| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
46.02 |
1.0074 |
0.2269 |
242 |
1 |
46.02 |
2011-07-04 |
| 2. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
44.80 |
0.9899 |
0.2048 |
163 |
2 |
43.72 |
2011-07-04 |
| 3. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
44.53 |
1.0725 |
0.1455 |
233 |
2 |
41.78 |
2011-07-01 |
| 4. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
43.77 |
1.0205 |
0.1445 |
179 |
1 |
43.77 |
2011-07-08 |
| 5. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
43.03 |
1.0240 |
0.1247 |
256 |
1 |
43.03 |
2011-07-07 |
| 6. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
42.97 |
0.9251 |
0.2302 |
177 |
1 |
42.97 |
2011-07-08 |
| 7. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
42.84 |
1.0426 |
0.1034 |
323 |
1 |
42.84 |
2011-07-04 |
| 8. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
42.79 |
0.9729 |
0.1725 |
255 |
1 |
42.79 |
2011-07-04 |
| 9. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
42.78 |
1.0346 |
0.1523 |
244 |
1 |
42.78 |
2011-07-07 |
| 10. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
42.70 |
1.0529 |
0.0899 |
351 |
1 |
42.70 |
2011-07-04 |
| 11. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
42.68 |
0.9844 |
0.1686 |
229 |
1 |
42.68 |
2011-06-30 |
| 12. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
42.64 |
1.0941 |
0.0783 |
256 |
2 |
42.62 |
2011-07-07 |
| 13. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
42.57 |
1.0787 |
0.0591 |
237 |
2 |
41.05 |
2011-07-04 |
| 14. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
42.37 |
0.9303 |
0.1967 |
176 |
2 |
39.88 |
2011-06-30 |
| 15. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
42.33 |
0.8915 |
0.2400 |
188 |
1 |
42.33 |
2011-07-04 |
| 16. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
41.60 |
1.0799 |
0.0292 |
243 |
1 |
41.60 |
2011-06-30 |
| 17. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
41.43 |
1.0263 |
0.0810 |
267 |
2 |
40.94 |
2011-07-07 |
| 18. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
40.94 |
1.0365 |
0.0881 |
162 |
1 |
40.94 |
2011-07-04 |
| 19. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
40.79 |
0.8792 |
0.2215 |
296 |
2 |
39.91 |
2011-07-07 |
| 20. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
40.52 |
1.0523 |
0.0273 |
256 |
1 |
40.52 |
2011-07-04 |
| 21. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
40.02 |
1.0944 |
0.0204 |
308 |
1 |
40.02 |
2011-07-07 |
| 22. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
39.82 |
1.0132 |
0.0428 |
143 |
1 |
39.82 |
2011-07-07 |
| 23. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
39.78 |
0.8788 |
0.1822 |
134 |
1 |
39.78 |
2011-06-30 |
| 24. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
39.70 |
1.0254 |
0.0768 |
217 |
1 |
39.70 |
2011-06-30 |
| 25. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
39.65 |
1.0252 |
0.0285 |
176 |
1 |
39.65 |
2011-07-04 |
| 26. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
39.55 |
1.0797 |
-0.0276 |
210 |
1 |
39.55 |
2011-07-04 |
| 27. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
39.39 |
1.0201 |
0.0267 |
172 |
1 |
39.39 |
2011-07-08 |
| 28. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
39.28 |
0.9578 |
0.0924 |
281 |
1 |
39.28 |
2011-06-30 |
| 29. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
39.16 |
0.9207 |
0.1287 |
174 |
1 |
39.16 |
2011-07-04 |
| 30. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
38.87 |
0.9740 |
0.0609 |
209 |
1 |
38.87 |
2011-07-01 |
| 31. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
38.84 |
0.8562 |
0.1824 |
170 |
1 |
38.84 |
2011-07-08 |
| 32. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
38.73 |
0.9893 |
0.0460 |
323 |
2 |
36.64 |
2011-06-30 |
| 33. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
38.56 |
0.9072 |
0.1215 |
237 |
2 |
36.67 |
2011-07-07 |
| 34. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
38.55 |
1.0131 |
0.0135 |
225 |
1 |
38.55 |
2011-07-01 |
| 35. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
38.49 |
1.0343 |
0.0317 |
242 |
1 |
38.49 |
2011-07-07 |
| 36. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
38.34 |
1.0621 |
-0.0179 |
263 |
1 |
38.34 |
2011-07-01 |
| 37. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
38.20 |
1.0444 |
-0.0299 |
197 |
1 |
38.20 |
2011-06-30 |
| 38. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
38.17 |
1.0034 |
0.0156 |
302 |
2 |
37.58 |
2011-07-04 |
| 39. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
38.17 |
1.0203 |
0.0033 |
261 |
2 |
37.41 |
2011-07-07 |
| 40. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
37.86 |
0.9310 |
0.0762 |
188 |
2 |
37.81 |
2011-07-07 |
| 41. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
37.72 |
1.0214 |
-0.0148 |
269 |
1 |
37.72 |
2011-06-30 |
| 42. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
37.66 |
1.0023 |
0.0021 |
211 |
1 |
37.66 |
2011-07-08 |
| 43. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
37.51 |
1.0462 |
-0.0498 |
184 |
1 |
37.51 |
2011-07-08 |
| 44. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
37.49 |
1.0138 |
-0.0125 |
231 |
1 |
37.49 |
2011-07-08 |
| 45. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
37.43 |
0.9532 |
0.0456 |
258 |
1 |
37.43 |
2011-07-04 |
| 46. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
36.84 |
1.0033 |
-0.0258 |
189 |
2 |
35.60 |
2011-06-30 |
| 47. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
36.70 |
0.7890 |
0.1927 |
230 |
1 |
36.70 |
2011-07-01 |
| 48. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
36.54 |
1.0669 |
-0.0578 |
213 |
1 |
36.54 |
2011-06-30 |
| 49. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
36.42 |
0.9857 |
-0.0139 |
293 |
1 |
36.42 |
2011-07-01 |
| 50. |
We were all in our late twenties or early-to-middle thirties... |
35.97 |
0.8867 |
0.0790 |
241 |
2 |
35.97 |
2011-07-07 |
| 51. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
35.90 |
0.9540 |
0.0027 |
285 |
1 |
35.90 |
2011-07-04 |
| 52. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
35.62 |
0.8878 |
0.0632 |
346 |
1 |
35.62 |
2011-07-11 |
| 53. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
35.58 |
0.8615 |
0.0886 |
110 |
1 |
35.58 |
2011-07-08 |
| 54. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
35.51 |
0.9164 |
0.0369 |
305 |
1 |
35.51 |
2011-07-07 |
| 55. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
35.34 |
0.9289 |
0.0123 |
204 |
1 |
35.34 |
2011-06-30 |
| 56. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
34.92 |
1.0270 |
-0.0588 |
255 |
1 |
34.92 |
2011-07-07 |
| 57. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
34.90 |
0.9468 |
-0.0151 |
276 |
1 |
34.90 |
2011-07-07 |
| 58. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
34.88 |
1.0063 |
-0.0750 |
371 |
1 |
34.88 |
2011-06-30 |
| 59. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
34.70 |
1.0740 |
-0.1095 |
264 |
1 |
34.70 |
2011-07-08 |
| 60. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
34.59 |
1.0679 |
-0.1247 |
177 |
1 |
34.59 |
2011-07-04 |
| 61. |
As civilizations grew, humans spread out across the face of ... |
34.46 |
0.9418 |
-0.0161 |
188 |
1 |
34.46 |
2011-07-07 |
| 62. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
34.20 |
1.0016 |
-0.0936 |
218 |
1 |
34.20 |
2011-07-07 |
| 63. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
33.45 |
0.9863 |
-0.0895 |
339 |
1 |
33.45 |
2011-06-30 |
| 64. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
32.79 |
0.9339 |
-0.0609 |
310 |
1 |
32.79 |
2011-07-04 |
| 65. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
32.31 |
0.9281 |
-0.0618 |
273 |
1 |
32.31 |
2011-07-08 |
| 66. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
32.28 |
0.9500 |
-0.0872 |
362 |
1 |
32.28 |
2011-07-04 |
| 67. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
32.28 |
1.0288 |
-0.1357 |
300 |
1 |
32.28 |
2011-06-30 |
| 68. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
31.67 |
0.9772 |
-0.1363 |
217 |
1 |
31.67 |
2011-06-30 |
| 69. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
31.27 |
0.9855 |
-0.1185 |
258 |
1 |
31.27 |
2011-07-08 |
| 70. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
31.24 |
0.9843 |
-0.1568 |
234 |
1 |
31.24 |
2011-07-08 |
| 71. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
31.21 |
1.0943 |
-0.2299 |
206 |
1 |
31.21 |
2011-07-08 |
| 72. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
31.10 |
0.9976 |
-0.1484 |
174 |
1 |
31.10 |
2011-07-04 |
| 73. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
30.88 |
0.9871 |
-0.1416 |
227 |
1 |
30.88 |
2011-07-08 |
| 74. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
30.43 |
0.8975 |
-0.0863 |
268 |
1 |
30.43 |
2011-06-30 |
| 75. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
30.39 |
1.0485 |
-0.2046 |
153 |
1 |
30.39 |
2011-07-01 |
| 76. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
29.87 |
0.8996 |
-0.1096 |
192 |
2 |
28.81 |
2011-07-01 |
| 77. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
29.85 |
0.8919 |
-0.0983 |
205 |
2 |
28.72 |
2011-07-08 |
| 78. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
29.83 |
0.8770 |
-0.0793 |
300 |
1 |
29.83 |
2011-07-08 |
| 79. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
28.65 |
0.8559 |
-0.0922 |
191 |
1 |
28.65 |
2011-07-07 |
| 80. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
28.52 |
0.9342 |
-0.1715 |
434 |
1 |
28.52 |
2011-07-07 |
| 81. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
28.31 |
0.9162 |
-0.1628 |
165 |
1 |
28.31 |
2011-06-30 |
| 82. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
28.28 |
0.7708 |
-0.0128 |
207 |
1 |
28.28 |
2011-07-04 |
| 83. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
27.12 |
1.0261 |
-0.3071 |
273 |
1 |
27.12 |
2011-06-30 |