| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
65.01 |
1.0901 |
0.1430 |
288 |
1 |
65.01 |
2011-10-26 |
| 2. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
64.59 |
1.0543 |
0.1655 |
182 |
1 |
64.59 |
2011-10-27 |
| 3. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
63.72 |
1.0461 |
0.1626 |
318 |
2 |
57.19 |
2011-10-26 |
| 4. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
63.11 |
0.9763 |
0.2181 |
283 |
1 |
63.11 |
2011-10-25 |
| 5. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
62.98 |
0.9278 |
0.2657 |
253 |
1 |
62.98 |
2011-10-26 |
| 6. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
62.69 |
1.0960 |
0.0950 |
315 |
1 |
62.69 |
2011-10-27 |
| 7. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
62.27 |
0.9989 |
0.1871 |
282 |
1 |
62.27 |
2011-10-23 |
| 8. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
61.42 |
1.0243 |
0.1422 |
153 |
1 |
61.42 |
2011-10-26 |
| 9. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
61.36 |
1.0404 |
0.1261 |
406 |
1 |
61.36 |
2011-10-29 |
| 10. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
61.20 |
1.0877 |
0.0674 |
129 |
1 |
61.20 |
2011-10-29 |
| 11. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
60.93 |
1.0272 |
0.1241 |
226 |
3 |
55.41 |
2011-10-29 |
| 12. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
60.92 |
1.0600 |
0.0935 |
351 |
1 |
60.92 |
2011-10-25 |
| 13. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
60.73 |
1.0665 |
0.0773 |
196 |
1 |
60.73 |
2011-10-23 |
| 14. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
59.75 |
1.0265 |
0.1081 |
375 |
1 |
59.75 |
2011-10-27 |
| 15. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
59.43 |
1.0332 |
0.0911 |
267 |
1 |
59.43 |
2011-10-27 |
| 16. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
59.05 |
0.9980 |
0.1218 |
295 |
1 |
59.05 |
2011-10-23 |
| 17. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
58.97 |
0.9315 |
0.1864 |
273 |
1 |
58.97 |
2011-10-25 |
| 18. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
58.84 |
0.9749 |
0.1478 |
337 |
2 |
54.91 |
2011-10-26 |
| 19. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
58.81 |
1.0250 |
0.0910 |
271 |
1 |
58.81 |
2011-10-29 |
| 20. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
58.75 |
1.0509 |
0.0685 |
295 |
2 |
54.59 |
2011-10-26 |
| 21. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
58.66 |
1.0225 |
0.0799 |
152 |
1 |
58.66 |
2011-10-27 |
| 22. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
58.47 |
0.9332 |
0.1748 |
295 |
1 |
58.47 |
2011-10-26 |
| 23. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
58.42 |
0.9561 |
0.1528 |
291 |
1 |
58.42 |
2011-10-23 |
| 24. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
58.22 |
1.0543 |
0.0498 |
360 |
1 |
58.22 |
2011-10-26 |
| 25. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
58.21 |
1.0270 |
0.0752 |
303 |
2 |
56.52 |
2011-10-26 |
| 26. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
58.07 |
1.0063 |
0.0976 |
293 |
1 |
58.07 |
2011-10-26 |
| 27. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
57.63 |
1.0472 |
0.0371 |
149 |
1 |
57.63 |
2011-10-23 |
| 28. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
57.41 |
0.9530 |
0.1298 |
193 |
1 |
57.41 |
2011-10-26 |
| 29. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
57.09 |
0.9817 |
0.1040 |
304 |
1 |
57.09 |
2011-10-27 |
| 30. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
57.05 |
1.0039 |
0.0819 |
255 |
1 |
57.05 |
2011-10-27 |
| 31. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
57.03 |
1.0800 |
-0.0037 |
213 |
1 |
57.03 |
2011-10-27 |
| 32. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
57.00 |
1.0736 |
0.0090 |
256 |
1 |
57.00 |
2011-10-29 |
| 33. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
56.99 |
1.0495 |
0.0284 |
323 |
1 |
56.99 |
2011-10-23 |
| 34. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
56.87 |
1.0639 |
0.0133 |
303 |
1 |
56.87 |
2011-10-25 |
| 35. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
56.60 |
0.9810 |
0.0950 |
362 |
2 |
54.69 |
2011-10-29 |
| 36. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
56.56 |
0.9310 |
0.1387 |
278 |
2 |
54.46 |
2011-10-26 |
| 37. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
56.53 |
1.0178 |
0.0502 |
207 |
3 |
54.37 |
2011-10-23 |
| 38. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
56.19 |
1.0060 |
0.0579 |
225 |
2 |
52.83 |
2011-10-27 |
| 39. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
56.17 |
1.0189 |
0.0433 |
290 |
1 |
56.17 |
2011-10-26 |
| 40. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
55.81 |
0.9676 |
0.0935 |
247 |
1 |
55.81 |
2011-10-29 |
| 41. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
55.59 |
1.0836 |
-0.0284 |
206 |
1 |
55.59 |
2011-10-23 |
| 42. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
55.49 |
1.0086 |
0.0370 |
218 |
1 |
55.49 |
2011-10-25 |
| 43. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
55.30 |
0.9404 |
0.1154 |
383 |
1 |
55.30 |
2011-10-23 |
| 44. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
55.12 |
1.0845 |
-0.0428 |
212 |
1 |
55.12 |
2011-12-13 |
| 45. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
54.72 |
0.9682 |
0.0774 |
341 |
1 |
54.72 |
2011-10-26 |
| 46. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
54.41 |
1.0561 |
-0.0287 |
227 |
1 |
54.41 |
2011-10-25 |
| 47. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
54.21 |
1.1093 |
-0.0894 |
220 |
1 |
54.21 |
2011-10-26 |
| 48. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
54.14 |
1.0103 |
0.0082 |
209 |
1 |
54.14 |
2011-10-26 |
| 49. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
54.11 |
1.0320 |
-0.0024 |
401 |
1 |
54.11 |
2011-10-23 |
| 50. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
54.07 |
1.0883 |
-0.0591 |
189 |
1 |
54.07 |
2011-10-23 |
| 51. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
53.95 |
0.9480 |
0.0738 |
297 |
1 |
53.95 |
2011-10-23 |
| 52. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
53.75 |
0.9183 |
0.0951 |
252 |
2 |
52.58 |
2011-10-26 |
| 53. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
53.73 |
1.0181 |
-0.0004 |
276 |
1 |
53.73 |
2011-10-23 |
| 54. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
53.66 |
1.0135 |
0.0048 |
358 |
1 |
53.66 |
2011-10-26 |
| 55. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
53.52 |
0.9932 |
0.0268 |
281 |
1 |
53.52 |
2011-10-26 |
| 56. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
53.00 |
0.9400 |
0.0651 |
434 |
1 |
53.00 |
2011-10-25 |
| 57. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
52.73 |
0.9244 |
0.0781 |
225 |
2 |
44.59 |
2011-12-13 |
| 58. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
52.71 |
0.8721 |
0.1308 |
231 |
1 |
52.71 |
2011-10-23 |
| 59. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
52.52 |
0.9374 |
0.0586 |
232 |
1 |
52.52 |
2011-10-26 |
| 60. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
52.51 |
0.9857 |
0.0134 |
268 |
1 |
52.51 |
2011-10-25 |
| 61. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
52.49 |
1.0194 |
-0.0287 |
224 |
1 |
52.49 |
2011-10-26 |
| 62. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
52.48 |
0.9922 |
0.0010 |
264 |
2 |
46.96 |
2011-10-25 |
| 63. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
52.31 |
1.0069 |
-0.0142 |
242 |
1 |
52.31 |
2011-10-23 |
| 64. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
52.29 |
0.9925 |
-0.0077 |
155 |
1 |
52.29 |
2011-12-13 |
| 65. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
51.94 |
0.8837 |
0.0979 |
157 |
1 |
51.94 |
2011-10-25 |
| 66. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
51.37 |
0.9108 |
0.0606 |
235 |
1 |
51.37 |
2011-10-23 |
| 67. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
50.96 |
1.0590 |
-0.0964 |
250 |
1 |
50.96 |
2011-10-14 |
| 68. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
50.70 |
0.9836 |
-0.0248 |
289 |
1 |
50.70 |
2011-10-29 |
| 69. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
50.62 |
1.0540 |
-0.1018 |
184 |
1 |
50.62 |
2011-10-26 |
| 70. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
50.09 |
0.9380 |
0.0076 |
284 |
2 |
44.14 |
2011-10-26 |
| 71. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
49.89 |
0.9243 |
0.0211 |
240 |
1 |
49.89 |
2011-10-27 |
| 72. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
49.86 |
0.9561 |
-0.0060 |
364 |
1 |
49.86 |
2011-10-26 |
| 73. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
49.77 |
0.9890 |
-0.0441 |
272 |
1 |
49.77 |
2011-10-27 |
| 74. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
49.72 |
1.0204 |
-0.0885 |
143 |
1 |
49.72 |
2011-10-25 |
| 75. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
49.48 |
0.9402 |
-0.0066 |
310 |
2 |
48.14 |
2011-10-25 |
| 76. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
49.40 |
0.9403 |
0.0064 |
345 |
1 |
49.40 |
2011-10-26 |
| 77. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
48.85 |
0.9368 |
-0.0198 |
176 |
1 |
48.85 |
2011-10-27 |
| 78. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
48.79 |
0.8437 |
0.0780 |
268 |
1 |
48.79 |
2011-10-26 |
| 79. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
48.75 |
1.0338 |
-0.1069 |
277 |
1 |
48.75 |
2011-10-29 |
| 80. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
48.50 |
1.0585 |
-0.1389 |
226 |
1 |
48.50 |
2011-10-23 |
| 81. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
48.36 |
1.0753 |
-0.1542 |
206 |
1 |
48.36 |
2011-10-26 |
| 82. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
48.32 |
0.9852 |
-0.0724 |
235 |
1 |
48.32 |
2011-10-23 |
| 83. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
48.11 |
1.0392 |
-0.1248 |
258 |
1 |
48.11 |
2011-12-13 |
| 84. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
48.05 |
0.9128 |
-0.0073 |
237 |
1 |
48.05 |
2011-10-27 |
| 85. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
47.71 |
0.9027 |
-0.0044 |
189 |
1 |
47.71 |
2011-10-29 |
| 86. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
47.61 |
1.0403 |
-0.1421 |
234 |
1 |
47.61 |
2011-10-26 |
| 87. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
47.07 |
0.9517 |
-0.0634 |
276 |
1 |
47.07 |
2011-12-13 |
| 88. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
46.97 |
0.8474 |
0.0408 |
265 |
1 |
46.97 |
2011-10-23 |
| 89. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
46.55 |
0.9765 |
-0.0975 |
269 |
1 |
46.55 |
2011-10-23 |
| 90. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
46.48 |
0.9957 |
-0.1133 |
323 |
1 |
46.48 |
2011-10-14 |
| 91. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
46.23 |
0.9824 |
-0.0958 |
352 |
1 |
46.23 |
2011-10-23 |
| 92. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
46.19 |
1.0427 |
-0.1689 |
269 |
1 |
46.19 |
2011-10-23 |
| 93. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
46.18 |
0.9194 |
-0.0362 |
360 |
1 |
46.18 |
2011-10-27 |
| 94. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
45.76 |
0.8986 |
-0.0333 |
216 |
2 |
43.75 |
2011-10-26 |
| 95. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
45.72 |
0.8966 |
-0.0334 |
366 |
1 |
45.72 |
2011-10-14 |
| 96. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
45.47 |
0.9827 |
-0.1226 |
314 |
1 |
45.47 |
2011-10-25 |
| 97. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
45.27 |
0.9743 |
-0.1081 |
397 |
1 |
45.27 |
2011-10-27 |
| 98. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
45.12 |
0.8067 |
0.0467 |
215 |
1 |
45.12 |
2011-10-23 |
| 99. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
44.46 |
1.0036 |
-0.1626 |
277 |
1 |
44.46 |
2011-10-23 |
| 100. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
44.15 |
0.9123 |
-0.0689 |
351 |
1 |
44.15 |
2011-10-23 |
| 101. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
43.73 |
0.9113 |
-0.0788 |
318 |
1 |
43.73 |
2011-10-25 |
| 102. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
42.78 |
0.9422 |
-0.1393 |
190 |
1 |
42.78 |
2011-10-26 |
| 103. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
41.88 |
1.0059 |
-0.2139 |
283 |
1 |
41.88 |
2011-10-25 |
| 104. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
41.31 |
1.0060 |
-0.2246 |
260 |
1 |
41.31 |
2011-10-23 |
| 105. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
40.89 |
0.9299 |
-0.1663 |
168 |
1 |
40.89 |
2011-10-23 |
| 106. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
40.21 |
0.8778 |
-0.1169 |
285 |
1 |
40.21 |
2011-12-13 |
| 107. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
39.77 |
0.8847 |
-0.1362 |
282 |
1 |
39.77 |
2011-10-23 |
| 108. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
39.77 |
1.1095 |
-0.3565 |
252 |
1 |
39.77 |
2011-10-26 |
| 109. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
39.67 |
0.9068 |
-0.1599 |
212 |
1 |
39.67 |
2011-10-25 |
| 110. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
38.08 |
0.8981 |
-0.1709 |
255 |
1 |
38.08 |
2011-10-23 |
| 111. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
37.48 |
0.9403 |
-0.2245 |
307 |
1 |
37.48 |
2011-10-14 |