| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
50.18 |
0.8887 |
-0.0509 |
464 |
1 |
50.18 |
2010-04-22 |
| 2. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
67.35 |
1.0676 |
0.0449 |
456 |
1 |
67.35 |
2010-04-23 |
| 3. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
66.59 |
0.9933 |
0.1095 |
450 |
2 |
61.37 |
2010-05-07 |
| 4. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
60.30 |
0.9145 |
0.0803 |
404 |
1 |
60.30 |
2010-04-21 |
| 5. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
57.33 |
0.9494 |
0.0056 |
397 |
2 |
55.55 |
2010-04-29 |
| 6. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
52.47 |
0.9726 |
-0.1056 |
396 |
1 |
52.47 |
2010-04-21 |
| 7. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
49.67 |
0.9029 |
-0.0847 |
393 |
1 |
49.67 |
2010-04-21 |
| 8. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
60.44 |
0.9745 |
0.0212 |
388 |
1 |
60.44 |
2010-04-23 |
| 9. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
68.02 |
0.9833 |
0.1381 |
387 |
1 |
68.02 |
2010-04-22 |
| 10. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
64.36 |
1.0227 |
0.0419 |
378 |
1 |
64.36 |
2010-04-23 |
| 11. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
62.44 |
0.9966 |
0.0373 |
377 |
3 |
60.33 |
2010-05-07 |
| 12. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
56.10 |
0.9740 |
-0.0489 |
371 |
1 |
56.10 |
2010-04-21 |
| 13. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
49.82 |
1.0128 |
-0.1881 |
369 |
1 |
49.82 |
2010-04-22 |
| 14. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
46.01 |
0.9434 |
-0.1840 |
367 |
1 |
46.01 |
2010-04-29 |
| 15. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
52.78 |
0.8993 |
-0.0296 |
366 |
1 |
52.78 |
2010-04-21 |
| 16. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
52.65 |
0.9561 |
-0.0839 |
364 |
1 |
52.65 |
2010-04-23 |
| 17. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
65.34 |
1.0628 |
0.0139 |
363 |
2 |
63.19 |
2010-04-23 |
| 18. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
59.41 |
1.0144 |
-0.0248 |
356 |
1 |
59.41 |
2010-04-22 |
| 19. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
55.22 |
0.9885 |
-0.0811 |
355 |
1 |
55.22 |
2010-04-22 |
| 20. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
68.39 |
0.9844 |
0.1528 |
351 |
4 |
63.48 |
2010-04-29 |
| 21. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
58.00 |
0.9123 |
0.0503 |
351 |
1 |
58.00 |
2010-04-23 |
| 22. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
62.92 |
0.9930 |
0.0506 |
350 |
1 |
62.92 |
2010-09-09 |
| 23. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
56.82 |
0.9284 |
0.0090 |
346 |
1 |
56.82 |
2010-04-22 |
| 24. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
48.95 |
0.8936 |
-0.0912 |
346 |
1 |
48.95 |
2010-04-29 |
| 25. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
60.70 |
1.0411 |
-0.0414 |
341 |
2 |
59.29 |
2010-04-23 |
| 26. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
64.97 |
1.0462 |
0.0254 |
340 |
1 |
64.97 |
2010-04-29 |
| 27. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
63.78 |
1.0101 |
0.0406 |
336 |
1 |
63.78 |
2010-04-23 |
| 28. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
53.90 |
0.9909 |
-0.1016 |
334 |
1 |
53.90 |
2010-04-21 |
| 29. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
56.21 |
0.9338 |
-0.0003 |
326 |
1 |
56.21 |
2010-04-29 |
| 30. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
54.51 |
0.9271 |
-0.0291 |
323 |
1 |
54.51 |
2010-05-07 |
| 31. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
70.11 |
1.0495 |
0.1036 |
323 |
1 |
70.11 |
2010-05-07 |
| 32. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
51.55 |
0.9424 |
-0.0933 |
320 |
1 |
51.55 |
2010-04-29 |
| 33. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
60.35 |
0.8718 |
0.1238 |
318 |
2 |
54.98 |
2010-04-29 |
| 34. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
61.64 |
0.9468 |
0.0665 |
318 |
1 |
61.64 |
2010-04-22 |
| 35. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
63.76 |
1.0461 |
0.0046 |
318 |
1 |
63.76 |
2010-04-21 |
| 36. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
58.40 |
0.9917 |
-0.0297 |
317 |
1 |
58.40 |
2010-04-22 |
| 37. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
55.39 |
0.9206 |
-0.0100 |
317 |
1 |
55.39 |
2010-04-21 |
| 38. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
54.11 |
0.9479 |
-0.0573 |
317 |
1 |
54.11 |
2010-04-21 |
| 39. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
60.96 |
0.9839 |
0.0181 |
308 |
1 |
60.96 |
2010-05-07 |
| 40. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
54.91 |
0.9183 |
-0.0153 |
308 |
2 |
53.59 |
2010-04-22 |
| 41. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
57.67 |
0.9658 |
-0.0143 |
308 |
1 |
57.67 |
2010-04-21 |
| 42. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
69.26 |
1.0969 |
0.0448 |
303 |
1 |
69.26 |
2010-04-23 |
| 43. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
64.27 |
0.9480 |
0.1102 |
297 |
1 |
64.27 |
2010-04-29 |
| 44. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
64.37 |
1.0509 |
0.0152 |
295 |
1 |
64.37 |
2010-04-23 |
| 45. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
60.91 |
1.0063 |
0.0000 |
293 |
1 |
60.91 |
2010-04-22 |
| 46. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
68.67 |
1.0901 |
0.0417 |
288 |
1 |
68.67 |
2010-04-23 |
| 47. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
63.37 |
0.9632 |
0.0801 |
287 |
1 |
63.37 |
2010-04-21 |
| 48. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
52.60 |
0.9604 |
-0.0986 |
285 |
1 |
52.60 |
2010-04-22 |
| 49. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
62.55 |
0.9380 |
0.0890 |
284 |
1 |
62.55 |
2010-04-23 |
| 50. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
64.03 |
1.0059 |
0.0483 |
283 |
2 |
63.66 |
2010-04-22 |
| 51. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
60.36 |
0.9989 |
0.0005 |
282 |
1 |
60.36 |
2010-04-29 |
| 52. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
61.67 |
0.9643 |
0.0583 |
282 |
1 |
61.67 |
2010-05-07 |
| 53. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
54.58 |
1.0338 |
-0.1318 |
277 |
1 |
54.58 |
2010-04-22 |
| 54. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
57.06 |
0.9963 |
-0.0610 |
274 |
1 |
57.06 |
2010-09-09 |
| 55. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
69.53 |
1.0759 |
0.0737 |
273 |
1 |
69.53 |
2010-09-09 |
| 56. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
58.52 |
0.9315 |
0.0322 |
273 |
1 |
58.52 |
2010-04-21 |
| 57. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
65.38 |
1.0332 |
0.0415 |
267 |
1 |
65.38 |
2010-04-21 |
| 58. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
65.17 |
0.9543 |
0.1244 |
265 |
1 |
65.17 |
2010-05-07 |
| 59. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
61.23 |
0.9922 |
0.0151 |
264 |
1 |
61.23 |
2010-05-07 |
| 60. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
64.47 |
1.0506 |
0.0093 |
259 |
1 |
64.47 |
2010-04-29 |
| 61. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
65.44 |
1.0736 |
0.0067 |
256 |
1 |
65.44 |
2010-04-23 |
| 62. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
67.13 |
1.0304 |
0.0710 |
256 |
1 |
67.13 |
2010-04-22 |
| 63. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
62.21 |
1.0601 |
-0.0404 |
256 |
1 |
62.21 |
2010-05-07 |
| 64. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
59.83 |
1.0094 |
-0.0258 |
256 |
1 |
59.83 |
2010-04-23 |
| 65. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
64.61 |
0.9265 |
0.1350 |
254 |
1 |
64.61 |
2010-04-23 |
| 66. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
61.99 |
0.9704 |
0.0489 |
254 |
1 |
61.99 |
2010-04-23 |
| 67. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
64.64 |
1.0487 |
0.0122 |
253 |
1 |
64.64 |
2010-04-22 |
| 68. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
53.25 |
0.9183 |
-0.0470 |
252 |
1 |
53.25 |
2010-04-21 |
| 69. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
53.51 |
0.9597 |
-0.0805 |
251 |
1 |
53.51 |
2010-04-29 |
| 70. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
60.11 |
0.9809 |
0.0151 |
250 |
1 |
60.11 |
2010-05-07 |
| 71. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
64.10 |
1.0131 |
0.0445 |
245 |
1 |
64.10 |
2010-04-23 |
| 72. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
64.00 |
1.0060 |
0.0532 |
244 |
1 |
64.00 |
2010-05-07 |
| 73. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
59.32 |
1.0192 |
-0.0388 |
243 |
2 |
55.18 |
2010-04-29 |
| 74. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
59.51 |
1.0291 |
-0.0530 |
240 |
2 |
59.32 |
2010-04-23 |
| 75. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
63.57 |
1.0672 |
-0.0230 |
239 |
1 |
63.57 |
2010-04-22 |
| 76. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
55.29 |
0.9128 |
-0.0072 |
237 |
1 |
55.29 |
2010-04-22 |
| 77. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
60.44 |
0.9541 |
0.0401 |
236 |
1 |
60.44 |
2010-04-22 |
| 78. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
62.70 |
0.9927 |
0.0350 |
234 |
1 |
62.70 |
2010-04-23 |
| 79. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
66.97 |
1.1086 |
-0.0066 |
233 |
1 |
66.97 |
2010-04-29 |
| 80. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
69.26 |
1.0576 |
0.0791 |
231 |
1 |
69.26 |
2010-04-29 |
| 81. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
68.97 |
1.0466 |
0.0877 |
230 |
2 |
66.54 |
2010-09-09 |
| 82. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
75.26 |
1.0777 |
0.1590 |
226 |
1 |
75.26 |
2010-09-09 |
| 83. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
58.33 |
0.9244 |
0.0395 |
225 |
1 |
58.33 |
2010-04-22 |
| 84. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
69.21 |
1.0504 |
0.0902 |
225 |
2 |
67.98 |
2010-04-21 |
| 85. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
67.11 |
1.0194 |
0.0825 |
224 |
1 |
67.11 |
2010-04-22 |
| 86. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
49.64 |
0.9756 |
-0.1613 |
223 |
1 |
49.64 |
2010-09-09 |
| 87. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
66.56 |
1.0881 |
0.0029 |
210 |
1 |
66.56 |
2010-05-07 |
| 88. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
57.94 |
1.0479 |
-0.0972 |
205 |
1 |
57.94 |
2010-04-21 |
| 89. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
55.12 |
0.9880 |
-0.0866 |
199 |
2 |
54.96 |
2010-04-29 |
| 90. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
39.01 |
0.8964 |
-0.2602 |
199 |
1 |
39.01 |
2010-04-23 |
| 91. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
58.38 |
0.9713 |
-0.0132 |
193 |
1 |
58.38 |
2010-04-22 |
| 92. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
48.12 |
0.9027 |
-0.1164 |
189 |
1 |
48.12 |
2010-04-29 |
| 93. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
64.68 |
0.9780 |
0.0796 |
173 |
1 |
64.68 |
2010-05-07 |
| 94. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
58.78 |
1.0279 |
-0.0674 |
172 |
1 |
58.78 |
2010-04-23 |
| 95. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
73.43 |
1.0125 |
0.1911 |
171 |
1 |
73.43 |
2010-04-23 |
| 96. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
65.12 |
1.0144 |
0.0577 |
162 |
1 |
65.12 |
2010-04-22 |
| 97. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
71.05 |
1.0877 |
0.0780 |
129 |
2 |
69.13 |
2010-04-29 |
| 98. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
57.14 |
1.0476 |
-0.1180 |
110 |
1 |
57.14 |
2010-04-21 |