| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
103.17 |
1.0016 |
0.3819 |
218 |
1 |
103.17 |
2009-08-28 |
| 2. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
97.22 |
1.0240 |
0.2807 |
256 |
1 |
97.22 |
2010-05-31 |
| 3. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
93.14 |
0.9513 |
0.3044 |
354 |
1 |
93.14 |
2010-08-14 |
| 4. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
91.36 |
1.0398 |
0.1774 |
110 |
1 |
91.36 |
2009-08-06 |
| 5. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
89.04 |
0.9289 |
0.2650 |
204 |
1 |
89.04 |
2009-08-08 |
| 6. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
87.74 |
1.0412 |
0.1368 |
225 |
1 |
87.74 |
2009-08-28 |
| 7. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
86.50 |
1.0125 |
0.1469 |
224 |
1 |
86.50 |
2009-08-06 |
| 8. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
85.74 |
1.0796 |
0.0670 |
129 |
2 |
76.09 |
2009-08-06 |
| 9. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
83.73 |
1.0788 |
0.0397 |
171 |
1 |
83.73 |
2008-12-02 |
| 10. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
82.90 |
1.0205 |
0.0858 |
179 |
1 |
82.90 |
2009-08-28 |
| 11. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
82.86 |
1.0797 |
0.0270 |
210 |
1 |
82.86 |
2008-12-02 |
| 12. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
81.32 |
0.9785 |
0.1161 |
335 |
1 |
81.32 |
2009-05-08 |
| 13. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
81.26 |
0.9857 |
0.1039 |
293 |
1 |
81.26 |
2009-08-06 |
| 14. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
80.39 |
1.0403 |
0.0534 |
193 |
2 |
79.80 |
2010-08-14 |
| 15. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
79.92 |
1.0391 |
0.0394 |
358 |
1 |
79.92 |
2009-08-06 |
| 16. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
79.29 |
0.9260 |
0.1482 |
243 |
1 |
79.29 |
2009-08-28 |
| 17. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
78.50 |
0.9866 |
0.0628 |
218 |
1 |
78.50 |
2009-08-28 |
| 18. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
77.86 |
0.9084 |
0.1401 |
404 |
1 |
77.86 |
2010-05-31 |
| 19. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
77.58 |
1.0263 |
0.0135 |
267 |
1 |
77.58 |
2009-08-28 |
| 20. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
77.13 |
0.9763 |
0.0577 |
289 |
1 |
77.13 |
2009-08-06 |
| 21. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
76.75 |
0.9514 |
0.0782 |
237 |
2 |
71.16 |
2009-08-28 |
| 22. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
76.70 |
0.9578 |
0.0703 |
281 |
1 |
76.70 |
2009-08-28 |
| 23. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
75.83 |
0.9309 |
0.0840 |
284 |
1 |
75.83 |
2009-05-08 |
| 24. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
74.33 |
0.9351 |
0.0559 |
190 |
1 |
74.33 |
2009-08-06 |
| 25. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
74.09 |
0.9233 |
0.0616 |
168 |
1 |
74.09 |
2008-12-02 |
| 26. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
74.08 |
0.9619 |
0.0364 |
393 |
2 |
64.25 |
2009-08-06 |
| 27. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
72.55 |
0.9342 |
0.0416 |
434 |
1 |
72.55 |
2009-08-08 |
| 28. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
71.19 |
0.8105 |
0.1390 |
204 |
1 |
71.19 |
2009-08-08 |
| 29. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
70.90 |
0.9125 |
0.0392 |
308 |
1 |
70.90 |
2009-08-06 |
| 30. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
70.59 |
0.9430 |
-0.0046 |
211 |
1 |
70.59 |
2009-08-08 |
| 31. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
69.41 |
1.0795 |
-0.1194 |
226 |
1 |
69.41 |
2009-08-28 |
| 32. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
68.58 |
1.0596 |
-0.1433 |
239 |
1 |
68.58 |
2009-08-06 |
| 33. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
67.27 |
0.9005 |
-0.0014 |
212 |
1 |
67.27 |
2008-12-04 |
| 34. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
66.90 |
0.9278 |
-0.0295 |
295 |
1 |
66.90 |
2009-08-06 |
| 35. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
66.54 |
0.9893 |
-0.0985 |
323 |
1 |
66.54 |
2008-12-02 |
| 36. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
66.44 |
0.9820 |
-0.0899 |
267 |
2 |
64.83 |
2009-08-28 |
| 37. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
66.08 |
1.0399 |
-0.1503 |
294 |
1 |
66.08 |
2009-08-06 |
| 38. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
65.87 |
0.9426 |
-0.0579 |
317 |
1 |
65.87 |
2009-05-08 |
| 39. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
64.92 |
0.9074 |
-0.0322 |
396 |
1 |
64.92 |
2008-12-04 |
| 40. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
64.79 |
0.8919 |
-0.0267 |
205 |
1 |
64.79 |
2008-12-04 |
| 41. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
63.58 |
1.0063 |
-0.1554 |
371 |
1 |
63.58 |
2008-12-02 |
| 42. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
60.70 |
1.0053 |
-0.1959 |
232 |
1 |
60.70 |
2008-12-04 |
| 43. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
60.53 |
1.0316 |
-0.2187 |
333 |
1 |
60.53 |
2009-05-08 |
| 44. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
59.02 |
0.9649 |
-0.1774 |
193 |
1 |
59.02 |
2008-12-02 |
| 45. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
58.83 |
0.7876 |
0.0010 |
316 |
1 |
58.83 |
2008-12-03 |
| 46. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
56.30 |
1.0613 |
-0.3088 |
266 |
1 |
56.30 |
2008-12-02 |
| 47. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
56.04 |
0.9411 |
-0.1922 |
318 |
1 |
56.04 |
2008-12-02 |
| 48. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
48.58 |
1.0131 |
-0.3702 |
225 |
1 |
48.58 |
2008-12-02 |
| 49. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
44.37 |
0.9168 |
-0.3259 |
240 |
1 |
44.37 |
2008-12-02 |