| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
71.40 |
1.0063 |
0.2662 |
371 |
1 |
71.40 |
2008-11-15 |
| 2. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
68.43 |
0.9866 |
0.2287 |
218 |
1 |
68.43 |
2008-11-15 |
| 3. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
67.32 |
1.0441 |
0.1559 |
252 |
1 |
67.32 |
2008-11-15 |
| 4. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
67.20 |
0.9726 |
0.2171 |
154 |
1 |
67.20 |
2009-09-01 |
| 5. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
66.66 |
0.9886 |
0.2007 |
220 |
1 |
66.66 |
2008-11-15 |
| 6. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
65.97 |
0.9646 |
0.2089 |
264 |
1 |
65.97 |
2008-11-15 |
| 7. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
65.64 |
0.8947 |
0.2791 |
366 |
1 |
65.64 |
2008-11-15 |
| 8. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
65.52 |
1.0263 |
0.1390 |
267 |
1 |
65.52 |
2009-12-21 |
| 9. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
65.05 |
1.0787 |
0.0777 |
237 |
2 |
64.79 |
2009-10-30 |
| 10. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
65.00 |
0.9676 |
0.1978 |
442 |
1 |
65.00 |
2008-11-13 |
| 11. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
64.56 |
1.0173 |
0.1758 |
268 |
1 |
64.56 |
2009-10-30 |
| 12. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
63.97 |
1.0352 |
0.1058 |
341 |
2 |
61.90 |
2010-01-11 |
| 13. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
63.88 |
0.9846 |
0.1507 |
281 |
1 |
63.88 |
2008-11-15 |
| 14. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
63.78 |
0.9786 |
0.1559 |
235 |
2 |
60.23 |
2010-01-13 |
| 15. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
62.38 |
0.9922 |
0.1586 |
341 |
1 |
62.38 |
2010-01-15 |
| 16. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
62.27 |
0.9938 |
0.1145 |
339 |
1 |
62.27 |
2010-01-13 |
| 17. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
61.71 |
1.0203 |
0.0807 |
261 |
1 |
61.71 |
2009-12-17 |
| 18. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
61.59 |
1.0596 |
0.0338 |
239 |
1 |
61.59 |
2009-09-01 |
| 19. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
61.37 |
0.9786 |
0.1079 |
193 |
1 |
61.37 |
2010-01-11 |
| 20. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
61.27 |
0.9711 |
0.1173 |
176 |
1 |
61.27 |
2009-09-01 |
| 21. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
61.24 |
0.9851 |
0.1068 |
317 |
1 |
61.24 |
2009-10-30 |
| 22. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
61.06 |
0.9540 |
0.1300 |
285 |
2 |
60.26 |
2009-10-30 |
| 23. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
60.96 |
1.1014 |
0.0205 |
273 |
1 |
60.96 |
2009-10-30 |
| 24. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
60.49 |
0.9513 |
0.1283 |
354 |
1 |
60.49 |
2008-11-10 |
| 25. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
60.09 |
1.0297 |
0.0377 |
249 |
1 |
60.09 |
2008-11-13 |
| 26. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
59.88 |
0.9831 |
0.0896 |
469 |
1 |
59.88 |
2008-11-10 |
| 27. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
59.77 |
0.9097 |
0.1950 |
464 |
1 |
59.77 |
2008-11-15 |
| 28. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
59.69 |
1.0944 |
0.0116 |
308 |
2 |
59.03 |
2010-01-11 |
| 29. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
59.60 |
1.0419 |
0.0176 |
261 |
1 |
59.60 |
2009-12-23 |
| 30. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
59.33 |
1.0993 |
-0.0465 |
265 |
1 |
59.33 |
2008-11-09 |
| 31. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
59.30 |
1.0033 |
0.0442 |
189 |
1 |
59.30 |
2009-10-30 |
| 32. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
58.99 |
1.0385 |
0.0085 |
230 |
1 |
58.99 |
2009-08-14 |
| 33. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
58.94 |
1.0197 |
0.0253 |
226 |
1 |
58.94 |
2009-12-21 |
| 34. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
58.82 |
1.0214 |
0.0190 |
166 |
2 |
53.56 |
2009-08-14 |
| 35. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
58.73 |
0.9342 |
0.1137 |
434 |
1 |
58.73 |
2008-11-15 |
| 36. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
58.56 |
0.9234 |
0.1228 |
346 |
3 |
57.15 |
2010-01-11 |
| 37. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
58.49 |
1.0486 |
-0.0080 |
289 |
1 |
58.49 |
2009-09-01 |
| 38. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
58.33 |
1.0523 |
-0.0196 |
256 |
1 |
58.33 |
2008-11-12 |
| 39. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
58.30 |
1.0201 |
0.0168 |
303 |
1 |
58.30 |
2009-12-17 |
| 40. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
58.26 |
0.9936 |
0.0419 |
311 |
2 |
54.58 |
2009-11-03 |
| 41. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
58.16 |
1.0498 |
-0.0209 |
180 |
1 |
58.16 |
2009-12-21 |
| 42. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
58.06 |
0.9863 |
0.0500 |
339 |
1 |
58.06 |
2008-11-15 |
| 43. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
57.81 |
0.9798 |
0.0421 |
199 |
1 |
57.81 |
2008-11-09 |
| 44. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
57.55 |
0.9266 |
0.0961 |
267 |
2 |
53.55 |
2010-01-13 |
| 45. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
57.47 |
0.9601 |
0.0661 |
308 |
1 |
57.47 |
2009-10-30 |
| 46. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
57.13 |
0.9776 |
0.0381 |
308 |
2 |
57.09 |
2010-01-15 |
| 47. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
57.07 |
0.9820 |
0.0322 |
274 |
1 |
57.07 |
2009-10-30 |
| 48. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
56.96 |
1.0368 |
-0.0238 |
276 |
2 |
56.53 |
2009-11-03 |
| 49. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
56.88 |
1.0201 |
-0.0053 |
375 |
2 |
56.68 |
2009-10-30 |
| 50. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
56.85 |
1.0666 |
-0.0560 |
297 |
2 |
53.52 |
2009-12-17 |
| 51. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
56.81 |
0.9048 |
0.1091 |
271 |
1 |
56.81 |
2009-10-30 |
| 52. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
56.75 |
1.0138 |
-0.0059 |
231 |
1 |
56.75 |
2008-11-09 |
| 53. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
56.67 |
0.9833 |
0.0255 |
355 |
1 |
56.67 |
2010-01-15 |
| 54. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
56.29 |
1.0426 |
-0.0431 |
323 |
2 |
53.70 |
2009-11-03 |
| 55. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
55.64 |
0.9127 |
0.0731 |
252 |
1 |
55.64 |
2010-01-12 |
| 56. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
55.41 |
0.9723 |
0.0162 |
364 |
1 |
55.41 |
2010-01-11 |
| 57. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
55.10 |
1.0795 |
-0.0704 |
226 |
1 |
55.10 |
2009-11-03 |
| 58. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
55.02 |
0.9740 |
-0.0009 |
209 |
1 |
55.02 |
2010-01-20 |
| 59. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
55.02 |
0.9910 |
-0.0115 |
295 |
1 |
55.02 |
2008-11-09 |
| 60. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
54.83 |
1.0025 |
-0.0289 |
256 |
2 |
54.08 |
2009-11-03 |
| 61. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
54.69 |
0.9500 |
0.0234 |
362 |
1 |
54.69 |
2010-01-13 |
| 62. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
54.63 |
0.9820 |
-0.0086 |
267 |
1 |
54.63 |
2009-11-03 |
| 63. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
54.17 |
1.0679 |
-0.0859 |
177 |
1 |
54.17 |
2009-12-23 |
| 64. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
54.00 |
1.0398 |
-0.0917 |
110 |
1 |
54.00 |
2009-10-30 |
| 65. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
53.74 |
0.9865 |
-0.0311 |
276 |
1 |
53.74 |
2009-11-03 |
| 66. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
53.57 |
0.9687 |
-0.0126 |
371 |
1 |
53.57 |
2009-12-21 |
| 67. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
53.25 |
0.9907 |
-0.0467 |
211 |
1 |
53.25 |
2009-08-14 |
| 68. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
53.13 |
0.9233 |
0.0118 |
168 |
1 |
53.13 |
2009-12-17 |
| 69. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
52.87 |
1.0334 |
-0.1013 |
131 |
2 |
50.77 |
2009-10-30 |
| 70. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
52.71 |
1.0463 |
-0.1153 |
182 |
1 |
52.71 |
2009-10-30 |
| 71. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
52.64 |
1.0167 |
-0.0753 |
378 |
1 |
52.64 |
2010-09-16 |
| 72. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
52.61 |
0.9965 |
-0.0623 |
310 |
2 |
51.93 |
2010-01-11 |
| 73. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
52.57 |
0.9795 |
-0.0459 |
308 |
1 |
52.57 |
2009-10-30 |
| 74. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
52.56 |
0.9339 |
-0.0024 |
310 |
1 |
52.56 |
2009-10-30 |
| 75. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
51.89 |
1.0211 |
-0.0697 |
213 |
1 |
51.89 |
2009-10-30 |
| 76. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
51.79 |
0.9464 |
-0.0219 |
323 |
1 |
51.79 |
2010-01-11 |
| 77. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
51.66 |
0.9553 |
-0.0313 |
430 |
1 |
51.66 |
2010-01-12 |
| 78. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
51.58 |
1.0296 |
-0.1077 |
437 |
1 |
51.58 |
2009-12-23 |
| 79. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
51.39 |
0.9527 |
-0.0405 |
251 |
1 |
51.39 |
2009-12-21 |
| 80. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
51.30 |
1.0257 |
-0.1090 |
401 |
1 |
51.30 |
2009-10-30 |
| 81. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
51.21 |
1.0264 |
-0.0774 |
422 |
1 |
51.21 |
2010-01-20 |
| 82. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
51.05 |
0.9125 |
-0.0047 |
308 |
2 |
47.65 |
2009-10-30 |
| 83. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
50.95 |
0.8096 |
0.1026 |
209 |
1 |
50.95 |
2008-11-09 |
| 84. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
50.80 |
0.8595 |
0.0440 |
242 |
2 |
46.78 |
2009-12-15 |
| 85. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
50.67 |
0.8810 |
0.0186 |
282 |
1 |
50.67 |
2008-11-09 |
| 86. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
50.64 |
0.9852 |
-0.0865 |
264 |
1 |
50.64 |
2009-11-03 |
| 87. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
50.60 |
1.0165 |
-0.1149 |
392 |
1 |
50.60 |
2009-11-03 |
| 88. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
50.51 |
0.9768 |
-0.0778 |
387 |
1 |
50.51 |
2010-01-08 |
| 89. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
50.26 |
1.0445 |
-0.1517 |
373 |
1 |
50.26 |
2010-01-15 |
| 90. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
49.73 |
1.0120 |
-0.1307 |
290 |
2 |
49.23 |
2009-12-15 |
| 91. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
49.11 |
0.9005 |
-0.0310 |
212 |
1 |
49.11 |
2010-01-11 |
| 92. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
48.87 |
0.7876 |
0.0817 |
316 |
1 |
48.87 |
2009-12-21 |
| 93. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
48.30 |
1.0034 |
-0.1484 |
302 |
1 |
48.30 |
2008-11-09 |
| 94. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
48.02 |
0.9293 |
-0.0767 |
355 |
1 |
48.02 |
2009-10-30 |
| 95. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
47.88 |
0.8553 |
-0.0114 |
174 |
1 |
47.88 |
2008-11-15 |
| 96. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
47.86 |
0.9941 |
-0.1479 |
217 |
1 |
47.86 |
2008-11-10 |
| 97. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
47.22 |
1.0201 |
-0.1896 |
172 |
1 |
47.22 |
2009-11-03 |
| 98. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
46.04 |
0.8961 |
-0.0839 |
189 |
1 |
46.04 |
2010-09-09 |
| 99. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
45.94 |
1.0261 |
-0.2143 |
273 |
1 |
45.94 |
2010-01-13 |
| 100. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
45.93 |
0.9084 |
-0.0910 |
404 |
1 |
45.93 |
2008-11-15 |
| 101. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
45.63 |
0.8826 |
-0.0727 |
296 |
1 |
45.63 |
2009-08-14 |
| 102. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
45.11 |
0.8919 |
-0.0943 |
205 |
1 |
45.11 |
2009-12-17 |
| 103. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
44.12 |
1.0714 |
-0.2994 |
129 |
1 |
44.12 |
2009-10-30 |
| 104. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
44.11 |
0.8793 |
-0.0972 |
157 |
1 |
44.11 |
2009-09-01 |
| 105. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
43.24 |
0.9289 |
-0.1660 |
204 |
1 |
43.24 |
2009-10-30 |
| 106. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
42.04 |
0.9168 |
-0.1716 |
240 |
1 |
42.04 |
2009-12-17 |
| 107. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
25.79 |
1.0788 |
-0.6334 |
171 |
1 |
25.79 |
2009-08-14 |