| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
64.12 |
1.0352 |
0.4033 |
341 |
2 |
57.25 |
2012-01-10 |
| 2. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
62.80 |
1.1114 |
0.2919 |
247 |
1 |
62.80 |
2012-01-13 |
| 3. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
60.67 |
0.9239 |
0.4406 |
193 |
1 |
60.67 |
2012-01-10 |
| 4. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
60.55 |
0.9843 |
0.3659 |
234 |
3 |
41.67 |
2012-01-13 |
| 5. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
59.56 |
1.0941 |
0.2699 |
256 |
1 |
59.56 |
2011-12-28 |
| 6. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
58.69 |
1.0907 |
0.2252 |
303 |
1 |
58.69 |
2012-01-10 |
| 7. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
58.28 |
1.0429 |
0.2596 |
259 |
1 |
58.28 |
2012-01-10 |
| 8. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
56.06 |
0.9814 |
0.3118 |
364 |
1 |
56.06 |
2012-01-13 |
| 9. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
55.81 |
1.0368 |
0.2122 |
276 |
1 |
55.81 |
2012-01-10 |
| 10. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
54.32 |
1.0531 |
0.1994 |
272 |
1 |
54.32 |
2012-01-10 |
| 11. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
54.12 |
1.0574 |
0.1804 |
205 |
1 |
54.12 |
2011-12-08 |
| 12. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
53.89 |
0.9711 |
0.2324 |
176 |
1 |
53.89 |
2012-01-10 |
| 13. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
53.03 |
1.0068 |
0.1818 |
358 |
2 |
47.41 |
2012-01-13 |
| 14. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
52.98 |
0.8787 |
0.3102 |
202 |
1 |
52.98 |
2012-01-10 |
| 15. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
52.98 |
1.0767 |
0.1053 |
212 |
2 |
49.88 |
2009-04-21 |
| 16. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
52.46 |
0.9109 |
0.2641 |
401 |
1 |
52.46 |
2012-01-10 |
| 17. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
51.68 |
0.9088 |
0.2512 |
348 |
1 |
51.68 |
2011-12-28 |
| 18. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
51.66 |
1.0621 |
0.1116 |
263 |
1 |
51.66 |
2012-01-10 |
| 19. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
51.61 |
0.9758 |
0.1781 |
314 |
1 |
51.61 |
2012-01-10 |
| 20. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
51.59 |
1.0483 |
0.1015 |
227 |
1 |
51.59 |
2011-12-28 |
| 21. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
51.15 |
0.9916 |
0.1938 |
282 |
1 |
51.15 |
2011-12-28 |
| 22. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
50.75 |
1.0506 |
0.1120 |
277 |
1 |
50.75 |
2012-01-10 |
| 23. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
50.45 |
0.9005 |
0.2250 |
212 |
1 |
50.45 |
2011-12-28 |
| 24. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
49.99 |
0.9754 |
0.1473 |
362 |
2 |
46.02 |
2011-12-08 |
| 25. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
49.67 |
1.0346 |
0.1168 |
244 |
1 |
49.67 |
2011-12-08 |
| 26. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
49.16 |
0.9207 |
0.1798 |
174 |
2 |
47.57 |
2012-01-10 |
| 27. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
48.78 |
0.9578 |
0.1310 |
281 |
1 |
48.78 |
2012-01-10 |
| 28. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
48.28 |
0.9772 |
0.0973 |
217 |
1 |
48.28 |
2009-04-13 |
| 29. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
48.14 |
1.0668 |
0.0105 |
350 |
1 |
48.14 |
2011-12-08 |
| 30. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
47.89 |
1.0787 |
-0.0108 |
237 |
1 |
47.89 |
2009-04-13 |
| 31. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
47.83 |
0.9768 |
0.0936 |
387 |
2 |
44.48 |
2012-01-13 |
| 32. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
47.29 |
0.9740 |
0.0775 |
209 |
1 |
47.29 |
2012-01-10 |
| 33. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
47.23 |
1.0053 |
0.0469 |
232 |
1 |
47.23 |
2009-04-14 |
| 34. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
46.78 |
1.0528 |
-0.0137 |
201 |
1 |
46.78 |
2009-04-21 |
| 35. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
46.58 |
1.0523 |
-0.0170 |
256 |
2 |
46.15 |
2009-04-21 |
| 36. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
46.36 |
0.9986 |
0.0366 |
283 |
1 |
46.36 |
2009-04-21 |
| 37. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
45.82 |
0.9653 |
0.0654 |
394 |
1 |
45.82 |
2011-12-28 |
| 38. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
45.79 |
1.0567 |
-0.0344 |
303 |
1 |
45.79 |
2009-04-14 |
| 39. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
45.48 |
1.0034 |
0.0098 |
302 |
1 |
45.48 |
2009-04-21 |
| 40. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
45.43 |
1.0060 |
0.0029 |
171 |
2 |
40.05 |
2009-04-14 |
| 41. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
45.18 |
0.9663 |
0.0471 |
330 |
1 |
45.18 |
2011-12-28 |
| 42. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
45.14 |
0.8914 |
0.1164 |
366 |
1 |
45.14 |
2012-01-10 |
| 43. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
45.11 |
1.0083 |
0.0421 |
273 |
1 |
45.11 |
2011-12-08 |
| 44. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
45.07 |
0.7876 |
0.2204 |
316 |
2 |
40.14 |
2012-01-10 |
| 45. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
44.94 |
1.0389 |
-0.0340 |
340 |
1 |
44.94 |
2009-04-14 |
| 46. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
44.69 |
1.0189 |
-0.0187 |
337 |
1 |
44.69 |
2012-01-10 |
| 47. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
44.68 |
0.9376 |
0.0644 |
367 |
1 |
44.68 |
2012-01-10 |
| 48. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
44.63 |
0.8958 |
0.1043 |
322 |
1 |
44.63 |
2011-12-08 |
| 49. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
44.52 |
1.0905 |
-0.0656 |
210 |
1 |
44.52 |
2012-01-10 |
| 50. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
44.11 |
1.0396 |
-0.0630 |
149 |
2 |
42.18 |
2009-04-13 |
| 51. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
43.86 |
0.9846 |
-0.0076 |
281 |
1 |
43.86 |
2009-04-14 |
| 52. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
43.78 |
1.0165 |
-0.0363 |
392 |
1 |
43.78 |
2009-04-21 |
| 53. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
43.60 |
0.9863 |
-0.0097 |
339 |
1 |
43.60 |
2009-04-21 |
| 54. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
43.47 |
1.0201 |
-0.0576 |
172 |
1 |
43.47 |
2009-04-14 |
| 55. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
43.23 |
0.9127 |
0.0489 |
252 |
1 |
43.23 |
2011-12-28 |
| 56. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
43.13 |
0.9699 |
-0.0089 |
269 |
1 |
43.13 |
2009-04-14 |
| 57. |
Buddhism addresses two major types of meditation. Vipassana ... |
42.81 |
0.9312 |
0.0739 |
320 |
1 |
42.81 |
2012-01-10 |
| 58. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
42.77 |
1.0595 |
-0.1035 |
379 |
1 |
42.77 |
2009-04-21 |
| 59. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
42.38 |
1.0463 |
-0.1062 |
182 |
1 |
42.38 |
2009-04-21 |
| 60. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
42.33 |
0.8933 |
0.0566 |
363 |
1 |
42.33 |
2009-04-21 |
| 61. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
42.16 |
1.0361 |
-0.0954 |
269 |
1 |
42.16 |
2009-04-14 |
| 62. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
42.05 |
0.9281 |
0.0142 |
273 |
1 |
42.05 |
2009-04-21 |
| 63. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
42.05 |
1.0029 |
-0.0721 |
209 |
1 |
42.05 |
2009-04-14 |
| 64. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
41.20 |
0.8615 |
0.0566 |
110 |
2 |
35.80 |
2009-04-13 |
| 65. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
40.99 |
1.0419 |
-0.1286 |
261 |
1 |
40.99 |
2009-04-21 |
| 66. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
40.75 |
0.8353 |
0.0800 |
283 |
1 |
40.75 |
2009-04-14 |
| 67. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
40.72 |
1.0214 |
-0.1196 |
166 |
1 |
40.72 |
2009-04-14 |
| 68. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
40.70 |
1.0796 |
-0.1777 |
129 |
1 |
40.70 |
2009-04-14 |
| 69. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
40.23 |
1.0254 |
-0.0885 |
217 |
1 |
40.23 |
2012-01-10 |
| 70. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
39.96 |
0.8826 |
0.0088 |
296 |
1 |
39.96 |
2009-04-21 |
| 71. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
39.85 |
0.9226 |
-0.0288 |
348 |
1 |
39.85 |
2009-04-21 |
| 72. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
39.83 |
1.0666 |
-0.1795 |
297 |
1 |
39.83 |
2009-04-14 |
| 73. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
39.72 |
1.0426 |
-0.1587 |
323 |
1 |
39.72 |
2009-04-13 |
| 74. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
39.35 |
1.0203 |
-0.1407 |
261 |
1 |
39.35 |
2009-04-14 |
| 75. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
38.74 |
1.0214 |
-0.1607 |
269 |
1 |
38.74 |
2009-04-16 |
| 76. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
38.56 |
0.9763 |
-0.1184 |
289 |
1 |
38.56 |
2009-04-14 |
| 77. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
38.35 |
0.9871 |
-0.1113 |
227 |
1 |
38.35 |
2011-12-08 |
| 78. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
37.99 |
0.9785 |
-0.1298 |
335 |
1 |
37.99 |
2009-04-14 |
| 79. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
37.96 |
0.9084 |
-0.0618 |
300 |
1 |
37.96 |
2009-04-14 |
| 80. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
37.46 |
0.9213 |
-0.0873 |
295 |
1 |
37.46 |
2009-04-14 |
| 81. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
37.33 |
0.8935 |
-0.0532 |
328 |
1 |
37.33 |
2009-04-21 |
| 82. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
37.03 |
0.9365 |
-0.1113 |
248 |
1 |
37.03 |
2009-04-21 |
| 83. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
36.75 |
0.9966 |
-0.1797 |
259 |
1 |
36.75 |
2009-04-13 |
| 84. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
36.67 |
0.9899 |
-0.1790 |
163 |
1 |
36.67 |
2009-04-14 |
| 85. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
36.52 |
0.9964 |
-0.1840 |
203 |
1 |
36.52 |
2009-04-21 |
| 86. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
36.31 |
0.9691 |
-0.1621 |
223 |
1 |
36.31 |
2009-04-14 |
| 87. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
36.20 |
1.0487 |
-0.2487 |
231 |
1 |
36.20 |
2009-04-13 |
| 88. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
36.05 |
0.8961 |
-0.0979 |
189 |
1 |
36.05 |
2009-04-21 |
| 89. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
35.61 |
0.9429 |
-0.1499 |
287 |
1 |
35.61 |
2009-04-14 |
| 90. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
35.53 |
0.9266 |
-0.1366 |
267 |
1 |
35.53 |
2009-04-14 |
| 91. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
35.16 |
0.9811 |
-0.1969 |
272 |
1 |
35.16 |
2009-01-15 |
| 92. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
34.37 |
0.9171 |
-0.1531 |
165 |
1 |
34.37 |
2009-04-13 |
| 93. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
34.29 |
0.9612 |
-0.1993 |
256 |
1 |
34.29 |
2009-04-13 |
| 94. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
33.39 |
0.9576 |
-0.2115 |
212 |
1 |
33.39 |
2009-01-15 |
| 95. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
33.01 |
1.0251 |
-0.2943 |
261 |
1 |
33.01 |
2009-04-13 |
| 96. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
32.38 |
0.9049 |
-0.1808 |
351 |
1 |
32.38 |
2009-04-14 |
| 97. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
32.20 |
0.9307 |
-0.2081 |
246 |
1 |
32.20 |
2009-01-15 |
| 98. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
31.71 |
0.9330 |
-0.2228 |
360 |
1 |
31.71 |
2009-01-15 |
| 99. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
31.37 |
0.9212 |
-0.2220 |
323 |
1 |
31.37 |
2009-01-15 |
| 100. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
28.01 |
1.0296 |
-0.4032 |
437 |
1 |
28.01 |
2009-01-15 |
| 101. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
26.43 |
1.0797 |
-0.5010 |
210 |
1 |
26.43 |
2009-01-18 |