| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
96.31 |
1.0800 |
0.1513 |
213 |
1 |
96.31 |
2008-10-05 |
| 2. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
95.21 |
1.0094 |
0.2108 |
256 |
1 |
95.21 |
2008-12-23 |
| 3. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
90.51 |
1.0590 |
0.0996 |
250 |
1 |
90.51 |
2008-10-05 |
| 4. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
90.46 |
1.0638 |
0.0930 |
247 |
1 |
90.46 |
2008-10-02 |
| 5. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
87.48 |
1.0487 |
0.0697 |
253 |
1 |
87.48 |
2008-12-23 |
| 6. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
87.26 |
0.9380 |
0.1783 |
284 |
3 |
78.35 |
2010-02-08 |
| 7. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
87.16 |
0.9869 |
0.1257 |
193 |
1 |
87.16 |
2008-12-23 |
| 8. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
87.11 |
1.0669 |
0.0518 |
379 |
1 |
87.11 |
2008-12-23 |
| 9. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
87.05 |
1.0362 |
0.0850 |
437 |
1 |
87.05 |
2008-10-02 |
| 10. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
86.33 |
0.9957 |
0.1140 |
323 |
1 |
86.33 |
2008-10-02 |
| 11. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
84.45 |
1.0511 |
0.0323 |
252 |
1 |
84.45 |
2008-10-05 |
| 12. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
84.24 |
1.0060 |
0.0737 |
225 |
1 |
84.24 |
2008-10-05 |
| 13. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
84.04 |
1.0291 |
0.0450 |
240 |
1 |
84.04 |
2008-12-23 |
| 14. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
83.63 |
1.0079 |
0.0623 |
273 |
1 |
83.63 |
2008-10-02 |
| 15. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
83.34 |
1.0883 |
-0.0145 |
189 |
1 |
83.34 |
2010-02-08 |
| 16. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
82.56 |
1.0600 |
-0.0024 |
351 |
1 |
82.56 |
2010-02-08 |
| 17. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
82.04 |
1.0543 |
-0.0014 |
360 |
2 |
74.26 |
2008-12-23 |
| 18. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
81.79 |
1.0082 |
0.0343 |
212 |
1 |
81.79 |
2008-12-23 |
| 19. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
80.98 |
0.9541 |
0.0834 |
236 |
1 |
80.98 |
2008-10-02 |
| 20. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
80.91 |
0.9603 |
0.0809 |
430 |
1 |
80.91 |
2008-10-02 |
| 21. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
80.15 |
0.9561 |
0.0718 |
362 |
1 |
80.15 |
2008-12-23 |
| 22. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
79.84 |
0.9271 |
0.0974 |
323 |
1 |
79.84 |
2008-10-02 |
| 23. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
78.45 |
1.0504 |
-0.0441 |
225 |
1 |
78.45 |
2010-02-08 |
| 24. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
78.30 |
0.9108 |
0.0913 |
235 |
1 |
78.30 |
2008-12-23 |
| 25. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
78.11 |
0.9842 |
0.0179 |
335 |
1 |
78.11 |
2008-12-23 |
| 26. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
77.75 |
0.9517 |
0.0425 |
276 |
1 |
77.75 |
2010-02-08 |
| 27. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
77.68 |
1.0881 |
-0.0976 |
210 |
1 |
77.68 |
2010-02-08 |
| 28. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
77.41 |
1.0115 |
-0.0257 |
189 |
1 |
77.41 |
2010-02-08 |
| 29. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
77.36 |
0.9974 |
-0.0110 |
163 |
1 |
77.36 |
2010-02-08 |
| 30. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
77.14 |
1.0181 |
-0.0293 |
276 |
1 |
77.14 |
2008-12-23 |
| 31. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
76.28 |
1.0479 |
-0.0730 |
205 |
1 |
76.28 |
2008-12-23 |
| 32. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
75.98 |
0.9271 |
0.0448 |
295 |
1 |
75.98 |
2008-10-05 |
| 33. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
75.05 |
0.9809 |
-0.0241 |
209 |
1 |
75.05 |
2008-10-05 |
| 34. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
74.70 |
0.9709 |
-0.0161 |
264 |
1 |
74.70 |
2008-10-02 |
| 35. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
74.56 |
1.0341 |
-0.0804 |
273 |
1 |
74.56 |
2010-02-08 |
| 36. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
73.84 |
0.9275 |
0.0228 |
243 |
1 |
73.84 |
2008-10-02 |
| 37. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
73.09 |
0.9243 |
0.0131 |
240 |
1 |
73.09 |
2008-12-23 |
| 38. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
72.98 |
1.0576 |
-0.1266 |
231 |
1 |
72.98 |
2010-02-08 |
| 39. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
72.31 |
0.9135 |
0.0203 |
393 |
1 |
72.31 |
2008-12-23 |
| 40. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
72.18 |
0.8913 |
0.0338 |
201 |
1 |
72.18 |
2010-02-08 |
| 41. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
71.89 |
0.9392 |
-0.0134 |
360 |
1 |
71.89 |
2008-12-23 |
| 42. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
71.81 |
0.8656 |
0.0543 |
242 |
1 |
71.81 |
2008-12-23 |
| 43. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
70.99 |
0.9338 |
-0.0156 |
326 |
1 |
70.99 |
2010-02-08 |
| 44. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
70.99 |
0.8778 |
0.0320 |
285 |
1 |
70.99 |
2008-10-05 |
| 45. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
70.91 |
0.9713 |
-0.0655 |
193 |
1 |
70.91 |
2008-10-02 |
| 46. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
70.36 |
0.9332 |
-0.0317 |
295 |
1 |
70.36 |
2008-10-05 |
| 47. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
70.24 |
1.0272 |
-0.1307 |
226 |
1 |
70.24 |
2010-02-08 |
| 48. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
69.95 |
1.0125 |
-0.1226 |
171 |
1 |
69.95 |
2010-02-08 |
| 49. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
69.48 |
0.8880 |
0.0008 |
296 |
1 |
69.48 |
2008-10-05 |
| 50. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
67.83 |
0.8936 |
-0.0273 |
346 |
1 |
67.83 |
2008-10-02 |
| 51. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
66.77 |
0.9561 |
-0.0989 |
291 |
1 |
66.77 |
2010-02-08 |
| 52. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
66.46 |
0.9698 |
-0.1150 |
389 |
1 |
66.46 |
2008-12-23 |
| 53. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
65.51 |
0.9801 |
-0.1428 |
289 |
1 |
65.51 |
2008-10-02 |
| 54. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
61.18 |
0.9609 |
-0.1744 |
331 |
1 |
61.18 |
2008-10-02 |
| 55. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
60.14 |
0.9468 |
-0.1784 |
318 |
1 |
60.14 |
2008-12-23 |