| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
55.76 |
1.0012 |
0.2903 |
260 |
1 |
55.76 |
2010-11-06 |
| 2. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
51.00 |
0.9097 |
0.2678 |
153 |
1 |
51.00 |
2010-11-09 |
| 3. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
49.53 |
1.0462 |
0.0913 |
184 |
1 |
49.53 |
2010-11-06 |
| 4. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
48.90 |
1.0523 |
0.0723 |
256 |
1 |
48.90 |
2010-11-06 |
| 5. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
48.77 |
0.8892 |
0.2429 |
207 |
1 |
48.77 |
2010-11-06 |
| 6. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
48.62 |
0.9724 |
0.1528 |
237 |
1 |
48.62 |
2010-11-06 |
| 7. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
48.14 |
1.0053 |
0.1038 |
232 |
1 |
48.14 |
2010-11-06 |
| 8. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
48.03 |
1.0595 |
0.0515 |
379 |
1 |
48.03 |
2011-05-03 |
| 9. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
47.58 |
1.0608 |
0.0704 |
258 |
2 |
47.19 |
2010-11-09 |
| 10. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
47.55 |
1.0498 |
0.0426 |
180 |
1 |
47.55 |
2010-11-06 |
| 11. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
46.95 |
1.0013 |
0.0810 |
273 |
2 |
43.71 |
2011-06-18 |
| 12. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
46.85 |
1.0218 |
0.0563 |
268 |
1 |
46.85 |
2010-11-25 |
| 13. |
The hectic speed, and the brevity of the lines in the thread... |
46.74 |
0.9131 |
0.1600 |
144 |
1 |
46.74 |
2011-09-11 |
| 14. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
46.57 |
0.9691 |
0.1047 |
223 |
1 |
46.57 |
2010-11-07 |
| 15. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
46.44 |
1.0034 |
0.0668 |
302 |
2 |
42.13 |
2010-11-09 |
| 16. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
46.28 |
1.0025 |
0.0663 |
336 |
1 |
46.28 |
2010-11-09 |
| 17. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
46.25 |
0.9893 |
0.0776 |
323 |
1 |
46.25 |
2010-11-25 |
| 18. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
45.67 |
1.0334 |
0.0135 |
131 |
1 |
45.67 |
2010-11-06 |
| 19. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
45.63 |
0.9342 |
0.1219 |
434 |
2 |
45.21 |
2010-11-07 |
| 20. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
45.23 |
1.0669 |
0.0084 |
286 |
1 |
45.23 |
2011-09-11 |
| 21. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
45.13 |
0.9646 |
0.0751 |
264 |
1 |
45.13 |
2013-10-02 |
| 22. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
45.00 |
0.9127 |
0.1219 |
252 |
1 |
45.00 |
2013-05-14 |
| 23. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
44.97 |
0.9756 |
0.0602 |
229 |
1 |
44.97 |
2010-11-06 |
| 24. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
44.92 |
1.0485 |
0.0214 |
153 |
1 |
44.92 |
2013-05-14 |
| 25. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
44.78 |
1.0261 |
0.0043 |
273 |
2 |
40.64 |
2011-10-16 |
| 26. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
44.49 |
1.0602 |
-0.0305 |
389 |
1 |
44.49 |
2010-11-06 |
| 27. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
44.33 |
1.0529 |
-0.0308 |
351 |
2 |
43.08 |
2013-10-02 |
| 28. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
44.22 |
0.9820 |
0.0405 |
267 |
1 |
44.22 |
2010-11-06 |
| 29. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
44.21 |
0.8506 |
0.1650 |
132 |
1 |
44.21 |
2010-11-06 |
| 30. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
44.15 |
0.9943 |
0.0265 |
373 |
1 |
44.15 |
2010-11-06 |
| 31. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
43.87 |
0.9852 |
0.0264 |
264 |
1 |
43.87 |
2010-11-25 |
| 32. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
43.57 |
0.8947 |
0.1149 |
366 |
1 |
43.57 |
2010-11-06 |
| 33. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
43.45 |
1.0340 |
-0.0271 |
406 |
1 |
43.45 |
2011-09-11 |
| 34. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
43.32 |
0.9612 |
0.0377 |
256 |
1 |
43.32 |
2010-11-06 |
| 35. |
If you begin to repeat an error, or if your concentration or... |
43.29 |
0.9505 |
0.0467 |
204 |
1 |
43.29 |
2011-10-16 |
| 36. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
42.91 |
1.0390 |
-0.0536 |
205 |
1 |
42.91 |
2010-11-06 |
| 37. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
42.86 |
0.9128 |
0.1165 |
369 |
1 |
42.86 |
2010-11-06 |
| 38. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
42.80 |
0.9941 |
-0.0102 |
217 |
1 |
42.80 |
2011-10-16 |
| 39. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
42.68 |
1.0154 |
0.0180 |
351 |
1 |
42.68 |
2010-11-07 |
| 40. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
42.46 |
0.9310 |
0.0427 |
188 |
1 |
42.46 |
2010-11-06 |
| 41. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
42.43 |
0.9811 |
-0.0006 |
272 |
1 |
42.43 |
2011-05-03 |
| 42. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
42.12 |
1.0696 |
-0.1026 |
226 |
1 |
42.12 |
2010-11-06 |
| 43. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
42.02 |
0.8118 |
0.1616 |
109 |
1 |
42.02 |
2010-11-09 |
| 44. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
42.00 |
0.9353 |
0.0276 |
177 |
1 |
42.00 |
2011-06-18 |
| 45. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
41.98 |
1.0531 |
-0.0476 |
272 |
1 |
41.98 |
2011-06-18 |
| 46. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
41.89 |
0.9635 |
0.0075 |
389 |
1 |
41.89 |
2010-11-06 |
| 47. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
41.87 |
0.9772 |
-0.0160 |
217 |
1 |
41.87 |
2010-11-06 |
| 48. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
41.83 |
0.9339 |
0.0282 |
310 |
1 |
41.83 |
2010-11-06 |
| 49. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
41.83 |
0.9986 |
-0.0401 |
162 |
1 |
41.83 |
2010-11-06 |
| 50. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
41.78 |
0.9567 |
0.0484 |
184 |
1 |
41.78 |
2010-11-06 |
| 51. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
41.53 |
1.0528 |
-0.1009 |
201 |
1 |
41.53 |
2010-11-06 |
| 52. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
41.51 |
0.8559 |
0.1011 |
191 |
1 |
41.51 |
2010-11-06 |
| 53. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
41.47 |
0.8915 |
0.0617 |
188 |
1 |
41.47 |
2011-10-16 |
| 54. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
41.27 |
1.0284 |
-0.0347 |
282 |
1 |
41.27 |
2013-10-02 |
| 55. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
41.23 |
1.0944 |
-0.1001 |
308 |
1 |
41.23 |
2010-11-06 |
| 56. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
41.21 |
1.1016 |
-0.1529 |
233 |
1 |
41.21 |
2011-09-13 |
| 57. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
40.90 |
1.0292 |
-0.0887 |
262 |
1 |
40.90 |
2010-11-06 |
| 58. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
40.78 |
0.9814 |
-0.0028 |
364 |
1 |
40.78 |
2010-11-06 |
| 59. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
40.72 |
0.9500 |
-0.0101 |
362 |
1 |
40.72 |
2010-11-07 |
| 60. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
39.49 |
0.9734 |
-0.0642 |
289 |
1 |
39.49 |
2010-11-06 |
| 61. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
39.23 |
0.8629 |
0.0443 |
299 |
1 |
39.23 |
2013-05-04 |
| 62. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
39.19 |
0.9213 |
-0.0185 |
295 |
1 |
39.19 |
2010-11-06 |
| 63. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
39.18 |
1.0025 |
-0.1012 |
256 |
1 |
39.18 |
2010-11-25 |
| 64. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
39.14 |
0.9965 |
-0.0950 |
277 |
1 |
39.14 |
2010-11-06 |
| 65. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
38.71 |
1.0074 |
-0.1154 |
242 |
1 |
38.71 |
2011-09-14 |
| 66. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
38.48 |
0.9649 |
-0.0804 |
193 |
1 |
38.48 |
2010-11-25 |
| 67. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
37.88 |
0.9109 |
-0.0363 |
401 |
1 |
37.88 |
2011-09-14 |
| 68. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
37.36 |
0.9844 |
-0.1199 |
293 |
1 |
37.36 |
2010-11-07 |
| 69. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
36.20 |
0.8792 |
-0.0378 |
296 |
1 |
36.20 |
2010-11-06 |
| 70. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
36.00 |
1.0004 |
-0.1791 |
212 |
1 |
36.00 |
2010-11-06 |
| 71. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
35.71 |
0.9886 |
-0.1654 |
220 |
1 |
35.71 |
2010-11-06 |
| 72. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
35.02 |
0.7877 |
0.0210 |
142 |
1 |
35.02 |
2010-11-06 |
| 73. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
32.93 |
0.9005 |
-0.1461 |
212 |
1 |
32.93 |
2010-11-06 |
| 74. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
32.46 |
0.8890 |
-0.1478 |
199 |
1 |
32.46 |
2010-11-06 |
| 75. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
30.25 |
0.7708 |
-0.0723 |
207 |
1 |
30.25 |
2010-11-06 |