1.0059 |
0.1199 |
283 |
1 |
64.81 |
2014-01-25 |
| 19. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
64.40 |
0.9931 |
0.1208 |
218 |
1 |
64.40 |
2014-01-13 |
| 20. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
63.98 |
0.9244 |
0.1912 |
225 |
2 |
62.23 |
2014-02-10 |
| 21. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
63.77 |
1.0509 |
0.0633 |
295 |
3 |
55.10 |
2014-09-19 |
| 22. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
63.75 |
0.9194 |
0.1974 |
360 |
1 |
63.75 |
2014-01-31 |
| 23. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
63.41 |
0.8863 |
0.2108 |
127 |
1 |
63.41 |
2014-01-13 |
| 24. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
63.36 |
1.0501 |
0.0501 |
263 |
1 |
63.36 |
2014-01-25 |
| 25. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
63.02 |
0.8845 |
0.2108 |
239 |
1 |
63.02 |
2014-02-08 |
| 26. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
62.29 |
1.0131 |
0.0710 |
245 |
1 |
62.29 |
2014-01-25 |
| 27. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
61.84 |
0.9706 |
0.1141 |
353 |
1 |
61.84 |
2014-01-31 |
| 28. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
61.51 |
0.9374 |
0.1326 |
232 |
2 |
58.47 |
2014-02-10 |
| 29. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
61.37 |
1.0079 |
0.0561 |
273 |
1 |
61.37 |
2014-01-13 |
| 30. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
61.34 |
0.9893 |
0.0723 |
222 |
1 |
61.34 |
2014-01-25 |
| 31. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
61.08 |
1.0665 |
-0.0055 |
210 |
1 |
61.08 |
2014-02-09 |
| 32. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
60.43 |
1.0901 |
-0.0397 |
288 |
1 |
60.43 |
2014-01-13 |
| 33. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
60.40 |
1.0341 |
0.0133 |
273 |
1 |
60.40 |
2014-01-13 |
| 34. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
60.33 |
1.0461 |
0.0028 |
318 |
1 |
60.33 |
2014-01-13 |
| 35. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
60.29 |
0.8913 |
0.1562 |
201 |
1 |
60.29 |
2014-01-13 |
| 36. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
59.97 |
0.9890 |
0.0553 |
272 |
1 |
59.97 |
2014-01-25 |
| 37. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
59.84 |
1.0845 |
-0.0473 |
212 |
1 |
59.84 |
2014-01-13 |
| 38. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
59.66 |
1.0414 |
-0.0073 |
234 |
1 |
59.66 |
2014-01-13 |
| 39. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
59.11 |
0.9482 |
0.0828 |
476 |
1 |
59.11 |
2014-01-13 |
| 40. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
59.01 |
0.9324 |
0.0945 |
246 |
1 |
59.01 |
2013-04-10 |
| 41. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
58.82 |
0.9917 |
0.0306 |
317 |
1 |
58.82 |
2014-01-31 |
| 42. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
58.73 |
1.0462 |
-0.0246 |
340 |
1 |
58.73 |
2013-11-03 |
| 43. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
58.70 |
0.9583 |
0.0604 |
237 |
2 |
50.05 |
2014-01-13 |
| 44. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
58.52 |
1.0520 |
-0.0248 |
392 |
2 |
56.54 |
2014-01-13 |
| 45. |
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly... |
58.12 |
1.0379 |
-0.0330 |
172 |
1 |
58.12 |
2014-01-13 |
| 46. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
57.73 |
0.9854 |
0.0170 |
174 |
1 |
57.73 |
2014-01-13 |
| 47. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
57.67 |
0.9980 |
0.0113 |
341 |
1 |
57.67 |
2014-01-13 |
| 48. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
57.51 |
0.9989 |
0.0058 |
282 |
1 |
57.51 |
2014-01-13 |
| 49. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
57.47 |
0.9797 |
0.0211 |
269 |
1 |
57.47 |
2014-02-09 |
| 50. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
57.43 |
1.0672 |
-0.0724 |
239 |
2 |
54.89 |
2014-01-13 |
| 51. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
57.33 |
1.0418 |
-0.0468 |
214 |
1 |
57.33 |
2014-01-13 |
| 52. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
57.19 |
1.0288 |
-0.0417 |
166 |
1 |
57.19 |
2014-01-25 |
| 53. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
57.12 |
1.0507 |
-0.0546 |
253 |
1 |
57.12 |
2014-02-09 |
| 54. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
57.12 |
1.0529 |
-0.0598 |
373 |
1 |
57.12 |
2014-01-25 |
| 55. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
56.29 |
0.9228 |
0.0576 |
305 |
1 |
56.29 |
2014-02-09 |
| 56. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
56.29 |
1.0225 |
-0.0538 |
152 |
2 |
51.80 |
2013-11-03 |
| 57. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
56.04 |
1.0557 |
-0.0826 |
289 |
2 |
53.67 |
2014-09-19 |
| 58. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
55.77 |
1.0664 |
-0.0955 |
389 |
1 |
55.77 |
2014-01-13 |
| 59. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
55.47 |
0.9749 |
-0.0041 |
337 |
1 |
55.47 |
2014-01-13 |
| 60. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
55.33 |
0.9809 |
-0.0252 |
209 |
3 |
51.38 |
2014-01-31 |
| 61. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
54.96 |
0.9869 |
-0.0378 |
193 |
2 |
51.23 |
2014-02-09 |
| 62. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
54.91 |
0.9068 |
0.0434 |
212 |
1 |
54.91 |
2014-09-19 |
| 63. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
54.55 |
1.0139 |
-0.0552 |
349 |
1 |
54.55 |
2014-01-13 |
| 64. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
54.44 |
0.9574 |
-0.0103 |
354 |
1 |
54.44 |
2014-01-25 |
| 65. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
54.40 |
1.0230 |
-0.0781 |
200 |
1 |
54.40 |
2014-02-09 |
| 66. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
54.32 |
0.9680 |
-0.0259 |
256 |
1 |
54.32 |
2013-10-19 |
| 67. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
54.25 |
0.9676 |
-0.0218 |
247 |
1 |
54.25 |
2013-07-12 |
| 68. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
54.22 |
0.9810 |
-0.0362 |
362 |
1 |
54.22 |
2014-02-08 |
| 69. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
54.14 |
0.9422 |
-0.0087 |
190 |
1 |
54.14 |
2014-01-13 |
| 70. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
53.96 |
1.0095 |
-0.0753 |
211 |
1 |
53.96 |
2013-10-12 |
| 71. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
53.93 |
1.0698 |
-0.1278 |
303 |
1 |
53.93 |
2014-01-13 |
| 72. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
53.76 |
0.9114 |
0.0279 |
399 |
1 |
53.76 |
2014-01-13 |
| 73. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
53.70 |
0.9976 |
-0.0699 |
212 |
1 |
53.70 |
2013-10-19 |
| 74. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
53.62 |
1.0112 |
-0.0822 |
242 |
2 |
53.17 |
2013-07-04 |
| 75. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
53.62 |
1.0617 |
-0.1341 |
171 |
1 |
53.62 |
2013-04-10 |
| 76. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
53.59 |
1.0638 |
-0.1369 |
247 |
1 |
53.59 |
2013-07-12 |
| 77. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
53.34 |
0.9119 |
0.0172 |
396 |
1 |
53.34 |
2014-02-11 |
| 78. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
52.84 |
1.0287 |
-0.1137 |
269 |
1 |
52.84 |
2014-01-25 |
| 79. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
52.71 |
1.0333 |
-0.1246 |
176 |
1 |
52.71 |
2014-01-13 |
| 80. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
52.48 |
1.0873 |
-0.1804 |
243 |
1 |
52.48 |
2013-11-03 |
| 81. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
52.39 |
1.0640 |
-0.1498 |
210 |
1 |
52.39 |
2014-01-13 |
| 82. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
52.04 |
0.9763 |
-0.0747 |
143 |
1 |
52.04 |
2013-11-03 |
| 83. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
51.98 |
1.0063 |
-0.1006 |
293 |
1 |
51.98 |
2013-04-10 |
| 84. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
51.78 |
1.0192 |
-0.1165 |
243 |
2 |
51.59 |
2013-07-12 |
| 85. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
51.65 |
1.1093 |
-0.2195 |
220 |
1 |
51.65 |
2013-07-04 |
| 86. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
51.65 |
0.8981 |
0.0060 |
255 |
1 |
51.65 |
2014-01-13 |
| 87. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
51.41 |
0.9763 |
-0.0856 |
283 |
1 |
51.41 |
2014-01-13 |
| 88. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
51.33 |
0.9309 |
-0.0313 |
376 |
2 |
47.79 |
2013-07-04 |
| 89. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
50.46 |
0.9844 |
-0.0979 |
351 |
1 |
50.46 |
2013-04-10 |
| 90. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
50.43 |
0.9421 |
-0.0687 |
173 |
1 |
50.43 |
2014-02-10 |
| 91. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
50.20 |
0.9801 |
-0.1105 |
289 |
2 |
47.56 |
2014-01-13 |
| 92. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
49.86 |
1.0051 |
-0.1456 |
162 |
1 |
49.86 |
2013-04-10 |
| 93. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
49.77 |
0.8339 |
0.0282 |
209 |
1 |
49.77 |
2014-02-08 |
| 94. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
49.67 |
0.9332 |
-0.0712 |
295 |
1 |
49.67 |
2014-01-31 |
| 95. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
49.54 |
1.1086 |
-0.2499 |
233 |
1 |
49.54 |
2013-07-20 |
| 96. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
49.19 |
0.9704 |
-0.1183 |
254 |
1 |
49.19 |
2013-04-10 |
| 97. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
49.04 |
0.9027 |
-0.0565 |
189 |
1 |
49.04 |
2014-02-09 |
| 98. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
48.74 |
1.0472 |
-0.2088 |
149 |
1 |
48.74 |
2013-04-10 |
| 99. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
48.73 |
0.9010 |
-0.0541 |
266 |
1 |
48.73 |
2013-04-10 |
| 100. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
48.72 |
1.0411 |
-0.1955 |
341 |
1 |
48.72 |
2013-04-10 |
| 101. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
48.16 |
1.0464 |
-0.2062 |
213 |
1 |
48.16 |
2013-07-04 |
| 102. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
47.99 |
0.8778 |
-0.0449 |
285 |
1 |
47.99 |
2014-01-13 |
| 103. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
47.67 |
1.0283 |
-0.1960 |
272 |
1 |
47.67 |
2014-01-13 |
| 104. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
47.59 |
0.8666 |
-0.0450 |
206 |
1 |
47.59 |
2014-02-10 |
| 105. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
47.56 |
1.0130 |
-0.1890 |
288 |
1 |
47.56 |
2013-10-19 |
| 106. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
46.61 |
0.8718 |
-0.0612 |
318 |
1 |
46.61 |
2013-10-12 |
| 107. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
46.47 |
0.9598 |
-0.1528 |
209 |
1 |
46.47 |
2013-07-04 |
| 108. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
45.54 |
1.1070 |
-0.3194 |
265 |
1 |
45.54 |
2013-04-10 |
| 109. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
45.36 |
0.8391 |
-0.0474 |
294 |
1 |
45.36 |
2013-10-19 |
| 110. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
45.18 |
1.0392 |
-0.2518 |
258 |
1 |
45.18 |
2013-04-10 |
| 111. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
44.69 |
0.8847 |
-0.1129 |
282 |
1 |
44.69 |
2013-07-04 |
| 112. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
44.25 |
0.9980 |
-0.2298 |
295 |
1 |
44.25 |
2013-07-04 |
| 113. |
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the ... |
44.21 |
1.0471 |
-0.2892 |
170 |
1 |
44.21 |
2013-11-03 |
| 114. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
42.50 |
0.9352 |
-0.2009 |
194 |
1 |
42.50 |
2013-10-12 |
| 115. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
42.11 |
1.0267 |
-0.2949 |
261 |
1 |
42.11 |
2014-01-31 |
| 116. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
41.96 |
0.9265 |
-0.2013 |
254 |
1 |
41.96 |
2013-04-10 |
| 117. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
40.95 |
1.0466 |
-0.3383 |
230 |
1 |
40.95 |
2014-02-11 |
| 118. |
While it may hold true that the final few seconds of a bike ... |
40.54 |
0.8375 |
-0.1306 |
224 |
2 |
40.29 |
2013-07-04 |
| 119. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
40.30 |
0.9987 |
-0.2969 |
236 |
1 |
40.30 |
2013-04-10 |
| 120. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
33.41 |
0.8328 |
-0.2523 |
343 |
1 |
33.41 |
2014-02-10 |