| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
71.17 |
1.0013 |
0.3072 |
273 |
1 |
71.17 |
2010-02-12 |
| 2. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
64.47 |
1.0343 |
0.1879 |
242 |
1 |
64.47 |
2010-02-04 |
| 3. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
63.69 |
0.9965 |
0.1694 |
168 |
2 |
58.48 |
2010-02-12 |
| 4. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
62.60 |
1.0138 |
0.1361 |
231 |
2 |
61.74 |
2010-02-04 |
| 5. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
62.53 |
0.9468 |
0.2023 |
276 |
1 |
62.53 |
2011-08-05 |
| 6. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
62.08 |
1.0257 |
0.1213 |
401 |
2 |
58.10 |
2009-02-12 |
| 7. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
61.78 |
1.0796 |
0.0500 |
129 |
1 |
61.78 |
2008-11-30 |
| 8. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
60.75 |
1.0788 |
0.0315 |
171 |
1 |
60.75 |
2008-12-12 |
| 9. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
60.57 |
1.0088 |
0.1425 |
396 |
1 |
60.57 |
2010-02-04 |
| 10. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
59.61 |
1.0183 |
0.0710 |
191 |
1 |
59.61 |
2008-12-23 |
| 11. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
59.59 |
1.0201 |
0.0677 |
172 |
2 |
57.33 |
2009-04-25 |
| 12. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
59.51 |
1.0441 |
0.0500 |
252 |
1 |
59.51 |
2010-02-04 |
| 13. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
59.39 |
0.9991 |
0.0922 |
225 |
1 |
59.39 |
2009-01-22 |
| 14. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
59.05 |
1.0426 |
0.0411 |
323 |
1 |
59.05 |
2010-02-12 |
| 15. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
59.01 |
1.0214 |
0.0569 |
166 |
2 |
53.87 |
2009-02-23 |
| 16. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
58.76 |
0.8933 |
0.1921 |
363 |
2 |
57.05 |
2010-02-04 |
| 17. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
58.62 |
1.0829 |
-0.0052 |
288 |
1 |
58.62 |
2009-02-26 |
| 18. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
58.60 |
1.0168 |
0.0609 |
271 |
2 |
55.68 |
2010-02-02 |
| 19. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
58.55 |
1.0023 |
0.0708 |
211 |
1 |
58.55 |
2009-02-26 |
| 20. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
58.24 |
1.0352 |
0.0367 |
341 |
1 |
58.24 |
2008-12-23 |
| 21. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
58.19 |
1.0528 |
0.0109 |
201 |
1 |
58.19 |
2008-12-19 |
| 22. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
58.16 |
1.0486 |
0.0199 |
289 |
2 |
56.98 |
2010-02-01 |
| 23. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
58.08 |
0.9966 |
0.0692 |
259 |
2 |
58.08 |
2009-02-23 |
| 24. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
57.87 |
0.9339 |
0.1269 |
310 |
2 |
56.55 |
2010-02-12 |
| 25. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
57.63 |
1.0349 |
0.0220 |
234 |
3 |
55.51 |
2011-08-05 |
| 26. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
57.58 |
1.1016 |
-0.0449 |
233 |
1 |
57.58 |
2010-02-04 |
| 27. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
57.54 |
1.0289 |
0.0319 |
276 |
2 |
55.38 |
2009-04-25 |
| 28. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
57.36 |
0.9936 |
0.0592 |
311 |
2 |
53.50 |
2010-02-12 |
| 29. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
57.35 |
0.9866 |
0.0627 |
218 |
1 |
57.35 |
2008-12-23 |
| 30. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
57.29 |
1.0390 |
0.0089 |
205 |
1 |
57.29 |
2009-01-22 |
| 31. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
57.17 |
0.9072 |
0.1401 |
237 |
1 |
57.17 |
2010-03-14 |
| 32. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
57.08 |
1.0399 |
0.0133 |
294 |
2 |
55.83 |
2010-02-12 |
| 33. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
56.87 |
0.9805 |
0.0681 |
292 |
1 |
56.87 |
2010-01-25 |
| 34. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
56.86 |
1.0487 |
-0.0101 |
231 |
1 |
56.86 |
2009-01-22 |
| 35. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
56.80 |
1.0263 |
0.0151 |
267 |
1 |
56.80 |
2009-01-22 |
| 36. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
56.60 |
1.0521 |
-0.0186 |
171 |
2 |
47.40 |
2009-04-02 |
| 37. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
56.60 |
1.0261 |
0.0105 |
273 |
1 |
56.60 |
2010-06-15 |
| 38. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
56.43 |
0.9772 |
0.0551 |
217 |
3 |
55.20 |
2010-02-12 |
| 39. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
56.33 |
1.0016 |
0.0274 |
218 |
3 |
48.07 |
2010-06-15 |
| 40. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
56.21 |
0.9635 |
0.0739 |
389 |
2 |
51.25 |
2009-02-12 |
| 41. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
56.05 |
0.9649 |
0.0628 |
193 |
2 |
54.16 |
2009-02-12 |
| 42. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
55.61 |
1.0063 |
0.0142 |
371 |
1 |
55.61 |
2010-02-12 |
| 43. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
55.57 |
0.9965 |
0.0238 |
277 |
1 |
55.57 |
2009-02-26 |
| 44. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
55.34 |
1.0389 |
-0.0211 |
340 |
3 |
54.25 |
2010-01-25 |
| 45. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
55.33 |
1.0711 |
-0.0612 |
213 |
1 |
55.33 |
2008-12-12 |
| 46. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
55.17 |
0.9780 |
0.0352 |
337 |
1 |
55.17 |
2009-01-22 |
| 47. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
55.07 |
0.9281 |
0.0870 |
273 |
1 |
55.07 |
2008-12-12 |
| 48. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
55.02 |
0.9266 |
0.0844 |
278 |
1 |
55.02 |
2010-02-04 |
| 49. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
54.99 |
0.9941 |
0.0124 |
217 |
1 |
54.99 |
2008-12-19 |
| 50. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
54.92 |
1.0034 |
0.0029 |
302 |
3 |
48.21 |
2009-02-12 |
| 51. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
54.82 |
1.0577 |
-0.0557 |
247 |
1 |
54.82 |
2009-02-26 |
| 52. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
54.55 |
0.9916 |
0.0517 |
282 |
1 |
54.55 |
2010-02-02 |
| 53. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
54.43 |
1.0025 |
-0.0029 |
336 |
1 |
54.43 |
2008-12-23 |
| 54. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
54.18 |
0.9411 |
0.0536 |
318 |
2 |
54.03 |
2009-04-25 |
| 55. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
53.88 |
0.8919 |
0.0951 |
205 |
1 |
53.88 |
2011-08-05 |
| 56. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
53.79 |
0.9852 |
0.0017 |
264 |
1 |
53.79 |
2008-12-19 |
| 57. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
53.64 |
1.0337 |
-0.0507 |
214 |
1 |
53.64 |
2008-12-23 |
| 58. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
53.49 |
0.9553 |
0.0329 |
430 |
1 |
53.49 |
2008-12-23 |
| 59. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
53.23 |
0.9846 |
-0.0101 |
281 |
2 |
51.13 |
2010-02-04 |
| 60. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
53.22 |
0.8971 |
0.0839 |
266 |
1 |
53.22 |
2010-02-04 |
| 61. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
53.21 |
0.9795 |
-0.0033 |
308 |
1 |
53.21 |
2008-12-19 |
| 62. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
53.08 |
0.9886 |
-0.0128 |
220 |
1 |
53.08 |
2008-12-19 |
| 63. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
52.82 |
0.9814 |
0.0267 |
364 |
1 |
52.82 |
2010-02-12 |
| 64. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
52.51 |
0.8935 |
0.0790 |
328 |
1 |
52.51 |
2008-12-12 |
| 65. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
52.45 |
1.0213 |
-0.0627 |
240 |
2 |
50.94 |
2009-02-12 |
| 66. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
52.42 |
1.0529 |
-0.0918 |
351 |
1 |
52.42 |
2008-11-30 |
| 67. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
52.41 |
0.9763 |
-0.0159 |
289 |
1 |
52.41 |
2009-02-23 |
| 68. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
52.40 |
0.9376 |
0.0286 |
367 |
2 |
50.93 |
2011-08-05 |
| 69. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
52.36 |
0.8105 |
0.1449 |
204 |
1 |
52.36 |
2010-02-02 |
| 70. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
52.21 |
0.9540 |
0.0012 |
285 |
1 |
52.21 |
2010-02-12 |
| 71. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
51.82 |
1.0385 |
-0.0903 |
230 |
1 |
51.82 |
2008-12-12 |
| 72. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
51.70 |
0.9275 |
0.0171 |
211 |
1 |
51.70 |
2010-06-15 |
| 73. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
51.69 |
1.0053 |
-0.0597 |
232 |
1 |
51.69 |
2011-08-05 |
| 74. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
51.64 |
0.9293 |
0.0186 |
355 |
1 |
51.64 |
2009-01-22 |
| 75. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
51.56 |
0.9330 |
0.0189 |
360 |
1 |
51.56 |
2009-02-23 |
| 76. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
51.55 |
0.9084 |
0.0403 |
404 |
1 |
51.55 |
2008-12-23 |
| 77. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
51.26 |
1.0095 |
-0.0714 |
316 |
1 |
51.26 |
2009-02-26 |
| 78. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
51.25 |
0.9567 |
-0.0172 |
273 |
2 |
50.62 |
2009-02-23 |
| 79. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
51.24 |
0.9820 |
-0.0398 |
267 |
1 |
51.24 |
2009-02-12 |
| 80. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
51.15 |
0.9724 |
-0.0319 |
237 |
1 |
51.15 |
2008-12-12 |
| 81. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
50.82 |
0.9665 |
0.0142 |
326 |
1 |
50.82 |
2010-02-04 |
| 82. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
50.77 |
1.0025 |
-0.0724 |
256 |
1 |
50.77 |
2008-12-19 |
| 83. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
50.54 |
0.8951 |
0.0334 |
193 |
1 |
50.54 |
2009-02-23 |
| 84. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
50.39 |
0.8553 |
0.0632 |
174 |
1 |
50.39 |
2009-02-12 |
| 85. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
50.32 |
0.9176 |
0.0433 |
365 |
1 |
50.32 |
2010-02-04 |
| 86. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
49.95 |
1.0214 |
-0.1077 |
269 |
1 |
49.95 |
2008-12-12 |
| 87. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
49.70 |
0.9619 |
-0.0458 |
393 |
1 |
49.70 |
2008-12-12 |
| 88. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
49.69 |
1.0004 |
-0.0962 |
212 |
1 |
49.69 |
2009-01-22 |
| 89. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
49.64 |
0.9309 |
-0.0234 |
284 |
2 |
47.59 |
2009-04-02 |
| 90. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
49.42 |
0.9109 |
-0.0025 |
401 |
1 |
49.42 |
2009-02-12 |
| 91. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
49.03 |
1.0516 |
-0.1542 |
281 |
1 |
49.03 |
2008-12-12 |
| 92. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
48.99 |
0.8722 |
0.0283 |
285 |
1 |
48.99 |
2008-12-23 |
| 93. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
48.92 |
0.9532 |
-0.0585 |
258 |
1 |
48.92 |
2009-04-02 |
| 94. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
48.91 |
0.8353 |
0.0679 |
283 |
2 |
47.68 |
2009-01-22 |
| 95. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
48.60 |
0.9754 |
-0.0792 |
362 |
1 |
48.60 |
2008-12-12 |
| 96. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
48.36 |
0.9965 |
-0.1104 |
310 |
1 |
48.36 |
2009-02-12 |
| 97. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
47.75 |
0.9682 |
-0.0954 |
143 |
1 |
47.75 |
2009-04-25 |
| 98. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
47.59 |
0.9578 |
-0.0866 |
281 |
1 |
47.59 |
2008-12-12 |
| 99. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
47.56 |
0.9843 |
-0.1186 |
234 |
1 |
47.56 |
2008-11-30 |
| 100. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
47.53 |
0.9168 |
-0.0449 |
240 |
1 |
47.53 |
2008-12-19 |
| 101. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
47.29 |
0.8595 |
0.0085 |
242 |
1 |
47.29 |
2009-04-25 |
| 102. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
47.06 |
0.8573 |
0.0074 |
270 |
1 |
47.06 |
2008-12-12 |
| 103. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
47.03 |
1.0396 |
-0.1859 |
149 |
1 |
47.03 |
2008-12-19 |
| 104. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
46.63 |
0.8533 |
0.0011 |
232 |
1 |
46.63 |
2009-02-23 |
| 105. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
46.12 |
0.8382 |
0.0068 |
268 |
1 |
46.12 |
2009-01-22 |
| 106. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
46.07 |
1.0429 |
-0.2014 |
259 |
1 |
46.07 |
2009-01-22 |
| 107. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
43.97 |
0.9699 |
-0.1667 |
269 |
1 |
43.97 |
2009-02-26 |
| 108. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
42.49 |
1.0398 |
-0.2741 |
110 |
1 |
42.49 |
2008-12-12 |
| 109. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
39.46 |
0.8916 |
-0.1709 |
216 |
1 |
39.46 |
2008-12-19 |
| 110. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
32.38 |
1.0124 |
-0.4263 |
204 |
1 |
32.38 |
2010-01-25 |