| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
55.71 |
1.0799 |
0.1653 |
243 |
1 |
55.71 |
2012-06-18 |
| 2. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
55.68 |
1.0767 |
0.1694 |
212 |
3 |
50.42 |
2012-06-17 |
| 3. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
55.09 |
1.0025 |
0.2323 |
256 |
1 |
55.09 |
2012-06-18 |
| 4. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
54.64 |
1.1114 |
0.1106 |
247 |
1 |
54.64 |
2012-06-17 |
| 5. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
53.58 |
0.9769 |
0.2217 |
263 |
1 |
53.58 |
2012-06-18 |
| 6. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
53.29 |
0.9340 |
0.2599 |
296 |
2 |
50.63 |
2012-06-18 |
| 7. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
52.93 |
1.0673 |
0.1604 |
230 |
1 |
52.93 |
2012-06-15 |
| 8. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
52.47 |
0.9688 |
0.2065 |
217 |
1 |
52.47 |
2012-06-18 |
| 9. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
51.97 |
0.9310 |
0.2293 |
188 |
3 |
48.41 |
2012-06-17 |
| 10. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
51.68 |
1.0419 |
0.1158 |
261 |
1 |
51.68 |
2012-06-18 |
| 11. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
51.67 |
0.9266 |
0.2326 |
278 |
1 |
51.67 |
2012-06-17 |
| 12. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
51.58 |
1.0388 |
0.1482 |
243 |
1 |
51.58 |
2012-06-17 |
| 13. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
51.53 |
0.9865 |
0.1689 |
276 |
1 |
51.53 |
2012-06-17 |
| 14. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
51.43 |
0.9162 |
0.2362 |
165 |
1 |
51.43 |
2012-06-17 |
| 15. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
51.07 |
1.0053 |
0.1365 |
232 |
1 |
51.07 |
2012-06-17 |
| 16. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
51.07 |
1.0993 |
0.0424 |
265 |
3 |
47.11 |
2012-06-17 |
| 17. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
50.65 |
0.9899 |
0.1397 |
163 |
2 |
47.70 |
2012-06-18 |
| 18. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
50.60 |
0.9776 |
0.1558 |
308 |
1 |
50.60 |
2012-06-17 |
| 19. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
50.17 |
1.0630 |
0.0937 |
397 |
1 |
50.17 |
2012-06-18 |
| 20. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
50.04 |
0.9646 |
0.1550 |
264 |
1 |
50.04 |
2012-06-17 |
| 21. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
49.37 |
0.8914 |
0.2147 |
366 |
2 |
40.95 |
2012-06-18 |
| 22. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
49.30 |
1.1296 |
0.0032 |
252 |
1 |
49.30 |
2012-06-17 |
| 23. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
49.26 |
0.9820 |
0.1210 |
274 |
1 |
49.26 |
2012-06-18 |
| 24. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
48.53 |
0.9532 |
0.1318 |
258 |
1 |
48.53 |
2012-06-17 |
| 25. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
48.47 |
1.0214 |
0.0581 |
166 |
1 |
48.47 |
2012-06-16 |
| 26. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
48.41 |
0.9938 |
0.0906 |
339 |
1 |
48.41 |
2012-06-18 |
| 27. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
48.35 |
0.9805 |
0.1063 |
292 |
1 |
48.35 |
2012-06-18 |
| 28. |
Thing is Butch, right now you got ability. But painful as it... |
48.20 |
0.8912 |
0.1898 |
186 |
1 |
48.20 |
2012-06-15 |
| 29. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
48.03 |
0.9485 |
0.1282 |
236 |
1 |
48.03 |
2012-06-17 |
| 30. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
47.98 |
1.1016 |
-0.0277 |
233 |
1 |
47.98 |
2012-06-18 |
| 31. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
47.97 |
0.9697 |
0.1041 |
249 |
1 |
47.97 |
2012-06-16 |
| 32. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
47.84 |
0.9866 |
0.0804 |
218 |
1 |
47.84 |
2012-06-17 |
| 33. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
47.83 |
0.9161 |
0.1524 |
200 |
1 |
47.83 |
2012-06-15 |
| 34. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
47.49 |
0.9820 |
0.0835 |
267 |
2 |
42.55 |
2012-06-16 |
| 35. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
47.40 |
1.0885 |
-0.0245 |
315 |
1 |
47.40 |
2012-06-24 |
| 36. |
This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic people ... |
47.37 |
0.9089 |
0.1611 |
187 |
2 |
40.73 |
2012-06-15 |
| 37. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
47.07 |
0.9281 |
0.1302 |
273 |
1 |
47.07 |
2012-06-14 |
| 38. |
While it may hold true that the final few seconds of a bike ... |
47.03 |
0.8341 |
0.2267 |
224 |
1 |
47.03 |
2012-06-18 |
| 39. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
46.89 |
0.9897 |
0.0572 |
274 |
1 |
46.89 |
2012-06-16 |
| 40. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
46.88 |
0.9756 |
0.0720 |
229 |
1 |
46.88 |
2012-06-15 |
| 41. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
46.87 |
0.9946 |
0.0539 |
246 |
1 |
46.87 |
2012-06-18 |
| 42. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
46.76 |
1.0232 |
0.0689 |
350 |
1 |
46.76 |
2012-06-17 |
| 43. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
46.74 |
1.0619 |
-0.0125 |
354 |
1 |
46.74 |
2012-06-18 |
| 44. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
46.68 |
0.9884 |
0.0552 |
233 |
2 |
43.25 |
2012-06-16 |
| 45. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
46.57 |
0.9763 |
0.0651 |
289 |
1 |
46.57 |
2012-06-18 |
| 46. |
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the ... |
46.54 |
1.0381 |
-0.0068 |
170 |
1 |
46.54 |
2012-06-24 |
| 47. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
46.48 |
1.0565 |
-0.0192 |
247 |
1 |
46.48 |
2012-06-15 |
| 48. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
46.38 |
1.0389 |
0.0011 |
340 |
1 |
46.38 |
2012-06-17 |
| 49. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
46.32 |
1.0201 |
0.0093 |
172 |
1 |
46.32 |
2012-06-17 |
| 50. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
46.31 |
1.0943 |
-0.0257 |
206 |
1 |
46.31 |
2012-06-17 |
| 51. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
46.28 |
0.9353 |
0.0959 |
177 |
1 |
46.28 |
2012-06-14 |
| 52. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
45.95 |
0.9886 |
0.0418 |
220 |
2 |
41.75 |
2012-06-16 |
| 53. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
45.88 |
1.0389 |
-0.0109 |
318 |
2 |
42.45 |
2012-06-17 |
| 54. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
45.77 |
0.9831 |
0.0381 |
222 |
1 |
45.77 |
2012-06-14 |
| 55. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
45.71 |
1.0349 |
-0.0132 |
234 |
1 |
45.71 |
2012-06-15 |
| 56. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
45.63 |
1.0477 |
-0.0247 |
360 |
1 |
45.63 |
2012-06-17 |
| 57. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They ... |
45.42 |
0.9774 |
0.0376 |
196 |
1 |
45.42 |
2012-06-17 |
| 58. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
45.31 |
0.8935 |
0.1296 |
328 |
2 |
44.56 |
2012-06-17 |
| 59. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
45.11 |
0.9500 |
0.0610 |
362 |
2 |
43.55 |
2012-06-16 |
| 60. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
45.05 |
0.9461 |
0.0576 |
193 |
1 |
45.05 |
2012-06-18 |
| 61. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
44.92 |
1.0515 |
-0.0548 |
166 |
1 |
44.92 |
2012-06-18 |
| 62. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
44.87 |
0.9430 |
0.0575 |
227 |
2 |
42.81 |
2012-06-17 |
| 63. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
44.76 |
1.0213 |
-0.0236 |
240 |
1 |
44.76 |
2012-06-16 |
| 64. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
44.74 |
1.0486 |
-0.0473 |
289 |
1 |
44.74 |
2012-06-14 |
| 65. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
44.69 |
0.9844 |
0.0197 |
293 |
1 |
44.69 |
2012-06-14 |
| 66. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
44.65 |
0.8971 |
0.1066 |
266 |
2 |
42.71 |
2012-06-24 |
| 67. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
44.59 |
1.0905 |
-0.0615 |
210 |
1 |
44.59 |
2012-06-17 |
| 68. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
44.43 |
0.9350 |
0.0592 |
195 |
1 |
44.43 |
2012-06-14 |
| 69. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
44.27 |
1.0297 |
-0.0411 |
249 |
1 |
44.27 |
2012-06-17 |
| 70. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
44.14 |
1.0077 |
0.0205 |
250 |
1 |
44.14 |
2012-06-16 |
| 71. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
43.99 |
0.9068 |
0.0750 |
225 |
1 |
43.99 |
2012-06-15 |
| 72. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
43.85 |
0.9966 |
-0.0169 |
259 |
1 |
43.85 |
2012-06-24 |
| 73. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
43.84 |
0.9894 |
-0.0049 |
323 |
1 |
43.84 |
2012-06-16 |
| 74. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
43.43 |
1.0124 |
-0.0440 |
204 |
1 |
43.43 |
2012-06-17 |
| 75. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
43.42 |
1.0292 |
-0.0599 |
262 |
1 |
43.42 |
2012-06-17 |
| 76. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
43.23 |
0.9631 |
0.0545 |
345 |
1 |
43.23 |
2012-06-18 |
| 77. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
43.05 |
0.9128 |
0.0549 |
133 |
1 |
43.05 |
2012-06-15 |
| 78. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
43.00 |
1.0445 |
-0.0825 |
373 |
1 |
43.00 |
2012-06-18 |
| 79. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
42.76 |
0.9697 |
-0.0095 |
266 |
1 |
42.76 |
2012-06-17 |
| 80. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
42.69 |
1.0621 |
-0.0887 |
263 |
1 |
42.69 |
2012-06-16 |
| 81. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
42.43 |
1.0390 |
-0.0947 |
205 |
1 |
42.43 |
2012-06-15 |
| 82. |
Races are not won in the first corner; however, they are oft... |
42.21 |
0.9582 |
-0.0135 |
259 |
2 |
42.19 |
2012-06-16 |
| 83. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
42.15 |
0.9941 |
-0.0547 |
217 |
1 |
42.15 |
2012-06-14 |
| 84. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
42.15 |
0.8787 |
0.0678 |
202 |
2 |
41.08 |
2012-06-17 |
| 85. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
41.75 |
0.9509 |
0.0202 |
225 |
1 |
41.75 |
2012-06-16 |
| 86. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
41.71 |
0.9527 |
-0.0210 |
251 |
2 |
39.29 |
2012-06-18 |
| 87. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
41.53 |
0.9597 |
-0.0278 |
347 |
2 |
41.00 |
2012-06-17 |
| 88. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
41.53 |
0.8096 |
0.1261 |
209 |
1 |
41.53 |
2012-06-17 |
| 89. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
41.47 |
1.0131 |
-0.0906 |
225 |
2 |
38.75 |
2012-06-17 |
| 90. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
41.34 |
0.9364 |
0.0272 |
351 |
2 |
40.87 |
2012-06-17 |
| 91. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
41.16 |
1.0038 |
-0.0541 |
237 |
1 |
41.16 |
2012-06-16 |
| 92. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
41.14 |
0.9649 |
-0.0471 |
193 |
1 |
41.14 |
2012-06-14 |
| 93. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
40.89 |
1.0240 |
-0.1133 |
256 |
1 |
40.89 |
2012-06-14 |
| 94. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
40.84 |
1.0004 |
-0.0944 |
212 |
1 |
40.84 |
2012-06-18 |
| 95. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
40.69 |
0.9212 |
-0.0092 |
323 |
1 |
40.69 |
2012-06-18 |
| 96. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
40.63 |
1.0384 |
-0.1406 |
183 |
1 |
40.63 |
2012-06-14 |
| 97. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
40.58 |
1.0154 |
-0.0594 |
351 |
1 |
40.58 |
2012-06-14 |
| 98. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
40.29 |
0.8890 |
0.0071 |
199 |
2 |
34.84 |
2012-06-16 |
| 99. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
40.19 |
0.8933 |
0.0105 |
363 |
1 |
40.19 |
2012-06-17 |
| 100. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
40.17 |
0.9772 |
-0.0837 |
217 |
1 |
40.17 |
2012-06-17 |
| 101. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
40.05 |
0.9048 |
-0.0060 |
271 |
1 |
40.05 |
2012-06-17 |
| 102. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
39.86 |
0.8777 |
0.0147 |
177 |
1 |
39.86 |
2012-06-16 |
| 103. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
39.82 |
1.0521 |
-0.1679 |
171 |
1 |
39.82 |
2012-06-14 |
| 104. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
39.57 |
0.9127 |
-0.0316 |
252 |
1 |
39.57 |
2012-06-14 |
| 105. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
39.25 |
0.9740 |
-0.1020 |
209 |
2 |
38.16 |
2012-06-17 |
| 106. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
39.21 |
0.9908 |
-0.0697 |
342 |
1 |
39.21 |
2012-06-14 |
| 107. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
38.96 |
0.9514 |
-0.0816 |
237 |
1 |
38.96 |
2012-06-17 |
| 108. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
38.85 |
0.9266 |
-0.0594 |
267 |
1 |
38.85 |
2012-06-16 |
| 109. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
38.80 |
0.9351 |
-0.0747 |
190 |
2 |
37.26 |
2012-06-18 |
| 110. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
38.71 |
1.0232 |
-0.1237 |
236 |
1 |
38.71 |
2012-06-14 |
| 111. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
38.54 |
0.9168 |
-0.0555 |
240 |
1 |
38.54 |
2012-06-16 |
| 112. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
38.53 |
1.0031 |
-0.1098 |
304 |
1 |
38.53 |
2012-06-16 |
| 113. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
38.46 |
0.8533 |
0.0060 |
232 |
1 |
38.46 |
2012-06-18 |
| 114. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
38.34 |
1.0379 |
-0.1475 |
245 |
1 |
38.34 |
2012-06-16 |
| 115. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
38.31 |
0.9212 |
-0.0626 |
231 |
1 |
38.31 |
2012-06-17 |
| 116. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
38.25 |
1.0523 |
-0.2031 |
256 |
1 |
38.25 |
2012-06-18 |
| 117. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
38.08 |
0.8878 |
-0.0384 |
346 |
1 |
38.08 |
2012-06-17 |
| 118. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
37.65 |
0.9293 |
-0.0886 |
355 |
1 |
37.65 |
2012-06-16 |
| 119. |
At the very end of these food chains (which is to say, at th... |
37.27 |
0.8202 |
0.0084 |
178 |
1 |
37.27 |
2012-06-15 |
| 120. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
37.19 |
1.0023 |
-0.1747 |
211 |
1 |
37.19 |
2012-06-24 |
| 121. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
36.95 |
0.8951 |
-0.0689 |
193 |
1 |
36.95 |
2012-06-14 |
| 122. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
36.89 |
0.8382 |
-0.0150 |
268 |
1 |
36.89 |
2012-06-17 |
| 123. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
36.56 |
0.9540 |
-0.1406 |
285 |
1 |
36.56 |
2012-06-14 |
| 124. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
36.34 |
1.0263 |
-0.2169 |
267 |
1 |
36.34 |
2012-06-18 |
| 125. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
35.67 |
1.0669 |
-0.2396 |
286 |
1 |
35.67 |
2012-06-14 |
| 126. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
35.54 |
0.9513 |
-0.1554 |
354 |
1 |
35.54 |
2012-06-18 |
| 127. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
34.40 |
0.8947 |
-0.1235 |
366 |
2 |
34.18 |
2012-06-17 |
| 128. |
And in the dream I knew that he was goin' on ahead and that ... |
33.44 |
0.9598 |
-0.2079 |
220 |
1 |
33.44 |
2012-06-14 |
| 129. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
33.19 |
0.8105 |
-0.0759 |
204 |
1 |
33.19 |
2012-06-16 |
| 130. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
31.48 |
0.8467 |
-0.1224 |
343 |
1 |
31.48 |
2012-06-17 |
| 131. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
27.05 |
0.9614 |
-0.3586 |
292 |
1 |
27.05 |
2012-06-15 |