| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
73.35 |
1.1138 |
0.3022 |
341 |
2 |
68.17 |
2011-01-07 |
| 2. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
72.32 |
1.0867 |
0.2963 |
171 |
1 |
72.32 |
2011-01-11 |
| 3. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
70.41 |
1.0617 |
0.2866 |
171 |
1 |
70.41 |
2011-03-08 |
| 4. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
70.25 |
1.0873 |
0.2573 |
243 |
1 |
70.25 |
2011-01-11 |
| 5. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
68.82 |
1.0836 |
0.2396 |
206 |
1 |
68.82 |
2011-03-01 |
| 6. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
68.67 |
1.0800 |
0.2297 |
129 |
1 |
68.67 |
2011-04-13 |
| 7. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
66.40 |
0.9632 |
0.3117 |
287 |
1 |
66.40 |
2010-12-15 |
| 8. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
66.15 |
1.0857 |
0.1954 |
393 |
1 |
66.15 |
2011-01-11 |
| 9. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
63.57 |
1.0493 |
0.1765 |
264 |
1 |
63.57 |
2010-12-14 |
| 10. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
62.83 |
0.9917 |
0.2154 |
317 |
1 |
62.83 |
2010-12-15 |
| 11. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
62.51 |
1.0686 |
0.1339 |
354 |
2 |
60.23 |
2011-01-03 |
| 12. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
62.46 |
1.1086 |
0.0887 |
233 |
1 |
62.46 |
2011-01-07 |
| 13. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
62.27 |
1.0144 |
0.1802 |
162 |
1 |
62.27 |
2011-04-13 |
| 14. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
62.00 |
0.9103 |
0.2777 |
269 |
2 |
54.04 |
2011-03-08 |
| 15. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
61.25 |
0.9530 |
0.2351 |
445 |
1 |
61.25 |
2011-04-13 |
| 16. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
60.80 |
1.0412 |
0.1295 |
205 |
1 |
60.80 |
2011-04-13 |
| 17. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
60.76 |
1.0095 |
0.1536 |
211 |
1 |
60.76 |
2011-01-07 |
| 18. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
60.65 |
0.9989 |
0.1706 |
282 |
1 |
60.65 |
2010-12-14 |
| 19. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
60.43 |
0.9243 |
0.2336 |
231 |
1 |
60.43 |
2010-12-13 |
| 20. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
59.74 |
1.0600 |
0.0855 |
351 |
1 |
59.74 |
2010-12-14 |
| 21. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
59.69 |
0.9915 |
0.1511 |
281 |
2 |
58.73 |
2011-01-13 |
| 22. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
59.63 |
1.0165 |
0.1253 |
316 |
1 |
59.63 |
2010-12-15 |
| 23. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
59.47 |
1.0877 |
0.0481 |
129 |
1 |
59.47 |
2011-01-03 |
| 24. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
59.43 |
0.9377 |
0.2090 |
198 |
1 |
59.43 |
2010-12-15 |
| 25. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
59.37 |
0.9583 |
0.1801 |
237 |
1 |
59.37 |
2011-04-13 |
| 26. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
58.86 |
1.0524 |
0.0736 |
177 |
1 |
58.86 |
2011-03-01 |
| 27. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
58.68 |
1.0333 |
0.0860 |
176 |
1 |
58.68 |
2011-04-13 |
| 28. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
58.47 |
0.9479 |
0.1745 |
317 |
1 |
58.47 |
2011-03-01 |
| 29. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
58.43 |
1.0607 |
0.0624 |
357 |
1 |
58.43 |
2011-01-07 |
| 30. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
58.27 |
1.0501 |
0.0671 |
263 |
1 |
58.27 |
2011-04-13 |
| 31. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
57.83 |
1.0128 |
0.1025 |
369 |
1 |
57.83 |
2011-01-07 |
| 32. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
57.71 |
0.9844 |
0.1337 |
351 |
1 |
57.71 |
2011-03-01 |
| 33. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
57.38 |
0.9530 |
0.1426 |
193 |
2 |
41.85 |
2011-03-01 |
| 34. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
57.31 |
0.8381 |
0.2635 |
283 |
1 |
57.31 |
2010-12-14 |
| 35. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
57.22 |
0.9594 |
0.1352 |
258 |
1 |
57.22 |
2011-04-13 |
| 36. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
56.70 |
1.0640 |
0.0281 |
210 |
1 |
56.70 |
2011-01-07 |
| 37. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
56.49 |
1.0026 |
0.0840 |
200 |
1 |
56.49 |
2010-12-14 |
| 38. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
56.35 |
0.9346 |
0.1424 |
211 |
2 |
41.74 |
2011-03-08 |
| 39. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
56.32 |
0.9996 |
0.0869 |
483 |
1 |
56.32 |
2011-04-13 |
| 40. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
56.06 |
0.9932 |
0.0883 |
281 |
1 |
56.06 |
2011-01-07 |
| 41. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
56.05 |
1.0403 |
0.0318 |
234 |
2 |
49.79 |
2011-01-03 |
| 42. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
55.79 |
0.9422 |
0.1217 |
190 |
1 |
55.79 |
2011-04-13 |
| 43. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
55.40 |
0.9854 |
0.0776 |
174 |
1 |
55.40 |
2011-04-13 |
| 44. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
55.22 |
0.9851 |
0.0778 |
237 |
1 |
55.22 |
2011-01-13 |
| 45. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
55.02 |
0.9403 |
0.1226 |
307 |
1 |
55.02 |
2011-04-13 |
| 46. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
54.94 |
0.9676 |
0.0901 |
247 |
1 |
54.94 |
2011-04-13 |
| 47. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
54.82 |
0.9269 |
0.1312 |
269 |
1 |
54.82 |
2010-12-14 |
| 48. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
54.80 |
0.9113 |
0.1340 |
225 |
1 |
54.80 |
2010-11-05 |
| 49. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
54.41 |
1.0881 |
-0.0496 |
210 |
1 |
54.41 |
2010-11-05 |
| 50. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
54.21 |
1.0315 |
0.0061 |
193 |
1 |
54.21 |
2011-01-07 |
| 51. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
54.11 |
1.0194 |
0.0145 |
224 |
1 |
54.11 |
2011-01-07 |
| 52. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
53.91 |
0.9574 |
0.0786 |
354 |
1 |
53.91 |
2011-01-07 |
| 53. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
53.87 |
0.9726 |
0.0646 |
396 |
1 |
53.87 |
2011-01-07 |
| 54. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
53.78 |
0.9183 |
0.1127 |
308 |
1 |
53.78 |
2011-03-01 |
| 55. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
53.02 |
0.8988 |
0.1162 |
216 |
1 |
53.02 |
2010-11-05 |
| 56. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
52.82 |
0.9791 |
0.0252 |
154 |
1 |
52.82 |
2011-01-03 |
| 57. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
52.70 |
0.8805 |
0.1286 |
205 |
1 |
52.70 |
2010-11-05 |
| 58. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
52.30 |
1.0132 |
-0.0112 |
371 |
1 |
52.30 |
2010-11-05 |
| 59. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
51.55 |
1.0090 |
-0.0158 |
300 |
1 |
51.55 |
2011-03-01 |
| 60. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
51.55 |
0.9709 |
0.0149 |
264 |
1 |
51.55 |
2010-12-15 |
| 61. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
51.27 |
0.9885 |
-0.0066 |
355 |
1 |
51.27 |
2011-01-07 |
| 62. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
50.78 |
0.8328 |
0.1436 |
343 |
1 |
50.78 |
2011-03-08 |
| 63. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
50.76 |
1.0350 |
-0.0485 |
416 |
1 |
50.76 |
2011-01-03 |
| 64. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
50.60 |
0.8571 |
0.1107 |
202 |
2 |
50.09 |
2011-04-13 |
| 65. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
48.16 |
0.9864 |
-0.0606 |
292 |
1 |
48.16 |
2011-03-01 |
| 66. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
47.73 |
0.8437 |
0.0697 |
268 |
1 |
47.73 |
2010-12-13 |
| 67. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
46.35 |
1.1062 |
-0.2174 |
200 |
1 |
46.35 |
2011-01-07 |
| 68. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
46.13 |
1.0615 |
-0.1816 |
201 |
1 |
46.13 |
2010-11-05 |
| 69. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
45.73 |
0.9810 |
-0.1010 |
362 |
1 |
45.73 |
2010-12-04 |
| 70. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
45.23 |
0.9299 |
-0.0730 |
168 |
1 |
45.23 |
2010-12-14 |
| 71. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
45.13 |
1.0338 |
-0.1653 |
277 |
1 |
45.13 |
2010-11-05 |
| 72. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
44.26 |
0.8624 |
-0.0201 |
174 |
2 |
40.38 |
2011-02-16 |
| 73. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
42.07 |
0.8656 |
-0.0609 |
299 |
2 |
37.29 |
2010-10-13 |
| 74. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
39.19 |
0.9211 |
-0.1744 |
165 |
1 |
39.19 |
2010-09-23 |
| 75. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
38.21 |
0.8863 |
-0.1600 |
127 |
1 |
38.21 |
2010-09-23 |
| 76. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
36.64 |
0.9408 |
-0.2470 |
177 |
1 |
36.64 |
2010-09-23 |
| 77. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
36.32 |
0.9368 |
-0.2508 |
176 |
1 |
36.32 |
2010-09-23 |
| 78. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
35.84 |
0.8378 |
-0.1512 |
219 |
1 |
35.84 |
2010-09-23 |
| 79. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
35.41 |
1.0372 |
-0.3615 |
249 |
1 |
35.41 |
2010-09-26 |
| 80. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
35.12 |
1.0051 |
-0.3400 |
162 |
1 |
35.12 |
2010-09-23 |
| 81. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
34.31 |
0.9352 |
-0.2815 |
194 |
1 |
34.31 |
2010-09-27 |
| 82. |
The label doesn't mention that that rib-eye steak came from ... |
33.02 |
0.7764 |
-0.1482 |
145 |
1 |
33.02 |
2010-09-23 |
| 83. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
32.91 |
1.0341 |
-0.4071 |
273 |
1 |
32.91 |
2010-09-23 |
| 84. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
31.64 |
0.8880 |
-0.2842 |
296 |
1 |
31.64 |
2010-09-23 |
| 85. |
As civilizations grew, humans spread out across the face of ... |
31.29 |
0.9459 |
-0.3460 |
188 |
1 |
31.29 |
2010-09-23 |
| 86. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
31.22 |
1.0268 |
-0.4391 |
179 |
1 |
31.22 |
2010-09-23 |
| 87. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
30.87 |
0.8845 |
-0.2951 |
239 |
1 |
30.87 |
2010-09-23 |
| 88. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
30.21 |
1.0492 |
-0.4682 |
284 |
1 |
30.21 |
2010-09-27 |
| 89. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
29.36 |
0.9757 |
-0.4200 |
176 |
1 |
29.36 |
2010-09-22 |
| 90. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
27.50 |
1.0004 |
-0.4745 |
373 |
1 |
27.50 |
2010-09-22 |
| 91. |
For all its apparent strength, the Aztec Empire had vulnerab... |
27.39 |
0.8003 |
-0.2758 |
219 |
1 |
27.39 |
2010-09-23 |
| 92. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
26.45 |
1.0561 |
-0.5550 |
227 |
1 |
26.45 |
2010-09-22 |