| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
66.01 |
0.9886 |
0.1925 |
220 |
1 |
66.01 |
2008-12-01 |
| 2. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
65.03 |
1.0417 |
0.1167 |
253 |
1 |
65.03 |
2008-12-01 |
| 3. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
63.86 |
1.0788 |
0.0554 |
171 |
1 |
63.86 |
2008-11-25 |
| 4. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
63.56 |
1.0516 |
0.0824 |
281 |
1 |
63.56 |
2008-11-25 |
| 5. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
62.60 |
1.0714 |
0.0368 |
129 |
2 |
60.67 |
2008-12-01 |
| 6. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
62.19 |
1.0352 |
0.0771 |
341 |
1 |
62.19 |
2008-12-01 |
| 7. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
61.95 |
0.9635 |
0.1472 |
389 |
1 |
61.95 |
2008-12-01 |
| 8. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
61.80 |
0.9286 |
0.1730 |
194 |
1 |
61.80 |
2009-01-18 |
| 9. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
61.51 |
0.9578 |
0.1391 |
281 |
2 |
60.98 |
2008-11-25 |
| 10. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
61.49 |
1.0528 |
0.0392 |
201 |
1 |
61.49 |
2009-01-06 |
| 11. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
61.35 |
0.9884 |
0.1104 |
262 |
1 |
61.35 |
2008-12-01 |
| 12. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
61.13 |
0.9997 |
0.0944 |
382 |
1 |
61.13 |
2008-12-01 |
| 13. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
60.51 |
0.9786 |
0.0955 |
193 |
1 |
60.51 |
2008-12-09 |
| 14. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
60.06 |
1.0197 |
0.0486 |
226 |
1 |
60.06 |
2008-11-25 |
| 15. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
59.87 |
1.0213 |
0.0433 |
240 |
1 |
59.87 |
2008-11-25 |
| 16. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
59.53 |
1.0619 |
0.0033 |
354 |
1 |
59.53 |
2008-12-01 |
| 17. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
59.44 |
1.0477 |
0.0147 |
360 |
2 |
53.00 |
2008-11-26 |
| 18. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
59.30 |
1.0419 |
0.0156 |
261 |
1 |
59.30 |
2008-12-01 |
| 19. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
58.77 |
0.9426 |
0.1084 |
317 |
1 |
58.77 |
2008-11-25 |
| 20. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
58.69 |
1.1114 |
-0.0676 |
247 |
1 |
58.69 |
2008-11-25 |
| 21. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
58.32 |
1.0252 |
0.0081 |
176 |
1 |
58.32 |
2008-11-26 |
| 22. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
58.03 |
0.9309 |
0.1018 |
284 |
2 |
55.48 |
2008-11-25 |
| 23. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
57.98 |
0.9820 |
0.0545 |
267 |
1 |
57.98 |
2008-11-25 |
| 24. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
57.93 |
0.9894 |
0.0478 |
323 |
1 |
57.93 |
2008-11-26 |
| 25. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
57.83 |
1.0124 |
0.0162 |
204 |
1 |
57.83 |
2008-12-01 |
| 26. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
57.65 |
1.0068 |
0.0242 |
358 |
1 |
57.65 |
2008-11-25 |
| 27. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
57.62 |
0.9893 |
0.0380 |
323 |
1 |
57.62 |
2008-12-01 |
| 28. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
57.61 |
1.0349 |
-0.0086 |
234 |
1 |
57.61 |
2008-11-25 |
| 29. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
57.22 |
0.9966 |
0.0227 |
259 |
1 |
57.22 |
2008-11-25 |
| 30. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
56.84 |
1.0296 |
-0.0101 |
437 |
1 |
56.84 |
2008-12-02 |
| 31. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
56.67 |
0.9226 |
0.0937 |
348 |
1 |
56.67 |
2008-12-01 |
| 32. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
56.21 |
0.9833 |
0.0200 |
355 |
1 |
56.21 |
2008-12-01 |
| 33. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
56.08 |
0.9852 |
0.0145 |
264 |
1 |
56.08 |
2008-12-01 |
| 34. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
55.71 |
0.8852 |
0.1096 |
201 |
1 |
55.71 |
2008-12-09 |
| 35. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
55.48 |
1.0257 |
-0.0308 |
401 |
1 |
55.48 |
2008-11-25 |
| 36. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
55.39 |
1.0138 |
-0.0273 |
231 |
1 |
55.39 |
2008-11-25 |
| 37. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
55.08 |
0.9843 |
-0.0080 |
234 |
1 |
55.08 |
2008-11-25 |
| 38. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
55.04 |
0.9485 |
0.0338 |
236 |
1 |
55.04 |
2008-12-01 |
| 39. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
54.93 |
0.9597 |
0.0230 |
347 |
1 |
54.93 |
2009-01-06 |
| 40. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
54.90 |
0.9289 |
0.0469 |
204 |
2 |
52.26 |
2009-01-07 |
| 41. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
54.72 |
0.9593 |
0.0202 |
398 |
1 |
54.72 |
2008-12-07 |
| 42. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
54.65 |
0.9846 |
-0.0121 |
281 |
1 |
54.65 |
2009-01-18 |
| 43. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
54.50 |
1.0534 |
-0.0803 |
357 |
1 |
54.50 |
2008-11-25 |
| 44. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
54.36 |
0.9532 |
0.0138 |
258 |
1 |
54.36 |
2008-12-01 |
| 45. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
54.17 |
0.9339 |
0.0295 |
310 |
1 |
54.17 |
2008-11-25 |
| 46. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
54.17 |
0.9942 |
-0.0205 |
483 |
1 |
54.17 |
2009-01-07 |
| 47. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
53.63 |
0.9293 |
0.0266 |
355 |
1 |
53.63 |
2008-11-25 |
| 48. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
53.26 |
0.9411 |
0.0082 |
318 |
1 |
53.26 |
2008-11-25 |
| 49. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
52.99 |
0.9202 |
0.0227 |
254 |
1 |
52.99 |
2009-01-18 |
| 50. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
52.77 |
0.8533 |
0.0874 |
232 |
1 |
52.77 |
2008-11-26 |
| 51. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
52.74 |
0.9266 |
0.0126 |
267 |
1 |
52.74 |
2009-01-18 |
| 52. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
52.70 |
0.9233 |
0.0068 |
168 |
1 |
52.70 |
2008-11-25 |
| 53. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
52.55 |
1.0016 |
-0.0705 |
218 |
1 |
52.55 |
2008-11-26 |
| 54. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
51.83 |
0.9376 |
-0.0095 |
367 |
1 |
51.83 |
2008-11-25 |
| 55. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
51.48 |
0.9514 |
-0.0348 |
237 |
1 |
51.48 |
2009-01-18 |
| 56. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
51.43 |
0.9281 |
-0.0076 |
273 |
1 |
51.43 |
2008-11-25 |
| 57. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
51.19 |
0.9811 |
-0.0673 |
272 |
1 |
51.19 |
2008-11-25 |
| 58. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
50.99 |
0.9074 |
0.0066 |
396 |
1 |
50.99 |
2008-12-01 |
| 59. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
50.58 |
0.9936 |
-0.0938 |
311 |
1 |
50.58 |
2008-11-26 |
| 60. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
50.42 |
0.8602 |
0.0348 |
206 |
1 |
50.42 |
2008-11-25 |
| 61. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
49.78 |
0.9279 |
-0.0357 |
317 |
1 |
49.78 |
2008-11-25 |
| 62. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
48.06 |
0.9780 |
-0.1224 |
337 |
1 |
48.06 |
2008-11-25 |
| 63. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
47.87 |
1.0441 |
-0.1914 |
252 |
1 |
47.87 |
2008-11-25 |
| 64. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
47.13 |
0.9965 |
-0.1635 |
168 |
1 |
47.13 |
2008-12-01 |
| 65. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
47.08 |
0.9831 |
-0.1382 |
469 |
1 |
47.08 |
2008-11-25 |
| 66. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
46.24 |
0.7876 |
0.0368 |
316 |
1 |
46.24 |
2008-11-25 |
| 67. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
42.31 |
0.8382 |
-0.0869 |
268 |
1 |
42.31 |
2008-11-26 |
| 68. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
40.96 |
0.8919 |
-0.1672 |
205 |
1 |
40.96 |
2008-11-25 |
| 69. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
36.88 |
0.9899 |
-0.3418 |
163 |
1 |
36.88 |
2008-11-25 |