| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
79.54 |
1.0796 |
-1.0952 |
129 |
1 |
79.54 |
2009-06-03 |
| 2. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
75.06 |
1.0515 |
-1.0649 |
250 |
2 |
67.52 |
2009-06-03 |
| 3. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
72.82 |
1.0711 |
-1.0881 |
213 |
1 |
72.82 |
2009-06-03 |
| 4. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
70.08 |
1.0213 |
-1.0351 |
240 |
1 |
70.08 |
2009-06-03 |
| 5. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
70.02 |
1.0462 |
-1.0624 |
184 |
1 |
70.02 |
2009-06-03 |
| 6. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
69.64 |
1.0352 |
-1.0446 |
341 |
1 |
69.64 |
2009-06-03 |
| 7. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
68.60 |
1.0483 |
-1.0620 |
227 |
1 |
68.60 |
2009-06-22 |
| 8. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
68.51 |
0.9682 |
-0.9827 |
143 |
1 |
68.51 |
2009-06-03 |
| 9. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
67.93 |
1.1114 |
-1.1255 |
247 |
1 |
67.93 |
2009-06-22 |
| 10. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
67.20 |
1.0477 |
-1.0586 |
360 |
1 |
67.20 |
2009-06-03 |
| 11. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
65.56 |
0.9893 |
-1.0009 |
323 |
1 |
65.56 |
2009-06-03 |
| 12. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
65.55 |
1.0444 |
-1.0616 |
197 |
1 |
65.55 |
2009-06-03 |
| 13. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
65.26 |
1.0788 |
-1.0949 |
171 |
1 |
65.26 |
2009-06-22 |
| 14. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
64.89 |
1.0251 |
-1.0383 |
261 |
1 |
64.89 |
2009-06-03 |
| 15. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
64.36 |
1.0034 |
-1.0168 |
302 |
1 |
64.36 |
2009-05-27 |
| 16. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
64.19 |
1.0595 |
-1.0702 |
379 |
1 |
64.19 |
2009-05-27 |
| 17. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
63.60 |
1.0004 |
-1.0153 |
212 |
1 |
63.60 |
2009-06-03 |
| 18. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
63.30 |
0.9841 |
-0.9935 |
334 |
1 |
63.30 |
2009-06-22 |
| 19. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
63.23 |
1.0429 |
-1.0561 |
259 |
1 |
63.23 |
2009-06-22 |
| 20. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
62.70 |
1.0486 |
-1.0600 |
289 |
1 |
62.70 |
2009-06-22 |
| 21. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
62.42 |
1.0767 |
-1.0900 |
212 |
1 |
62.42 |
2009-06-03 |
| 22. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
62.27 |
0.9614 |
-0.9716 |
292 |
2 |
61.63 |
2009-06-03 |
| 23. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
62.09 |
1.1016 |
-1.1141 |
233 |
1 |
62.09 |
2009-05-27 |
| 24. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
61.89 |
0.9649 |
-0.9776 |
193 |
1 |
61.89 |
2009-05-27 |
| 25. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
61.84 |
0.9768 |
-0.9873 |
387 |
2 |
58.21 |
2009-06-22 |
| 26. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
61.80 |
1.0361 |
-1.0476 |
269 |
2 |
58.07 |
2009-06-22 |
| 27. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
61.67 |
1.0463 |
-1.0618 |
182 |
1 |
61.67 |
2009-06-03 |
| 28. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
61.55 |
1.0368 |
-1.0497 |
276 |
1 |
61.55 |
2009-06-03 |
| 29. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
61.44 |
0.9593 |
-0.9685 |
398 |
2 |
61.21 |
2009-06-22 |
| 30. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
60.84 |
0.9109 |
-0.9213 |
401 |
1 |
60.84 |
2009-06-03 |
| 31. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
60.57 |
0.9879 |
-0.9944 |
450 |
1 |
60.57 |
2009-08-27 |
| 32. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
60.32 |
1.0523 |
-1.0672 |
256 |
1 |
60.32 |
2009-05-28 |
| 33. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
59.94 |
0.9986 |
-1.0102 |
283 |
1 |
59.94 |
2009-06-22 |
| 34. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
59.90 |
1.0441 |
-1.0553 |
252 |
2 |
59.26 |
2009-08-27 |
| 35. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
58.62 |
1.0257 |
-1.0337 |
401 |
1 |
58.62 |
2009-06-03 |
| 36. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
58.60 |
0.9468 |
-0.9596 |
276 |
1 |
58.60 |
2009-06-22 |
| 37. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
58.51 |
0.9965 |
-1.0095 |
310 |
1 |
58.51 |
2009-06-03 |
| 38. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
58.48 |
0.8442 |
-0.8541 |
265 |
1 |
58.48 |
2009-06-22 |
| 39. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
58.40 |
0.8878 |
-0.8999 |
346 |
1 |
58.40 |
2009-06-03 |
| 40. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
58.37 |
0.9411 |
-0.9521 |
318 |
1 |
58.37 |
2009-06-22 |
| 41. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
58.33 |
0.9852 |
-0.9971 |
264 |
1 |
58.33 |
2009-05-27 |
| 42. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
58.26 |
1.0167 |
-1.0254 |
378 |
1 |
58.26 |
2009-05-27 |
| 43. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
57.81 |
1.0261 |
-1.0399 |
273 |
2 |
50.37 |
2009-06-22 |
| 44. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
57.65 |
1.0062 |
-1.0179 |
288 |
1 |
57.65 |
2009-06-03 |
| 45. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
57.55 |
0.9365 |
-0.9486 |
248 |
1 |
57.55 |
2009-06-22 |
| 46. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
57.32 |
0.8826 |
-0.8937 |
296 |
1 |
57.32 |
2009-06-03 |
| 47. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
57.10 |
1.0389 |
-1.0502 |
318 |
1 |
57.10 |
2009-05-27 |
| 48. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
57.01 |
1.0389 |
-1.0498 |
340 |
1 |
57.01 |
2009-06-03 |
| 49. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
56.79 |
1.0138 |
-1.0264 |
231 |
1 |
56.79 |
2009-06-03 |
| 50. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
56.78 |
1.0487 |
-1.0639 |
231 |
1 |
56.78 |
2009-06-03 |
| 51. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
56.42 |
0.9202 |
-0.9325 |
254 |
1 |
56.42 |
2009-05-27 |
| 52. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
56.36 |
0.8916 |
-0.9037 |
216 |
1 |
56.36 |
2009-06-22 |
| 53. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
56.07 |
0.8722 |
-0.8822 |
285 |
2 |
51.49 |
2009-06-03 |
| 54. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
55.62 |
0.8890 |
-0.9031 |
199 |
1 |
55.62 |
2009-06-03 |
| 55. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
55.22 |
0.9965 |
-1.0084 |
277 |
1 |
55.22 |
2009-05-27 |
| 56. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
55.01 |
0.9309 |
-0.9449 |
284 |
1 |
55.01 |
2009-06-03 |
| 57. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
54.78 |
0.9763 |
-0.9885 |
289 |
1 |
54.78 |
2009-05-27 |
| 58. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
54.65 |
0.9772 |
-0.9911 |
217 |
1 |
54.65 |
2009-05-27 |
| 59. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
54.61 |
0.8852 |
-0.8963 |
201 |
1 |
54.61 |
2009-08-27 |
| 60. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
53.97 |
0.9005 |
-0.9125 |
212 |
1 |
53.97 |
2009-05-27 |
| 61. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
53.59 |
0.9942 |
-1.0011 |
483 |
1 |
53.59 |
2009-05-27 |
| 62. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
52.88 |
0.9758 |
-0.9879 |
314 |
1 |
52.88 |
2009-06-22 |
| 63. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
52.45 |
0.9532 |
-0.9667 |
258 |
1 |
52.45 |
2009-05-27 |
| 64. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
51.36 |
0.9064 |
-0.9113 |
399 |
1 |
51.36 |
2009-06-03 |
| 65. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
51.02 |
0.9330 |
-0.9405 |
360 |
1 |
51.02 |
2009-06-22 |
| 66. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
50.77 |
0.8770 |
-0.8873 |
300 |
1 |
50.77 |
2009-05-27 |
| 67. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
50.76 |
0.9097 |
-0.8827 |
464 |
1 |
50.76 |
2009-05-27 |
| 68. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
49.35 |
0.8919 |
-0.9043 |
205 |
1 |
49.35 |
2009-05-27 |
| 69. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
49.11 |
0.9087 |
-0.9137 |
393 |
1 |
49.11 |
2009-05-27 |
| 70. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
45.62 |
0.9857 |
-0.9982 |
293 |
1 |
45.62 |
2009-06-22 |
| 71. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
43.80 |
0.9279 |
-0.9358 |
317 |
1 |
43.80 |
2009-06-03 |