| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
41.71 |
0.8892 |
0.4757 |
207 |
1 |
41.71 |
2011-05-18 |
| 2. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
38.98 |
1.0711 |
0.1922 |
213 |
2 |
36.86 |
2011-05-22 |
| 3. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
38.31 |
0.9691 |
0.2768 |
223 |
2 |
33.51 |
2011-05-25 |
| 4. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
38.24 |
1.0767 |
0.1652 |
212 |
1 |
38.24 |
2011-05-25 |
| 5. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
38.05 |
0.9991 |
0.2395 |
225 |
1 |
38.05 |
2011-05-22 |
| 6. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
37.44 |
0.9846 |
0.2316 |
281 |
1 |
37.44 |
2011-05-25 |
| 7. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
36.54 |
0.9251 |
0.2683 |
177 |
1 |
36.54 |
2011-05-06 |
| 8. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
36.49 |
1.0349 |
0.1508 |
234 |
1 |
36.49 |
2011-05-07 |
| 9. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
36.15 |
1.0077 |
0.2087 |
250 |
2 |
33.27 |
2011-05-25 |
| 10. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
36.11 |
0.8725 |
0.3040 |
163 |
1 |
36.11 |
2011-05-22 |
| 11. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
35.86 |
0.9844 |
0.1867 |
293 |
1 |
35.86 |
2011-05-22 |
| 12. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
35.81 |
1.0201 |
0.1377 |
172 |
1 |
35.81 |
2011-05-24 |
| 13. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
35.14 |
1.0025 |
0.1408 |
336 |
1 |
35.14 |
2011-05-22 |
| 14. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
35.05 |
0.8709 |
0.2764 |
202 |
1 |
35.05 |
2011-05-06 |
| 15. |
Don't make assumptions. Communicate with others as clearly a... |
35.04 |
0.8082 |
0.3394 |
186 |
2 |
29.13 |
2011-05-06 |
| 16. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
34.97 |
1.0403 |
0.1362 |
275 |
1 |
34.97 |
2011-05-05 |
| 17. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
34.91 |
0.9316 |
0.2093 |
287 |
3 |
33.92 |
2011-05-22 |
| 18. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
34.90 |
0.7352 |
0.3998 |
106 |
1 |
34.90 |
2011-05-25 |
| 19. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
34.88 |
1.0521 |
0.0765 |
171 |
1 |
34.88 |
2011-05-22 |
| 20. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
34.83 |
0.9873 |
0.1416 |
155 |
1 |
34.83 |
2011-05-07 |
| 21. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
34.69 |
1.1296 |
0.0269 |
252 |
1 |
34.69 |
2011-05-20 |
| 22. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
34.66 |
0.9084 |
0.2198 |
300 |
2 |
30.35 |
2011-05-24 |
| 23. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
34.59 |
0.7839 |
0.3455 |
257 |
1 |
34.59 |
2011-05-22 |
| 24. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
34.48 |
1.0506 |
0.0986 |
277 |
1 |
34.48 |
2011-05-24 |
| 25. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
34.33 |
1.0214 |
0.0889 |
166 |
1 |
34.33 |
2011-05-22 |
| 26. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
34.17 |
0.8809 |
0.2273 |
127 |
1 |
34.17 |
2011-05-16 |
| 27. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
33.60 |
0.8785 |
0.2091 |
172 |
1 |
33.60 |
2011-05-05 |
| 28. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
33.49 |
0.9559 |
0.1344 |
195 |
1 |
33.49 |
2011-05-06 |
| 29. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
32.94 |
1.0029 |
0.0605 |
209 |
2 |
30.76 |
2011-05-05 |
| 30. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
32.88 |
1.0714 |
-0.0126 |
129 |
2 |
31.73 |
2011-05-24 |
| 31. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
32.74 |
1.0390 |
0.0205 |
205 |
1 |
32.74 |
2011-05-06 |
| 32. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
32.60 |
1.1114 |
-0.0555 |
247 |
1 |
32.60 |
2011-05-05 |
| 33. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
32.41 |
0.9461 |
0.1058 |
276 |
2 |
31.76 |
2011-05-07 |
| 34. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
32.40 |
0.9068 |
0.1435 |
225 |
1 |
32.40 |
2011-05-06 |
| 35. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
31.97 |
1.0203 |
0.0211 |
261 |
1 |
31.97 |
2011-05-05 |
| 36. |
Wood and other fibrous material is mixed with liquid and mas... |
31.81 |
0.8906 |
0.1460 |
238 |
1 |
31.81 |
2011-05-20 |
| 37. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
31.78 |
0.8793 |
0.1534 |
157 |
1 |
31.78 |
2011-05-05 |
| 38. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
31.73 |
0.8918 |
0.1369 |
100 |
1 |
31.73 |
2011-05-24 |
| 39. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
31.61 |
0.9731 |
0.0404 |
129 |
1 |
31.61 |
2011-05-22 |
| 40. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
31.48 |
1.0132 |
-0.0001 |
143 |
1 |
31.48 |
2011-05-22 |
| 41. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
31.13 |
0.8852 |
0.1277 |
201 |
1 |
31.13 |
2011-05-24 |
| 42. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
31.03 |
1.0213 |
-0.0172 |
240 |
1 |
31.03 |
2011-05-06 |
| 43. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
31.02 |
1.0151 |
-0.0175 |
152 |
2 |
27.18 |
2011-05-05 |
| 44. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
31.02 |
0.9430 |
0.0660 |
297 |
1 |
31.02 |
2011-05-22 |
| 45. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
30.84 |
1.0863 |
-0.0509 |
210 |
1 |
30.84 |
2011-05-05 |
| 46. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
30.27 |
1.0334 |
-0.0578 |
131 |
2 |
28.88 |
2011-05-18 |
| 47. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
30.17 |
1.0254 |
-0.0060 |
217 |
1 |
30.17 |
2011-05-22 |
| 48. |
When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, y... |
30.16 |
0.8763 |
0.1031 |
105 |
1 |
30.16 |
2011-04-26 |
| 49. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
30.02 |
0.9263 |
0.0510 |
188 |
1 |
30.02 |
2011-05-06 |
| 50. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
29.99 |
0.9795 |
-0.0062 |
308 |
1 |
29.99 |
2011-05-22 |
| 51. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
29.92 |
1.0025 |
-0.0323 |
256 |
1 |
29.92 |
2011-05-05 |
| 52. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
29.84 |
0.9164 |
0.0567 |
305 |
1 |
29.84 |
2011-05-20 |
| 53. |
You have to be a fairly determined ecological detective to f... |
29.78 |
0.8994 |
0.0686 |
188 |
1 |
29.78 |
2011-05-05 |
| 54. |
It was evident that he came from the world where men could s... |
29.62 |
0.9320 |
0.0231 |
84 |
1 |
29.62 |
2011-05-05 |
| 55. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
29.39 |
0.9212 |
0.0352 |
323 |
1 |
29.39 |
2011-05-06 |
| 56. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
29.38 |
0.9207 |
0.0345 |
174 |
1 |
29.38 |
2011-05-05 |
| 57. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
29.36 |
0.9504 |
-0.0038 |
263 |
1 |
29.36 |
2011-05-05 |
| 58. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
29.22 |
1.0252 |
-0.0841 |
176 |
1 |
29.22 |
2011-04-26 |
| 59. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
29.06 |
1.0883 |
-0.1137 |
303 |
1 |
29.06 |
2011-05-18 |
| 60. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
29.03 |
0.8037 |
0.1409 |
148 |
1 |
29.03 |
2011-05-06 |
| 61. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
28.99 |
0.9578 |
-0.0178 |
281 |
1 |
28.99 |
2011-05-05 |
| 62. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
28.93 |
0.9500 |
-0.0099 |
362 |
1 |
28.93 |
2011-05-05 |
| 63. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
28.61 |
0.8867 |
0.0480 |
163 |
1 |
28.61 |
2011-04-26 |
| 64. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
28.57 |
1.0498 |
-0.1285 |
180 |
1 |
28.57 |
2011-05-22 |
| 65. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
28.32 |
0.8506 |
0.0641 |
132 |
1 |
28.32 |
2011-04-26 |
| 66. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
27.71 |
0.8311 |
0.0606 |
124 |
1 |
27.71 |
2011-04-26 |
| 67. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
27.49 |
0.8353 |
0.0628 |
283 |
1 |
27.49 |
2011-05-20 |
| 68. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
27.45 |
0.9567 |
-0.0249 |
184 |
1 |
27.45 |
2011-04-26 |
| 69. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
27.45 |
0.9910 |
-0.0994 |
295 |
1 |
27.45 |
2011-05-06 |
| 70. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
27.44 |
0.9798 |
-0.0963 |
199 |
1 |
27.44 |
2011-05-05 |
| 71. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
27.27 |
0.9187 |
-0.0455 |
118 |
1 |
27.27 |
2011-04-26 |
| 72. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
26.98 |
1.0788 |
-0.2106 |
171 |
1 |
26.98 |
2011-04-26 |
| 73. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
26.81 |
0.7890 |
0.0806 |
230 |
2 |
26.70 |
2011-05-22 |
| 74. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
26.69 |
0.8961 |
-0.0350 |
189 |
1 |
26.69 |
2011-05-06 |
| 75. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
26.66 |
1.0462 |
-0.1887 |
184 |
1 |
26.66 |
2011-04-26 |
| 76. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
25.77 |
1.0487 |
-0.2196 |
231 |
1 |
25.77 |
2011-04-26 |
| 77. |
At the very end of these food chains (which is to say, at th... |
25.48 |
0.8202 |
0.0014 |
178 |
1 |
25.48 |
2011-04-26 |
| 78. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
25.35 |
0.8422 |
-0.0188 |
164 |
1 |
25.35 |
2011-04-26 |
| 79. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
25.24 |
0.9097 |
-0.0931 |
153 |
1 |
25.24 |
2011-05-06 |
| 80. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
25.23 |
0.8519 |
-0.0314 |
150 |
1 |
25.23 |
2011-04-26 |
| 81. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
24.95 |
0.8996 |
-0.0979 |
192 |
1 |
24.95 |
2011-05-24 |
| 82. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
24.94 |
1.0666 |
-0.2595 |
297 |
1 |
24.94 |
2011-04-26 |
| 83. |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic ... |
24.87 |
0.8162 |
-0.0063 |
149 |
1 |
24.87 |
2011-04-26 |
| 84. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
24.83 |
0.7805 |
0.0182 |
154 |
1 |
24.83 |
2011-05-22 |
| 85. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
24.62 |
0.8628 |
-0.0695 |
196 |
1 |
24.62 |
2011-04-26 |
| 86. |
Through intensive training and psychological manipulation, a... |
24.22 |
0.8073 |
-0.0221 |
173 |
1 |
24.22 |
2011-04-26 |
| 87. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
23.86 |
0.8660 |
-0.0944 |
193 |
2 |
23.47 |
2011-05-06 |
| 88. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
23.85 |
0.7690 |
0.0045 |
142 |
1 |
23.85 |
2011-04-26 |
| 89. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
23.77 |
0.9303 |
-0.1688 |
176 |
1 |
23.77 |
2011-04-26 |
| 90. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
23.72 |
0.7375 |
0.0338 |
148 |
1 |
23.72 |
2011-04-26 |
| 91. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
23.66 |
0.8619 |
-0.0984 |
119 |
1 |
23.66 |
2011-04-26 |
| 92. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
23.14 |
0.9353 |
-0.1922 |
177 |
1 |
23.14 |
2011-04-26 |
| 93. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
22.70 |
0.8890 |
-0.1594 |
199 |
1 |
22.70 |
2011-05-05 |
| 94. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
22.41 |
0.9325 |
-0.2158 |
156 |
1 |
22.41 |
2011-04-26 |
| 95. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
21.30 |
0.8792 |
-0.1825 |
296 |
1 |
21.30 |
2011-04-27 |