| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
79.64 |
1.0016 |
0.2053 |
218 |
1 |
79.64 |
2008-11-27 |
| 2. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
76.68 |
1.0004 |
0.1597 |
212 |
1 |
76.68 |
2008-11-06 |
| 3. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
76.43 |
0.9820 |
0.1828 |
267 |
3 |
72.34 |
2008-11-28 |
| 4. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
76.15 |
1.0516 |
0.1059 |
281 |
1 |
76.15 |
2008-11-07 |
| 5. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
74.84 |
1.1018 |
0.0297 |
220 |
1 |
74.84 |
2008-11-27 |
| 6. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
73.33 |
1.0214 |
0.0916 |
269 |
2 |
72.24 |
2008-11-27 |
| 7. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
72.83 |
0.9785 |
0.1315 |
335 |
2 |
71.70 |
2008-11-24 |
| 8. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
72.23 |
0.9275 |
0.1670 |
211 |
1 |
72.23 |
2008-11-06 |
| 9. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
72.05 |
1.0797 |
0.0096 |
210 |
1 |
72.05 |
2008-10-28 |
| 10. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
72.01 |
1.0668 |
0.0298 |
350 |
1 |
72.01 |
2008-11-27 |
| 11. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
71.45 |
0.9293 |
0.1571 |
355 |
2 |
67.96 |
2008-11-29 |
| 12. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
71.20 |
1.0062 |
0.0756 |
288 |
1 |
71.20 |
2008-11-28 |
| 13. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
71.08 |
1.0515 |
0.0266 |
250 |
2 |
70.07 |
2009-03-25 |
| 14. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
70.87 |
0.9426 |
0.1374 |
317 |
2 |
68.47 |
2008-11-27 |
| 15. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
70.75 |
0.9429 |
0.1331 |
287 |
2 |
67.58 |
2008-11-27 |
| 16. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
70.69 |
0.9578 |
0.1157 |
281 |
2 |
66.27 |
2008-11-25 |
| 17. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
70.16 |
1.0025 |
0.0639 |
336 |
1 |
70.16 |
2008-11-27 |
| 18. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
70.01 |
1.0477 |
0.0182 |
360 |
1 |
70.01 |
2008-11-27 |
| 19. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
69.95 |
1.0613 |
0.0064 |
456 |
1 |
69.95 |
2008-11-07 |
| 20. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
69.49 |
0.9049 |
0.1557 |
351 |
2 |
66.07 |
2008-11-28 |
| 21. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
69.48 |
0.9646 |
0.0899 |
264 |
2 |
68.32 |
2008-11-26 |
| 22. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
69.42 |
0.9309 |
0.1217 |
284 |
1 |
69.42 |
2008-11-28 |
| 23. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
69.26 |
1.0417 |
0.0077 |
253 |
1 |
69.26 |
2008-11-26 |
| 24. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
69.11 |
0.9570 |
0.0941 |
287 |
2 |
67.20 |
2008-11-07 |
| 25. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
68.87 |
1.0788 |
-0.0384 |
171 |
2 |
64.82 |
2009-02-18 |
| 26. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
68.87 |
0.9567 |
0.0891 |
273 |
1 |
68.87 |
2009-03-25 |
| 27. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
68.81 |
1.0252 |
0.0134 |
176 |
1 |
68.81 |
2008-11-05 |
| 28. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
68.76 |
0.9682 |
0.0742 |
143 |
2 |
67.38 |
2008-11-21 |
| 29. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
68.39 |
0.9072 |
0.1296 |
237 |
2 |
64.96 |
2009-02-18 |
| 30. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
68.26 |
1.0073 |
0.0370 |
369 |
1 |
68.26 |
2008-11-06 |
| 31. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
68.26 |
1.0201 |
0.0169 |
303 |
2 |
66.33 |
2008-11-06 |
| 32. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
68.18 |
0.9342 |
0.1046 |
434 |
1 |
68.18 |
2008-11-06 |
| 33. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
68.03 |
1.0025 |
0.0304 |
256 |
1 |
68.03 |
2008-10-29 |
| 34. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
67.96 |
0.9942 |
0.0465 |
483 |
3 |
62.78 |
2009-01-29 |
| 35. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
67.80 |
1.0483 |
-0.0216 |
227 |
1 |
67.80 |
2008-11-07 |
| 36. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
67.79 |
0.9865 |
0.0440 |
276 |
1 |
67.79 |
2008-11-21 |
| 37. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
67.76 |
1.0337 |
-0.0055 |
214 |
1 |
67.76 |
2008-11-06 |
| 38. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
67.48 |
0.9278 |
0.0994 |
295 |
1 |
67.48 |
2009-03-25 |
| 39. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
67.22 |
1.0445 |
-0.0231 |
373 |
1 |
67.22 |
2008-11-06 |
| 40. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
66.92 |
0.9776 |
0.0385 |
308 |
1 |
66.92 |
2008-11-05 |
| 41. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
66.46 |
1.0419 |
-0.0329 |
261 |
1 |
66.46 |
2008-11-06 |
| 42. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
66.23 |
0.9514 |
0.0542 |
237 |
1 |
66.23 |
2008-11-06 |
| 43. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
65.64 |
1.0053 |
-0.0110 |
232 |
2 |
65.21 |
2008-11-07 |
| 44. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
65.44 |
1.0390 |
-0.0494 |
205 |
1 |
65.44 |
2008-11-28 |
| 45. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
65.14 |
0.9758 |
0.0135 |
314 |
1 |
65.14 |
2008-11-28 |
| 46. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
65.04 |
0.9687 |
0.0231 |
371 |
1 |
65.04 |
2008-11-06 |
| 47. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
65.03 |
0.9148 |
0.0737 |
317 |
1 |
65.03 |
2008-11-24 |
| 48. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
64.96 |
0.9636 |
0.0220 |
254 |
1 |
64.96 |
2008-11-05 |
| 49. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
64.70 |
1.0666 |
-0.0849 |
297 |
1 |
64.70 |
2008-11-25 |
| 50. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
64.39 |
1.0352 |
-0.0558 |
341 |
1 |
64.39 |
2008-10-29 |
| 51. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
64.38 |
0.8890 |
0.0844 |
199 |
1 |
64.38 |
2008-10-29 |
| 52. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
64.35 |
1.1016 |
-0.1251 |
233 |
1 |
64.35 |
2008-11-06 |
| 53. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
64.24 |
0.9841 |
-0.0057 |
334 |
1 |
64.24 |
2008-11-07 |
| 54. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
64.22 |
1.0391 |
-0.0586 |
358 |
1 |
64.22 |
2008-11-27 |
| 55. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
64.20 |
1.0487 |
-0.0796 |
231 |
1 |
64.20 |
2008-11-05 |
| 56. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
64.03 |
1.0340 |
-0.0575 |
406 |
1 |
64.03 |
2009-02-18 |
| 57. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
63.98 |
0.9330 |
0.0442 |
360 |
1 |
63.98 |
2008-11-07 |
| 58. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
63.62 |
0.9088 |
0.0616 |
348 |
1 |
63.62 |
2008-11-05 |
| 59. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
63.40 |
0.9635 |
0.0037 |
389 |
1 |
63.40 |
2008-11-28 |
| 60. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
63.39 |
0.9675 |
0.0036 |
383 |
1 |
63.39 |
2008-11-05 |
| 61. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
63.22 |
1.0426 |
-0.0841 |
323 |
1 |
63.22 |
2009-03-25 |
| 62. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
63.01 |
0.9681 |
-0.0043 |
378 |
1 |
63.01 |
2008-11-21 |
| 63. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
62.97 |
0.9965 |
-0.0409 |
310 |
1 |
62.97 |
2008-11-06 |
| 64. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
62.86 |
0.9601 |
-0.0019 |
308 |
1 |
62.86 |
2008-11-07 |
| 65. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
62.79 |
0.9780 |
-0.0246 |
337 |
1 |
62.79 |
2008-11-28 |
| 66. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
62.30 |
0.9910 |
-0.0442 |
295 |
1 |
62.30 |
2008-11-27 |
| 67. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
62.28 |
0.9997 |
-0.0516 |
382 |
1 |
62.28 |
2008-11-05 |
| 68. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
61.72 |
1.0201 |
-0.0800 |
375 |
1 |
61.72 |
2008-10-29 |
| 69. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
61.70 |
0.9281 |
0.0128 |
273 |
1 |
61.70 |
2008-10-28 |
| 70. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
61.68 |
1.0396 |
-0.1111 |
149 |
1 |
61.68 |
2008-11-27 |
| 71. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
61.41 |
0.9097 |
0.0630 |
464 |
1 |
61.41 |
2008-10-29 |
| 72. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
60.60 |
0.9697 |
-0.0507 |
249 |
1 |
60.60 |
2008-10-29 |
| 73. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
60.55 |
1.0138 |
-0.0961 |
231 |
1 |
60.55 |
2008-11-25 |
| 74. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
60.49 |
1.0289 |
-0.1074 |
276 |
1 |
60.49 |
2009-02-18 |
| 75. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
60.20 |
0.9614 |
-0.0457 |
292 |
1 |
60.20 |
2008-10-29 |
| 76. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
59.72 |
0.9964 |
-0.0912 |
203 |
1 |
59.72 |
2008-10-29 |
| 77. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
59.65 |
0.9622 |
-0.0519 |
392 |
1 |
59.65 |
2008-11-05 |
| 78. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
59.46 |
0.8958 |
0.0101 |
322 |
1 |
59.46 |
2008-10-28 |
| 79. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
59.37 |
0.8919 |
0.0064 |
205 |
1 |
59.37 |
2008-10-28 |
| 80. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
58.75 |
0.9857 |
-0.0963 |
293 |
1 |
58.75 |
2008-11-27 |
| 81. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
57.74 |
1.0429 |
-0.1695 |
259 |
1 |
57.74 |
2008-10-28 |
| 82. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
57.56 |
0.9464 |
-0.0691 |
323 |
1 |
57.56 |
2008-10-29 |
| 83. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
57.55 |
0.9811 |
-0.1064 |
272 |
1 |
57.55 |
2008-11-06 |
| 84. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
57.44 |
0.9279 |
-0.0514 |
317 |
1 |
57.44 |
2008-11-07 |
| 85. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
57.30 |
0.9886 |
-0.1179 |
220 |
1 |
57.30 |
2008-10-28 |
| 86. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
55.91 |
0.9843 |
-0.1426 |
234 |
1 |
55.91 |
2008-11-28 |
| 87. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
55.62 |
0.9966 |
-0.1548 |
259 |
1 |
55.62 |
2008-10-28 |
| 88. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
54.90 |
0.8595 |
-0.0265 |
242 |
1 |
54.90 |
2009-02-18 |
| 89. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
53.84 |
1.0013 |
-0.1871 |
273 |
1 |
53.84 |
2008-10-29 |
| 90. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
53.29 |
0.8770 |
-0.0675 |
300 |
1 |
53.29 |
2008-10-28 |
| 91. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
50.45 |
0.9672 |
-0.1980 |
396 |
1 |
50.45 |
2008-10-29 |
| 92. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
37.00 |
0.9202 |
-0.3647 |
254 |
1 |
37.00 |
2008-10-28 |