| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
47.69 |
1.1198 |
0.1014 |
247 |
2 |
39.73 |
2011-05-23 |
| 2. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
46.29 |
1.0667 |
0.1297 |
308 |
2 |
43.68 |
2011-05-10 |
| 3. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
46.13 |
1.0865 |
0.0952 |
237 |
1 |
46.13 |
2011-05-23 |
| 4. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
44.92 |
1.0504 |
0.1026 |
225 |
1 |
44.92 |
2011-05-21 |
| 5. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
44.72 |
0.9928 |
0.1523 |
293 |
3 |
42.93 |
2011-06-06 |
| 6. |
Wood and other fibrous material is mixed with liquid and mas... |
44.36 |
0.8938 |
0.2432 |
238 |
1 |
44.36 |
2011-05-10 |
| 7. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
44.06 |
0.9054 |
0.2256 |
204 |
2 |
40.31 |
2011-05-10 |
| 8. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
43.55 |
1.0403 |
0.0735 |
234 |
1 |
43.55 |
2011-05-21 |
| 9. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
43.54 |
1.0601 |
0.0521 |
256 |
1 |
43.54 |
2011-05-21 |
| 10. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
43.49 |
0.9783 |
0.1435 |
273 |
2 |
39.32 |
2011-06-06 |
| 11. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
42.98 |
1.0042 |
0.0931 |
168 |
2 |
39.65 |
2011-05-23 |
| 12. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
42.93 |
0.8768 |
0.2267 |
199 |
1 |
42.93 |
2011-05-23 |
| 13. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
42.68 |
1.0487 |
0.0421 |
253 |
1 |
42.68 |
2011-05-10 |
| 14. |
This country is hard on people. Hard and crazy. Got the devi... |
42.56 |
0.9080 |
0.1785 |
111 |
1 |
42.56 |
2011-08-30 |
| 15. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
42.52 |
0.9989 |
0.0974 |
282 |
1 |
42.52 |
2011-06-06 |
| 16. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
42.48 |
1.0124 |
0.0809 |
275 |
1 |
42.48 |
2011-08-30 |
| 17. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
42.15 |
1.0125 |
0.0657 |
232 |
1 |
42.15 |
2011-06-06 |
| 18. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
41.98 |
0.8805 |
0.1947 |
205 |
2 |
40.91 |
2011-06-06 |
| 19. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
41.89 |
1.0265 |
0.0501 |
375 |
1 |
41.89 |
2011-06-06 |
| 20. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
41.40 |
1.0243 |
0.0395 |
153 |
1 |
41.40 |
2011-05-10 |
| 21. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
41.31 |
1.0372 |
0.0203 |
249 |
1 |
41.31 |
2011-06-06 |
| 22. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
41.19 |
0.9604 |
0.0921 |
285 |
1 |
41.19 |
2011-05-26 |
| 23. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
41.01 |
0.9621 |
0.0900 |
212 |
1 |
41.01 |
2011-05-10 |
| 24. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
40.89 |
0.9265 |
0.1200 |
254 |
1 |
40.89 |
2011-05-10 |
| 25. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
40.80 |
0.9358 |
0.1024 |
188 |
1 |
40.80 |
2011-05-21 |
| 26. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
40.80 |
1.0492 |
0.0006 |
284 |
1 |
40.80 |
2011-06-06 |
| 27. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
40.76 |
0.8965 |
0.1478 |
150 |
3 |
38.17 |
2011-08-30 |
| 28. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
40.69 |
0.9614 |
0.0816 |
195 |
1 |
40.69 |
2011-05-10 |
| 29. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
40.67 |
0.8194 |
0.2212 |
193 |
1 |
40.67 |
2011-05-23 |
| 30. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
40.65 |
1.0267 |
0.0173 |
261 |
1 |
40.65 |
2011-05-23 |
| 31. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
40.50 |
0.8571 |
0.1789 |
202 |
1 |
40.50 |
2011-05-23 |
| 32. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
40.48 |
0.9541 |
0.0831 |
236 |
1 |
40.48 |
2011-05-26 |
| 33. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
40.46 |
0.9283 |
0.1090 |
317 |
1 |
40.46 |
2011-06-06 |
| 34. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
40.43 |
0.9864 |
0.0528 |
292 |
1 |
40.43 |
2011-05-23 |
| 35. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
40.30 |
0.9844 |
0.0597 |
351 |
1 |
40.30 |
2011-05-21 |
| 36. |
While it may hold true that the final few seconds of a bike ... |
40.16 |
0.8047 |
0.2241 |
177 |
1 |
40.16 |
2011-05-21 |
| 37. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
40.16 |
1.0561 |
-0.0299 |
227 |
1 |
40.16 |
2011-05-23 |
| 38. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
40.15 |
1.0867 |
-0.0631 |
171 |
1 |
40.15 |
2011-05-21 |
| 39. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
40.03 |
0.9010 |
0.1262 |
266 |
2 |
38.31 |
2011-05-23 |
| 40. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
40.00 |
1.0590 |
-0.0361 |
250 |
1 |
40.00 |
2011-05-21 |
| 41. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
39.99 |
0.9841 |
0.0367 |
217 |
2 |
39.07 |
2011-08-30 |
| 42. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
39.99 |
0.8646 |
0.1557 |
110 |
1 |
39.99 |
2011-05-23 |
| 43. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
39.69 |
0.9400 |
0.0790 |
434 |
1 |
39.69 |
2011-05-23 |
| 44. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
39.60 |
0.9166 |
0.0997 |
133 |
1 |
39.60 |
2011-05-10 |
| 45. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
39.52 |
0.9915 |
0.0189 |
281 |
2 |
38.68 |
2011-05-10 |
| 46. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
39.40 |
0.9564 |
0.0459 |
263 |
2 |
36.53 |
2011-05-10 |
| 47. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
39.40 |
0.9836 |
0.0164 |
123 |
1 |
39.40 |
2011-05-21 |
| 48. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
39.39 |
1.0095 |
-0.0025 |
211 |
1 |
39.39 |
2011-05-23 |
| 49. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
39.38 |
1.0426 |
-0.0384 |
131 |
1 |
39.38 |
2011-05-23 |
| 50. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
39.36 |
0.8572 |
0.1486 |
232 |
2 |
38.53 |
2011-05-10 |
| 51. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
39.31 |
1.0094 |
-0.0031 |
256 |
1 |
39.31 |
2011-05-21 |
| 52. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
39.26 |
0.9761 |
0.0340 |
227 |
1 |
39.26 |
2011-05-10 |
| 53. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
39.24 |
0.8880 |
0.1169 |
296 |
1 |
39.24 |
2011-05-21 |
| 54. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
39.16 |
0.9636 |
0.0380 |
281 |
2 |
38.23 |
2011-08-30 |
| 55. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
38.91 |
0.9631 |
0.0328 |
273 |
1 |
38.91 |
2011-05-10 |
| 56. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
38.82 |
0.9384 |
0.0524 |
296 |
1 |
38.82 |
2011-05-10 |
| 57. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
38.74 |
1.0845 |
-0.0939 |
212 |
1 |
38.74 |
2011-05-21 |
| 58. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
38.68 |
0.9574 |
0.0359 |
354 |
1 |
38.68 |
2011-05-21 |
| 59. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
38.68 |
1.0069 |
-0.0137 |
242 |
1 |
38.68 |
2011-05-23 |
| 60. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
38.47 |
0.9948 |
-0.0108 |
233 |
1 |
38.47 |
2011-06-06 |
| 61. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
38.46 |
1.0412 |
-0.0515 |
205 |
1 |
38.46 |
2011-05-10 |
| 62. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
38.36 |
0.9598 |
0.0244 |
209 |
1 |
38.36 |
2011-05-23 |
| 63. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
38.13 |
1.0543 |
-0.0776 |
233 |
1 |
38.13 |
2011-05-21 |
| 64. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
38.13 |
0.9917 |
-0.0133 |
317 |
1 |
38.13 |
2011-05-07 |
| 65. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
38.04 |
0.8869 |
0.0847 |
176 |
1 |
38.04 |
2011-05-07 |
| 66. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
37.85 |
0.8192 |
0.1514 |
200 |
1 |
37.85 |
2011-05-10 |
| 67. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
37.69 |
1.0006 |
-0.0358 |
311 |
1 |
37.69 |
2011-05-26 |
| 68. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
37.60 |
1.0582 |
-0.0990 |
180 |
1 |
37.60 |
2011-05-10 |
| 69. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
37.59 |
1.0836 |
-0.1184 |
206 |
1 |
37.59 |
2011-05-10 |
| 70. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
37.53 |
0.9374 |
0.0257 |
232 |
1 |
37.53 |
2011-05-23 |
| 71. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
37.38 |
1.0079 |
-0.0523 |
273 |
2 |
36.45 |
2011-08-30 |
| 72. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
37.30 |
1.0399 |
-0.0800 |
257 |
1 |
37.30 |
2011-05-10 |
| 73. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
37.30 |
0.9149 |
0.0382 |
153 |
1 |
37.30 |
2011-05-23 |
| 74. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
37.26 |
1.0901 |
-0.1347 |
288 |
1 |
37.26 |
2011-05-21 |
| 75. |
For all its apparent strength, the Aztec Empire had vulnerab... |
37.22 |
0.8003 |
0.1553 |
219 |
3 |
34.93 |
2011-05-23 |
| 76. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
37.15 |
0.9880 |
-0.0413 |
199 |
1 |
37.15 |
2011-05-23 |
| 77. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
37.00 |
1.0600 |
-0.1127 |
351 |
1 |
37.00 |
2011-05-07 |
| 78. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
37.00 |
0.9930 |
-0.0372 |
350 |
1 |
37.00 |
2011-05-10 |
| 79. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
36.87 |
0.9980 |
-0.0520 |
295 |
1 |
36.87 |
2011-05-07 |
| 80. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
36.78 |
0.8778 |
0.0655 |
285 |
1 |
36.78 |
2011-05-26 |
| 81. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
36.78 |
0.9680 |
-0.0264 |
256 |
1 |
36.78 |
2011-05-12 |
| 82. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
36.60 |
0.9329 |
0.0180 |
345 |
1 |
36.60 |
2011-05-10 |
| 83. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
36.47 |
0.9011 |
0.0357 |
322 |
1 |
36.47 |
2011-05-21 |
| 84. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
36.35 |
0.9869 |
-0.0603 |
193 |
1 |
36.35 |
2011-05-10 |
| 85. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
36.28 |
0.8856 |
0.0504 |
369 |
2 |
34.40 |
2011-08-30 |
| 86. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
36.22 |
1.0617 |
-0.1373 |
171 |
1 |
36.22 |
2011-05-23 |
| 87. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
36.12 |
0.9183 |
0.0020 |
252 |
1 |
36.12 |
2011-05-21 |
| 88. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
35.96 |
1.0036 |
-0.0825 |
277 |
1 |
35.96 |
2011-05-10 |
| 89. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
35.93 |
1.0189 |
-0.1002 |
290 |
1 |
35.93 |
2011-05-10 |
| 90. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
35.82 |
1.0010 |
-0.0808 |
213 |
1 |
35.82 |
2011-05-10 |
| 91. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
35.78 |
0.8981 |
0.0265 |
255 |
1 |
35.78 |
2011-08-30 |
| 92. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
35.65 |
0.8988 |
0.0129 |
216 |
1 |
35.65 |
2011-05-23 |
| 93. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
35.32 |
0.9243 |
-0.0210 |
231 |
1 |
35.32 |
2011-05-07 |
| 94. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
35.08 |
1.0304 |
-0.1362 |
256 |
1 |
35.08 |
2011-05-07 |
| 95. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
35.02 |
0.9269 |
-0.0233 |
269 |
1 |
35.02 |
2011-05-10 |
| 96. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
34.52 |
0.8986 |
-0.0170 |
205 |
1 |
34.52 |
2011-05-23 |
| 97. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
33.99 |
0.7923 |
0.0777 |
316 |
1 |
33.99 |
2011-05-21 |
| 98. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
33.96 |
0.9957 |
-0.1231 |
323 |
1 |
33.96 |
2011-05-07 |
| 99. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
32.93 |
0.9807 |
-0.1504 |
129 |
1 |
32.93 |
2011-05-07 |
| 100. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
32.67 |
1.0333 |
-0.2031 |
176 |
1 |
32.67 |
2011-05-07 |
| 101. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
32.49 |
1.0250 |
-0.1911 |
271 |
1 |
32.49 |
2011-05-10 |
| 102. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
32.31 |
0.9359 |
-0.1087 |
355 |
1 |
32.31 |
2011-05-10 |
| 103. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
31.48 |
1.0082 |
-0.2086 |
212 |
1 |
31.48 |
2011-05-26 |
| 104. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
28.43 |
0.7920 |
-0.0684 |
230 |
1 |
28.43 |
2011-05-10 |
| 105. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
23.62 |
0.9839 |
-0.3818 |
308 |
1 |
23.62 |
2011-05-23 |