| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
63.47 |
1.0767 |
0.1538 |
212 |
2 |
59.27 |
2010-04-12 |
| 2. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
62.61 |
1.0907 |
0.1278 |
303 |
1 |
62.61 |
2010-04-16 |
| 3. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
61.98 |
0.9884 |
0.2193 |
262 |
1 |
61.98 |
2010-04-19 |
| 4. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
61.25 |
1.0201 |
0.1622 |
172 |
1 |
61.25 |
2010-04-16 |
| 5. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
61.04 |
1.0885 |
0.0998 |
315 |
1 |
61.04 |
2010-06-04 |
| 6. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
60.86 |
1.0063 |
0.1756 |
371 |
3 |
54.26 |
2010-04-15 |
| 7. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
60.20 |
1.0795 |
0.1195 |
226 |
2 |
50.01 |
2010-04-01 |
| 8. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
59.49 |
1.0944 |
0.1050 |
308 |
1 |
59.49 |
2010-04-19 |
| 9. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
59.46 |
0.8956 |
0.2610 |
217 |
1 |
59.46 |
2010-05-03 |
| 10. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
58.84 |
1.0337 |
0.1075 |
214 |
1 |
58.84 |
2010-05-23 |
| 11. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
58.73 |
1.0993 |
0.0383 |
265 |
1 |
58.73 |
2010-04-15 |
| 12. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
58.71 |
1.0516 |
0.0873 |
281 |
1 |
58.71 |
2010-05-03 |
| 13. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
58.23 |
1.1162 |
0.0546 |
189 |
2 |
44.92 |
2010-04-19 |
| 14. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
58.17 |
1.0201 |
0.1090 |
303 |
1 |
58.17 |
2010-05-23 |
| 15. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
58.05 |
0.9514 |
0.1752 |
237 |
1 |
58.05 |
2010-04-19 |
| 16. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
57.42 |
0.9706 |
0.1476 |
216 |
1 |
57.42 |
2010-05-03 |
| 17. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
56.70 |
1.0696 |
0.0267 |
226 |
1 |
56.70 |
2010-04-15 |
| 18. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
56.37 |
1.0797 |
0.0080 |
210 |
2 |
51.03 |
2010-04-19 |
| 19. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
56.28 |
1.0352 |
0.0590 |
341 |
1 |
56.28 |
2010-02-28 |
| 20. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
56.09 |
1.0426 |
0.0445 |
323 |
1 |
56.09 |
2010-05-23 |
| 21. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
55.78 |
1.0214 |
0.0550 |
166 |
2 |
48.19 |
2010-04-19 |
| 22. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
55.66 |
0.9740 |
0.1013 |
209 |
1 |
55.66 |
2010-04-19 |
| 23. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
55.64 |
1.0534 |
0.0278 |
357 |
1 |
55.64 |
2010-05-03 |
| 24. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
54.98 |
1.0523 |
0.0095 |
256 |
1 |
54.98 |
2010-05-03 |
| 25. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
54.94 |
0.8841 |
0.1878 |
194 |
1 |
54.94 |
2010-05-23 |
| 26. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
54.70 |
0.9756 |
0.0837 |
229 |
1 |
54.70 |
2010-04-01 |
| 27. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
54.40 |
0.9729 |
0.0820 |
255 |
1 |
54.40 |
2010-04-19 |
| 28. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
54.29 |
1.0608 |
0.0250 |
258 |
1 |
54.29 |
2010-05-23 |
| 29. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
54.24 |
1.0669 |
0.0169 |
286 |
1 |
54.24 |
2010-04-15 |
| 30. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
53.92 |
1.0666 |
-0.0212 |
297 |
1 |
53.92 |
2010-02-28 |
| 31. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
53.92 |
1.0292 |
0.0148 |
262 |
1 |
53.92 |
2010-04-15 |
| 32. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
53.87 |
1.0445 |
0.0007 |
373 |
1 |
53.87 |
2010-04-19 |
| 33. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
53.80 |
0.9464 |
0.1016 |
323 |
1 |
53.80 |
2010-04-17 |
| 34. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
53.79 |
1.0203 |
0.0258 |
261 |
2 |
52.46 |
2010-04-19 |
| 35. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
53.53 |
1.0441 |
0.0348 |
316 |
1 |
53.53 |
2010-03-23 |
| 36. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
53.52 |
1.0023 |
0.0332 |
211 |
1 |
53.52 |
2010-03-23 |
| 37. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
53.50 |
0.9965 |
0.0357 |
168 |
1 |
53.50 |
2010-04-06 |
| 38. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
53.37 |
0.9897 |
0.0425 |
274 |
1 |
53.37 |
2010-04-01 |
| 39. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
53.34 |
0.9653 |
0.0769 |
394 |
1 |
53.34 |
2010-04-19 |
| 40. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
53.34 |
0.9786 |
0.0501 |
193 |
1 |
53.34 |
2010-04-15 |
| 41. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
53.33 |
1.0252 |
0.0020 |
176 |
1 |
53.33 |
2010-04-16 |
| 42. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
53.21 |
1.0487 |
-0.0224 |
231 |
1 |
53.21 |
2010-04-01 |
| 43. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
53.05 |
0.9578 |
0.0699 |
281 |
2 |
50.95 |
2010-04-19 |
| 44. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
52.45 |
0.9776 |
0.0390 |
308 |
1 |
52.45 |
2010-04-01 |
| 45. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
52.26 |
1.0284 |
0.0276 |
282 |
1 |
52.26 |
2010-05-23 |
| 46. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
52.22 |
0.9863 |
0.0300 |
339 |
1 |
52.22 |
2010-05-11 |
| 47. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
52.17 |
1.0529 |
-0.0421 |
351 |
1 |
52.17 |
2010-04-15 |
| 48. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
52.01 |
0.9965 |
0.0119 |
277 |
2 |
49.18 |
2010-04-19 |
| 49. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
51.93 |
0.9275 |
0.0754 |
211 |
1 |
51.93 |
2010-04-19 |
| 50. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
51.89 |
1.0361 |
-0.0297 |
269 |
1 |
51.89 |
2010-04-16 |
| 51. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
51.64 |
0.9342 |
0.0698 |
434 |
1 |
51.64 |
2010-03-23 |
| 52. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
51.61 |
0.9805 |
0.0240 |
292 |
1 |
51.61 |
2010-05-11 |
| 53. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
51.58 |
1.0463 |
-0.0516 |
182 |
1 |
51.58 |
2010-02-24 |
| 54. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
51.37 |
0.8971 |
0.1034 |
266 |
1 |
51.37 |
2010-05-23 |
| 55. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
51.24 |
1.0429 |
-0.0516 |
259 |
1 |
51.24 |
2010-04-19 |
| 56. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
51.23 |
1.0389 |
-0.0440 |
340 |
1 |
51.23 |
2010-05-11 |
| 57. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
51.13 |
0.8947 |
0.1007 |
366 |
2 |
47.32 |
2010-05-03 |
| 58. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
50.86 |
1.0013 |
-0.0170 |
273 |
1 |
50.86 |
2010-04-19 |
| 59. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
50.22 |
0.9540 |
0.0169 |
285 |
1 |
50.22 |
2010-04-01 |
| 60. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
50.21 |
1.0201 |
-0.0436 |
375 |
2 |
49.19 |
2010-03-23 |
| 61. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
50.13 |
0.9646 |
0.0054 |
264 |
1 |
50.13 |
2010-04-19 |
| 62. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
50.11 |
0.9005 |
0.0685 |
212 |
1 |
50.11 |
2010-02-24 |
| 63. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
50.04 |
1.0412 |
-0.0727 |
225 |
2 |
48.85 |
2010-04-17 |
| 64. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
49.99 |
0.9429 |
0.0265 |
287 |
1 |
49.99 |
2010-04-19 |
| 65. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
49.86 |
0.8975 |
0.0686 |
268 |
1 |
49.86 |
2010-04-19 |
| 66. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
49.78 |
1.0251 |
-0.0633 |
261 |
1 |
49.78 |
2010-04-16 |
| 67. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
49.77 |
1.0352 |
-0.0683 |
341 |
1 |
49.77 |
2010-04-19 |
| 68. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
49.74 |
0.9350 |
0.0290 |
195 |
1 |
49.74 |
2010-04-12 |
| 69. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
49.69 |
0.9286 |
0.0326 |
194 |
1 |
49.69 |
2010-02-28 |
| 70. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
49.58 |
0.9513 |
0.0126 |
354 |
1 |
49.58 |
2010-03-23 |
| 71. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
49.44 |
0.8541 |
0.1114 |
260 |
1 |
49.44 |
2010-05-03 |
| 72. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
49.42 |
0.9461 |
0.0107 |
276 |
1 |
49.42 |
2010-04-01 |
| 73. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
49.38 |
0.8770 |
0.0824 |
300 |
2 |
48.10 |
2010-05-23 |
| 74. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
49.22 |
1.0090 |
-0.0122 |
282 |
1 |
49.22 |
2010-05-11 |
| 75. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
49.11 |
0.8353 |
0.1231 |
283 |
1 |
49.11 |
2010-04-15 |
| 76. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
49.05 |
0.9965 |
-0.0465 |
310 |
1 |
49.05 |
2010-05-03 |
| 77. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
48.99 |
1.0314 |
-0.0437 |
452 |
1 |
48.99 |
2010-05-23 |
| 78. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
48.83 |
0.9279 |
0.0240 |
317 |
1 |
48.83 |
2010-04-19 |
| 79. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
48.74 |
0.9710 |
-0.0339 |
173 |
1 |
48.74 |
2010-05-03 |
| 80. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
48.50 |
0.9865 |
-0.0465 |
276 |
1 |
48.50 |
2010-05-03 |
| 81. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
48.01 |
0.8951 |
0.0364 |
193 |
1 |
48.01 |
2010-04-01 |
| 82. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
47.76 |
0.8961 |
0.0249 |
189 |
2 |
44.54 |
2010-04-01 |
| 83. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
47.73 |
0.9485 |
-0.0223 |
291 |
1 |
47.73 |
2010-04-19 |
| 84. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
47.70 |
0.9157 |
0.0124 |
350 |
1 |
47.70 |
2010-04-20 |
| 85. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
47.56 |
0.9109 |
0.0121 |
401 |
1 |
47.56 |
2010-03-23 |
| 86. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
47.39 |
0.9916 |
-0.0319 |
282 |
1 |
47.39 |
2010-04-19 |
| 87. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
47.33 |
0.9976 |
-0.0615 |
174 |
1 |
47.33 |
2010-04-19 |
| 88. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
47.32 |
0.9278 |
-0.0094 |
295 |
1 |
47.32 |
2010-04-15 |
| 89. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
47.24 |
0.8722 |
0.0449 |
285 |
1 |
47.24 |
2010-05-23 |
| 90. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
47.18 |
1.0254 |
-0.0716 |
217 |
1 |
47.18 |
2010-04-19 |
| 91. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
47.14 |
0.7876 |
0.1272 |
316 |
1 |
47.14 |
2010-04-19 |
| 92. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
47.05 |
1.0060 |
-0.1003 |
171 |
1 |
47.05 |
2010-05-11 |
| 93. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
46.95 |
0.9635 |
-0.0496 |
389 |
1 |
46.95 |
2010-04-19 |
| 94. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
46.75 |
1.0331 |
-0.1307 |
234 |
1 |
46.75 |
2010-02-24 |
| 95. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
46.59 |
0.9532 |
-0.0531 |
258 |
1 |
46.59 |
2010-05-23 |
| 96. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
46.46 |
1.0389 |
-0.1383 |
318 |
1 |
46.46 |
2010-04-19 |
| 97. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
46.40 |
0.9226 |
-0.0186 |
348 |
1 |
46.40 |
2010-05-03 |
| 98. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
45.84 |
0.9325 |
-0.0525 |
156 |
1 |
45.84 |
2010-02-24 |
| 99. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
45.74 |
0.9907 |
-0.1076 |
211 |
1 |
45.74 |
2010-04-19 |
| 100. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
45.69 |
0.9795 |
-0.0957 |
308 |
1 |
45.69 |
2010-05-03 |
| 101. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
45.17 |
0.9049 |
-0.0260 |
351 |
1 |
45.17 |
2010-04-19 |
| 102. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
44.49 |
0.7890 |
0.0721 |
230 |
2 |
39.16 |
2010-02-28 |
| 103. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
44.25 |
1.0398 |
-0.1948 |
110 |
1 |
44.25 |
2010-04-12 |
| 104. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
43.88 |
0.8914 |
-0.0424 |
366 |
1 |
43.88 |
2010-04-17 |
| 105. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
42.54 |
0.9411 |
-0.1184 |
318 |
1 |
42.54 |
2010-04-12 |
| 106. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
42.16 |
0.8933 |
-0.0724 |
363 |
1 |
42.16 |
2010-04-12 |
| 107. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
40.92 |
1.0799 |
-0.2935 |
243 |
1 |
40.92 |
2010-03-31 |
| 108. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
40.64 |
0.9557 |
-0.1648 |
331 |
1 |
40.64 |
2010-04-12 |
| 109. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
39.47 |
1.0346 |
-0.2309 |
244 |
1 |
39.47 |
2010-02-27 |
| 110. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
37.59 |
1.0025 |
-0.2768 |
336 |
1 |
37.59 |
2010-04-15 |
| 111. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
36.54 |
1.0297 |
-0.3267 |
249 |
1 |
36.54 |
2010-04-17 |
| 112. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
34.57 |
0.8602 |
-0.1969 |
206 |
1 |
34.57 |
2010-04-12 |
| 113. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
32.55 |
0.8852 |
-0.2572 |
201 |
1 |
32.55 |
2010-01-18 |