| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
72.46 |
1.0515 |
0.1978 |
250 |
2 |
71.67 |
2011-07-22 |
| 2. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
68.84 |
1.0375 |
0.1966 |
200 |
1 |
68.84 |
2011-07-27 |
| 3. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
68.43 |
1.0419 |
0.1389 |
261 |
2 |
62.25 |
2011-08-22 |
| 4. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
66.76 |
1.0349 |
0.1160 |
234 |
2 |
62.87 |
2011-09-19 |
| 5. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
66.75 |
1.0398 |
0.1011 |
110 |
1 |
66.75 |
2011-07-27 |
| 6. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
66.73 |
1.0797 |
0.0662 |
210 |
1 |
66.73 |
2011-06-26 |
| 7. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
65.94 |
1.1014 |
0.0738 |
273 |
1 |
65.94 |
2011-06-28 |
| 8. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
64.63 |
1.0296 |
0.0917 |
437 |
1 |
64.63 |
2011-07-08 |
| 9. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
64.54 |
1.0621 |
0.0704 |
263 |
1 |
64.54 |
2011-07-15 |
| 10. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
64.15 |
1.0154 |
0.1408 |
351 |
1 |
64.15 |
2011-06-27 |
| 11. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
64.12 |
0.9234 |
0.1876 |
346 |
1 |
64.12 |
2011-08-26 |
| 12. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
63.41 |
1.0941 |
0.0306 |
256 |
1 |
63.41 |
2011-07-08 |
| 13. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
63.34 |
0.9426 |
0.1528 |
317 |
1 |
63.34 |
2011-07-21 |
| 14. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
63.33 |
1.0124 |
0.0771 |
204 |
1 |
63.33 |
2011-07-06 |
| 15. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
63.31 |
1.0441 |
0.0890 |
316 |
1 |
63.31 |
2011-09-20 |
| 16. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
62.59 |
0.9572 |
0.1205 |
201 |
1 |
62.59 |
2011-07-15 |
| 17. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
62.44 |
1.0485 |
0.0625 |
153 |
1 |
62.44 |
2011-06-26 |
| 18. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
62.40 |
0.9899 |
0.0811 |
163 |
1 |
62.40 |
2011-09-20 |
| 19. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
62.31 |
1.0063 |
0.0682 |
371 |
1 |
62.31 |
2011-07-21 |
| 20. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They ... |
61.78 |
0.9774 |
0.0864 |
196 |
1 |
61.78 |
2011-09-08 |
| 21. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
61.65 |
1.0725 |
0.0159 |
233 |
1 |
61.65 |
2011-06-26 |
| 22. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
61.34 |
1.0320 |
0.0625 |
293 |
2 |
57.69 |
2011-07-08 |
| 23. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
61.03 |
1.1068 |
-0.0144 |
393 |
1 |
61.03 |
2011-07-19 |
| 24. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
61.01 |
1.0555 |
0.0262 |
323 |
1 |
61.01 |
2011-09-20 |
| 25. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
60.95 |
0.9916 |
0.1016 |
282 |
1 |
60.95 |
2011-06-28 |
| 26. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
60.83 |
1.0885 |
-0.0051 |
341 |
1 |
60.83 |
2011-06-26 |
| 27. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
60.75 |
0.9439 |
0.1112 |
476 |
1 |
60.75 |
2011-06-28 |
| 28. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
60.73 |
1.0719 |
0.0026 |
360 |
1 |
60.73 |
2011-07-29 |
| 29. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
60.60 |
1.0053 |
0.0373 |
232 |
2 |
57.02 |
2011-08-26 |
| 30. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
60.59 |
1.0714 |
-0.0363 |
129 |
1 |
60.59 |
2011-07-15 |
| 31. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
60.43 |
1.0389 |
0.0050 |
340 |
1 |
60.43 |
2011-07-08 |
| 32. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
60.41 |
0.9866 |
0.0510 |
218 |
1 |
60.41 |
2011-06-28 |
| 33. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
60.30 |
1.0417 |
-0.0053 |
253 |
1 |
60.30 |
2011-07-15 |
| 34. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
60.12 |
1.0211 |
0.0455 |
213 |
1 |
60.12 |
2011-08-26 |
| 35. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
60.00 |
1.0261 |
0.0057 |
273 |
1 |
60.00 |
2011-07-08 |
| 36. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
59.78 |
1.0498 |
-0.0246 |
180 |
1 |
59.78 |
2011-06-28 |
| 37. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
59.68 |
1.0883 |
-0.0278 |
303 |
1 |
59.68 |
2011-06-24 |
| 38. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
59.63 |
0.9513 |
0.0799 |
354 |
2 |
56.40 |
2011-07-29 |
| 39. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
59.30 |
0.9938 |
0.0283 |
339 |
1 |
59.30 |
2011-07-10 |
| 40. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
59.28 |
0.9461 |
0.0747 |
276 |
1 |
59.28 |
2011-07-24 |
| 41. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
59.12 |
0.9731 |
0.0328 |
129 |
1 |
59.12 |
2011-06-26 |
| 42. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
58.53 |
1.0257 |
-0.0110 |
401 |
1 |
58.53 |
2011-07-22 |
| 43. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
58.52 |
1.0463 |
-0.0428 |
182 |
1 |
58.52 |
2011-06-26 |
| 44. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
58.28 |
0.9684 |
0.0380 |
388 |
1 |
58.28 |
2011-07-08 |
| 45. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
58.21 |
0.9557 |
0.0534 |
331 |
1 |
58.21 |
2011-06-29 |
| 46. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
58.14 |
0.9699 |
0.0307 |
269 |
1 |
58.14 |
2011-06-26 |
| 47. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
58.14 |
1.0264 |
0.0153 |
422 |
1 |
58.14 |
2011-06-28 |
| 48. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
58.10 |
1.0567 |
-0.0550 |
303 |
1 |
58.10 |
2011-07-26 |
| 49. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
58.07 |
1.0173 |
0.0269 |
268 |
1 |
58.07 |
2011-09-08 |
| 50. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
57.94 |
1.0340 |
-0.0307 |
406 |
1 |
57.94 |
2011-06-28 |
| 51. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
57.90 |
1.0013 |
-0.0050 |
273 |
1 |
57.90 |
2011-07-24 |
| 52. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
57.71 |
0.9279 |
0.0728 |
317 |
1 |
57.71 |
2011-07-08 |
| 53. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
57.47 |
0.9768 |
0.0160 |
387 |
1 |
57.47 |
2011-07-08 |
| 54. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
57.44 |
0.9843 |
-0.0001 |
234 |
1 |
57.44 |
2011-06-28 |
| 55. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
57.41 |
1.0403 |
-0.0369 |
193 |
1 |
57.41 |
2011-06-28 |
| 56. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
57.30 |
0.9790 |
0.0486 |
311 |
1 |
57.30 |
2011-09-19 |
| 57. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
57.20 |
1.0183 |
-0.0386 |
191 |
1 |
57.20 |
2011-07-06 |
| 58. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
57.11 |
0.8981 |
0.0899 |
393 |
1 |
57.11 |
2011-07-08 |
| 59. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
57.11 |
0.8878 |
0.0954 |
346 |
1 |
57.11 |
2011-10-29 |
| 60. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
57.10 |
0.9216 |
0.1011 |
255 |
1 |
57.10 |
2011-07-08 |
| 61. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
57.04 |
1.0669 |
-0.0516 |
213 |
1 |
57.04 |
2011-06-26 |
| 62. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
57.02 |
0.8958 |
0.0911 |
322 |
2 |
55.00 |
2011-07-26 |
| 63. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
56.77 |
1.0270 |
-0.0136 |
255 |
1 |
56.77 |
2011-07-29 |
| 64. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
56.63 |
1.0426 |
-0.0681 |
323 |
1 |
56.63 |
2011-07-21 |
| 65. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
56.62 |
1.0944 |
-0.0749 |
308 |
1 |
56.62 |
2011-07-15 |
| 66. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
56.49 |
0.9127 |
0.0571 |
252 |
1 |
56.49 |
2011-08-26 |
| 67. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
56.35 |
1.0201 |
-0.0458 |
375 |
1 |
56.35 |
2011-07-08 |
| 68. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
56.30 |
1.0213 |
-0.0550 |
240 |
1 |
56.30 |
2011-06-29 |
| 69. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
56.07 |
1.0668 |
-0.0992 |
350 |
1 |
56.07 |
2011-07-19 |
| 70. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
56.02 |
1.0138 |
-0.0498 |
231 |
1 |
56.02 |
2011-06-26 |
| 71. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
55.97 |
1.0131 |
-0.0533 |
225 |
1 |
55.97 |
2011-07-06 |
| 72. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
55.95 |
1.0365 |
-0.0437 |
162 |
1 |
55.95 |
2011-07-07 |
| 73. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
55.93 |
0.9646 |
-0.0025 |
264 |
1 |
55.93 |
2011-07-06 |
| 74. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
55.90 |
0.8791 |
0.0825 |
190 |
1 |
55.90 |
2011-06-24 |
| 75. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
55.79 |
0.9636 |
-0.0035 |
254 |
1 |
55.79 |
2011-06-26 |
| 76. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
55.60 |
0.9965 |
-0.0387 |
277 |
2 |
54.06 |
2011-07-15 |
| 77. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
55.59 |
1.0352 |
-0.0748 |
341 |
1 |
55.59 |
2011-07-08 |
| 78. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
55.18 |
0.9894 |
-0.0351 |
323 |
1 |
55.18 |
2011-07-22 |
| 79. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
55.12 |
1.0829 |
-0.1328 |
288 |
1 |
55.12 |
2011-07-08 |
| 80. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
55.00 |
0.8935 |
0.0630 |
328 |
1 |
55.00 |
2011-06-26 |
| 81. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
54.94 |
1.0662 |
-0.0824 |
407 |
1 |
54.94 |
2011-06-28 |
| 82. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
54.93 |
0.9310 |
0.0098 |
188 |
1 |
54.93 |
2011-06-26 |
| 83. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
54.92 |
1.0029 |
-0.0642 |
209 |
1 |
54.92 |
2011-06-24 |
| 84. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
54.90 |
0.8723 |
0.0684 |
185 |
1 |
54.90 |
2011-06-26 |
| 85. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
54.86 |
0.9910 |
-0.0446 |
295 |
1 |
54.86 |
2011-06-28 |
| 86. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
54.78 |
0.9740 |
-0.0354 |
209 |
1 |
54.78 |
2011-08-26 |
| 87. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
54.71 |
0.9109 |
0.0338 |
401 |
1 |
54.71 |
2011-06-26 |
| 88. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
54.65 |
1.0385 |
-0.0997 |
230 |
1 |
54.65 |
2011-06-27 |
| 89. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
54.44 |
0.9275 |
0.0063 |
211 |
1 |
54.44 |
2011-07-21 |
| 90. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
54.33 |
0.9597 |
-0.0207 |
347 |
2 |
53.83 |
2011-06-26 |
| 91. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
54.33 |
0.9084 |
0.0283 |
300 |
1 |
54.33 |
2011-07-08 |
| 92. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
54.14 |
0.9936 |
-0.0418 |
227 |
1 |
54.14 |
2011-06-26 |
| 93. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
54.14 |
0.9672 |
-0.0289 |
396 |
2 |
53.87 |
2011-07-20 |
| 94. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
53.87 |
0.9966 |
-0.0701 |
259 |
1 |
53.87 |
2011-06-27 |
| 95. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
53.47 |
0.9619 |
-0.0364 |
393 |
1 |
53.47 |
2011-06-28 |
| 96. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
53.45 |
0.9068 |
0.0110 |
225 |
1 |
53.45 |
2011-07-29 |
| 97. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
53.11 |
1.0251 |
-0.1134 |
261 |
1 |
53.11 |
2011-07-22 |
| 98. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
53.10 |
0.9213 |
-0.0070 |
295 |
1 |
53.10 |
2011-07-15 |
| 99. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
52.71 |
0.9567 |
-0.0076 |
184 |
1 |
52.71 |
2011-06-27 |
| 100. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
52.51 |
0.9811 |
-0.0751 |
272 |
1 |
52.51 |
2011-06-28 |
| 101. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
52.10 |
0.9089 |
-0.0093 |
342 |
1 |
52.10 |
2011-06-28 |
| 102. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
51.66 |
1.0218 |
-0.1364 |
268 |
1 |
51.66 |
2011-06-26 |
| 103. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
51.29 |
1.0109 |
-0.0961 |
400 |
1 |
51.29 |
2011-06-24 |
| 104. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
50.88 |
1.0630 |
-0.1546 |
397 |
1 |
50.88 |
2011-07-07 |
| 105. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
50.73 |
1.0109 |
-0.1382 |
276 |
1 |
50.73 |
2011-06-26 |
| 106. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
50.39 |
0.9540 |
-0.0898 |
285 |
1 |
50.39 |
2011-06-26 |
| 107. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
50.29 |
1.0062 |
-0.1420 |
288 |
1 |
50.29 |
2011-06-24 |
| 108. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
49.16 |
1.0016 |
-0.1616 |
218 |
1 |
49.16 |
2011-06-28 |
| 109. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
47.93 |
0.9514 |
-0.1279 |
237 |
1 |
47.93 |
2011-06-26 |
| 110. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
45.93 |
1.0169 |
-0.1898 |
346 |
1 |
45.93 |
2011-06-24 |
| 111. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
45.88 |
0.9723 |
-0.1807 |
364 |
1 |
45.88 |
2011-06-26 |
| 112. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
44.76 |
0.8775 |
-0.1067 |
443 |
1 |
44.76 |
2011-06-26 |
| 113. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
44.39 |
0.8916 |
-0.1296 |
216 |
1 |
44.39 |
2011-07-22 |
| 114. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
29.94 |
0.8852 |
-0.3734 |
201 |
1 |
29.94 |
2011-07-09 |