| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
80.34 |
1.0565 |
0.1698 |
247 |
2 |
75.42 |
2012-05-18 |
| 2. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
80.00 |
1.1068 |
0.1574 |
393 |
1 |
80.00 |
2012-05-18 |
| 3. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
78.88 |
1.1081 |
0.1327 |
206 |
1 |
78.88 |
2012-05-18 |
| 4. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
76.77 |
1.0598 |
0.1080 |
196 |
1 |
76.77 |
2012-05-18 |
| 5. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
75.84 |
1.0462 |
0.1075 |
184 |
1 |
75.84 |
2012-05-18 |
| 6. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
75.55 |
0.9785 |
0.1795 |
335 |
1 |
75.55 |
2012-05-18 |
| 7. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
74.94 |
1.0531 |
0.1306 |
272 |
1 |
74.94 |
2012-05-18 |
| 8. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
74.10 |
1.0358 |
0.1387 |
349 |
1 |
74.10 |
2012-05-18 |
| 9. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
74.03 |
1.0151 |
0.1074 |
152 |
2 |
67.31 |
2012-05-18 |
| 10. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
72.67 |
1.0521 |
0.0534 |
171 |
1 |
72.67 |
2012-05-21 |
| 11. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
72.55 |
1.0189 |
0.0928 |
337 |
1 |
72.55 |
2012-05-18 |
| 12. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
72.31 |
1.0885 |
0.0513 |
341 |
1 |
72.31 |
2012-05-18 |
| 13. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
72.09 |
1.0577 |
0.0400 |
247 |
1 |
72.09 |
2012-05-21 |
| 14. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
71.80 |
1.0943 |
0.0353 |
206 |
1 |
71.80 |
2012-05-18 |
| 15. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
71.66 |
1.0477 |
0.0495 |
360 |
1 |
71.66 |
2012-05-18 |
| 16. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
71.57 |
1.0031 |
0.1236 |
304 |
1 |
71.57 |
2012-05-18 |
| 17. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
71.17 |
1.0263 |
0.0600 |
267 |
1 |
71.17 |
2012-05-18 |
| 18. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
70.77 |
0.9663 |
0.1201 |
330 |
1 |
70.77 |
2012-05-21 |
| 19. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
69.80 |
0.8933 |
0.1792 |
363 |
1 |
69.80 |
2012-05-18 |
| 20. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
69.73 |
0.9665 |
0.1478 |
326 |
1 |
69.73 |
2012-05-18 |
| 21. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
69.36 |
0.9811 |
0.0810 |
272 |
1 |
69.36 |
2012-05-18 |
| 22. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
69.35 |
0.9500 |
0.1111 |
362 |
1 |
69.35 |
2012-05-21 |
| 23. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
68.90 |
1.0523 |
-0.0043 |
256 |
2 |
68.59 |
2012-05-18 |
| 24. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
68.81 |
1.0201 |
0.0242 |
172 |
1 |
68.81 |
2012-05-21 |
| 25. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
68.63 |
1.0361 |
0.0127 |
269 |
2 |
54.39 |
2012-05-18 |
| 26. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
68.11 |
0.9376 |
0.1077 |
367 |
1 |
68.11 |
2012-05-18 |
| 27. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
67.97 |
1.0596 |
-0.0240 |
239 |
1 |
67.97 |
2011-05-20 |
| 28. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
67.91 |
0.9597 |
0.0812 |
347 |
1 |
67.91 |
2012-05-18 |
| 29. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
67.86 |
0.9831 |
0.0609 |
469 |
1 |
67.86 |
2012-05-18 |
| 30. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
67.86 |
1.0117 |
0.0692 |
297 |
1 |
67.86 |
2012-05-18 |
| 31. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
67.83 |
1.0534 |
-0.0151 |
357 |
1 |
67.83 |
2012-05-18 |
| 32. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
67.27 |
1.0088 |
0.0570 |
396 |
1 |
67.27 |
2012-05-18 |
| 33. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
67.23 |
1.1323 |
-0.0721 |
341 |
1 |
67.23 |
2012-05-18 |
| 34. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
67.23 |
0.9805 |
0.0505 |
292 |
1 |
67.23 |
2011-05-21 |
| 35. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
66.99 |
0.9567 |
0.0661 |
273 |
1 |
66.99 |
2012-05-21 |
| 36. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
66.92 |
0.9795 |
0.0423 |
308 |
1 |
66.92 |
2012-05-18 |
| 37. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
66.83 |
1.0214 |
-0.0025 |
269 |
1 |
66.83 |
2011-05-20 |
| 38. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
66.81 |
0.9910 |
0.0309 |
295 |
1 |
66.81 |
2012-05-18 |
| 39. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
66.79 |
1.0485 |
0.0055 |
153 |
1 |
66.79 |
2012-05-18 |
| 40. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
66.68 |
1.0053 |
0.0105 |
232 |
1 |
66.68 |
2011-05-21 |
| 41. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
66.45 |
1.0288 |
0.0177 |
300 |
1 |
66.45 |
2012-05-18 |
| 42. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
66.36 |
0.9943 |
0.0217 |
373 |
1 |
66.36 |
2012-05-18 |
| 43. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
66.15 |
1.0261 |
-0.0185 |
273 |
1 |
66.15 |
2012-05-18 |
| 44. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
66.10 |
1.0384 |
-0.0395 |
183 |
1 |
66.10 |
2011-05-21 |
| 45. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
65.88 |
1.0667 |
-0.0223 |
406 |
1 |
65.88 |
2012-05-18 |
| 46. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
65.63 |
0.9786 |
0.0224 |
235 |
1 |
65.63 |
2012-05-18 |
| 47. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
65.44 |
1.0454 |
-0.0500 |
255 |
1 |
65.44 |
2011-05-21 |
| 48. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
64.98 |
1.0679 |
-0.0564 |
177 |
1 |
64.98 |
2011-05-21 |
| 49. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
64.90 |
0.9532 |
0.0359 |
258 |
1 |
64.90 |
2012-05-18 |
| 50. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
64.81 |
0.9946 |
-0.0058 |
246 |
2 |
63.58 |
2012-05-18 |
| 51. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
64.78 |
0.9938 |
-0.0048 |
339 |
2 |
63.83 |
2012-05-18 |
| 52. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
64.77 |
0.8914 |
0.0974 |
366 |
1 |
64.77 |
2012-05-18 |
| 53. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
64.71 |
1.0574 |
-0.0420 |
205 |
1 |
64.71 |
2012-05-18 |
| 54. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
64.58 |
1.0483 |
-0.0661 |
227 |
2 |
62.96 |
2011-05-21 |
| 55. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
64.24 |
1.0141 |
0.0025 |
304 |
1 |
64.24 |
2012-05-18 |
| 56. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
64.23 |
1.0684 |
-0.0584 |
253 |
1 |
64.23 |
2012-05-18 |
| 57. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
64.04 |
1.0496 |
-0.0733 |
314 |
1 |
64.04 |
2012-05-18 |
| 58. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
63.92 |
0.9776 |
-0.0020 |
308 |
1 |
63.92 |
2011-05-20 |
| 59. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
63.81 |
1.0232 |
-0.0141 |
236 |
1 |
63.81 |
2011-05-21 |
| 60. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
63.74 |
1.0662 |
-0.0558 |
407 |
1 |
63.74 |
2012-05-18 |
| 61. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
63.38 |
1.0257 |
-0.0526 |
401 |
1 |
63.38 |
2011-05-21 |
| 62. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
63.26 |
1.0211 |
-0.0255 |
213 |
2 |
60.04 |
2012-05-18 |
| 63. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
63.13 |
1.0419 |
-0.0792 |
261 |
1 |
63.13 |
2011-05-21 |
| 64. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
62.87 |
1.0232 |
-0.0185 |
350 |
1 |
62.87 |
2011-05-20 |
| 65. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
62.85 |
1.0426 |
-0.0847 |
323 |
1 |
62.85 |
2011-05-21 |
| 66. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
62.84 |
1.0328 |
-0.0358 |
356 |
1 |
62.84 |
2011-05-21 |
| 67. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
62.59 |
0.9461 |
0.0081 |
276 |
1 |
62.59 |
2011-05-21 |
| 68. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
62.57 |
0.9991 |
-0.0441 |
225 |
1 |
62.57 |
2012-05-18 |
| 69. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
62.49 |
1.0403 |
-0.0474 |
275 |
1 |
62.49 |
2011-05-21 |
| 70. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
62.47 |
0.9905 |
-0.0062 |
337 |
1 |
62.47 |
2012-05-18 |
| 71. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
62.31 |
1.0719 |
-0.0940 |
360 |
2 |
61.90 |
2012-05-18 |
| 72. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
62.29 |
0.9922 |
-0.0012 |
341 |
1 |
62.29 |
2011-05-21 |
| 73. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
61.78 |
0.9464 |
0.0011 |
323 |
1 |
61.78 |
2012-05-18 |
| 74. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
61.64 |
1.0396 |
-0.1068 |
149 |
1 |
61.64 |
2011-05-21 |
| 75. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
61.53 |
1.0941 |
-0.1245 |
256 |
1 |
61.53 |
2011-05-21 |
| 76. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
61.49 |
1.0441 |
-0.0652 |
316 |
1 |
61.49 |
2011-05-21 |
| 77. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
60.98 |
0.9508 |
0.0124 |
384 |
2 |
58.91 |
2012-05-18 |
| 78. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
60.73 |
1.0297 |
-0.1051 |
249 |
1 |
60.73 |
2011-05-21 |
| 79. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
60.65 |
0.9176 |
0.0406 |
267 |
1 |
60.65 |
2012-05-18 |
| 80. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
60.54 |
1.0343 |
-0.0742 |
242 |
1 |
60.54 |
2012-05-18 |
| 81. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
60.14 |
0.9622 |
-0.0390 |
392 |
1 |
60.14 |
2012-05-18 |
| 82. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
60.06 |
1.0012 |
-0.0829 |
260 |
1 |
60.06 |
2012-05-18 |
| 83. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
59.95 |
0.9239 |
-0.0036 |
193 |
1 |
59.95 |
2011-05-20 |
| 84. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
59.44 |
0.8916 |
0.0148 |
216 |
2 |
58.71 |
2012-05-18 |
| 85. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
59.43 |
1.0883 |
-0.1505 |
303 |
1 |
59.43 |
2011-05-20 |
| 86. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
59.08 |
1.0763 |
-0.1342 |
367 |
1 |
59.08 |
2011-05-21 |
| 87. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
58.95 |
1.0444 |
-0.1525 |
197 |
2 |
57.91 |
2011-05-21 |
| 88. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
58.77 |
1.0150 |
-0.0704 |
325 |
1 |
58.77 |
2011-05-20 |
| 89. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
58.64 |
0.9088 |
-0.0101 |
348 |
1 |
58.64 |
2012-05-18 |
| 90. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
57.58 |
0.8670 |
0.0152 |
318 |
1 |
57.58 |
2012-05-18 |
| 91. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
57.01 |
0.9965 |
-0.1279 |
310 |
1 |
57.01 |
2011-05-21 |
| 92. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
56.47 |
0.7805 |
0.0752 |
154 |
1 |
56.47 |
2012-05-18 |
| 93. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
56.03 |
0.9342 |
-0.0772 |
434 |
1 |
56.03 |
2011-05-21 |
| 94. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
55.75 |
0.9212 |
-0.0692 |
323 |
1 |
55.75 |
2011-05-20 |
| 95. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
55.09 |
0.9894 |
-0.1463 |
323 |
1 |
55.09 |
2011-05-20 |
| 96. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
54.57 |
0.8845 |
-0.0538 |
273 |
1 |
54.57 |
2011-05-21 |
| 97. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
54.49 |
0.9514 |
-0.1219 |
237 |
1 |
54.49 |
2011-05-20 |
| 98. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
54.11 |
1.0403 |
-0.2020 |
193 |
1 |
54.11 |
2011-05-21 |
| 99. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
52.64 |
0.9430 |
-0.1495 |
211 |
1 |
52.64 |
2011-05-21 |
| 100. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
52.24 |
0.9125 |
-0.1160 |
308 |
1 |
52.24 |
2011-05-20 |
| 101. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
51.78 |
0.9907 |
-0.2046 |
211 |
1 |
51.78 |
2012-05-18 |
| 102. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
49.16 |
0.8382 |
-0.0904 |
268 |
1 |
49.16 |
2011-05-20 |
| 103. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
46.10 |
0.8467 |
-0.1225 |
343 |
1 |
46.10 |
2011-05-21 |