| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
70.54 |
1.0403 |
0.2480 |
234 |
2 |
65.80 |
2009-04-15 |
| 2. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
68.37 |
1.0672 |
0.1817 |
239 |
1 |
68.37 |
2009-04-15 |
| 3. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
68.32 |
1.0682 |
0.1821 |
266 |
3 |
59.01 |
2009-04-15 |
| 4. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
68.23 |
1.0873 |
0.1573 |
243 |
1 |
68.23 |
2009-04-14 |
| 5. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
66.59 |
1.0638 |
0.1516 |
247 |
1 |
66.59 |
2009-04-15 |
| 6. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
65.55 |
0.9931 |
0.2013 |
218 |
1 |
65.55 |
2009-04-14 |
| 7. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
64.08 |
1.0777 |
0.0915 |
226 |
2 |
56.64 |
2009-04-14 |
| 8. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
63.14 |
1.0181 |
0.1372 |
276 |
1 |
63.14 |
2009-04-15 |
| 9. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
62.33 |
0.9948 |
0.1432 |
233 |
1 |
62.33 |
2009-04-14 |
| 10. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
62.21 |
1.0267 |
0.1133 |
261 |
2 |
58.90 |
2009-04-15 |
| 11. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
61.37 |
1.0227 |
0.1049 |
378 |
1 |
61.37 |
2009-04-14 |
| 12. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
61.37 |
1.0601 |
0.0582 |
256 |
1 |
61.37 |
2009-04-14 |
| 13. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
61.18 |
0.9745 |
0.1456 |
388 |
2 |
58.44 |
2009-04-15 |
| 14. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
61.14 |
1.0414 |
0.0750 |
234 |
1 |
61.14 |
2009-04-15 |
| 15. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
60.75 |
1.0543 |
0.0581 |
360 |
1 |
60.75 |
2009-04-14 |
| 16. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
60.57 |
0.9678 |
0.1433 |
392 |
1 |
60.57 |
2009-04-15 |
| 17. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
60.54 |
1.0588 |
0.0476 |
281 |
1 |
60.54 |
2009-04-15 |
| 18. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
60.53 |
0.9957 |
0.1144 |
323 |
1 |
60.53 |
2009-04-13 |
| 19. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
60.32 |
1.0426 |
0.0556 |
131 |
1 |
60.32 |
2009-04-15 |
| 20. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
60.20 |
0.9996 |
0.1079 |
483 |
1 |
60.20 |
2009-04-15 |
| 21. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
60.14 |
1.0432 |
0.0563 |
276 |
1 |
60.14 |
2009-04-13 |
| 22. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
60.02 |
1.0279 |
0.0631 |
172 |
1 |
60.02 |
2009-04-19 |
| 23. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
59.49 |
1.0466 |
0.0400 |
230 |
2 |
55.58 |
2009-04-13 |
| 24. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
58.97 |
1.0881 |
-0.0146 |
210 |
3 |
57.65 |
2009-04-18 |
| 25. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
58.88 |
0.9839 |
0.0917 |
308 |
2 |
57.29 |
2009-04-15 |
| 26. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
58.76 |
0.9765 |
0.0963 |
269 |
2 |
55.60 |
2009-04-15 |
| 27. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
58.33 |
0.9271 |
0.1410 |
323 |
1 |
58.33 |
2009-04-13 |
| 28. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
58.32 |
1.0462 |
0.0223 |
340 |
1 |
58.32 |
2009-04-14 |
| 29. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
58.31 |
1.0125 |
0.0513 |
232 |
1 |
58.31 |
2009-04-15 |
| 30. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
58.05 |
1.1070 |
-0.0476 |
265 |
2 |
57.19 |
2009-04-15 |
| 31. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
57.78 |
0.9650 |
0.0932 |
347 |
1 |
57.78 |
2009-04-15 |
| 32. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
57.71 |
1.0086 |
0.0414 |
218 |
1 |
57.71 |
2009-04-13 |
| 33. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
57.33 |
1.0404 |
0.0118 |
406 |
2 |
51.90 |
2009-04-19 |
| 34. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
57.23 |
1.0036 |
0.0428 |
277 |
2 |
52.71 |
2009-04-17 |
| 35. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
56.97 |
1.0590 |
-0.0194 |
250 |
1 |
56.97 |
2009-04-15 |
| 36. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
56.68 |
1.0461 |
-0.0086 |
318 |
1 |
56.68 |
2009-04-15 |
| 37. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
56.62 |
0.9869 |
0.0437 |
193 |
1 |
56.62 |
2009-04-20 |
| 38. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
56.46 |
0.9703 |
0.0676 |
394 |
1 |
56.46 |
2009-04-15 |
| 39. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
56.29 |
0.8986 |
0.1346 |
363 |
1 |
56.29 |
2009-04-15 |
| 40. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
56.28 |
1.0654 |
-0.0399 |
247 |
1 |
56.28 |
2009-04-13 |
| 41. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
56.28 |
0.9468 |
0.0810 |
318 |
1 |
56.28 |
2009-04-15 |
| 42. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
56.12 |
0.9621 |
0.0653 |
212 |
1 |
56.12 |
2009-04-13 |
| 43. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
56.07 |
0.9762 |
0.0479 |
249 |
2 |
54.14 |
2009-04-14 |
| 44. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
55.98 |
0.9709 |
0.0503 |
264 |
1 |
55.98 |
2009-04-14 |
| 45. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
55.97 |
1.0419 |
-0.0165 |
341 |
1 |
55.97 |
2009-04-19 |
| 46. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
55.87 |
1.0628 |
-0.0404 |
363 |
1 |
55.87 |
2009-04-14 |
| 47. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
54.78 |
0.9673 |
0.0370 |
393 |
1 |
54.78 |
2009-04-15 |
| 48. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
54.77 |
0.9135 |
0.0955 |
393 |
2 |
54.19 |
2009-04-15 |
| 49. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
54.74 |
0.9128 |
0.0841 |
237 |
1 |
54.74 |
2009-04-14 |
| 50. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
54.62 |
1.0288 |
-0.0360 |
166 |
1 |
54.62 |
2009-04-14 |
| 51. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
54.60 |
1.0600 |
-0.0626 |
351 |
1 |
54.60 |
2009-04-13 |
| 52. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
54.43 |
1.0479 |
-0.0555 |
205 |
1 |
54.43 |
2009-04-15 |
| 53. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
54.41 |
0.9927 |
-0.0024 |
234 |
1 |
54.41 |
2009-04-15 |
| 54. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
54.23 |
1.0582 |
-0.0710 |
180 |
1 |
54.23 |
2009-04-13 |
| 55. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
54.18 |
0.9680 |
0.0215 |
256 |
1 |
54.18 |
2009-04-14 |
| 56. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
53.73 |
0.9352 |
0.0448 |
194 |
1 |
53.73 |
2009-04-14 |
| 57. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
53.53 |
0.9636 |
0.0124 |
281 |
1 |
53.53 |
2009-04-15 |
| 58. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
53.36 |
1.0194 |
-0.0472 |
224 |
1 |
53.36 |
2009-04-13 |
| 59. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
53.32 |
1.0561 |
-0.0844 |
227 |
1 |
53.32 |
2009-04-14 |
| 60. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
53.29 |
0.9068 |
0.0643 |
212 |
3 |
52.39 |
2009-04-17 |
| 61. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
53.25 |
1.0165 |
-0.0450 |
316 |
2 |
52.59 |
2009-04-14 |
| 62. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
53.23 |
1.0639 |
-0.0909 |
303 |
1 |
53.23 |
2009-04-13 |
| 63. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
53.08 |
0.9957 |
-0.0267 |
323 |
1 |
53.08 |
2009-04-15 |
| 64. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
52.85 |
1.0495 |
-0.0851 |
323 |
1 |
52.85 |
2009-04-15 |
| 65. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
52.66 |
0.9609 |
0.0054 |
331 |
1 |
52.66 |
2009-04-14 |
| 66. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
52.61 |
0.8964 |
0.0612 |
199 |
1 |
52.61 |
2009-04-15 |
| 67. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
52.45 |
0.9681 |
-0.0049 |
392 |
1 |
52.45 |
2009-04-14 |
| 68. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
52.37 |
0.9963 |
-0.0426 |
274 |
1 |
52.37 |
2009-04-13 |
| 69. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
51.71 |
0.9183 |
0.0266 |
308 |
1 |
51.71 |
2009-04-14 |
| 70. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
51.38 |
0.9392 |
0.0048 |
360 |
2 |
49.34 |
2009-04-24 |
| 71. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
51.14 |
0.9561 |
-0.0210 |
362 |
1 |
51.14 |
2009-04-14 |
| 72. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
51.00 |
0.9243 |
0.0088 |
240 |
1 |
51.00 |
2009-04-15 |
| 73. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
50.92 |
0.9206 |
0.0094 |
317 |
1 |
50.92 |
2009-04-14 |
| 74. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
50.83 |
0.9574 |
-0.0264 |
354 |
1 |
50.83 |
2009-04-13 |
| 75. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
50.74 |
0.9029 |
0.0260 |
393 |
1 |
50.74 |
2009-04-15 |
| 76. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
50.69 |
1.0057 |
-0.0775 |
382 |
1 |
50.69 |
2009-04-13 |
| 77. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
50.65 |
0.9162 |
0.0095 |
401 |
2 |
50.63 |
2009-04-19 |
| 78. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
50.64 |
0.8845 |
0.0411 |
239 |
1 |
50.64 |
2009-04-13 |
| 79. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
50.57 |
0.8656 |
0.0587 |
242 |
2 |
49.47 |
2009-04-15 |
| 80. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
50.42 |
1.0334 |
-0.1137 |
261 |
1 |
50.42 |
2009-04-15 |
| 81. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
49.92 |
1.0199 |
-0.1126 |
225 |
1 |
49.92 |
2009-04-13 |
| 82. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
49.78 |
1.0736 |
-0.1625 |
350 |
1 |
49.78 |
2009-04-13 |
| 83. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
49.71 |
0.9884 |
-0.0787 |
267 |
2 |
48.72 |
2009-04-14 |
| 84. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
49.61 |
1.0270 |
-0.1210 |
303 |
1 |
49.61 |
2009-04-13 |
| 85. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
49.57 |
1.0060 |
-0.1006 |
225 |
1 |
49.57 |
2009-04-14 |
| 86. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
49.53 |
0.8830 |
0.0234 |
300 |
1 |
49.53 |
2009-04-13 |
| 87. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
49.50 |
0.9644 |
-0.0579 |
398 |
1 |
49.50 |
2009-04-13 |
| 88. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
49.16 |
1.0264 |
-0.1335 |
191 |
1 |
49.16 |
2009-04-19 |
| 89. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
48.99 |
1.0135 |
-0.1162 |
358 |
1 |
48.99 |
2009-04-14 |
| 90. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
48.96 |
1.0511 |
-0.1558 |
252 |
1 |
48.96 |
2009-04-15 |
| 91. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
48.13 |
1.0287 |
-0.1516 |
269 |
1 |
48.13 |
2009-04-13 |
| 92. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
48.13 |
1.0234 |
-0.1411 |
392 |
1 |
48.13 |
2009-04-13 |
| 93. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
47.90 |
0.9763 |
-0.1028 |
143 |
1 |
47.90 |
2009-04-13 |
| 94. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
47.48 |
0.8993 |
-0.0302 |
366 |
1 |
47.48 |
2009-04-13 |
| 95. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
47.45 |
1.0333 |
-0.1727 |
176 |
1 |
47.45 |
2009-04-18 |
| 96. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
47.21 |
1.0006 |
-0.1393 |
311 |
1 |
47.21 |
2009-04-13 |
| 97. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
47.01 |
1.0291 |
-0.1736 |
240 |
1 |
47.01 |
2009-04-13 |
| 98. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
46.58 |
0.9864 |
-0.1329 |
292 |
1 |
46.58 |
2009-04-14 |
| 99. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
46.44 |
0.9332 |
-0.0846 |
295 |
1 |
46.44 |
2009-04-13 |
| 100. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
45.79 |
0.7923 |
0.0435 |
316 |
1 |
45.79 |
2009-04-15 |
| 101. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
45.63 |
0.9271 |
-0.0952 |
295 |
1 |
45.63 |
2009-04-13 |
| 102. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
45.31 |
0.9101 |
-0.0798 |
351 |
1 |
45.31 |
2009-04-17 |
| 103. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
45.21 |
0.9425 |
-0.1172 |
248 |
1 |
45.21 |
2009-04-13 |
| 104. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
43.59 |
0.9849 |
-0.1889 |
337 |
1 |
43.59 |
2009-04-13 |
| 105. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
43.57 |
1.0607 |
-0.2635 |
357 |
1 |
43.57 |
2009-04-13 |
| 106. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
42.47 |
0.9909 |
-0.2128 |
334 |
1 |
42.47 |
2009-04-13 |
| 107. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
36.91 |
0.8172 |
-0.1495 |
204 |
1 |
36.91 |
2009-04-13 |