| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
85.77 |
1.0485 |
0.2435 |
153 |
2 |
79.59 |
2010-11-18 |
| 2. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
77.52 |
0.9286 |
0.2057 |
194 |
1 |
77.52 |
2010-09-05 |
| 3. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
76.94 |
0.9529 |
0.2143 |
269 |
1 |
76.94 |
2010-09-06 |
| 4. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
76.58 |
1.0117 |
0.1545 |
297 |
1 |
76.58 |
2010-09-04 |
| 5. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
76.05 |
1.0788 |
0.0290 |
171 |
1 |
76.05 |
2010-09-06 |
| 6. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
75.79 |
0.9289 |
0.1785 |
204 |
1 |
75.79 |
2010-09-09 |
| 7. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
75.46 |
1.1215 |
0.0072 |
200 |
2 |
72.48 |
2010-09-06 |
| 8. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
75.05 |
1.0412 |
0.0570 |
225 |
1 |
75.05 |
2010-09-24 |
| 9. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
75.00 |
1.0062 |
0.0917 |
288 |
1 |
75.00 |
2010-09-25 |
| 10. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
74.20 |
1.0240 |
0.0591 |
256 |
1 |
74.20 |
2012-09-14 |
| 11. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
73.93 |
0.9726 |
0.1028 |
154 |
1 |
73.93 |
2010-09-07 |
| 12. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
73.54 |
1.0719 |
0.0323 |
360 |
1 |
73.54 |
2010-09-06 |
| 13. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
73.17 |
0.9986 |
0.0729 |
283 |
1 |
73.17 |
2010-09-08 |
| 14. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
73.01 |
1.0396 |
0.0218 |
149 |
2 |
72.62 |
2010-09-24 |
| 15. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
72.92 |
1.0943 |
0.0056 |
206 |
1 |
72.92 |
2012-09-14 |
| 16. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
72.80 |
1.0613 |
0.0097 |
456 |
1 |
72.80 |
2010-12-01 |
| 17. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
72.34 |
0.9698 |
0.1217 |
397 |
2 |
72.10 |
2010-11-17 |
| 18. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
71.93 |
0.9653 |
0.0957 |
394 |
1 |
71.93 |
2010-09-06 |
| 19. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
71.86 |
1.0095 |
0.0406 |
316 |
1 |
71.86 |
2010-11-03 |
| 20. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
71.43 |
0.9871 |
0.0942 |
209 |
1 |
71.43 |
2010-09-09 |
| 21. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
71.31 |
1.0261 |
0.0152 |
273 |
1 |
71.31 |
2010-09-07 |
| 22. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
70.83 |
1.0138 |
0.0220 |
231 |
1 |
70.83 |
2010-09-05 |
| 23. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
70.68 |
1.0389 |
-0.0030 |
318 |
1 |
70.68 |
2010-09-04 |
| 24. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
70.58 |
1.0531 |
0.0176 |
272 |
1 |
70.58 |
2010-11-11 |
| 25. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
69.93 |
1.0795 |
-0.0262 |
226 |
3 |
67.27 |
2012-09-14 |
| 26. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
69.84 |
1.0331 |
-0.0138 |
234 |
1 |
69.84 |
2012-09-14 |
| 27. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
69.80 |
0.9676 |
0.0617 |
442 |
1 |
69.80 |
2010-09-07 |
| 28. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
69.77 |
0.9697 |
0.0509 |
249 |
1 |
69.77 |
2010-09-04 |
| 29. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
69.77 |
1.0169 |
0.0423 |
346 |
2 |
65.27 |
2012-09-12 |
| 30. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
69.70 |
0.9893 |
0.0302 |
323 |
1 |
69.70 |
2010-09-30 |
| 31. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
69.56 |
0.9846 |
0.0312 |
281 |
1 |
69.56 |
2011-02-17 |
| 32. |
Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn fe... |
69.41 |
1.0008 |
0.0578 |
473 |
1 |
69.41 |
2010-09-04 |
| 33. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
69.36 |
0.9157 |
0.1034 |
350 |
1 |
69.36 |
2010-09-04 |
| 34. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
68.98 |
0.9572 |
0.0947 |
376 |
1 |
68.98 |
2010-09-24 |
| 35. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
68.50 |
1.0088 |
0.0317 |
396 |
1 |
68.50 |
2010-09-15 |
| 36. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
68.45 |
1.0598 |
-0.0649 |
196 |
1 |
68.45 |
2012-09-12 |
| 37. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
68.04 |
0.9213 |
0.0743 |
295 |
1 |
68.04 |
2010-09-04 |
| 38. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
67.90 |
1.0389 |
-0.0436 |
340 |
1 |
67.90 |
2010-11-17 |
| 39. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
67.81 |
0.9570 |
0.0363 |
287 |
1 |
67.81 |
2010-09-05 |
| 40. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
67.74 |
0.9786 |
0.0067 |
193 |
1 |
67.74 |
2010-09-14 |
| 41. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
67.64 |
1.0252 |
-0.0428 |
176 |
1 |
67.64 |
2010-09-05 |
| 42. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
67.43 |
0.9709 |
0.0562 |
397 |
1 |
67.43 |
2012-09-12 |
| 43. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
67.13 |
1.0031 |
0.0117 |
304 |
1 |
67.13 |
2010-11-17 |
| 44. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
67.11 |
1.0053 |
-0.0261 |
232 |
1 |
67.11 |
2010-09-04 |
| 45. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
66.86 |
0.9636 |
0.0135 |
254 |
1 |
66.86 |
2010-11-08 |
| 46. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
66.42 |
0.8956 |
0.0800 |
322 |
1 |
66.42 |
2010-09-25 |
| 47. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
66.13 |
1.0368 |
-0.0695 |
276 |
1 |
66.13 |
2012-09-12 |
| 48. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
65.99 |
0.8520 |
0.1131 |
202 |
1 |
65.99 |
2010-09-04 |
| 49. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
65.74 |
1.0016 |
-0.0455 |
218 |
1 |
65.74 |
2010-12-01 |
| 50. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
65.53 |
0.8996 |
0.0526 |
192 |
1 |
65.53 |
2010-09-05 |
| 51. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
65.42 |
1.0365 |
-0.0509 |
162 |
1 |
65.42 |
2010-11-22 |
| 52. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
65.34 |
0.9426 |
0.0154 |
317 |
1 |
65.34 |
2010-09-24 |
| 53. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
65.33 |
0.9635 |
-0.0029 |
389 |
1 |
65.33 |
2010-11-18 |
| 54. |
A total of twenty-five friends were headed from San Francisc... |
65.25 |
0.9243 |
0.0689 |
448 |
1 |
65.25 |
2011-02-17 |
| 55. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
65.13 |
1.0669 |
-0.0820 |
213 |
1 |
65.13 |
2010-11-08 |
| 56. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
64.83 |
0.8770 |
0.0736 |
300 |
1 |
64.83 |
2010-11-18 |
| 57. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
64.04 |
0.9622 |
-0.0200 |
392 |
1 |
64.04 |
2012-09-12 |
| 58. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
64.02 |
0.9567 |
-0.0211 |
273 |
1 |
64.02 |
2010-09-07 |
| 59. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
63.55 |
0.8670 |
0.0666 |
318 |
1 |
63.55 |
2010-09-06 |
| 60. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
62.99 |
0.9376 |
0.0182 |
360 |
1 |
62.99 |
2010-11-08 |
| 61. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
62.66 |
1.0679 |
-0.1327 |
177 |
1 |
62.66 |
2010-11-08 |
| 62. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
61.89 |
0.9619 |
-0.0525 |
393 |
1 |
61.89 |
2010-09-04 |
| 63. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
61.86 |
0.9164 |
-0.0079 |
305 |
1 |
61.86 |
2012-09-12 |
| 64. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
61.36 |
1.0574 |
-0.1335 |
205 |
1 |
61.36 |
2010-11-22 |
| 65. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
61.25 |
0.9365 |
-0.0406 |
248 |
1 |
61.25 |
2010-09-08 |
| 66. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
60.41 |
0.9583 |
-0.0329 |
341 |
1 |
60.41 |
2010-09-07 |
| 67. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
60.20 |
0.8958 |
-0.0121 |
322 |
1 |
60.20 |
2012-09-14 |
| 68. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
60.07 |
0.9376 |
-0.0553 |
367 |
1 |
60.07 |
2010-09-04 |
| 69. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
59.62 |
0.9976 |
-0.1071 |
174 |
1 |
59.62 |
2012-09-12 |
| 70. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
59.45 |
0.9049 |
-0.0316 |
351 |
1 |
59.45 |
2012-09-12 |
| 71. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
59.28 |
1.0577 |
-0.1964 |
247 |
1 |
59.28 |
2010-09-06 |
| 72. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
59.13 |
1.0941 |
-0.2000 |
256 |
1 |
59.13 |
2012-09-12 |
| 73. |
Pulp: 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. 2. A magaz... |
57.83 |
0.9155 |
-0.0227 |
168 |
1 |
57.83 |
2012-09-14 |
| 74. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
57.51 |
0.8467 |
0.0169 |
343 |
1 |
57.51 |
2010-11-18 |
| 75. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
53.99 |
0.7876 |
0.0018 |
316 |
1 |
53.99 |
2010-09-05 |
| 76. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
53.32 |
0.9731 |
-0.2089 |
129 |
1 |
53.32 |
2010-09-08 |
| 77. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
52.16 |
0.8105 |
-0.0554 |
204 |
1 |
52.16 |
2010-11-18 |