| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
60.43 |
1.0905 |
0.2184 |
210 |
3 |
59.32 |
2013-08-08 |
| 2. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
59.16 |
0.9866 |
0.2600 |
218 |
1 |
59.16 |
2013-08-08 |
| 3. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
57.83 |
1.0485 |
0.2074 |
153 |
1 |
57.83 |
2012-08-08 |
| 4. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
57.62 |
1.0515 |
0.1577 |
166 |
1 |
57.62 |
2012-08-09 |
| 5. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
56.57 |
0.9411 |
0.2548 |
318 |
1 |
56.57 |
2012-08-10 |
| 6. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
56.29 |
0.9504 |
0.2325 |
263 |
1 |
56.29 |
2013-08-08 |
| 7. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
56.20 |
0.9593 |
0.2324 |
398 |
1 |
56.20 |
2012-08-10 |
| 8. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
55.89 |
0.9881 |
0.2331 |
424 |
1 |
55.89 |
2013-08-08 |
| 9. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
55.73 |
1.0417 |
0.1324 |
253 |
1 |
55.73 |
2012-08-07 |
| 10. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
55.24 |
1.0090 |
0.2011 |
282 |
1 |
55.24 |
2013-08-08 |
| 11. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
55.19 |
0.9601 |
0.2103 |
308 |
1 |
55.19 |
2013-08-08 |
| 12. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
54.91 |
0.9289 |
0.2282 |
204 |
4 |
48.75 |
2013-08-08 |
| 13. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
54.55 |
1.0696 |
0.0787 |
226 |
1 |
54.55 |
2012-08-01 |
| 14. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
54.41 |
0.9286 |
0.2191 |
194 |
1 |
54.41 |
2012-08-10 |
| 15. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
53.63 |
0.9653 |
0.1754 |
394 |
2 |
50.97 |
2012-08-10 |
| 16. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
53.37 |
0.9684 |
0.1606 |
388 |
3 |
50.32 |
2012-08-10 |
| 17. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
52.99 |
0.8996 |
0.2134 |
192 |
1 |
52.99 |
2012-08-07 |
| 18. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
52.94 |
0.9966 |
0.1203 |
259 |
2 |
47.07 |
2012-08-09 |
| 19. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
52.45 |
1.0254 |
0.1218 |
217 |
1 |
52.45 |
2012-07-31 |
| 20. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
52.37 |
0.9309 |
0.1724 |
284 |
3 |
47.21 |
2013-08-08 |
| 21. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
52.31 |
0.9731 |
0.1182 |
129 |
1 |
52.31 |
2012-08-10 |
| 22. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
52.09 |
1.0972 |
0.0314 |
251 |
1 |
52.09 |
2012-08-09 |
| 23. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
52.04 |
1.0252 |
0.0663 |
176 |
1 |
52.04 |
2012-08-07 |
| 24. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
51.83 |
1.0943 |
0.0318 |
206 |
1 |
51.83 |
2012-08-10 |
| 25. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
51.77 |
1.0150 |
0.1265 |
325 |
1 |
51.77 |
2012-08-03 |
| 26. |
The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kiddin... |
51.59 |
0.9063 |
0.1900 |
239 |
1 |
51.59 |
2012-08-08 |
| 27. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
51.51 |
1.0117 |
0.1197 |
297 |
1 |
51.51 |
2012-08-10 |
| 28. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
51.46 |
1.0619 |
0.0279 |
354 |
1 |
51.46 |
2013-08-07 |
| 29. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
51.39 |
1.1215 |
-0.0134 |
200 |
1 |
51.39 |
2012-08-08 |
| 30. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
50.83 |
1.0668 |
0.0079 |
350 |
1 |
50.83 |
2012-08-02 |
| 31. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
50.81 |
0.9871 |
0.1210 |
209 |
2 |
48.49 |
2012-08-07 |
| 32. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
50.57 |
0.9578 |
0.1089 |
281 |
2 |
47.36 |
2012-08-09 |
| 33. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
50.28 |
0.9247 |
0.1404 |
253 |
1 |
50.28 |
2012-08-03 |
| 34. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
50.14 |
1.0740 |
0.0219 |
264 |
1 |
50.14 |
2012-08-02 |
| 35. |
Ultimately, this is not about solving your problems. It's ab... |
49.91 |
1.0604 |
0.0255 |
260 |
1 |
49.91 |
2012-08-03 |
| 36. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
49.89 |
1.0799 |
-0.0314 |
243 |
1 |
49.89 |
2012-08-06 |
| 37. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
49.89 |
1.0012 |
0.0536 |
260 |
1 |
49.89 |
2013-08-08 |
| 38. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
49.83 |
0.9514 |
0.0999 |
237 |
1 |
49.83 |
2012-08-10 |
| 39. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
49.72 |
0.9941 |
0.0521 |
217 |
1 |
49.72 |
2012-08-10 |
| 40. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
49.71 |
0.8725 |
0.1778 |
163 |
1 |
49.71 |
2012-07-27 |
| 41. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
49.68 |
1.0365 |
0.0409 |
162 |
1 |
49.68 |
2012-07-27 |
| 42. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
49.67 |
0.9612 |
0.0868 |
256 |
1 |
49.67 |
2012-08-10 |
| 43. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
49.48 |
1.0124 |
0.0286 |
204 |
2 |
41.58 |
2012-08-09 |
| 44. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
49.25 |
1.0038 |
0.0652 |
237 |
2 |
47.14 |
2013-08-08 |
| 45. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
49.18 |
0.9997 |
0.0413 |
382 |
1 |
49.18 |
2012-08-08 |
| 46. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
49.05 |
0.8775 |
0.1593 |
443 |
1 |
49.05 |
2013-08-08 |
| 47. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
48.92 |
1.0068 |
0.0281 |
358 |
1 |
48.92 |
2012-08-03 |
| 48. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
48.84 |
1.0387 |
0.0232 |
239 |
1 |
48.84 |
2012-08-09 |
| 49. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
48.60 |
1.0138 |
0.0103 |
231 |
1 |
48.60 |
2012-08-03 |
| 50. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
48.49 |
0.9485 |
0.0765 |
291 |
3 |
42.83 |
2013-08-08 |
| 51. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
48.31 |
0.8845 |
0.1339 |
273 |
1 |
48.31 |
2012-08-09 |
| 52. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
47.94 |
0.9754 |
0.0413 |
362 |
1 |
47.94 |
2012-07-27 |
| 53. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
47.94 |
0.9855 |
0.0587 |
258 |
1 |
47.94 |
2013-08-08 |
| 54. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
47.88 |
1.0205 |
-0.0184 |
179 |
1 |
47.88 |
2012-08-08 |
| 55. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
47.84 |
1.0673 |
-0.0170 |
230 |
1 |
47.84 |
2012-08-07 |
| 56. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
47.83 |
1.0483 |
-0.0434 |
227 |
1 |
47.83 |
2012-07-31 |
| 57. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
47.54 |
0.8731 |
0.1358 |
199 |
1 |
47.54 |
2012-08-09 |
| 58. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
47.47 |
0.9790 |
0.0623 |
311 |
1 |
47.47 |
2012-08-03 |
| 59. |
You have to be a fairly determined ecological detective to f... |
47.33 |
0.8994 |
0.0997 |
188 |
1 |
47.33 |
2012-07-30 |
| 60. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
47.22 |
1.0189 |
-0.0207 |
337 |
1 |
47.22 |
2012-08-10 |
| 61. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
47.21 |
0.9084 |
0.0903 |
404 |
1 |
47.21 |
2012-08-06 |
| 62. |
The chat room she finds not so comforting. It's strange even... |
47.12 |
0.9471 |
0.0564 |
312 |
1 |
47.12 |
2012-07-26 |
| 63. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
46.93 |
1.0292 |
-0.0417 |
262 |
1 |
46.93 |
2012-08-09 |
| 64. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
46.93 |
0.9884 |
0.0044 |
262 |
1 |
46.93 |
2012-08-03 |
| 65. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
46.75 |
1.0679 |
-0.0626 |
177 |
2 |
44.94 |
2012-08-10 |
| 66. |
Thing is Butch, right now you got ability. But painful as it... |
46.62 |
0.8912 |
0.0928 |
186 |
1 |
46.62 |
2012-07-30 |
| 67. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
46.61 |
1.0441 |
-0.0606 |
252 |
1 |
46.61 |
2012-07-26 |
| 68. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
46.58 |
0.9068 |
0.0774 |
269 |
2 |
43.23 |
2012-08-06 |
| 69. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
46.43 |
1.0787 |
-0.1019 |
237 |
1 |
46.43 |
2012-08-03 |
| 70. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
46.35 |
1.0099 |
-0.0364 |
207 |
1 |
46.35 |
2012-08-08 |
| 71. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
46.21 |
0.9509 |
0.0612 |
225 |
1 |
46.21 |
2012-07-31 |
| 72. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
46.17 |
1.0033 |
-0.0374 |
189 |
1 |
46.17 |
2012-08-09 |
| 73. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
46.12 |
0.8968 |
0.0713 |
186 |
1 |
46.12 |
2012-08-06 |
| 74. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
46.05 |
1.0462 |
-0.0820 |
184 |
1 |
46.05 |
2012-08-03 |
| 75. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
46.05 |
0.9844 |
-0.0090 |
293 |
1 |
46.05 |
2012-08-06 |
| 76. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
45.92 |
1.0463 |
-0.0835 |
182 |
1 |
45.92 |
2012-07-23 |
| 77. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
45.89 |
0.9910 |
-0.0222 |
295 |
1 |
45.89 |
2012-08-09 |
| 78. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
45.64 |
0.9811 |
-0.0168 |
272 |
1 |
45.64 |
2012-07-24 |
| 79. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
45.62 |
0.9863 |
-0.0208 |
339 |
1 |
45.62 |
2013-08-08 |
| 80. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
45.59 |
0.9202 |
0.0400 |
254 |
1 |
45.59 |
2012-08-07 |
| 81. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
45.53 |
0.9670 |
0.0343 |
307 |
1 |
45.53 |
2012-08-06 |
| 82. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
45.11 |
1.0284 |
-0.0351 |
282 |
1 |
45.11 |
2012-07-25 |
| 83. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
45.10 |
1.0334 |
-0.0899 |
131 |
2 |
45.05 |
2012-08-08 |
| 84. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
45.08 |
0.9072 |
0.0401 |
237 |
1 |
45.08 |
2012-07-20 |
| 85. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
45.06 |
1.0403 |
-0.0513 |
275 |
2 |
43.75 |
2013-08-07 |
| 86. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
45.04 |
0.9899 |
-0.0461 |
163 |
1 |
45.04 |
2012-07-27 |
| 87. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
45.03 |
1.0213 |
-0.0759 |
240 |
2 |
43.82 |
2012-08-03 |
| 88. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
44.99 |
0.9005 |
0.0457 |
212 |
2 |
42.98 |
2012-07-27 |
| 89. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
44.90 |
1.0684 |
-0.0927 |
253 |
1 |
44.90 |
2012-07-30 |
| 90. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
44.45 |
0.8777 |
0.0599 |
177 |
1 |
44.45 |
2012-07-26 |
| 91. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
44.39 |
0.7876 |
0.1497 |
316 |
2 |
39.42 |
2012-08-08 |
| 92. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
44.26 |
1.0506 |
-0.0900 |
277 |
1 |
44.26 |
2012-07-27 |
| 93. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
44.24 |
0.9351 |
-0.0089 |
190 |
1 |
44.24 |
2012-07-20 |
| 94. |
Some drivers actually perform best when there is a little ex... |
44.01 |
0.9632 |
-0.0392 |
240 |
1 |
44.01 |
2012-07-24 |
| 95. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
43.98 |
1.0062 |
-0.0804 |
288 |
1 |
43.98 |
2012-08-10 |
| 96. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
43.84 |
1.0013 |
-0.0793 |
273 |
1 |
43.84 |
2012-07-31 |
| 97. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
43.84 |
1.0941 |
-0.1399 |
256 |
1 |
43.84 |
2012-08-06 |
| 98. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
43.65 |
0.9820 |
-0.0600 |
267 |
2 |
42.52 |
2012-08-03 |
| 99. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
43.63 |
1.0109 |
-0.0917 |
276 |
1 |
43.63 |
2012-08-03 |
| 100. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
43.52 |
1.0154 |
-0.0493 |
351 |
2 |
42.48 |
2012-07-30 |
| 101. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
43.51 |
0.8916 |
0.0250 |
216 |
2 |
42.31 |
2012-08-06 |
| 102. |
Grits and fried chicken won't disappear, but perhaps future ... |
43.32 |
0.8884 |
0.0231 |
135 |
2 |
40.77 |
2012-08-03 |
| 103. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
43.16 |
1.0644 |
-0.1196 |
257 |
1 |
43.16 |
2012-07-30 |
| 104. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
43.13 |
0.9916 |
-0.0408 |
282 |
1 |
43.13 |
2012-07-25 |
| 105. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
43.07 |
0.9646 |
-0.0590 |
264 |
1 |
43.07 |
2012-07-26 |
| 106. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
42.63 |
1.0025 |
-0.1041 |
336 |
1 |
42.63 |
2012-07-26 |
| 107. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
42.63 |
0.9805 |
-0.0786 |
292 |
1 |
42.63 |
2012-07-25 |
| 108. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
42.53 |
0.9266 |
-0.0316 |
267 |
1 |
42.53 |
2012-08-10 |
| 109. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
42.52 |
0.8852 |
0.0123 |
201 |
1 |
42.52 |
2012-08-10 |
| 110. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
42.33 |
0.9527 |
-0.0616 |
251 |
1 |
42.33 |
2012-08-07 |
| 111. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
42.15 |
0.9911 |
-0.1078 |
212 |
1 |
42.15 |
2012-07-24 |
| 112. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
42.05 |
0.8670 |
0.0228 |
318 |
1 |
42.05 |
2012-08-08 |
| 113. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
41.93 |
1.0565 |
-0.1772 |
247 |
1 |
41.93 |
2012-08-02 |
| 114. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
41.81 |
0.9275 |
-0.0509 |
211 |
1 |
41.81 |
2012-08-08 |
| 115. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
41.73 |
1.0251 |
-0.1490 |
261 |
1 |
41.73 |
2012-08-03 |
| 116. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
41.51 |
0.9801 |
-0.0638 |
428 |
1 |
41.51 |
2012-08-02 |
| 117. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
41.27 |
0.8821 |
-0.0141 |
176 |
1 |
41.27 |
2012-07-27 |
| 118. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
40.88 |
1.1014 |
-0.2040 |
273 |
1 |
40.88 |
2012-08-09 |
| 119. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
40.86 |
0.9597 |
-0.0963 |
347 |
1 |
40.86 |
2012-08-09 |
| 120. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
40.33 |
1.0993 |
-0.2532 |
265 |
1 |
40.33 |
2012-08-06 |
| 121. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
40.11 |
0.9485 |
-0.1033 |
236 |
1 |
40.11 |
2012-08-08 |
| 122. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
39.75 |
0.8933 |
-0.0512 |
363 |
1 |
39.75 |
2012-07-24 |
| 123. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
39.65 |
0.9127 |
-0.0822 |
252 |
1 |
39.65 |
2012-07-30 |
| 124. |
And in the dream I knew that he was goin' on ahead and that ... |
39.54 |
0.9598 |
-0.1220 |
220 |
1 |
39.54 |
2012-07-30 |
| 125. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
39.33 |
0.8520 |
-0.0248 |
202 |
1 |
39.33 |
2012-07-31 |
| 126. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
39.32 |
1.0214 |
-0.2003 |
166 |
1 |
39.32 |
2012-08-03 |
| 127. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
38.33 |
0.9768 |
-0.1684 |
387 |
1 |
38.33 |
2012-07-25 |
| 128. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
37.86 |
1.0396 |
-0.2516 |
149 |
1 |
37.86 |
2012-07-20 |
| 129. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
37.65 |
0.9089 |
-0.1147 |
342 |
1 |
37.65 |
2012-07-27 |
| 130. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
37.38 |
0.9461 |
-0.1652 |
193 |
1 |
37.38 |
2012-07-27 |
| 131. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
37.03 |
0.9567 |
-0.1788 |
273 |
1 |
37.03 |
2012-07-25 |
| 132. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
36.12 |
0.8810 |
-0.1224 |
282 |
1 |
36.12 |
2012-07-23 |
| 133. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
35.97 |
0.9905 |
-0.2038 |
337 |
1 |
35.97 |
2012-08-02 |
| 134. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
35.06 |
0.9260 |
-0.1796 |
243 |
1 |
35.06 |
2012-07-25 |
| 135. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
34.71 |
0.8878 |
-0.1599 |
346 |
1 |
34.71 |
2012-07-20 |