| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
59.50 |
0.8731 |
0.3900 |
199 |
1 |
59.50 |
2010-12-10 |
| 2. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
58.31 |
0.8941 |
0.3386 |
216 |
1 |
58.31 |
2010-12-10 |
| 3. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
57.22 |
0.9567 |
0.2505 |
273 |
1 |
57.22 |
2010-12-09 |
| 4. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
56.69 |
0.9965 |
0.1948 |
168 |
1 |
56.69 |
2010-12-09 |
| 5. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
56.21 |
1.0263 |
0.1588 |
267 |
1 |
56.21 |
2010-12-10 |
| 6. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
56.00 |
1.0398 |
0.1311 |
110 |
1 |
56.00 |
2010-12-09 |
| 7. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
55.20 |
1.0095 |
0.1537 |
316 |
1 |
55.20 |
2010-12-09 |
| 8. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
54.02 |
0.9986 |
0.1357 |
162 |
2 |
52.54 |
2010-12-10 |
| 9. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
53.99 |
1.0214 |
0.1596 |
281 |
1 |
53.99 |
2010-12-09 |
| 10. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
53.48 |
0.9682 |
0.1576 |
143 |
2 |
46.27 |
2010-12-10 |
| 11. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
53.43 |
1.0669 |
0.0926 |
213 |
1 |
53.43 |
2010-12-09 |
| 12. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
53.29 |
1.0565 |
0.0645 |
247 |
1 |
53.29 |
2010-12-09 |
| 13. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
53.17 |
0.9633 |
0.1600 |
304 |
1 |
53.17 |
2010-12-10 |
| 14. |
Wood and other fibrous material is mixed with liquid and mas... |
53.09 |
0.8906 |
0.2330 |
238 |
1 |
53.09 |
2010-12-09 |
| 15. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
52.85 |
0.9865 |
0.1288 |
276 |
1 |
52.85 |
2010-12-09 |
| 16. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
52.81 |
1.0189 |
0.0978 |
337 |
1 |
52.81 |
2010-12-10 |
| 17. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
52.70 |
1.0211 |
0.1206 |
213 |
1 |
52.70 |
2010-12-09 |
| 18. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
52.34 |
1.0669 |
0.0688 |
286 |
1 |
52.34 |
2010-12-10 |
| 19. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
52.25 |
0.9646 |
0.1359 |
264 |
1 |
52.25 |
2010-12-10 |
| 20. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
52.24 |
1.0696 |
0.0281 |
226 |
1 |
52.24 |
2010-12-09 |
| 21. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
52.20 |
1.0352 |
0.0678 |
341 |
1 |
52.20 |
2010-12-10 |
| 22. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
52.10 |
1.0390 |
0.0554 |
205 |
1 |
52.10 |
2010-12-09 |
| 23. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
50.89 |
1.0331 |
0.0371 |
234 |
1 |
50.89 |
2010-12-10 |
| 24. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
50.59 |
0.8809 |
0.1829 |
127 |
1 |
50.59 |
2010-12-10 |
| 25. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
50.50 |
0.9247 |
0.1441 |
253 |
1 |
50.50 |
2010-12-10 |
| 26. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
50.34 |
0.9303 |
0.1241 |
176 |
1 |
50.34 |
2010-12-10 |
| 27. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
50.26 |
1.0943 |
-0.0027 |
206 |
1 |
50.26 |
2010-12-09 |
| 28. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
49.70 |
1.0033 |
0.0371 |
189 |
1 |
49.70 |
2010-12-10 |
| 29. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
49.00 |
1.1081 |
-0.0414 |
206 |
1 |
49.00 |
2010-12-10 |
| 30. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
48.87 |
0.9710 |
0.0518 |
173 |
1 |
48.87 |
2010-12-09 |
| 31. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
48.83 |
0.9886 |
0.0424 |
220 |
1 |
48.83 |
2010-12-09 |
| 32. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
48.80 |
0.9904 |
0.0781 |
203 |
1 |
48.80 |
2010-12-11 |
| 33. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
48.68 |
1.0644 |
-0.0030 |
257 |
1 |
48.68 |
2010-12-09 |
| 34. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
48.57 |
0.9207 |
0.1049 |
174 |
2 |
44.50 |
2010-12-10 |
| 35. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
48.46 |
0.9540 |
0.0648 |
285 |
1 |
48.46 |
2010-12-09 |
| 36. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
48.25 |
0.9729 |
0.0434 |
255 |
1 |
48.25 |
2010-12-09 |
| 37. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
48.18 |
0.9127 |
0.0996 |
252 |
1 |
48.18 |
2010-12-10 |
| 38. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
48.07 |
1.0375 |
0.0208 |
200 |
1 |
48.07 |
2010-12-09 |
| 39. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
47.89 |
0.8810 |
0.1282 |
282 |
1 |
47.89 |
2010-12-10 |
| 40. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
47.86 |
1.1014 |
-0.0558 |
273 |
1 |
47.86 |
2010-12-09 |
| 41. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
47.72 |
1.0679 |
-0.0428 |
177 |
1 |
47.72 |
2010-12-10 |
| 42. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
47.69 |
0.8653 |
0.1502 |
255 |
1 |
47.69 |
2010-12-09 |
| 43. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
47.53 |
0.9846 |
0.0151 |
281 |
1 |
47.53 |
2010-12-09 |
| 44. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
47.34 |
0.9504 |
0.0409 |
263 |
1 |
47.34 |
2010-12-09 |
| 45. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
47.33 |
0.9811 |
0.0181 |
272 |
1 |
47.33 |
2010-12-09 |
| 46. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
47.32 |
0.9213 |
0.0755 |
295 |
1 |
47.32 |
2010-12-09 |
| 47. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
47.19 |
0.9461 |
0.0472 |
276 |
1 |
47.19 |
2010-12-10 |
| 48. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
47.14 |
0.9871 |
0.0276 |
227 |
2 |
44.90 |
2010-12-10 |
| 49. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
47.06 |
0.9307 |
0.0680 |
246 |
1 |
47.06 |
2010-12-09 |
| 50. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
46.74 |
1.0506 |
-0.0379 |
277 |
1 |
46.74 |
2010-12-10 |
| 51. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
46.29 |
0.9665 |
0.0571 |
326 |
1 |
46.29 |
2010-12-09 |
| 52. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
46.04 |
1.0125 |
-0.0458 |
224 |
1 |
46.04 |
2010-12-10 |
| 53. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
46.00 |
1.0719 |
-0.0762 |
360 |
1 |
46.00 |
2010-12-09 |
| 54. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
45.70 |
1.0288 |
-0.0350 |
300 |
1 |
45.70 |
2010-12-10 |
| 55. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
45.68 |
1.0120 |
-0.0515 |
290 |
1 |
45.68 |
2010-12-09 |
| 56. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
45.61 |
1.0516 |
-0.0922 |
281 |
1 |
45.61 |
2010-12-11 |
| 57. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
45.48 |
0.8975 |
0.0601 |
268 |
1 |
45.48 |
2010-12-09 |
| 58. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
45.38 |
0.9089 |
0.0499 |
342 |
1 |
45.38 |
2010-12-09 |
| 59. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
45.17 |
1.0521 |
-0.1065 |
171 |
1 |
45.17 |
2010-12-09 |
| 60. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
45.03 |
0.9411 |
0.0072 |
318 |
1 |
45.03 |
2010-12-11 |
| 61. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
44.78 |
0.9266 |
0.0173 |
278 |
1 |
44.78 |
2010-12-09 |
| 62. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
44.58 |
0.9894 |
-0.0471 |
323 |
1 |
44.58 |
2010-12-10 |
| 63. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
44.45 |
1.0183 |
-0.0888 |
191 |
1 |
44.45 |
2010-12-09 |
| 64. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
44.37 |
1.0763 |
-0.1014 |
367 |
2 |
41.47 |
2010-12-11 |
| 65. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
44.23 |
1.0337 |
-0.1039 |
214 |
1 |
44.23 |
2010-12-11 |
| 66. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
44.20 |
0.9871 |
-0.0211 |
209 |
1 |
44.20 |
2010-12-09 |
| 67. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
43.95 |
0.9936 |
-0.0491 |
227 |
1 |
43.95 |
2010-12-09 |
| 68. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
43.55 |
0.8595 |
0.0582 |
242 |
1 |
43.55 |
2010-12-10 |
| 69. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
43.42 |
0.9884 |
-0.0761 |
233 |
1 |
43.42 |
2010-12-09 |
| 70. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
43.14 |
1.0029 |
-0.1022 |
209 |
1 |
43.14 |
2010-12-09 |
| 71. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
42.87 |
0.8553 |
0.0410 |
174 |
1 |
42.87 |
2010-12-10 |
| 72. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
42.22 |
0.9514 |
-0.0636 |
237 |
1 |
42.22 |
2010-12-09 |
| 73. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
41.28 |
1.0314 |
-0.1247 |
452 |
1 |
41.28 |
2010-12-10 |
| 74. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
41.07 |
0.8951 |
-0.0299 |
193 |
1 |
41.07 |
2010-12-10 |
| 75. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
40.31 |
0.9527 |
-0.1060 |
251 |
1 |
40.31 |
2010-12-09 |
| 76. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
39.86 |
1.0417 |
-0.2070 |
253 |
1 |
39.86 |
2010-12-09 |
| 77. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
39.84 |
0.9997 |
-0.1593 |
382 |
1 |
39.84 |
2010-12-10 |
| 78. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
39.77 |
1.0261 |
-0.1514 |
410 |
1 |
39.77 |
2010-12-10 |
| 79. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
39.74 |
0.9758 |
-0.1405 |
314 |
1 |
39.74 |
2010-12-10 |
| 80. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
39.55 |
0.9763 |
-0.1462 |
289 |
2 |
37.72 |
2010-12-10 |
| 81. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
39.00 |
0.9786 |
-0.1602 |
235 |
1 |
39.00 |
2010-12-10 |
| 82. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
38.85 |
0.8961 |
-0.0838 |
189 |
1 |
38.85 |
2010-12-10 |
| 83. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
38.56 |
1.0214 |
-0.2173 |
166 |
1 |
38.56 |
2010-12-09 |
| 84. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
37.50 |
0.9772 |
-0.1938 |
217 |
1 |
37.50 |
2010-12-11 |
| 85. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
37.44 |
1.0677 |
-0.2517 |
284 |
1 |
37.44 |
2010-12-10 |
| 86. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
36.38 |
0.9731 |
-0.2226 |
129 |
1 |
36.38 |
2010-12-10 |
| 87. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
35.73 |
0.9567 |
-0.1654 |
184 |
1 |
35.73 |
2010-12-09 |
| 88. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
35.15 |
1.0292 |
-0.2938 |
262 |
1 |
35.15 |
2010-12-09 |
| 89. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
34.97 |
0.8996 |
-0.1722 |
192 |
1 |
34.97 |
2010-12-09 |
| 90. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
32.98 |
0.8722 |
-0.1788 |
285 |
1 |
32.98 |
2010-12-09 |