| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly... |
57.11 |
1.0314 |
0.3034 |
172 |
1 |
57.11 |
2012-10-20 |
| 2. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
56.81 |
0.9772 |
0.3508 |
217 |
1 |
56.81 |
2012-10-20 |
| 3. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
55.99 |
0.8821 |
0.4297 |
176 |
1 |
55.99 |
2011-03-24 |
| 4. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
54.69 |
1.1114 |
0.1669 |
247 |
1 |
54.69 |
2012-10-19 |
| 5. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
53.70 |
0.9649 |
0.2920 |
193 |
1 |
53.70 |
2012-10-13 |
| 6. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
51.96 |
1.0516 |
0.1642 |
281 |
2 |
51.14 |
2012-10-13 |
| 7. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
51.76 |
1.0232 |
0.2345 |
350 |
1 |
51.76 |
2012-10-13 |
| 8. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
50.66 |
1.0391 |
0.1527 |
358 |
1 |
50.66 |
2012-10-16 |
| 9. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
50.44 |
1.0263 |
0.1531 |
267 |
1 |
50.44 |
2012-12-07 |
| 10. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
50.22 |
0.9670 |
0.2505 |
307 |
2 |
43.17 |
2012-10-19 |
| 11. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
49.51 |
0.9468 |
0.2118 |
276 |
1 |
49.51 |
2012-10-13 |
| 12. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
49.44 |
1.0669 |
0.1231 |
213 |
1 |
49.44 |
2012-10-13 |
| 13. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
49.41 |
1.0696 |
0.0832 |
226 |
2 |
47.88 |
2012-10-13 |
| 14. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
49.13 |
0.8951 |
0.2569 |
193 |
2 |
46.22 |
2012-10-13 |
| 15. |
Every time you practice a technique incorrectly, you're incr... |
49.03 |
0.8826 |
0.2664 |
241 |
1 |
49.03 |
2012-10-19 |
| 16. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
48.91 |
1.0459 |
0.1293 |
200 |
1 |
48.91 |
2012-10-13 |
| 17. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
48.61 |
1.0719 |
0.0932 |
360 |
1 |
48.61 |
2012-10-18 |
| 18. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
48.46 |
0.8907 |
0.2553 |
351 |
1 |
48.46 |
2012-10-19 |
| 19. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
48.37 |
1.0352 |
0.0989 |
341 |
1 |
48.37 |
2012-10-20 |
| 20. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
47.74 |
0.9966 |
0.1196 |
259 |
1 |
47.74 |
2012-10-20 |
| 21. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
47.53 |
1.0297 |
0.0808 |
249 |
1 |
47.53 |
2012-10-18 |
| 22. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
47.12 |
0.9893 |
0.1127 |
323 |
1 |
47.12 |
2012-10-13 |
| 23. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
47.08 |
1.0679 |
0.0531 |
177 |
1 |
47.08 |
2012-10-18 |
| 24. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
46.68 |
0.8958 |
0.2007 |
322 |
1 |
46.68 |
2012-10-13 |
| 25. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
46.53 |
1.0083 |
0.1241 |
273 |
1 |
46.53 |
2011-03-24 |
| 26. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
46.44 |
1.0993 |
-0.0154 |
265 |
1 |
46.44 |
2012-10-20 |
| 27. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
46.38 |
0.8770 |
0.2107 |
300 |
1 |
46.38 |
2012-10-13 |
| 28. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
46.34 |
0.9894 |
0.0986 |
323 |
1 |
46.34 |
2011-03-24 |
| 29. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
46.30 |
0.9665 |
0.1654 |
326 |
1 |
46.30 |
2012-10-13 |
| 30. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
46.01 |
0.9342 |
0.1453 |
434 |
1 |
46.01 |
2012-10-13 |
| 31. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
45.82 |
1.0767 |
-0.0077 |
212 |
2 |
43.01 |
2012-10-20 |
| 32. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
45.70 |
1.0211 |
0.0778 |
213 |
2 |
43.43 |
2011-03-24 |
| 33. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
45.64 |
0.8520 |
0.2155 |
202 |
1 |
45.64 |
2012-10-13 |
| 34. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
45.47 |
0.9128 |
0.1917 |
369 |
1 |
45.47 |
2012-10-20 |
| 35. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
45.41 |
1.0486 |
0.0137 |
289 |
2 |
39.24 |
2012-10-20 |
| 36. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
45.08 |
0.9576 |
0.1002 |
212 |
1 |
45.08 |
2012-10-13 |
| 37. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
44.96 |
0.9097 |
0.1411 |
153 |
1 |
44.96 |
2011-03-24 |
| 38. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
44.79 |
0.8826 |
0.1659 |
296 |
1 |
44.79 |
2012-10-20 |
| 39. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
44.71 |
1.0131 |
0.0280 |
225 |
1 |
44.71 |
2011-03-24 |
| 40. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
44.67 |
0.9578 |
0.0862 |
281 |
1 |
44.67 |
2012-10-18 |
| 41. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
44.57 |
0.9769 |
0.0629 |
263 |
1 |
44.57 |
2012-10-13 |
| 42. |
This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic people ... |
44.49 |
0.9348 |
0.1126 |
229 |
1 |
44.49 |
2012-10-19 |
| 43. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
44.37 |
1.0025 |
0.0356 |
336 |
1 |
44.37 |
2012-10-13 |
| 44. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
43.98 |
0.8890 |
0.1350 |
199 |
1 |
43.98 |
2012-10-13 |
| 45. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
43.93 |
0.9023 |
0.1673 |
231 |
1 |
43.93 |
2011-03-24 |
| 46. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
43.85 |
0.9943 |
0.0334 |
373 |
1 |
43.85 |
2012-10-20 |
| 47. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
43.70 |
0.9281 |
0.0978 |
273 |
2 |
41.38 |
2011-03-24 |
| 48. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
43.56 |
0.9398 |
0.0875 |
419 |
1 |
43.56 |
2012-10-13 |
| 49. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
43.42 |
0.9976 |
0.0372 |
174 |
1 |
43.42 |
2011-03-24 |
| 50. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
43.34 |
0.9907 |
0.0205 |
211 |
1 |
43.34 |
2012-10-20 |
| 51. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
43.27 |
0.9991 |
0.0124 |
225 |
1 |
43.27 |
2011-03-24 |
| 52. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
42.86 |
0.8900 |
0.1124 |
164 |
1 |
42.86 |
2011-03-24 |
| 53. |
The chat room she finds not so comforting. It's strange even... |
42.78 |
0.9471 |
0.0623 |
312 |
1 |
42.78 |
2012-10-18 |
| 54. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
42.35 |
0.9646 |
0.0237 |
264 |
1 |
42.35 |
2011-03-24 |
| 55. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
42.31 |
0.9865 |
0.0028 |
276 |
1 |
42.31 |
2011-03-22 |
| 56. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
41.22 |
0.9910 |
-0.0265 |
295 |
1 |
41.22 |
2012-10-13 |
| 57. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
41.13 |
0.9213 |
0.0397 |
295 |
1 |
41.13 |
2012-10-20 |
| 58. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
41.03 |
0.9846 |
-0.0284 |
281 |
1 |
41.03 |
2012-10-19 |
| 59. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
40.79 |
0.8791 |
0.0723 |
190 |
1 |
40.79 |
2012-10-13 |
| 60. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
40.29 |
1.0403 |
-0.0853 |
193 |
1 |
40.29 |
2011-07-14 |
| 61. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
39.87 |
0.9529 |
0.0180 |
269 |
1 |
39.87 |
2011-03-24 |
| 62. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
39.61 |
0.8792 |
0.0545 |
296 |
1 |
39.61 |
2011-03-24 |
| 63. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
39.59 |
0.9485 |
-0.0230 |
236 |
1 |
39.59 |
2011-03-24 |
| 64. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
39.28 |
0.9820 |
-0.0657 |
274 |
1 |
39.28 |
2011-03-24 |
| 65. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
39.11 |
0.9239 |
-0.0050 |
193 |
1 |
39.11 |
2011-03-24 |
| 66. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
39.09 |
0.9168 |
-0.0032 |
240 |
1 |
39.09 |
2012-10-20 |
| 67. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
39.03 |
1.0232 |
-0.0770 |
236 |
1 |
39.03 |
2011-03-24 |
| 68. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
38.58 |
0.9805 |
-0.0759 |
292 |
1 |
38.58 |
2011-07-14 |
| 69. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
38.52 |
1.0320 |
-0.0964 |
293 |
1 |
38.52 |
2011-03-24 |
| 70. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
38.43 |
0.8353 |
0.0683 |
283 |
1 |
38.43 |
2011-03-24 |
| 71. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
38.31 |
0.9936 |
-0.0799 |
227 |
1 |
38.31 |
2012-10-20 |
| 72. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
38.28 |
0.9540 |
-0.0633 |
285 |
1 |
38.28 |
2011-03-24 |
| 73. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
38.12 |
1.0515 |
-0.1645 |
250 |
1 |
38.12 |
2011-03-24 |
| 74. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
38.06 |
1.0173 |
-0.0858 |
268 |
1 |
38.06 |
2012-10-20 |
| 75. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
38.04 |
0.9965 |
-0.1090 |
310 |
1 |
38.04 |
2011-03-24 |
| 76. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
37.35 |
0.8975 |
-0.0262 |
268 |
1 |
37.35 |
2011-03-24 |
| 77. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
36.73 |
1.0419 |
-0.1860 |
261 |
1 |
36.73 |
2011-03-24 |
| 78. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
36.62 |
0.9964 |
-0.1429 |
203 |
1 |
36.62 |
2012-10-13 |
| 79. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
36.60 |
1.0608 |
-0.1745 |
258 |
1 |
36.60 |
2011-03-24 |
| 80. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
36.57 |
1.1081 |
-0.2214 |
206 |
1 |
36.57 |
2011-07-17 |
| 81. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
36.35 |
0.9019 |
-0.0493 |
204 |
1 |
36.35 |
2011-03-24 |
| 82. |
For all its apparent strength, the Aztec Empire had vulnerab... |
36.28 |
0.7988 |
0.0549 |
219 |
1 |
36.28 |
2012-10-13 |
| 83. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
36.01 |
0.9325 |
-0.1003 |
156 |
1 |
36.01 |
2012-10-18 |
| 84. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
34.95 |
0.9756 |
-0.1630 |
229 |
1 |
34.95 |
2011-03-24 |
| 85. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
34.52 |
0.8105 |
-0.0112 |
204 |
1 |
34.52 |
2011-03-22 |
| 86. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
34.38 |
0.9904 |
-0.1495 |
203 |
1 |
34.38 |
2011-07-17 |
| 87. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
34.15 |
1.0944 |
-0.2548 |
308 |
1 |
34.15 |
2011-07-17 |
| 88. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
34.01 |
0.8852 |
-0.0910 |
201 |
1 |
34.01 |
2012-10-13 |
| 89. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
33.75 |
1.0288 |
-0.2108 |
300 |
1 |
33.75 |
2011-03-24 |
| 90. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
33.12 |
1.0004 |
-0.2359 |
212 |
1 |
33.12 |
2011-03-29 |
| 91. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
31.15 |
1.0426 |
-0.3192 |
323 |
1 |
31.15 |
2011-03-24 |
| 92. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
31.01 |
0.9682 |
-0.2489 |
143 |
1 |
31.01 |
2011-07-14 |
| 93. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
30.87 |
0.9289 |
-0.2138 |
204 |
1 |
30.87 |
2011-03-24 |
| 94. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
30.55 |
0.9886 |
-0.2763 |
220 |
1 |
30.55 |
2011-03-22 |
| 95. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
29.96 |
1.0529 |
-0.3570 |
351 |
1 |
29.96 |
2011-03-22 |
| 96. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
27.78 |
1.0150 |
-0.3217 |
325 |
1 |
27.78 |
2011-03-24 |
| 97. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
25.89 |
0.9863 |
-0.3824 |
339 |
1 |
25.89 |
2011-07-14 |
| 98. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
22.54 |
1.0284 |
-0.4648 |
282 |
1 |
22.54 |
2011-07-17 |