| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
63.13 |
1.0485 |
0.1505 |
153 |
1 |
63.13 |
2009-12-29 |
| 2. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
62.30 |
1.1016 |
0.0473 |
233 |
2 |
61.67 |
2010-03-10 |
| 3. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
62.14 |
1.0498 |
0.0917 |
180 |
2 |
60.09 |
2010-07-31 |
| 4. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
61.66 |
1.0565 |
0.0780 |
247 |
1 |
61.66 |
2010-03-08 |
| 5. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
60.88 |
1.0993 |
0.0216 |
265 |
1 |
60.88 |
2010-03-30 |
| 6. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
60.51 |
1.0358 |
0.1221 |
349 |
2 |
59.05 |
2009-12-29 |
| 7. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
59.95 |
1.0462 |
0.0533 |
184 |
2 |
59.54 |
2010-03-06 |
| 8. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
59.92 |
1.0390 |
0.0625 |
205 |
1 |
59.92 |
2009-12-31 |
| 9. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
59.89 |
1.0168 |
0.0895 |
271 |
2 |
57.34 |
2009-12-07 |
| 10. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
59.61 |
0.9846 |
0.1129 |
281 |
1 |
59.61 |
2009-12-27 |
| 11. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
59.46 |
1.0349 |
0.0604 |
234 |
2 |
55.86 |
2010-03-07 |
| 12. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
59.21 |
1.0361 |
0.0564 |
269 |
2 |
54.60 |
2009-12-27 |
| 13. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
59.07 |
0.9884 |
0.1045 |
262 |
1 |
59.07 |
2010-03-10 |
| 14. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
58.58 |
1.0183 |
0.0562 |
191 |
2 |
55.62 |
2010-08-22 |
| 15. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
58.51 |
0.9866 |
0.0885 |
218 |
1 |
58.51 |
2010-03-06 |
| 16. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
57.87 |
1.0477 |
0.0211 |
360 |
1 |
57.87 |
2009-11-28 |
| 17. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
57.72 |
1.0331 |
0.0285 |
234 |
1 |
57.72 |
2009-12-26 |
| 18. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
57.71 |
1.0668 |
-0.0007 |
350 |
1 |
57.71 |
2009-12-27 |
| 19. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
57.70 |
1.0320 |
0.0687 |
293 |
1 |
57.70 |
2009-12-26 |
| 20. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
57.40 |
1.0012 |
0.0593 |
260 |
1 |
57.40 |
2010-01-07 |
| 21. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
57.35 |
0.8900 |
0.1682 |
164 |
1 |
57.35 |
2009-12-26 |
| 22. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
57.14 |
0.9275 |
0.1225 |
211 |
1 |
57.14 |
2010-02-11 |
| 23. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
56.89 |
0.9965 |
0.0472 |
168 |
1 |
56.89 |
2009-12-26 |
| 24. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
56.82 |
1.0254 |
0.0620 |
217 |
1 |
56.82 |
2010-03-06 |
| 25. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
56.78 |
0.9697 |
0.0767 |
249 |
2 |
55.11 |
2010-04-01 |
| 26. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
56.71 |
1.0201 |
0.0255 |
303 |
1 |
56.71 |
2009-11-30 |
| 27. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
56.31 |
0.9234 |
0.1193 |
346 |
1 |
56.31 |
2010-01-07 |
| 28. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
55.89 |
1.0252 |
-0.0021 |
176 |
1 |
55.89 |
2009-11-28 |
| 29. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
55.86 |
0.9048 |
0.1290 |
271 |
2 |
52.02 |
2010-03-07 |
| 30. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
55.79 |
1.0621 |
-0.0150 |
263 |
1 |
55.79 |
2010-08-22 |
| 31. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
55.68 |
0.9763 |
0.0491 |
289 |
1 |
55.68 |
2009-11-29 |
| 32. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
55.26 |
1.0379 |
0.0147 |
245 |
1 |
55.26 |
2009-11-28 |
| 33. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
55.19 |
1.0154 |
0.0512 |
351 |
1 |
55.19 |
2009-12-26 |
| 34. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
55.08 |
1.0203 |
-0.0021 |
261 |
2 |
52.47 |
2010-03-27 |
| 35. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
55.08 |
1.0534 |
-0.0360 |
357 |
2 |
54.44 |
2010-07-31 |
| 36. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
54.94 |
1.0172 |
0.0301 |
341 |
1 |
54.94 |
2010-07-27 |
| 37. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
54.93 |
0.9795 |
0.0329 |
308 |
2 |
50.77 |
2009-12-07 |
| 38. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
54.86 |
1.0429 |
-0.0339 |
259 |
1 |
54.86 |
2010-04-09 |
| 39. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
54.85 |
0.9088 |
0.1069 |
348 |
1 |
54.85 |
2010-03-19 |
| 40. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
54.84 |
0.9309 |
0.0774 |
284 |
1 |
54.84 |
2009-11-29 |
| 41. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
54.74 |
1.0095 |
-0.0027 |
316 |
1 |
54.74 |
2010-03-08 |
| 42. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
54.73 |
0.9278 |
0.0829 |
295 |
1 |
54.73 |
2010-03-07 |
| 43. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
54.55 |
0.9572 |
0.0460 |
201 |
1 |
54.55 |
2009-11-29 |
| 44. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
54.28 |
1.0595 |
-0.0573 |
379 |
1 |
54.28 |
2010-03-30 |
| 45. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
54.20 |
0.9905 |
0.0394 |
337 |
1 |
54.20 |
2010-08-03 |
| 46. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
53.99 |
0.9072 |
0.0849 |
237 |
1 |
53.99 |
2009-12-27 |
| 47. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
53.94 |
0.9310 |
0.0577 |
188 |
1 |
53.94 |
2010-08-03 |
| 48. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
53.73 |
0.9922 |
0.0384 |
341 |
1 |
53.73 |
2009-11-28 |
| 49. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
53.65 |
0.9593 |
0.0334 |
398 |
1 |
53.65 |
2010-04-25 |
| 50. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
53.22 |
1.0545 |
-0.0338 |
416 |
1 |
53.22 |
2009-11-28 |
| 51. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
53.21 |
0.9576 |
0.0262 |
212 |
1 |
53.21 |
2010-08-04 |
| 52. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
53.19 |
1.0487 |
-0.0743 |
231 |
1 |
53.19 |
2009-12-26 |
| 53. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
53.11 |
0.9684 |
0.0119 |
388 |
1 |
53.11 |
2009-12-28 |
| 54. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
52.95 |
0.9871 |
0.0240 |
209 |
1 |
52.95 |
2010-03-19 |
| 55. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
52.74 |
0.9635 |
0.0134 |
389 |
1 |
52.74 |
2010-03-06 |
| 56. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
52.42 |
0.9768 |
-0.0088 |
387 |
1 |
52.42 |
2010-01-07 |
| 57. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
52.32 |
0.9724 |
-0.0063 |
237 |
1 |
52.32 |
2009-11-29 |
| 58. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
52.13 |
1.0151 |
-0.0651 |
152 |
1 |
52.13 |
2010-08-07 |
| 59. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
52.06 |
0.9226 |
0.0420 |
348 |
1 |
52.06 |
2010-07-31 |
| 60. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
51.86 |
1.0117 |
-0.0125 |
297 |
1 |
51.86 |
2010-08-03 |
| 61. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
51.86 |
0.9127 |
0.0388 |
252 |
1 |
51.86 |
2010-03-19 |
| 62. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
51.82 |
1.0004 |
-0.0528 |
212 |
1 |
51.82 |
2009-11-29 |
| 63. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
51.61 |
1.0033 |
-0.0603 |
189 |
1 |
51.61 |
2010-03-13 |
| 64. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
51.36 |
1.0767 |
-0.1339 |
212 |
1 |
51.36 |
2009-11-28 |
| 65. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
51.05 |
0.9844 |
-0.0397 |
293 |
1 |
51.05 |
2010-03-06 |
| 66. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
51.00 |
0.8935 |
0.0548 |
328 |
1 |
51.00 |
2009-11-30 |
| 67. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
50.95 |
0.9213 |
0.0171 |
295 |
1 |
50.95 |
2009-11-28 |
| 68. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
50.72 |
0.9461 |
-0.0135 |
276 |
1 |
50.72 |
2010-07-31 |
| 69. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
50.62 |
0.9691 |
-0.0383 |
223 |
1 |
50.62 |
2009-11-28 |
| 70. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
50.60 |
1.0289 |
-0.0933 |
276 |
1 |
50.60 |
2010-02-21 |
| 71. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
50.43 |
0.9731 |
-0.0578 |
129 |
1 |
50.43 |
2010-05-02 |
| 72. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
49.99 |
1.0441 |
-0.1231 |
252 |
1 |
49.99 |
2009-11-29 |
| 73. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
49.94 |
0.8852 |
0.0361 |
201 |
1 |
49.94 |
2010-03-06 |
| 74. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
49.92 |
0.9632 |
-0.0024 |
345 |
2 |
47.76 |
2010-01-07 |
| 75. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
49.86 |
1.0885 |
-0.1680 |
315 |
1 |
49.86 |
2009-12-26 |
| 76. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
49.85 |
1.0232 |
-0.0602 |
350 |
1 |
49.85 |
2009-11-28 |
| 77. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
49.79 |
0.9164 |
0.0049 |
305 |
1 |
49.79 |
2010-03-06 |
| 78. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
49.67 |
0.9740 |
-0.0646 |
209 |
1 |
49.67 |
2009-12-27 |
| 79. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
49.66 |
0.9636 |
-0.0506 |
254 |
1 |
49.66 |
2009-12-14 |
| 80. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
49.48 |
0.8811 |
0.0332 |
239 |
1 |
49.48 |
2009-12-01 |
| 81. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
49.46 |
0.9805 |
-0.0660 |
292 |
1 |
49.46 |
2009-11-28 |
| 82. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
48.96 |
0.9351 |
-0.0400 |
190 |
1 |
48.96 |
2009-12-26 |
| 83. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
48.10 |
0.8753 |
0.0187 |
427 |
1 |
48.10 |
2010-01-24 |
| 84. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
48.03 |
0.8105 |
0.0680 |
204 |
1 |
48.03 |
2010-03-06 |
| 85. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
48.00 |
0.9820 |
-0.0965 |
267 |
1 |
48.00 |
2009-12-04 |
| 86. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
47.70 |
0.9786 |
-0.1021 |
235 |
1 |
47.70 |
2009-11-28 |
| 87. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
47.18 |
0.9049 |
-0.0320 |
351 |
1 |
47.18 |
2009-11-29 |
| 88. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
46.94 |
0.8919 |
-0.0303 |
205 |
1 |
46.94 |
2009-11-28 |
| 89. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
45.72 |
0.8961 |
-0.0594 |
189 |
1 |
45.72 |
2009-11-28 |
| 90. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
45.66 |
0.8914 |
-0.0522 |
366 |
1 |
45.66 |
2009-11-28 |
| 91. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
45.48 |
0.8810 |
-0.0451 |
282 |
1 |
45.48 |
2009-12-27 |
| 92. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
44.65 |
1.0943 |
-0.2419 |
206 |
1 |
44.65 |
2010-08-22 |
| 93. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
42.33 |
1.0141 |
-0.2012 |
304 |
1 |
42.33 |
2009-12-30 |
| 94. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
42.26 |
0.9045 |
-0.1285 |
235 |
1 |
42.26 |
2009-11-29 |