| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
61.51 |
1.0711 |
-1.0881 |
213 |
2 |
55.13 |
2012-02-09 |
| 2. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
59.38 |
1.0483 |
-1.0620 |
227 |
1 |
59.38 |
2012-02-02 |
| 3. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
58.77 |
1.0799 |
-1.0945 |
243 |
1 |
58.77 |
2012-02-02 |
| 4. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
58.03 |
0.9722 |
-0.9858 |
283 |
1 |
58.03 |
2012-02-02 |
| 5. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
57.45 |
1.0565 |
-1.0708 |
247 |
1 |
57.45 |
2012-02-02 |
| 6. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
56.02 |
1.0074 |
-1.0193 |
242 |
1 |
56.02 |
2012-02-01 |
| 7. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
55.98 |
1.0352 |
-1.0458 |
341 |
1 |
55.98 |
2012-02-02 |
| 8. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
55.69 |
0.9711 |
-0.9857 |
176 |
1 |
55.69 |
2012-02-02 |
| 9. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
55.67 |
1.0396 |
-1.0566 |
149 |
2 |
49.05 |
2012-02-02 |
| 10. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
54.83 |
0.9893 |
-1.0007 |
323 |
1 |
54.83 |
2012-02-02 |
| 11. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
54.33 |
0.9772 |
-0.9912 |
217 |
1 |
54.33 |
2012-02-02 |
| 12. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
54.33 |
0.9047 |
-0.9232 |
118 |
1 |
54.33 |
2012-02-02 |
| 13. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
54.17 |
0.9688 |
-0.9838 |
217 |
1 |
54.17 |
2012-02-02 |
| 14. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
53.46 |
1.0403 |
-1.0353 |
193 |
2 |
50.74 |
2012-02-09 |
| 15. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
53.31 |
1.0117 |
-0.9798 |
297 |
1 |
53.31 |
2012-02-07 |
| 16. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
52.72 |
0.8809 |
-0.8958 |
127 |
1 |
52.72 |
2012-02-01 |
| 17. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
52.16 |
1.0696 |
-1.0841 |
226 |
2 |
52.16 |
2012-02-01 |
| 18. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
51.97 |
0.8956 |
-0.9058 |
217 |
1 |
51.97 |
2012-02-02 |
| 19. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
51.80 |
1.0270 |
-1.0028 |
255 |
1 |
51.80 |
2012-02-02 |
| 20. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
51.78 |
1.0485 |
-1.0237 |
153 |
2 |
46.70 |
2012-02-07 |
| 21. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
51.09 |
1.1018 |
-1.1188 |
220 |
1 |
51.09 |
2012-02-07 |
| 22. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
51.00 |
0.9266 |
-0.9392 |
267 |
1 |
51.00 |
2012-02-02 |
| 23. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
50.99 |
0.9365 |
-0.9487 |
248 |
1 |
50.99 |
2012-02-02 |
| 24. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
50.65 |
0.9785 |
-0.9884 |
335 |
1 |
50.65 |
2012-02-02 |
| 25. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
50.16 |
1.0523 |
-1.0673 |
256 |
1 |
50.16 |
2012-02-02 |
| 26. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
50.04 |
0.9340 |
-0.9480 |
296 |
1 |
50.04 |
2012-02-01 |
| 27. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
49.86 |
0.9500 |
-0.9602 |
362 |
1 |
49.86 |
2012-02-01 |
| 28. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
49.03 |
1.0740 |
-1.0474 |
264 |
1 |
49.03 |
2012-02-01 |
| 29. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
48.91 |
0.9941 |
-1.0082 |
217 |
1 |
48.91 |
2012-02-02 |
| 30. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
48.57 |
0.9946 |
-1.0076 |
246 |
1 |
48.57 |
2012-02-07 |
| 31. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
48.53 |
1.0023 |
-1.0165 |
211 |
1 |
48.53 |
2012-02-02 |
| 32. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
48.33 |
0.9907 |
-1.0041 |
211 |
1 |
48.33 |
2012-02-02 |
| 33. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
48.10 |
0.9614 |
-0.9716 |
292 |
1 |
48.10 |
2012-02-09 |
| 34. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
48.08 |
0.9226 |
-0.9325 |
348 |
1 |
48.08 |
2012-02-01 |
| 35. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
47.70 |
0.9863 |
-0.9952 |
339 |
1 |
47.70 |
2012-02-07 |
| 36. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
47.26 |
0.8022 |
-0.8142 |
215 |
1 |
47.26 |
2012-02-07 |
| 37. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
46.96 |
0.9072 |
-0.9210 |
237 |
1 |
46.96 |
2012-02-09 |
| 38. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
46.92 |
1.0172 |
-0.9951 |
341 |
1 |
46.92 |
2012-02-07 |
| 39. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
46.83 |
0.9084 |
-0.9192 |
300 |
1 |
46.83 |
2012-02-09 |
| 40. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
46.78 |
0.8723 |
-0.8894 |
185 |
1 |
46.78 |
2012-02-01 |
| 41. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
46.75 |
0.9986 |
-1.0152 |
162 |
1 |
46.75 |
2012-02-01 |
| 42. |
This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic people ... |
46.59 |
0.9089 |
-0.9178 |
187 |
1 |
46.59 |
2012-02-01 |
| 43. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
46.44 |
0.9911 |
-1.0071 |
212 |
1 |
46.44 |
2012-02-01 |
| 44. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
46.43 |
0.9202 |
-0.9324 |
254 |
1 |
46.43 |
2012-02-02 |
| 45. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
46.37 |
1.0365 |
-1.0154 |
162 |
2 |
43.34 |
2012-02-01 |
| 46. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
46.09 |
0.8975 |
-0.9105 |
268 |
1 |
46.09 |
2012-02-07 |
| 47. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
46.09 |
0.9795 |
-0.9916 |
308 |
1 |
46.09 |
2012-02-02 |
| 48. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
45.74 |
0.8918 |
-0.9053 |
100 |
1 |
45.74 |
2012-02-01 |
| 49. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
45.67 |
1.0496 |
-1.0624 |
314 |
1 |
45.67 |
2012-02-07 |
| 50. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
45.54 |
1.0252 |
-1.0414 |
176 |
1 |
45.54 |
2012-02-07 |
| 51. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
45.50 |
0.9068 |
-0.9179 |
269 |
2 |
45.14 |
2012-02-07 |
| 52. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
45.43 |
0.9353 |
-0.9519 |
177 |
1 |
45.43 |
2012-02-01 |
| 53. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
45.38 |
1.1114 |
-1.1256 |
247 |
1 |
45.38 |
2012-02-01 |
| 54. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
45.20 |
0.8935 |
-0.9003 |
328 |
1 |
45.20 |
2012-02-07 |
| 55. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
44.78 |
0.9351 |
-0.9510 |
190 |
1 |
44.78 |
2012-02-07 |
| 56. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
44.44 |
0.9429 |
-0.9543 |
287 |
1 |
44.44 |
2012-02-02 |
| 57. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
44.42 |
0.9684 |
-0.9792 |
388 |
1 |
44.42 |
2012-02-01 |
| 58. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
44.38 |
0.9430 |
-0.9593 |
227 |
1 |
44.38 |
2012-02-01 |
| 59. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
44.20 |
0.9430 |
-0.9538 |
297 |
1 |
44.20 |
2012-02-02 |
| 60. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
44.01 |
0.8971 |
-0.9074 |
266 |
1 |
44.01 |
2012-02-02 |
| 61. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
43.66 |
0.9281 |
-0.9375 |
273 |
1 |
43.66 |
2012-02-01 |
| 62. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
43.66 |
1.0213 |
-1.0350 |
240 |
1 |
43.66 |
2012-02-01 |
| 63. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
43.34 |
0.9233 |
-0.9407 |
168 |
1 |
43.34 |
2012-02-02 |
| 64. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
43.06 |
0.8562 |
-0.8701 |
170 |
1 |
43.06 |
2012-02-01 |
| 65. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
43.04 |
1.0254 |
-0.9944 |
217 |
1 |
43.04 |
2012-02-02 |
| 66. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
42.98 |
0.9514 |
-0.9633 |
237 |
1 |
42.98 |
2012-02-01 |
| 67. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
42.37 |
0.9164 |
-0.9254 |
305 |
1 |
42.37 |
2012-02-02 |
| 68. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They ... |
42.31 |
0.9774 |
-0.9913 |
196 |
1 |
42.31 |
2012-02-01 |
| 69. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
42.18 |
0.9865 |
-0.9981 |
276 |
1 |
42.18 |
2012-02-02 |
| 70. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
42.07 |
1.0788 |
-1.0951 |
171 |
1 |
42.07 |
2012-02-01 |
| 71. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
41.64 |
0.8615 |
-0.8746 |
110 |
1 |
41.64 |
2012-02-02 |
| 72. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
41.58 |
0.9310 |
-0.9475 |
188 |
1 |
41.58 |
2012-02-07 |
| 73. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
40.83 |
1.0679 |
-1.0571 |
177 |
1 |
40.83 |
2012-02-01 |
| 74. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
40.47 |
1.0714 |
-1.0882 |
129 |
1 |
40.47 |
2012-02-02 |
| 75. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
40.35 |
0.9309 |
-0.9448 |
284 |
1 |
40.35 |
2012-02-01 |
| 76. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
39.98 |
0.8919 |
-0.9044 |
205 |
1 |
39.98 |
2012-02-09 |
| 77. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
39.47 |
1.0574 |
-1.0397 |
205 |
1 |
39.47 |
2012-02-01 |
| 78. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
39.34 |
0.9532 |
-0.9666 |
258 |
1 |
39.34 |
2012-02-01 |
| 79. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
38.08 |
0.8841 |
-0.8935 |
194 |
1 |
38.08 |
2012-02-01 |
| 80. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
38.06 |
0.9852 |
-0.9971 |
264 |
1 |
38.06 |
2012-02-02 |
| 81. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
32.26 |
0.8770 |
-0.8873 |
300 |
1 |
32.26 |
2012-02-02 |