Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
It takes one twenty year old tree to produce seven hundred p... |
43.42 |
1.1308 |
0.1052 |
78 |
1 |
43.42 |
2012-12-07 |
2. |
...and that this government of the people, by the people, fo... |
43.38 |
1.0684 |
0.1664 |
106 |
1 |
43.38 |
2012-12-07 |
3. |
A suspension bridge is supported on huge steel cables which ... |
43.36 |
1.2064 |
0.0279 |
150 |
1 |
43.36 |
2013-01-18 |
4. |
The Hoover Dam was built to last two thousand years. The con... |
42.73 |
1.0616 |
0.1547 |
132 |
1 |
42.73 |
2012-12-07 |
5. |
In chemistry, the word "solution" refers to when two materia... |
42.06 |
1.2134 |
-0.0161 |
170 |
1 |
42.06 |
2012-12-18 |
6. |
The kitchen table was set for breakfast and the room smelled... |
41.26 |
1.2792 |
-0.1047 |
122 |
1 |
41.26 |
2012-12-07 |
7. |
Neptune's bluish appearance comes from the methane gas in it... |
40.33 |
1.1249 |
0.0231 |
97 |
1 |
40.33 |
2013-01-18 |
8. |
A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the distance of the W... |
40.27 |
0.9380 |
0.2083 |
89 |
1 |
40.27 |
2012-12-07 |
9. |
Something whirled around inside Jess's head. He opened his m... |
39.91 |
0.9633 |
0.1728 |
173 |
1 |
39.91 |
2012-12-07 |
10. |
Dividing the stars into constellations helps to find and ide... |
39.82 |
1.1588 |
-0.0253 |
89 |
1 |
39.82 |
2012-12-07 |
11. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
39.54 |
1.1911 |
-0.0656 |
275 |
1 |
39.54 |
2013-01-18 |
12. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
38.40 |
1.1398 |
-0.0467 |
155 |
1 |
38.40 |
2012-12-18 |
13. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
38.33 |
1.0911 |
0.0000 |
188 |
1 |
38.33 |
2012-12-07 |
14. |
Bamboo is the world's tallest grass and can grow up to ninet... |
38.29 |
0.9880 |
0.1020 |
83 |
1 |
38.29 |
2012-12-07 |
15. |
The atmosphere around Venus is very thick and mainly made of... |
38.15 |
1.0980 |
-0.0120 |
80 |
1 |
38.15 |
2012-11-14 |
16. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
37.88 |
1.0783 |
0.0000 |
278 |
1 |
37.88 |
2012-12-07 |
17. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
37.55 |
1.1280 |
-0.0591 |
236 |
1 |
37.55 |
2012-12-07 |
18. |
Seals must teach their young how to swim. |
36.11 |
1.0726 |
-0.0447 |
41 |
1 |
36.11 |
2012-12-07 |
19. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
35.11 |
0.8743 |
0.1251 |
326 |
1 |
35.11 |
2013-01-18 |
20. |
Cowbirds have the audacity to lay their eggs in smaller song... |
34.91 |
0.9667 |
0.0270 |
73 |
1 |
34.91 |
2012-12-07 |
21. |
The boys dug until each hole was well over six feet deep and... |
34.90 |
1.0441 |
-0.0506 |
172 |
1 |
34.90 |
2013-01-30 |
22. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
34.85 |
0.7969 |
0.1951 |
201 |
1 |
34.85 |
2012-12-07 |
23. |
They hadn't exactly fallen from the sky. He had just walked ... |
33.97 |
0.9689 |
-0.0019 |
128 |
1 |
33.97 |
2012-12-18 |
24. |
Of all the planets in our Solar System, Mercury is the close... |
33.74 |
1.0716 |
-0.1112 |
96 |
1 |
33.74 |
2012-12-18 |
25. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
33.64 |
0.8827 |
0.0749 |
142 |
1 |
33.64 |
2012-12-07 |
26. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
33.17 |
0.9442 |
0.0000 |
242 |
1 |
33.17 |
2012-12-07 |
27. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
32.39 |
0.9220 |
0.0000 |
237 |
1 |
32.39 |
2012-11-28 |
28. |
That every man may receive at least a moderate education, an... |
32.23 |
0.9413 |
-0.0239 |
249 |
1 |
32.23 |
2012-11-28 |
29. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
32.17 |
0.9157 |
0.0000 |
373 |
1 |
32.17 |
2013-01-18 |
30. |
Here's a good rule to remember about rattlesnakes and scropi... |
32.15 |
0.7383 |
0.1769 |
122 |
1 |
32.15 |
2013-01-18 |
31. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
31.87 |
0.8943 |
0.0129 |
190 |
1 |
31.87 |
2013-01-18 |
32. |
The Apollo 11 only had twenty seconds of fuel left when it l... |
30.39 |
1.0450 |
-0.1799 |
66 |
1 |
30.39 |
2012-12-18 |
33. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
30.13 |
0.8577 |
0.0000 |
305 |
1 |
30.13 |
2013-01-18 |
34. |
The word force in science refers to a push or a pull that ca... |
28.94 |
1.0541 |
-0.2303 |
84 |
1 |
28.94 |
2013-01-18 |
35. |
Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! B... |
27.05 |
0.9066 |
-0.1366 |
111 |
1 |
27.05 |
2012-11-28 |
36. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
25.47 |
0.8862 |
-0.1612 |
264 |
1 |
25.47 |
2012-12-07 |
37. |
A jiffy is an actual unit of time: one-hundreth of a second.... |
25.22 |
0.7179 |
0.0000 |
107 |
1 |
25.22 |
2013-01-17 |
38. |
Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow. And ev... |
24.98 |
1.0669 |
-0.3558 |
108 |
1 |
24.98 |
2012-12-07 |
39. |
No white man saw the Grand Canyon until after the Civil War ... |
22.00 |
0.7865 |
-0.1603 |
68 |
1 |
22.00 |
2013-01-17 |