| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
89.50 |
1.0907 |
0.2323 |
303 |
1 |
89.50 |
2011-03-27 |
| 2. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
84.86 |
1.0099 |
0.2384 |
207 |
1 |
84.86 |
2011-03-31 |
| 3. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
84.79 |
1.1114 |
0.1360 |
247 |
3 |
82.59 |
2011-03-30 |
| 4. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
83.87 |
1.1016 |
0.1349 |
233 |
1 |
83.87 |
2011-03-28 |
| 5. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
82.44 |
1.0498 |
0.1605 |
180 |
1 |
82.44 |
2011-03-27 |
| 6. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
81.38 |
1.0073 |
0.2001 |
369 |
1 |
81.38 |
2011-03-27 |
| 7. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
81.16 |
1.1068 |
0.1296 |
393 |
1 |
81.16 |
2011-03-31 |
| 8. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
80.32 |
1.0487 |
0.1299 |
231 |
1 |
80.32 |
2011-03-26 |
| 9. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
80.27 |
0.9910 |
0.1937 |
295 |
1 |
80.27 |
2011-03-26 |
| 10. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
79.52 |
1.0203 |
0.1547 |
261 |
1 |
79.52 |
2011-03-27 |
| 11. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
78.89 |
1.0596 |
0.1006 |
239 |
1 |
78.89 |
2011-03-27 |
| 12. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
78.22 |
1.0787 |
0.0723 |
237 |
1 |
78.22 |
2011-03-26 |
| 13. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
78.07 |
1.0613 |
0.0896 |
266 |
1 |
78.07 |
2011-03-31 |
| 14. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
77.44 |
0.9670 |
0.2158 |
307 |
1 |
77.44 |
2011-03-27 |
| 15. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
76.99 |
0.9965 |
0.1381 |
277 |
1 |
76.99 |
2011-04-05 |
| 16. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
76.82 |
1.0379 |
0.1284 |
245 |
1 |
76.82 |
2011-04-02 |
| 17. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
76.54 |
1.0068 |
0.1238 |
358 |
1 |
76.54 |
2011-03-26 |
| 18. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
76.54 |
1.0788 |
0.0429 |
171 |
2 |
69.57 |
2011-03-30 |
| 19. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
76.05 |
1.0201 |
0.1003 |
303 |
1 |
76.05 |
2011-04-03 |
| 20. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
75.92 |
1.0257 |
0.0987 |
401 |
1 |
75.92 |
2011-03-29 |
| 21. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
75.89 |
0.9936 |
0.1237 |
311 |
1 |
75.89 |
2011-03-27 |
| 22. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
75.88 |
1.0662 |
0.0889 |
407 |
2 |
69.32 |
2011-04-05 |
| 23. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
75.54 |
1.0023 |
0.1082 |
211 |
1 |
75.54 |
2011-03-31 |
| 24. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
75.26 |
0.9905 |
0.1491 |
337 |
1 |
75.26 |
2011-03-27 |
| 25. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
75.14 |
1.0211 |
0.1160 |
213 |
1 |
75.14 |
2011-03-28 |
| 26. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
74.80 |
1.0565 |
0.0422 |
247 |
1 |
74.80 |
2011-03-30 |
| 27. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
74.40 |
0.9426 |
0.1559 |
317 |
1 |
74.40 |
2011-03-27 |
| 28. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
74.39 |
1.0644 |
0.0669 |
257 |
1 |
74.39 |
2011-03-30 |
| 29. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
74.07 |
0.9769 |
0.1115 |
263 |
2 |
70.95 |
2011-03-31 |
| 30. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
73.99 |
0.9278 |
0.1642 |
295 |
3 |
70.74 |
2011-03-31 |
| 31. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
73.60 |
1.0523 |
0.0269 |
256 |
2 |
71.80 |
2011-03-31 |
| 32. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
72.92 |
0.9905 |
0.0906 |
377 |
1 |
72.92 |
2011-03-31 |
| 33. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
72.90 |
0.9464 |
0.1317 |
323 |
1 |
72.90 |
2011-03-27 |
| 34. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
72.89 |
0.9857 |
0.0862 |
293 |
1 |
72.89 |
2011-03-31 |
| 35. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
72.84 |
0.9649 |
0.1061 |
193 |
1 |
72.84 |
2011-03-27 |
| 36. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
72.59 |
1.0088 |
0.0983 |
396 |
1 |
72.59 |
2011-03-27 |
| 37. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
72.35 |
1.0334 |
0.0249 |
131 |
1 |
72.35 |
2011-03-27 |
| 38. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
72.27 |
1.0429 |
0.0193 |
259 |
1 |
72.27 |
2011-03-27 |
| 39. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
72.01 |
1.0173 |
0.0867 |
268 |
1 |
72.01 |
2011-03-27 |
| 40. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
72.00 |
0.9553 |
0.1115 |
430 |
1 |
72.00 |
2011-04-05 |
| 41. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
71.82 |
1.0062 |
0.0507 |
288 |
1 |
71.82 |
2011-03-31 |
| 42. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
71.73 |
0.9886 |
0.0695 |
220 |
2 |
67.14 |
2011-03-31 |
| 43. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
71.19 |
1.0352 |
0.0155 |
341 |
1 |
71.19 |
2011-03-28 |
| 44. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
71.12 |
1.0463 |
-0.0044 |
182 |
1 |
71.12 |
2011-03-27 |
| 45. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
71.09 |
1.0083 |
0.0819 |
273 |
2 |
68.72 |
2011-03-30 |
| 46. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
71.01 |
0.9879 |
0.0657 |
450 |
1 |
71.01 |
2011-03-27 |
| 47. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
70.96 |
0.9049 |
0.1446 |
351 |
1 |
70.96 |
2011-03-27 |
| 48. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
70.80 |
1.0138 |
0.0276 |
231 |
1 |
70.80 |
2011-03-31 |
| 49. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
70.62 |
1.0483 |
-0.0122 |
227 |
1 |
70.62 |
2011-03-29 |
| 50. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
70.61 |
0.9127 |
0.1239 |
252 |
1 |
70.61 |
2011-03-26 |
| 51. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
70.58 |
1.0567 |
-0.0176 |
303 |
1 |
70.58 |
2011-03-31 |
| 52. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
70.51 |
0.9567 |
0.1229 |
184 |
1 |
70.51 |
2011-03-27 |
| 53. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
70.43 |
0.9430 |
0.0859 |
211 |
1 |
70.43 |
2011-03-31 |
| 54. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
70.37 |
1.0613 |
-0.0210 |
456 |
1 |
70.37 |
2011-03-26 |
| 55. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
69.81 |
0.9833 |
0.0453 |
355 |
1 |
69.81 |
2011-03-31 |
| 56. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
69.67 |
0.9508 |
0.1073 |
384 |
1 |
69.67 |
2011-03-27 |
| 57. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
69.50 |
0.9678 |
0.0893 |
445 |
1 |
69.50 |
2011-03-31 |
| 58. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
69.38 |
0.9212 |
0.1027 |
323 |
1 |
69.38 |
2011-03-31 |
| 59. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
69.36 |
0.9908 |
0.0754 |
342 |
1 |
69.36 |
2011-03-27 |
| 60. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
69.36 |
0.9089 |
0.1153 |
342 |
1 |
69.36 |
2011-03-27 |
| 61. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
69.31 |
1.0711 |
-0.0566 |
213 |
1 |
69.31 |
2011-04-05 |
| 62. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
69.20 |
1.0177 |
0.0384 |
392 |
1 |
69.20 |
2011-04-03 |
| 63. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
69.20 |
1.0462 |
-0.0344 |
184 |
2 |
61.59 |
2011-03-31 |
| 64. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
68.80 |
1.0417 |
-0.0322 |
253 |
1 |
68.80 |
2011-03-26 |
| 65. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
68.29 |
0.9898 |
0.0522 |
353 |
1 |
68.29 |
2011-04-03 |
| 66. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
68.03 |
0.9097 |
0.1324 |
464 |
2 |
61.45 |
2011-04-02 |
| 67. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
67.99 |
1.0399 |
-0.0348 |
294 |
1 |
67.99 |
2011-03-30 |
| 68. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
67.94 |
0.9709 |
0.0692 |
397 |
2 |
62.42 |
2011-03-31 |
| 69. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
67.53 |
1.0297 |
-0.0379 |
249 |
1 |
67.53 |
2011-03-29 |
| 70. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
67.46 |
1.0346 |
-0.0006 |
244 |
1 |
67.46 |
2011-03-31 |
| 71. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
67.26 |
0.9726 |
0.0100 |
154 |
1 |
67.26 |
2011-04-02 |
| 72. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
66.84 |
0.9597 |
0.0272 |
347 |
2 |
65.73 |
2011-03-31 |
| 73. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
66.78 |
1.1018 |
-0.1263 |
220 |
1 |
66.78 |
2011-03-31 |
| 74. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
66.75 |
0.9509 |
0.0689 |
225 |
2 |
63.77 |
2011-03-31 |
| 75. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
66.68 |
0.9871 |
0.0295 |
209 |
2 |
62.98 |
2011-03-31 |
| 76. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
66.58 |
1.0531 |
-0.0361 |
272 |
1 |
66.58 |
2011-03-26 |
| 77. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
66.31 |
1.0389 |
-0.0623 |
318 |
1 |
66.31 |
2011-03-26 |
| 78. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
66.23 |
1.0031 |
0.0041 |
304 |
1 |
66.23 |
2011-03-26 |
| 79. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
66.17 |
0.9084 |
0.0685 |
404 |
1 |
66.17 |
2011-04-06 |
| 80. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
66.09 |
0.9786 |
-0.0075 |
235 |
1 |
66.09 |
2011-04-05 |
| 81. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
66.03 |
0.9691 |
0.0011 |
223 |
1 |
66.03 |
2011-03-26 |
| 82. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
66.00 |
0.9109 |
0.0619 |
401 |
1 |
66.00 |
2011-03-27 |
| 83. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
65.58 |
0.9461 |
0.0141 |
193 |
1 |
65.58 |
2011-03-31 |
| 84. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
64.92 |
0.9309 |
0.0214 |
284 |
1 |
64.92 |
2011-04-05 |
| 85. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
64.59 |
1.0090 |
-0.0160 |
282 |
1 |
64.59 |
2011-03-30 |
| 86. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
64.44 |
1.0120 |
-0.0658 |
290 |
1 |
64.44 |
2011-04-03 |
| 87. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
64.39 |
1.0445 |
-0.0973 |
373 |
1 |
64.39 |
2011-03-31 |
| 88. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
64.33 |
0.9966 |
-0.0518 |
259 |
1 |
64.33 |
2011-03-27 |
| 89. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
64.26 |
0.8852 |
0.0612 |
201 |
1 |
64.26 |
2011-03-27 |
| 90. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
63.14 |
0.9005 |
0.0256 |
212 |
1 |
63.14 |
2011-03-27 |
| 91. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
62.74 |
0.9668 |
-0.0025 |
383 |
1 |
62.74 |
2011-03-26 |
| 92. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
62.44 |
0.9084 |
0.0106 |
300 |
1 |
62.44 |
2011-04-03 |
| 93. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
61.94 |
1.0154 |
-0.0558 |
351 |
1 |
61.94 |
2011-03-31 |
| 94. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
61.92 |
0.9943 |
-0.0816 |
373 |
1 |
61.92 |
2011-03-30 |
| 95. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
61.32 |
1.0034 |
-0.1044 |
302 |
1 |
61.32 |
2011-04-05 |
| 96. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
61.19 |
0.9164 |
-0.0130 |
305 |
1 |
61.19 |
2011-03-31 |
| 97. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
60.97 |
1.0768 |
-0.1414 |
295 |
1 |
60.97 |
2011-03-27 |
| 98. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
60.93 |
1.0398 |
-0.1556 |
110 |
1 |
60.93 |
2011-04-03 |
| 99. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
60.43 |
0.9651 |
-0.0420 |
389 |
1 |
60.43 |
2011-03-30 |
| 100. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
60.34 |
0.9776 |
-0.0915 |
308 |
1 |
60.34 |
2011-03-26 |
| 101. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
60.10 |
0.9557 |
-0.0670 |
331 |
2 |
57.27 |
2011-03-30 |
| 102. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
59.52 |
1.0696 |
-0.1994 |
226 |
1 |
59.52 |
2011-03-26 |
| 103. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
59.35 |
1.0016 |
-0.1350 |
218 |
1 |
59.35 |
2011-04-02 |
| 104. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
59.30 |
0.9976 |
-0.1070 |
174 |
1 |
59.30 |
2011-03-30 |
| 105. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
59.16 |
1.0521 |
-0.1885 |
171 |
1 |
59.16 |
2011-03-31 |
| 106. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
58.49 |
1.0485 |
-0.1554 |
153 |
1 |
58.49 |
2011-03-31 |
| 107. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
58.03 |
1.0331 |
-0.1838 |
234 |
1 |
58.03 |
2011-03-30 |
| 108. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
57.60 |
1.0284 |
-0.1400 |
282 |
1 |
57.60 |
2011-03-30 |
| 109. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
57.36 |
0.7805 |
0.0569 |
154 |
1 |
57.36 |
2011-04-03 |
| 110. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
57.20 |
0.9904 |
-0.1106 |
203 |
1 |
57.20 |
2011-03-26 |
| 111. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
57.16 |
1.0385 |
-0.2017 |
230 |
1 |
57.16 |
2011-03-26 |
| 112. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
56.64 |
0.9064 |
-0.0664 |
399 |
1 |
56.64 |
2011-03-26 |
| 113. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
56.31 |
0.8753 |
-0.0402 |
427 |
1 |
56.31 |
2011-04-03 |
| 114. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
55.85 |
0.9795 |
-0.1604 |
308 |
1 |
55.85 |
2011-03-27 |
| 115. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
55.59 |
1.0390 |
-0.2276 |
205 |
1 |
55.59 |
2011-04-03 |
| 116. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
55.26 |
0.9673 |
-0.1177 |
232 |
1 |
55.26 |
2011-03-30 |
| 117. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
54.98 |
0.9684 |
-0.1596 |
388 |
1 |
54.98 |
2011-03-30 |
| 118. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
54.52 |
0.9342 |
-0.1315 |
434 |
1 |
54.52 |
2011-04-02 |
| 119. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
54.27 |
0.9529 |
-0.1168 |
269 |
1 |
54.27 |
2011-03-26 |
| 120. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
53.74 |
0.9293 |
-0.1409 |
355 |
1 |
53.74 |
2011-03-27 |
| 121. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
53.63 |
0.9811 |
-0.1924 |
272 |
1 |
53.63 |
2011-03-27 |
| 122. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
53.50 |
0.9303 |
-0.1526 |
176 |
1 |
53.50 |
2011-03-31 |
| 123. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
53.33 |
0.9665 |
-0.1357 |
326 |
1 |
53.33 |
2011-03-28 |
| 124. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
53.19 |
0.8919 |
-0.1142 |
205 |
1 |
53.19 |
2011-03-26 |
| 125. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
52.78 |
1.0343 |
-0.2236 |
242 |
1 |
52.78 |
2011-03-30 |
| 126. |
While it may hold true that the final few seconds of a bike ... |
52.17 |
0.8341 |
-0.0614 |
224 |
1 |
52.17 |
2011-03-26 |
| 127. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
52.01 |
0.9916 |
-0.1871 |
282 |
1 |
52.01 |
2011-03-27 |
| 128. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
51.24 |
1.0117 |
-0.2165 |
297 |
1 |
51.24 |
2011-04-03 |
| 129. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
48.41 |
0.9925 |
-0.2476 |
247 |
1 |
48.41 |
2011-04-01 |
| 130. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
44.15 |
1.0042 |
-0.3179 |
352 |
1 |
44.15 |
2011-03-26 |
| 131. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
42.77 |
0.8553 |
-0.2362 |
174 |
1 |
42.77 |
2011-03-26 |