| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
55.37 |
1.0521 |
0.2181 |
171 |
1 |
55.37 |
2009-03-18 |
| 2. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
55.37 |
1.0498 |
0.2206 |
180 |
1 |
55.37 |
2009-03-17 |
| 3. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
53.93 |
1.0767 |
0.1629 |
212 |
1 |
53.93 |
2009-03-18 |
| 4. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
52.92 |
1.0462 |
0.1664 |
184 |
1 |
52.92 |
2009-03-17 |
| 5. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
52.71 |
1.0068 |
0.2098 |
358 |
1 |
52.71 |
2009-03-17 |
| 6. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
51.70 |
1.0368 |
0.1539 |
276 |
1 |
51.70 |
2009-03-18 |
| 7. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
51.30 |
0.8810 |
0.3002 |
282 |
1 |
51.30 |
2009-03-17 |
| 8. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
49.12 |
0.9729 |
0.1573 |
255 |
1 |
49.12 |
2009-03-17 |
| 9. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
48.94 |
0.9863 |
0.1437 |
339 |
4 |
44.20 |
2009-03-17 |
| 10. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
48.62 |
0.9257 |
0.1981 |
317 |
1 |
48.62 |
2008-12-05 |
| 11. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
48.17 |
1.0486 |
0.0600 |
289 |
2 |
47.38 |
2009-03-17 |
| 12. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
48.16 |
1.0829 |
0.0260 |
288 |
1 |
48.16 |
2009-03-17 |
| 13. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
48.07 |
1.0993 |
0.0041 |
265 |
1 |
48.07 |
2009-03-17 |
| 14. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
47.98 |
1.0788 |
0.0189 |
171 |
1 |
47.98 |
2009-03-09 |
| 15. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
47.53 |
1.0201 |
0.0734 |
303 |
1 |
47.53 |
2009-03-09 |
| 16. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
47.39 |
0.9633 |
0.1286 |
304 |
1 |
47.39 |
2008-12-12 |
| 17. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
47.11 |
1.0034 |
0.0784 |
302 |
2 |
44.75 |
2009-03-09 |
| 18. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
46.97 |
1.0025 |
0.0784 |
336 |
1 |
46.97 |
2008-12-15 |
| 19. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
46.91 |
0.9485 |
0.1317 |
236 |
1 |
46.91 |
2009-03-17 |
| 20. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
46.43 |
0.9572 |
0.1088 |
201 |
1 |
46.43 |
2008-12-12 |
| 21. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
45.74 |
0.9776 |
0.0740 |
308 |
1 |
45.74 |
2008-12-12 |
| 22. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
45.69 |
0.9597 |
0.0944 |
347 |
1 |
45.69 |
2009-03-18 |
| 23. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
45.24 |
0.9758 |
0.0645 |
314 |
1 |
45.24 |
2008-12-11 |
| 24. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
45.17 |
1.0419 |
-0.0041 |
261 |
1 |
45.17 |
2008-12-12 |
| 25. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
44.82 |
1.0534 |
-0.0210 |
357 |
1 |
44.82 |
2008-12-15 |
| 26. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
44.63 |
1.0567 |
-0.0304 |
303 |
1 |
44.63 |
2008-12-04 |
| 27. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
44.62 |
0.9852 |
0.0403 |
264 |
1 |
44.62 |
2009-01-21 |
| 28. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
44.58 |
1.1016 |
-0.0776 |
233 |
1 |
44.58 |
2008-12-05 |
| 29. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
44.44 |
1.0441 |
-0.0218 |
252 |
1 |
44.44 |
2008-12-04 |
| 30. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
44.26 |
1.0197 |
-0.0058 |
226 |
1 |
44.26 |
2008-12-11 |
| 31. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
44.08 |
0.8653 |
0.1588 |
255 |
1 |
44.08 |
2009-03-18 |
| 32. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
43.59 |
1.0426 |
-0.0421 |
323 |
1 |
43.59 |
2009-03-17 |
| 33. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
42.79 |
1.0125 |
-0.0323 |
224 |
1 |
42.79 |
2009-03-09 |
| 34. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
42.66 |
0.9899 |
-0.0151 |
163 |
2 |
42.60 |
2009-03-17 |
| 35. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
42.46 |
1.0013 |
-0.0274 |
273 |
1 |
42.46 |
2008-12-12 |
| 36. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
42.24 |
0.9907 |
-0.0223 |
211 |
1 |
42.24 |
2008-12-04 |
| 37. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
41.83 |
0.9811 |
-0.0181 |
272 |
1 |
41.83 |
2009-03-17 |
| 38. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
41.64 |
0.9365 |
0.0209 |
248 |
1 |
41.64 |
2009-03-17 |
| 39. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
41.29 |
0.8826 |
0.0668 |
296 |
1 |
41.29 |
2008-12-05 |
| 40. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
41.23 |
1.0352 |
-0.0856 |
341 |
1 |
41.23 |
2008-12-15 |
| 41. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
41.11 |
1.0385 |
-0.0968 |
230 |
1 |
41.11 |
2009-01-21 |
| 42. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
41.09 |
0.9468 |
-0.0038 |
276 |
1 |
41.09 |
2009-03-18 |
| 43. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
41.03 |
0.9936 |
-0.0521 |
311 |
1 |
41.03 |
2009-03-18 |
| 44. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
40.93 |
0.9857 |
-0.0475 |
293 |
1 |
40.93 |
2009-03-17 |
| 45. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
40.82 |
0.9646 |
-0.0288 |
264 |
1 |
40.82 |
2008-12-15 |
| 46. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
40.03 |
0.9798 |
-0.0670 |
199 |
1 |
40.03 |
2008-12-11 |
| 47. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
39.69 |
0.9699 |
-0.0603 |
269 |
1 |
39.69 |
2009-03-09 |
| 48. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
39.67 |
0.9212 |
-0.0080 |
323 |
1 |
39.67 |
2008-12-04 |
| 49. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
39.58 |
0.9266 |
-0.0188 |
267 |
1 |
39.58 |
2009-03-17 |
| 50. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
39.42 |
1.0796 |
-0.1807 |
129 |
1 |
39.42 |
2008-12-05 |
| 51. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
39.36 |
0.8919 |
0.0096 |
205 |
1 |
39.36 |
2009-03-17 |
| 52. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
39.21 |
0.8935 |
0.0157 |
328 |
1 |
39.21 |
2008-12-12 |
| 53. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
38.82 |
0.9068 |
-0.0137 |
269 |
1 |
38.82 |
2008-12-11 |
| 54. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
38.46 |
1.0203 |
-0.1352 |
261 |
1 |
38.46 |
2008-12-04 |
| 55. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
38.35 |
0.9213 |
-0.0412 |
295 |
1 |
38.35 |
2009-01-21 |
| 56. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
37.90 |
0.8971 |
-0.0231 |
266 |
1 |
37.90 |
2008-12-12 |
| 57. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
37.59 |
0.9072 |
-0.0475 |
237 |
1 |
37.59 |
2009-03-18 |
| 58. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
37.55 |
0.9286 |
-0.0690 |
194 |
1 |
37.55 |
2009-03-17 |
| 59. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
36.56 |
0.9910 |
-0.1512 |
295 |
1 |
36.56 |
2008-12-12 |
| 60. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
36.39 |
0.9125 |
-0.0769 |
308 |
1 |
36.39 |
2008-12-04 |
| 61. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
36.36 |
0.8878 |
-0.0551 |
346 |
1 |
36.36 |
2009-03-17 |
| 62. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
36.29 |
1.0004 |
-0.1752 |
212 |
1 |
36.29 |
2008-12-04 |
| 63. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
36.19 |
0.9084 |
-0.0776 |
300 |
1 |
36.19 |
2008-12-15 |
| 64. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
35.47 |
0.8852 |
-0.0705 |
201 |
1 |
35.47 |
2008-12-16 |
| 65. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
35.25 |
0.7876 |
0.0222 |
316 |
1 |
35.25 |
2009-03-18 |
| 66. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
35.09 |
0.8811 |
-0.0732 |
239 |
1 |
35.09 |
2009-01-21 |
| 67. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
34.53 |
0.9710 |
-0.1869 |
173 |
1 |
34.53 |
2008-12-12 |
| 68. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
34.15 |
0.8442 |
-0.0586 |
265 |
1 |
34.15 |
2008-12-15 |
| 69. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
30.43 |
0.8941 |
-0.1975 |
216 |
1 |
30.43 |
2008-12-11 |