| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
79.81 |
1.0598 |
0.1978 |
196 |
2 |
73.77 |
2012-11-16 |
| 2. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
79.42 |
1.0218 |
0.2328 |
268 |
2 |
70.69 |
2012-11-14 |
| 3. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
78.69 |
1.1114 |
0.1315 |
247 |
1 |
78.69 |
2012-11-14 |
| 4. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
77.31 |
1.0788 |
0.1390 |
171 |
1 |
77.31 |
2012-11-11 |
| 5. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
75.24 |
1.0565 |
0.1310 |
247 |
2 |
70.13 |
2012-11-11 |
| 6. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
74.68 |
1.0361 |
0.1462 |
269 |
1 |
74.68 |
2012-11-16 |
| 7. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
74.49 |
1.0799 |
0.0948 |
243 |
2 |
69.57 |
2012-11-14 |
| 8. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
74.41 |
1.0714 |
0.0964 |
129 |
1 |
74.41 |
2012-11-16 |
| 9. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
74.06 |
1.0388 |
0.1645 |
243 |
1 |
74.06 |
2012-11-16 |
| 10. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
71.53 |
1.0016 |
0.1247 |
218 |
2 |
63.25 |
2012-11-14 |
| 11. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
71.45 |
1.0454 |
0.0815 |
255 |
1 |
71.45 |
2012-11-06 |
| 12. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
70.76 |
1.0346 |
0.1258 |
244 |
2 |
67.38 |
2012-11-16 |
| 13. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
70.67 |
1.0232 |
0.1297 |
236 |
1 |
70.67 |
2012-10-29 |
| 14. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
70.45 |
1.0261 |
0.0856 |
273 |
2 |
67.94 |
2012-11-14 |
| 15. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
69.92 |
0.9622 |
0.1498 |
392 |
2 |
66.20 |
2012-11-14 |
| 16. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
69.65 |
1.0252 |
0.0692 |
176 |
1 |
69.65 |
2012-11-06 |
| 17. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
69.43 |
1.0917 |
0.0293 |
243 |
2 |
66.70 |
2012-11-07 |
| 18. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
69.36 |
1.0498 |
0.0417 |
180 |
1 |
69.36 |
2012-11-04 |
| 19. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
69.09 |
1.0644 |
0.0640 |
257 |
1 |
69.09 |
2012-11-15 |
| 20. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
68.72 |
0.9723 |
0.1182 |
364 |
1 |
68.72 |
2012-10-29 |
| 21. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
68.49 |
1.0595 |
0.0255 |
379 |
1 |
68.49 |
2012-11-15 |
| 22. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
68.43 |
1.0774 |
0.0337 |
304 |
2 |
66.30 |
2012-11-06 |
| 23. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
68.01 |
1.0529 |
0.0219 |
351 |
2 |
67.05 |
2012-11-07 |
| 24. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
67.38 |
1.0667 |
0.0371 |
406 |
1 |
67.38 |
2012-11-16 |
| 25. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
67.21 |
0.9884 |
0.0733 |
233 |
1 |
67.21 |
2012-11-10 |
| 26. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
67.16 |
1.1068 |
-0.0053 |
393 |
1 |
67.16 |
2012-11-10 |
| 27. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
66.83 |
0.9964 |
0.0595 |
203 |
1 |
66.83 |
2012-11-14 |
| 28. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
66.79 |
1.0787 |
-0.0250 |
237 |
1 |
66.79 |
2012-11-11 |
| 29. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
66.77 |
1.0630 |
0.0258 |
397 |
1 |
66.77 |
2012-11-11 |
| 30. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
66.69 |
1.0038 |
0.0803 |
237 |
2 |
60.92 |
2012-11-15 |
| 31. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
66.47 |
1.0445 |
0.0069 |
373 |
1 |
66.47 |
2012-10-29 |
| 32. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
66.12 |
1.0013 |
0.0423 |
273 |
1 |
66.12 |
2012-11-09 |
| 33. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
66.07 |
1.0138 |
0.0294 |
231 |
1 |
66.07 |
2012-11-11 |
| 34. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
66.01 |
1.0885 |
-0.0108 |
341 |
1 |
66.01 |
2012-11-10 |
| 35. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
65.79 |
1.0521 |
-0.0182 |
171 |
1 |
65.79 |
2012-11-09 |
| 36. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
65.76 |
0.9814 |
0.0968 |
364 |
1 |
65.76 |
2012-11-07 |
| 37. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
65.25 |
0.9339 |
0.0952 |
310 |
1 |
65.25 |
2012-11-06 |
| 38. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
65.17 |
0.9612 |
0.0686 |
256 |
1 |
65.17 |
2012-11-15 |
| 39. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
65.15 |
1.0487 |
-0.0246 |
231 |
1 |
65.15 |
2012-11-06 |
| 40. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
65.14 |
1.0463 |
-0.0221 |
182 |
1 |
65.14 |
2012-11-10 |
| 41. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
65.11 |
1.0972 |
-0.0394 |
251 |
1 |
65.11 |
2012-11-07 |
| 42. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
64.99 |
0.9672 |
0.0659 |
396 |
1 |
64.99 |
2012-11-09 |
| 43. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
64.90 |
1.0358 |
0.0312 |
349 |
1 |
64.90 |
2012-11-07 |
| 44. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
64.35 |
1.0168 |
0.0014 |
271 |
1 |
64.35 |
2012-11-11 |
| 45. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
64.18 |
1.0165 |
0.0014 |
392 |
1 |
64.18 |
2012-11-10 |
| 46. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
64.11 |
1.0462 |
-0.0398 |
184 |
1 |
64.11 |
2012-11-10 |
| 47. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
64.11 |
0.9127 |
0.0966 |
252 |
1 |
64.11 |
2012-11-10 |
| 48. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
64.09 |
0.9997 |
0.0163 |
382 |
1 |
64.09 |
2012-11-10 |
| 49. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
64.06 |
1.0613 |
-0.0441 |
456 |
1 |
64.06 |
2012-11-11 |
| 50. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
64.02 |
0.9925 |
0.0553 |
247 |
1 |
64.02 |
2012-11-11 |
| 51. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
63.94 |
0.9148 |
0.0965 |
317 |
3 |
58.16 |
2012-11-16 |
| 52. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
63.91 |
0.9663 |
0.0482 |
330 |
1 |
63.91 |
2012-10-29 |
| 53. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
63.90 |
0.9941 |
0.0126 |
217 |
1 |
63.90 |
2012-11-07 |
| 54. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
63.82 |
1.0201 |
-0.0118 |
303 |
1 |
63.82 |
2012-10-29 |
| 55. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
63.69 |
1.1323 |
-0.0928 |
341 |
1 |
63.69 |
2012-11-07 |
| 56. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
63.64 |
1.0515 |
-0.0487 |
250 |
1 |
63.64 |
2012-11-07 |
| 57. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
63.62 |
1.0417 |
-0.0400 |
253 |
1 |
63.62 |
2012-11-07 |
| 58. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
63.60 |
1.0677 |
-0.0330 |
284 |
1 |
63.60 |
2012-11-06 |
| 59. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
63.52 |
0.9640 |
0.0690 |
334 |
1 |
63.52 |
2012-11-14 |
| 60. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
63.32 |
1.0795 |
-0.0494 |
226 |
1 |
63.32 |
2012-11-10 |
| 61. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
63.11 |
1.0177 |
0.0172 |
392 |
2 |
62.31 |
2012-11-10 |
| 62. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
62.70 |
0.9706 |
0.0231 |
216 |
1 |
62.70 |
2012-11-07 |
| 63. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
62.65 |
1.0251 |
-0.0379 |
261 |
1 |
62.65 |
2012-11-10 |
| 64. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
62.54 |
0.9429 |
0.0460 |
287 |
1 |
62.54 |
2012-11-16 |
| 65. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
62.28 |
1.0124 |
-0.0317 |
204 |
1 |
62.28 |
2012-11-10 |
| 66. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
61.86 |
1.0125 |
0.0021 |
413 |
1 |
61.86 |
2012-11-14 |
| 67. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
61.62 |
1.0213 |
-0.0518 |
240 |
2 |
60.66 |
2012-11-11 |
| 68. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
61.19 |
0.9769 |
-0.0130 |
263 |
1 |
61.19 |
2012-11-14 |
| 69. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
61.16 |
1.0264 |
-0.0210 |
422 |
1 |
61.16 |
2012-11-10 |
| 70. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
61.14 |
0.8810 |
0.0843 |
282 |
1 |
61.14 |
2012-10-29 |
| 71. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
61.11 |
1.0426 |
-0.0790 |
323 |
1 |
61.11 |
2012-11-10 |
| 72. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
61.04 |
0.9651 |
0.0341 |
389 |
1 |
61.04 |
2012-11-14 |
| 73. |
Don't practice too much at first, or you're likely to develo... |
60.98 |
1.0141 |
-0.0112 |
381 |
1 |
60.98 |
2012-11-16 |
| 74. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
60.85 |
0.9805 |
-0.0155 |
292 |
2 |
58.74 |
2012-11-07 |
| 75. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
60.84 |
0.9678 |
0.0277 |
445 |
1 |
60.84 |
2012-11-14 |
| 76. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
60.71 |
1.0602 |
-0.0983 |
389 |
1 |
60.71 |
2012-11-10 |
| 77. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
60.44 |
0.9527 |
0.0013 |
251 |
1 |
60.44 |
2012-11-09 |
| 78. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
60.37 |
1.0534 |
-0.0981 |
357 |
1 |
60.37 |
2012-11-06 |
| 79. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
60.34 |
0.9128 |
0.0809 |
369 |
1 |
60.34 |
2012-10-29 |
| 80. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
60.29 |
1.0515 |
-0.1083 |
166 |
1 |
60.29 |
2012-11-06 |
| 81. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
60.28 |
0.9309 |
0.0184 |
284 |
1 |
60.28 |
2012-11-11 |
| 82. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
60.27 |
0.9776 |
-0.0264 |
308 |
2 |
55.31 |
2012-11-11 |
| 83. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
60.27 |
0.9907 |
-0.0051 |
397 |
1 |
60.27 |
2012-11-14 |
| 84. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
59.95 |
0.9330 |
0.0198 |
360 |
2 |
56.38 |
2012-10-29 |
| 85. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
59.84 |
0.9089 |
0.0385 |
342 |
2 |
58.84 |
2012-11-11 |
| 86. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
59.69 |
1.0506 |
-0.0803 |
277 |
2 |
58.26 |
2012-10-29 |
| 87. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
59.17 |
0.8070 |
0.1242 |
167 |
1 |
59.17 |
2012-10-29 |
| 88. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
59.15 |
0.8770 |
0.0594 |
300 |
1 |
59.15 |
2012-11-14 |
| 89. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
59.14 |
1.1215 |
-0.1648 |
200 |
1 |
59.14 |
2012-11-07 |
| 90. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
59.12 |
1.0012 |
-0.0661 |
260 |
1 |
59.12 |
2012-10-29 |
| 91. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
59.08 |
0.9936 |
-0.0414 |
227 |
1 |
59.08 |
2012-11-06 |
| 92. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
58.95 |
0.9965 |
-0.0660 |
277 |
1 |
58.95 |
2012-11-10 |
| 93. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
58.82 |
0.8845 |
0.0432 |
273 |
1 |
58.82 |
2012-10-29 |
| 94. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
58.60 |
0.9233 |
-0.0074 |
168 |
1 |
58.60 |
2012-10-29 |
| 95. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
58.58 |
0.8916 |
0.0330 |
216 |
1 |
58.58 |
2012-11-14 |
| 96. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
58.43 |
0.9084 |
0.0169 |
404 |
1 |
58.43 |
2012-11-14 |
| 97. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
58.00 |
1.0109 |
-0.0633 |
400 |
1 |
58.00 |
2012-10-29 |
| 98. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
57.96 |
1.0398 |
-0.1368 |
110 |
1 |
57.96 |
2012-10-29 |
| 99. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
57.81 |
1.0389 |
-0.1254 |
318 |
1 |
57.81 |
2012-11-07 |
| 100. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
57.62 |
0.9504 |
-0.0478 |
263 |
1 |
57.62 |
2012-10-29 |
| 101. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
57.60 |
0.8573 |
0.0542 |
270 |
1 |
57.60 |
2012-11-06 |
| 102. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
57.31 |
1.0944 |
-0.1461 |
308 |
1 |
57.31 |
2012-10-29 |
| 103. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
57.23 |
1.0316 |
-0.1252 |
333 |
1 |
57.23 |
2012-10-29 |
| 104. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
57.15 |
1.0340 |
-0.1275 |
406 |
1 |
57.15 |
2012-11-10 |
| 105. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
57.12 |
0.9087 |
0.0030 |
393 |
1 |
57.12 |
2012-11-07 |
| 106. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
57.05 |
0.9005 |
-0.0024 |
212 |
1 |
57.05 |
2012-11-09 |
| 107. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
57.03 |
0.9879 |
-0.0798 |
450 |
1 |
57.03 |
2012-10-29 |
| 108. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
56.93 |
1.0031 |
-0.0723 |
304 |
1 |
56.93 |
2012-11-15 |
| 109. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
56.83 |
0.9293 |
-0.0319 |
355 |
1 |
56.83 |
2012-10-29 |
| 110. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
56.41 |
1.0696 |
-0.1838 |
226 |
1 |
56.41 |
2012-10-29 |
| 111. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
56.09 |
0.9213 |
-0.0364 |
295 |
1 |
56.09 |
2012-11-11 |
| 112. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
55.88 |
0.8442 |
0.0405 |
265 |
1 |
55.88 |
2012-11-14 |
| 113. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
55.59 |
0.9212 |
-0.0421 |
323 |
1 |
55.59 |
2012-11-11 |
| 114. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
55.38 |
0.9772 |
-0.1078 |
217 |
1 |
55.38 |
2012-11-06 |
| 115. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
54.64 |
0.9023 |
0.0016 |
231 |
1 |
54.64 |
2012-11-16 |
| 116. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
54.13 |
1.0261 |
-0.1336 |
410 |
1 |
54.13 |
2012-11-10 |
| 117. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
54.07 |
0.9279 |
-0.0693 |
317 |
1 |
54.07 |
2012-11-06 |
| 118. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
53.55 |
0.8602 |
-0.0188 |
206 |
1 |
53.55 |
2012-11-14 |
| 119. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
53.48 |
0.8996 |
-0.0627 |
192 |
1 |
53.48 |
2012-11-16 |
| 120. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
53.10 |
0.9216 |
-0.0461 |
255 |
1 |
53.10 |
2012-11-07 |
| 121. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
52.66 |
0.9461 |
-0.1210 |
193 |
1 |
52.66 |
2012-11-10 |
| 122. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
51.63 |
0.9266 |
-0.1139 |
267 |
1 |
51.63 |
2012-11-11 |
| 123. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
51.38 |
0.9176 |
-0.0698 |
365 |
1 |
51.38 |
2012-11-09 |
| 124. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
51.11 |
0.8890 |
-0.0882 |
199 |
1 |
51.11 |
2012-11-07 |
| 125. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
50.24 |
0.8958 |
-0.1003 |
322 |
1 |
50.24 |
2012-11-06 |
| 126. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
49.77 |
0.9275 |
-0.1476 |
211 |
1 |
49.77 |
2012-10-29 |
| 127. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
49.64 |
0.9698 |
-0.1559 |
397 |
1 |
49.64 |
2012-11-09 |
| 128. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
49.26 |
0.9820 |
-0.2041 |
267 |
1 |
49.26 |
2012-11-06 |