| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
68.83 |
0.9710 |
0.2688 |
173 |
1 |
68.83 |
2010-06-01 |
| 2. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
68.22 |
1.0907 |
0.1472 |
303 |
1 |
68.22 |
2010-05-29 |
| 3. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
67.35 |
1.0391 |
0.1862 |
358 |
1 |
67.35 |
2009-08-19 |
| 4. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
67.29 |
0.9711 |
0.2458 |
176 |
1 |
67.29 |
2009-09-17 |
| 5. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
67.08 |
1.0767 |
0.1354 |
212 |
2 |
63.22 |
2009-08-19 |
| 6. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
65.53 |
1.0768 |
0.1492 |
295 |
1 |
65.53 |
2010-05-29 |
| 7. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
63.96 |
1.0788 |
0.0728 |
171 |
1 |
63.96 |
2009-08-03 |
| 8. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
63.49 |
0.9084 |
0.2420 |
300 |
2 |
60.03 |
2009-09-17 |
| 9. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
62.06 |
1.0379 |
0.1195 |
245 |
1 |
62.06 |
2010-05-29 |
| 10. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
61.40 |
1.0487 |
0.0567 |
231 |
1 |
61.40 |
2009-08-03 |
| 11. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
61.31 |
1.0297 |
0.0778 |
249 |
2 |
56.42 |
2009-08-03 |
| 12. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
61.30 |
0.9430 |
0.1583 |
211 |
1 |
61.30 |
2009-08-19 |
| 13. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
60.93 |
0.9936 |
0.1079 |
311 |
1 |
60.93 |
2009-08-03 |
| 14. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
60.43 |
0.9281 |
0.1696 |
273 |
1 |
60.43 |
2009-08-02 |
| 15. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
60.41 |
1.0025 |
0.0907 |
336 |
1 |
60.41 |
2009-08-05 |
| 16. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
60.32 |
1.0799 |
0.0070 |
243 |
2 |
58.62 |
2009-08-03 |
| 17. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
59.61 |
0.9884 |
0.0884 |
233 |
1 |
59.61 |
2009-08-02 |
| 18. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
59.58 |
1.0426 |
0.0338 |
323 |
1 |
59.58 |
2009-08-02 |
| 19. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
59.20 |
1.0696 |
-0.0030 |
226 |
1 |
59.20 |
2009-08-02 |
| 20. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
58.94 |
1.0120 |
0.0526 |
290 |
1 |
58.94 |
2009-08-03 |
| 21. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
58.38 |
0.9964 |
0.0588 |
203 |
1 |
58.38 |
2010-05-29 |
| 22. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
58.15 |
1.0167 |
0.0410 |
378 |
1 |
58.15 |
2009-08-02 |
| 23. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
57.39 |
0.9795 |
0.0575 |
308 |
1 |
57.39 |
2009-08-02 |
| 24. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
57.33 |
0.9567 |
0.0790 |
273 |
2 |
55.64 |
2009-08-05 |
| 25. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
57.29 |
0.9682 |
0.0651 |
143 |
1 |
57.29 |
2009-08-03 |
| 26. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
57.02 |
1.0095 |
0.0197 |
316 |
2 |
55.52 |
2009-09-17 |
| 27. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
56.95 |
0.9897 |
0.0370 |
274 |
2 |
52.33 |
2009-08-02 |
| 28. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
56.52 |
1.0189 |
0.0055 |
337 |
1 |
56.52 |
2009-08-03 |
| 29. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
56.42 |
1.0613 |
-0.0411 |
266 |
1 |
56.42 |
2009-08-03 |
| 30. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
56.38 |
1.0352 |
-0.0140 |
341 |
1 |
56.38 |
2009-08-03 |
| 31. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
56.34 |
1.0004 |
0.0113 |
212 |
1 |
56.34 |
2009-08-03 |
| 32. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
56.29 |
0.9884 |
0.0328 |
262 |
1 |
56.29 |
2009-08-02 |
| 33. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
56.24 |
0.9756 |
0.0391 |
229 |
1 |
56.24 |
2009-08-03 |
| 34. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
56.22 |
0.9844 |
0.0360 |
293 |
1 |
56.22 |
2009-09-17 |
| 35. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
56.07 |
0.9731 |
0.0273 |
129 |
1 |
56.07 |
2009-09-17 |
| 36. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
56.01 |
1.0252 |
-0.0199 |
176 |
1 |
56.01 |
2009-08-19 |
| 37. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
55.89 |
0.9768 |
0.0354 |
387 |
1 |
55.89 |
2009-08-03 |
| 38. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
55.67 |
1.0445 |
-0.0380 |
373 |
1 |
55.67 |
2009-08-19 |
| 39. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
55.58 |
0.9426 |
0.0644 |
317 |
1 |
55.58 |
2009-08-03 |
| 40. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
55.21 |
0.9724 |
0.0283 |
237 |
1 |
55.21 |
2009-08-03 |
| 41. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
54.99 |
1.0062 |
-0.0131 |
288 |
1 |
54.99 |
2009-08-05 |
| 42. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
54.92 |
1.0385 |
-0.0485 |
230 |
2 |
51.64 |
2009-08-05 |
| 43. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
54.74 |
0.8941 |
0.0964 |
216 |
2 |
45.56 |
2009-09-14 |
| 44. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
54.66 |
0.9365 |
0.0520 |
248 |
1 |
54.66 |
2009-08-19 |
| 45. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
54.27 |
0.9293 |
0.0514 |
355 |
1 |
54.27 |
2009-08-05 |
| 46. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
54.27 |
1.0201 |
-0.0362 |
375 |
1 |
54.27 |
2009-08-03 |
| 47. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
53.61 |
0.8722 |
0.0986 |
285 |
1 |
53.61 |
2009-08-05 |
| 48. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
53.57 |
0.9572 |
0.0088 |
201 |
1 |
53.57 |
2009-08-02 |
| 49. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
53.46 |
0.9965 |
-0.0362 |
168 |
2 |
51.03 |
2009-08-03 |
| 50. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
53.38 |
1.0565 |
-0.0954 |
247 |
1 |
53.38 |
2009-08-02 |
| 51. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
53.35 |
1.0797 |
-0.1222 |
210 |
1 |
53.35 |
2009-08-02 |
| 52. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
53.17 |
0.8826 |
0.0786 |
296 |
1 |
53.17 |
2009-08-03 |
| 53. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
52.69 |
0.9148 |
0.0376 |
317 |
1 |
52.69 |
2009-08-03 |
| 54. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
52.32 |
1.0053 |
-0.0630 |
232 |
1 |
52.32 |
2009-08-02 |
| 55. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
52.16 |
0.8442 |
0.1011 |
265 |
1 |
52.16 |
2009-08-05 |
| 56. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
51.33 |
0.9500 |
-0.0216 |
362 |
1 |
51.33 |
2009-09-17 |
| 57. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
51.19 |
0.8947 |
0.0338 |
366 |
1 |
51.19 |
2009-08-05 |
| 58. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
50.74 |
1.0099 |
-0.0974 |
207 |
1 |
50.74 |
2009-08-02 |
| 59. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
50.74 |
0.9005 |
0.0134 |
212 |
1 |
50.74 |
2009-08-03 |
| 60. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
50.73 |
0.8916 |
0.0239 |
216 |
3 |
48.29 |
2009-09-17 |
| 61. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
50.71 |
0.9863 |
-0.0671 |
339 |
1 |
50.71 |
2009-08-02 |
| 62. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
50.42 |
0.9846 |
-0.0762 |
281 |
1 |
50.42 |
2009-08-02 |
| 63. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
49.93 |
0.9636 |
-0.0631 |
254 |
1 |
49.93 |
2009-08-02 |
| 64. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
49.60 |
0.8810 |
0.0143 |
282 |
1 |
49.60 |
2009-08-02 |
| 65. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
49.44 |
1.0417 |
-0.1526 |
253 |
1 |
49.44 |
2009-08-02 |
| 66. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
49.31 |
0.9048 |
-0.0110 |
271 |
1 |
49.31 |
2009-08-02 |
| 67. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
47.86 |
0.9429 |
-0.0789 |
287 |
1 |
47.86 |
2009-08-02 |
| 68. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
47.72 |
1.0068 |
-0.1434 |
358 |
1 |
47.72 |
2009-08-03 |
| 69. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
47.48 |
0.8919 |
-0.0379 |
205 |
1 |
47.48 |
2009-08-02 |
| 70. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
46.78 |
1.0218 |
-0.1818 |
268 |
1 |
46.78 |
2009-08-02 |
| 71. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
46.60 |
0.8553 |
-0.0208 |
174 |
1 |
46.60 |
2009-08-19 |
| 72. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
46.18 |
0.9997 |
-0.1642 |
382 |
1 |
46.18 |
2009-08-02 |
| 73. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
45.84 |
0.9570 |
-0.1296 |
287 |
1 |
45.84 |
2009-08-03 |
| 74. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
45.22 |
1.0555 |
-0.2397 |
363 |
1 |
45.22 |
2009-08-02 |
| 75. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
44.80 |
0.8382 |
-0.0310 |
268 |
1 |
44.80 |
2009-08-02 |
| 76. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
44.26 |
0.9278 |
-0.1283 |
295 |
1 |
44.26 |
2009-08-02 |
| 77. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
43.88 |
0.9691 |
-0.1797 |
223 |
1 |
43.88 |
2009-08-02 |
| 78. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
43.14 |
0.9164 |
-0.1353 |
305 |
1 |
43.14 |
2009-08-02 |
| 79. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
42.57 |
0.9986 |
-0.2321 |
283 |
1 |
42.57 |
2009-08-02 |
| 80. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
32.25 |
0.9612 |
-0.3841 |
256 |
1 |
32.25 |
2009-08-19 |