| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
83.88 |
1.1016 |
0.2378 |
233 |
2 |
78.36 |
2011-07-18 |
| 2. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
83.24 |
1.0565 |
0.2701 |
247 |
1 |
83.24 |
2011-11-13 |
| 3. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
76.72 |
1.0417 |
0.1798 |
253 |
2 |
70.33 |
2011-11-05 |
| 4. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
76.51 |
1.0711 |
0.1446 |
213 |
1 |
76.51 |
2011-11-04 |
| 5. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
76.08 |
1.0023 |
0.2097 |
211 |
1 |
76.08 |
2011-07-18 |
| 6. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
75.25 |
1.1114 |
0.0865 |
247 |
1 |
75.25 |
2011-07-18 |
| 7. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
74.76 |
1.0012 |
0.1939 |
260 |
1 |
74.76 |
2011-11-04 |
| 8. |
Don't practice too much at first, or you're likely to develo... |
73.73 |
1.0141 |
0.2030 |
381 |
1 |
73.73 |
2011-11-04 |
| 9. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
73.52 |
1.0060 |
0.1618 |
171 |
1 |
73.52 |
2011-07-19 |
| 10. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
72.84 |
0.9710 |
0.1841 |
173 |
1 |
72.84 |
2011-08-27 |
| 11. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
72.14 |
0.9675 |
0.1925 |
383 |
1 |
72.14 |
2011-11-05 |
| 12. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
71.55 |
0.9653 |
0.1844 |
394 |
1 |
71.55 |
2011-08-27 |
| 13. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
71.43 |
0.9866 |
0.1490 |
218 |
1 |
71.43 |
2011-11-05 |
| 14. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
70.27 |
1.0534 |
0.0697 |
357 |
1 |
70.27 |
2011-11-04 |
| 15. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
70.24 |
1.0314 |
0.1279 |
452 |
1 |
70.24 |
2011-11-13 |
| 16. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
69.75 |
1.1162 |
0.0369 |
189 |
1 |
69.75 |
2011-07-19 |
| 17. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
69.61 |
1.0555 |
0.0844 |
323 |
1 |
69.61 |
2011-11-13 |
| 18. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
69.53 |
1.0788 |
0.0239 |
171 |
1 |
69.53 |
2011-11-04 |
| 19. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
69.48 |
0.9509 |
0.1951 |
225 |
1 |
69.48 |
2011-11-04 |
| 20. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
69.28 |
0.9881 |
0.1571 |
424 |
1 |
69.28 |
2011-11-13 |
| 21. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
68.71 |
0.9905 |
0.1365 |
337 |
1 |
68.71 |
2011-11-04 |
| 22. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
67.75 |
0.9612 |
0.1189 |
256 |
1 |
67.75 |
2011-07-19 |
| 23. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
67.36 |
1.0567 |
0.0177 |
303 |
2 |
59.34 |
2011-07-18 |
| 24. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
67.17 |
1.0993 |
-0.0309 |
265 |
3 |
62.82 |
2011-07-19 |
| 25. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
67.02 |
0.9212 |
0.1497 |
323 |
1 |
67.02 |
2011-07-19 |
| 26. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
66.74 |
1.0025 |
0.0605 |
256 |
1 |
66.74 |
2011-07-19 |
| 27. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
66.60 |
1.0261 |
0.0329 |
273 |
1 |
66.60 |
2011-11-04 |
| 28. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
66.14 |
1.0384 |
0.0051 |
183 |
1 |
66.14 |
2011-08-27 |
| 29. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
65.72 |
0.9758 |
0.0719 |
314 |
1 |
65.72 |
2011-11-04 |
| 30. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
65.70 |
1.0117 |
0.0796 |
297 |
1 |
65.70 |
2011-11-05 |
| 31. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
65.58 |
1.1068 |
-0.0218 |
393 |
1 |
65.58 |
2011-11-04 |
| 32. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
65.18 |
1.0264 |
0.0521 |
422 |
1 |
65.18 |
2011-11-04 |
| 33. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
64.82 |
0.9682 |
0.0628 |
143 |
1 |
64.82 |
2011-08-27 |
| 34. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
64.35 |
0.9097 |
0.1571 |
464 |
1 |
64.35 |
2011-07-19 |
| 35. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
64.32 |
1.0496 |
-0.0261 |
314 |
1 |
64.32 |
2011-07-19 |
| 36. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
63.88 |
0.8914 |
0.1262 |
366 |
1 |
63.88 |
2011-07-18 |
| 37. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
63.67 |
1.0677 |
-0.0234 |
284 |
2 |
59.87 |
2011-07-19 |
| 38. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
63.47 |
1.0602 |
-0.0457 |
389 |
1 |
63.47 |
2011-08-27 |
| 39. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
63.02 |
0.9723 |
0.0354 |
364 |
1 |
63.02 |
2011-07-19 |
| 40. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
62.83 |
1.0485 |
-0.0140 |
153 |
1 |
62.83 |
2011-07-18 |
| 41. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
62.70 |
0.9894 |
0.0133 |
323 |
1 |
62.70 |
2011-11-04 |
| 42. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
62.68 |
0.8852 |
0.1153 |
201 |
1 |
62.68 |
2011-07-19 |
| 43. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
62.16 |
0.9942 |
0.0042 |
483 |
1 |
62.16 |
2011-11-13 |
| 44. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
61.93 |
1.0787 |
-0.0945 |
237 |
1 |
61.93 |
2011-11-13 |
| 45. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
61.91 |
0.9709 |
0.0560 |
397 |
1 |
61.91 |
2011-11-13 |
| 46. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
61.43 |
1.0240 |
-0.0494 |
256 |
1 |
61.43 |
2011-07-18 |
| 47. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
60.96 |
0.9157 |
0.0590 |
350 |
1 |
60.96 |
2011-11-04 |
| 48. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
60.88 |
1.0270 |
-0.0222 |
255 |
1 |
60.88 |
2011-07-18 |
| 49. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
60.72 |
0.9886 |
-0.0199 |
220 |
1 |
60.72 |
2011-08-27 |
| 50. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
60.45 |
0.9376 |
0.0602 |
360 |
1 |
60.45 |
2011-11-13 |
| 51. |
This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic people ... |
60.39 |
1.0203 |
-0.0257 |
400 |
1 |
60.39 |
2011-11-04 |
| 52. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
60.37 |
1.0483 |
-0.0910 |
227 |
1 |
60.37 |
2011-11-04 |
| 53. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
60.22 |
1.0412 |
-0.0836 |
225 |
1 |
60.22 |
2011-07-18 |
| 54. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
59.88 |
0.9651 |
0.0237 |
389 |
1 |
59.88 |
2011-11-04 |
| 55. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
59.82 |
0.9426 |
0.0126 |
317 |
1 |
59.82 |
2011-07-19 |
| 56. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
59.75 |
0.9820 |
-0.0281 |
267 |
1 |
59.75 |
2011-11-13 |
| 57. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
59.54 |
0.9907 |
-0.0448 |
211 |
1 |
59.54 |
2011-07-19 |
| 58. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
59.17 |
0.9922 |
-0.0099 |
341 |
1 |
59.17 |
2011-11-04 |
| 59. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
58.92 |
0.9841 |
-0.0428 |
334 |
1 |
58.92 |
2011-08-27 |
| 60. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
58.52 |
0.9691 |
-0.0390 |
223 |
1 |
58.52 |
2011-08-27 |
| 61. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
58.45 |
0.8753 |
0.0639 |
427 |
1 |
58.45 |
2011-11-05 |
| 62. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
58.15 |
0.9023 |
0.0656 |
231 |
1 |
58.15 |
2011-11-04 |
| 63. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
58.09 |
0.9795 |
-0.0551 |
308 |
1 |
58.09 |
2011-11-13 |
| 64. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
57.69 |
0.9786 |
-0.0664 |
193 |
1 |
57.69 |
2011-07-19 |
| 65. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
57.53 |
0.9148 |
0.0017 |
317 |
1 |
57.53 |
2011-07-18 |
| 66. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
57.18 |
0.9622 |
-0.0464 |
392 |
1 |
57.18 |
2011-11-13 |
| 67. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
56.55 |
1.0385 |
-0.1413 |
230 |
1 |
56.55 |
2011-07-19 |
| 68. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
56.51 |
0.9307 |
-0.0248 |
246 |
1 |
56.51 |
2011-07-18 |
| 69. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
56.45 |
0.9064 |
0.0003 |
399 |
1 |
56.45 |
2011-07-18 |
| 70. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
56.12 |
1.0595 |
-0.1649 |
379 |
1 |
56.12 |
2011-07-19 |
| 71. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
55.99 |
1.0150 |
-0.0758 |
325 |
1 |
55.99 |
2011-11-04 |
| 72. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
55.94 |
0.8520 |
0.0375 |
202 |
1 |
55.94 |
2011-07-18 |
| 73. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
55.86 |
0.8811 |
0.0109 |
239 |
1 |
55.86 |
2011-07-19 |
| 74. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
55.23 |
0.9852 |
-0.1071 |
264 |
1 |
55.23 |
2011-07-19 |
| 75. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
54.49 |
0.9309 |
-0.0671 |
284 |
1 |
54.49 |
2011-07-19 |
| 76. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
53.57 |
0.9780 |
-0.1261 |
337 |
1 |
53.57 |
2011-11-04 |
| 77. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
53.21 |
0.9578 |
-0.1128 |
281 |
1 |
53.21 |
2011-07-19 |
| 78. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
52.63 |
0.9430 |
-0.1145 |
211 |
1 |
52.63 |
2011-07-18 |
| 79. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
52.57 |
0.8770 |
-0.0389 |
300 |
1 |
52.57 |
2011-08-27 |
| 80. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
52.23 |
1.0214 |
-0.1973 |
166 |
1 |
52.23 |
2011-07-19 |
| 81. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
51.91 |
0.9168 |
-0.0908 |
240 |
1 |
51.91 |
2011-07-18 |
| 82. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
51.83 |
0.8996 |
-0.0823 |
192 |
1 |
51.83 |
2011-07-19 |
| 83. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
51.64 |
0.9871 |
-0.1445 |
227 |
1 |
51.64 |
2011-11-05 |
| 84. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
51.52 |
1.0197 |
-0.2046 |
226 |
1 |
51.52 |
2011-07-19 |
| 85. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
51.15 |
0.9048 |
-0.0883 |
271 |
1 |
51.15 |
2011-07-19 |
| 86. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
50.68 |
0.9769 |
-0.1743 |
263 |
1 |
50.68 |
2011-07-18 |
| 87. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
50.44 |
1.0361 |
-0.2347 |
269 |
1 |
50.44 |
2011-07-19 |
| 88. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
50.34 |
1.0398 |
-0.2521 |
110 |
1 |
50.34 |
2011-11-04 |
| 89. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
49.62 |
1.0375 |
-0.2045 |
200 |
1 |
49.62 |
2011-07-18 |
| 90. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
49.48 |
1.0419 |
-0.2571 |
261 |
1 |
49.48 |
2011-07-18 |
| 91. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
46.75 |
1.0053 |
-0.2661 |
232 |
1 |
46.75 |
2011-07-18 |
| 92. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
41.03 |
1.0521 |
-0.4088 |
171 |
1 |
41.03 |
2011-07-18 |