| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
83.63 |
1.0485 |
0.5794 |
153 |
1 |
83.63 |
2009-12-17 |
| 2. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
70.99 |
1.0787 |
0.2705 |
237 |
1 |
70.99 |
2009-12-17 |
| 3. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
70.51 |
0.9125 |
0.4306 |
308 |
3 |
58.41 |
2009-12-17 |
| 4. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
70.29 |
0.9578 |
0.3787 |
281 |
1 |
70.29 |
2009-12-17 |
| 5. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
68.49 |
1.0138 |
0.2883 |
231 |
1 |
68.49 |
2009-12-17 |
| 6. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
66.80 |
1.1114 |
0.1559 |
247 |
1 |
66.80 |
2009-12-17 |
| 7. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
66.52 |
1.0668 |
0.2003 |
350 |
1 |
66.52 |
2009-12-17 |
| 8. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
65.27 |
0.9411 |
0.3003 |
318 |
1 |
65.27 |
2009-12-17 |
| 9. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
62.66 |
1.0154 |
0.2249 |
351 |
1 |
62.66 |
2009-12-17 |
| 10. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
61.79 |
0.8787 |
0.2998 |
202 |
1 |
61.79 |
2009-12-17 |
| 11. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
61.52 |
0.9212 |
0.2512 |
231 |
1 |
61.52 |
2009-12-17 |
| 12. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
59.27 |
1.0060 |
0.1147 |
171 |
1 |
59.27 |
2009-12-17 |
| 13. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
57.53 |
0.9681 |
0.1322 |
378 |
1 |
57.53 |
2009-12-17 |
| 14. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
57.06 |
1.0016 |
0.0768 |
218 |
2 |
52.44 |
2009-12-17 |
| 15. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
55.94 |
1.0714 |
-0.0189 |
129 |
2 |
49.66 |
2009-12-17 |
| 16. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
55.91 |
1.0203 |
0.0440 |
261 |
1 |
55.91 |
2009-12-15 |
| 17. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
55.68 |
1.0214 |
0.0297 |
166 |
1 |
55.68 |
2009-12-17 |
| 18. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
55.55 |
0.9814 |
0.1120 |
364 |
1 |
55.55 |
2009-12-17 |
| 19. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
55.34 |
0.9430 |
0.1098 |
297 |
1 |
55.34 |
2009-12-17 |
| 20. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
54.85 |
0.9226 |
0.1242 |
348 |
3 |
53.39 |
2009-12-17 |
| 21. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
54.66 |
0.9426 |
0.0974 |
317 |
1 |
54.66 |
2009-12-15 |
| 22. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
54.50 |
0.7890 |
0.2457 |
230 |
1 |
54.50 |
2009-12-17 |
| 23. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
54.24 |
1.0167 |
0.0189 |
378 |
2 |
52.11 |
2009-12-17 |
| 24. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
53.98 |
0.9342 |
0.0931 |
434 |
1 |
53.98 |
2009-12-15 |
| 25. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
53.97 |
1.0498 |
-0.0310 |
180 |
1 |
53.97 |
2009-12-15 |
| 26. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
53.51 |
1.0375 |
0.0233 |
200 |
1 |
53.51 |
2009-12-17 |
| 27. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
53.41 |
1.0419 |
-0.0290 |
261 |
1 |
53.41 |
2009-12-15 |
| 28. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
53.29 |
1.0261 |
-0.0174 |
273 |
1 |
53.29 |
2009-12-17 |
| 29. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
53.23 |
1.0124 |
-0.0054 |
204 |
1 |
53.23 |
2009-12-09 |
| 30. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
53.16 |
0.8981 |
0.1146 |
393 |
1 |
53.16 |
2009-12-17 |
| 31. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
52.87 |
0.9682 |
0.0324 |
143 |
1 |
52.87 |
2009-12-15 |
| 32. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
52.06 |
1.0289 |
-0.0376 |
276 |
2 |
50.65 |
2009-12-17 |
| 33. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
52.03 |
0.9212 |
0.0685 |
323 |
1 |
52.03 |
2009-12-15 |
| 34. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
52.01 |
0.9045 |
0.0818 |
235 |
1 |
52.01 |
2009-12-15 |
| 35. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
51.84 |
0.9632 |
0.0618 |
345 |
2 |
48.46 |
2009-12-17 |
| 36. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
51.79 |
0.9820 |
-0.0001 |
274 |
1 |
51.79 |
2009-12-15 |
| 37. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
51.74 |
0.9740 |
0.0027 |
209 |
2 |
49.96 |
2009-12-17 |
| 38. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
51.57 |
0.9665 |
0.0603 |
326 |
1 |
51.57 |
2009-12-17 |
| 39. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
51.36 |
0.9084 |
0.0692 |
404 |
1 |
51.36 |
2009-12-17 |
| 40. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
51.15 |
0.9567 |
0.0550 |
184 |
1 |
51.15 |
2009-12-15 |
| 41. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
51.09 |
0.9965 |
-0.0330 |
168 |
1 |
51.09 |
2009-12-15 |
| 42. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
51.04 |
0.9514 |
0.0162 |
237 |
1 |
51.04 |
2009-12-17 |
| 43. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
50.91 |
0.9461 |
0.0185 |
276 |
1 |
50.91 |
2009-12-15 |
| 44. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
50.60 |
0.9672 |
-0.0018 |
396 |
1 |
50.60 |
2009-12-17 |
| 45. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
50.54 |
0.8919 |
0.0641 |
205 |
1 |
50.54 |
2009-12-15 |
| 46. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
50.46 |
1.0252 |
-0.0755 |
176 |
2 |
47.22 |
2009-12-15 |
| 47. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
50.11 |
0.9780 |
-0.0275 |
337 |
1 |
50.11 |
2009-12-15 |
| 48. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
49.54 |
1.0025 |
-0.0631 |
336 |
1 |
49.54 |
2009-12-17 |
| 49. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
49.48 |
0.9005 |
0.0354 |
212 |
1 |
49.48 |
2009-12-15 |
| 50. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
49.34 |
0.8810 |
0.0545 |
282 |
1 |
49.34 |
2009-12-15 |
| 51. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
48.38 |
0.9593 |
-0.0383 |
398 |
1 |
48.38 |
2009-12-17 |
| 52. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
48.37 |
0.9597 |
-0.0395 |
347 |
2 |
47.82 |
2009-12-17 |
| 53. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
48.30 |
1.0284 |
-0.0704 |
282 |
1 |
48.30 |
2009-12-09 |
| 54. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
47.54 |
1.0390 |
-0.1427 |
205 |
1 |
47.54 |
2009-12-15 |
| 55. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
47.53 |
0.9128 |
0.0286 |
369 |
1 |
47.53 |
2009-12-15 |
| 56. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
47.48 |
0.9863 |
-0.0829 |
339 |
1 |
47.48 |
2009-12-17 |
| 57. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
46.92 |
1.0596 |
-0.1735 |
239 |
1 |
46.92 |
2009-12-09 |
| 58. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
46.43 |
1.0487 |
-0.1749 |
231 |
1 |
46.43 |
2009-12-17 |
| 59. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
46.29 |
0.8958 |
-0.0151 |
322 |
2 |
44.98 |
2009-12-17 |
| 60. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
46.26 |
1.0150 |
-0.0905 |
325 |
1 |
46.26 |
2009-12-15 |
| 61. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
45.95 |
0.9795 |
-0.1099 |
308 |
1 |
45.95 |
2009-12-15 |
| 62. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
45.25 |
1.0334 |
-0.1838 |
131 |
1 |
45.25 |
2009-12-15 |
| 63. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
44.97 |
0.9364 |
-0.0455 |
351 |
2 |
44.10 |
2009-12-17 |
| 64. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
44.89 |
0.9540 |
-0.1066 |
285 |
1 |
44.89 |
2009-12-15 |
| 65. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
44.75 |
1.0168 |
-0.1689 |
271 |
1 |
44.75 |
2009-12-15 |
| 66. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
44.67 |
0.9572 |
-0.0691 |
376 |
1 |
44.67 |
2009-12-13 |
| 67. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
43.76 |
0.8670 |
-0.0341 |
318 |
1 |
43.76 |
2009-12-17 |
| 68. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
43.68 |
0.9468 |
-0.1213 |
276 |
1 |
43.68 |
2009-12-09 |
| 69. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
43.36 |
0.9843 |
-0.1695 |
234 |
1 |
43.36 |
2009-12-15 |
| 70. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
42.60 |
0.9758 |
-0.1699 |
314 |
1 |
42.60 |
2009-12-13 |
| 71. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
41.35 |
1.0189 |
-0.2344 |
337 |
1 |
41.35 |
2009-12-13 |
| 72. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
41.35 |
0.8996 |
-0.1239 |
192 |
1 |
41.35 |
2009-12-15 |
| 73. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
41.28 |
0.8722 |
-0.0894 |
285 |
1 |
41.28 |
2009-12-09 |
| 74. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
41.05 |
0.8956 |
-0.1155 |
322 |
1 |
41.05 |
2009-12-09 |
| 75. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
40.09 |
1.0025 |
-0.2456 |
256 |
1 |
40.09 |
2009-12-13 |
| 76. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
36.66 |
1.0090 |
-0.2740 |
282 |
1 |
36.66 |
2009-12-09 |
| 77. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
35.07 |
0.9168 |
-0.2549 |
240 |
1 |
35.07 |
2009-12-17 |