| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
75.76 |
1.0797 |
0.2033 |
210 |
2 |
63.42 |
2008-11-05 |
| 2. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
75.44 |
1.0331 |
0.2478 |
234 |
1 |
75.44 |
2008-11-05 |
| 3. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
71.64 |
1.0349 |
0.1822 |
234 |
1 |
71.64 |
2008-11-05 |
| 4. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
70.45 |
1.0214 |
0.1743 |
269 |
1 |
70.45 |
2008-11-05 |
| 5. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
69.82 |
0.9578 |
0.2282 |
281 |
2 |
65.83 |
2008-11-05 |
| 6. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
69.11 |
1.0613 |
0.1180 |
456 |
2 |
64.06 |
2008-11-05 |
| 7. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
68.84 |
1.0454 |
0.1206 |
255 |
1 |
68.84 |
2008-11-05 |
| 8. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
68.62 |
1.0073 |
0.1666 |
369 |
2 |
68.40 |
2008-11-05 |
| 9. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
68.09 |
0.9785 |
0.1815 |
335 |
1 |
68.09 |
2008-11-05 |
| 10. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
67.91 |
1.0138 |
0.1395 |
231 |
1 |
67.91 |
2008-11-05 |
| 11. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
67.28 |
1.0565 |
0.0838 |
247 |
1 |
67.28 |
2008-11-02 |
| 12. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
67.22 |
1.0477 |
0.0966 |
360 |
2 |
64.78 |
2008-11-05 |
| 13. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
66.52 |
1.0025 |
0.1272 |
256 |
1 |
66.52 |
2008-11-05 |
| 14. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
65.87 |
1.0252 |
0.0870 |
176 |
1 |
65.87 |
2008-11-05 |
| 15. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
65.57 |
0.9675 |
0.1555 |
383 |
1 |
65.57 |
2008-11-05 |
| 16. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
65.49 |
0.9710 |
0.1346 |
173 |
1 |
65.49 |
2008-11-02 |
| 17. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
65.43 |
1.0444 |
0.0601 |
197 |
1 |
65.43 |
2008-11-05 |
| 18. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
65.40 |
1.0183 |
0.0867 |
191 |
3 |
56.62 |
2008-11-05 |
| 19. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
65.18 |
0.9851 |
0.1239 |
317 |
2 |
58.95 |
2008-11-02 |
| 20. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
65.11 |
1.0696 |
0.0325 |
226 |
2 |
58.42 |
2008-11-05 |
| 21. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
64.69 |
1.0398 |
0.0481 |
110 |
2 |
61.31 |
2008-11-05 |
| 22. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
64.34 |
0.9844 |
0.1128 |
293 |
2 |
59.84 |
2008-11-05 |
| 23. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
63.95 |
0.9857 |
0.0990 |
293 |
2 |
60.21 |
2008-11-05 |
| 24. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
63.70 |
0.9286 |
0.1518 |
194 |
2 |
59.50 |
2008-11-02 |
| 25. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
63.64 |
0.8947 |
0.1906 |
366 |
2 |
61.96 |
2008-11-05 |
| 26. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
63.17 |
1.0297 |
0.0414 |
249 |
1 |
63.17 |
2008-11-02 |
| 27. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
63.17 |
0.9772 |
0.0916 |
217 |
4 |
58.46 |
2008-11-05 |
| 28. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
63.05 |
1.1114 |
-0.0439 |
247 |
1 |
63.05 |
2008-11-05 |
| 29. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
62.94 |
0.9894 |
0.0833 |
323 |
2 |
61.90 |
2008-11-05 |
| 30. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
62.63 |
1.0201 |
0.0469 |
375 |
1 |
62.63 |
2008-11-05 |
| 31. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
62.61 |
0.9731 |
0.0771 |
129 |
3 |
59.06 |
2008-11-05 |
| 32. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
62.45 |
1.0352 |
0.0278 |
341 |
2 |
54.81 |
2008-11-05 |
| 33. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
62.37 |
0.9646 |
0.0930 |
264 |
1 |
62.37 |
2008-11-05 |
| 34. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
62.23 |
1.0426 |
0.0128 |
323 |
1 |
62.23 |
2008-11-05 |
| 35. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
62.15 |
0.9597 |
0.0992 |
347 |
1 |
62.15 |
2008-11-02 |
| 36. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
62.01 |
1.0799 |
-0.0312 |
243 |
2 |
61.74 |
2008-11-02 |
| 37. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
62.00 |
0.9212 |
0.1343 |
323 |
4 |
52.47 |
2008-11-05 |
| 38. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
61.78 |
0.9820 |
0.0692 |
267 |
2 |
49.14 |
2008-11-05 |
| 39. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
61.68 |
1.0486 |
-0.0011 |
289 |
2 |
57.58 |
2008-11-05 |
| 40. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
61.66 |
0.9893 |
0.0571 |
323 |
1 |
61.66 |
2008-11-05 |
| 41. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
61.58 |
1.0025 |
0.0434 |
336 |
1 |
61.58 |
2008-11-05 |
| 42. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
61.35 |
1.0004 |
0.0345 |
212 |
2 |
56.92 |
2008-11-05 |
| 43. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
61.24 |
0.9763 |
0.0623 |
289 |
1 |
61.24 |
2008-11-05 |
| 44. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
61.18 |
1.0263 |
0.0110 |
267 |
1 |
61.18 |
2008-11-03 |
| 45. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
60.63 |
0.9946 |
0.0339 |
246 |
1 |
60.63 |
2008-11-02 |
| 46. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
60.30 |
0.9776 |
0.0456 |
308 |
1 |
60.30 |
2008-11-05 |
| 47. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
60.27 |
0.9202 |
0.1016 |
254 |
1 |
60.27 |
2008-11-05 |
| 48. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
60.26 |
0.9553 |
0.0742 |
430 |
2 |
58.77 |
2008-11-05 |
| 49. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
60.17 |
1.0257 |
0.0015 |
401 |
1 |
60.17 |
2008-11-05 |
| 50. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
59.35 |
0.9754 |
0.0374 |
362 |
1 |
59.35 |
2008-11-02 |
| 51. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
58.98 |
0.9687 |
0.0363 |
371 |
1 |
58.98 |
2008-11-05 |
| 52. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
58.74 |
0.9697 |
0.0267 |
249 |
2 |
56.90 |
2008-11-05 |
| 53. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
58.64 |
1.0251 |
-0.0328 |
261 |
1 |
58.64 |
2008-11-05 |
| 54. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
58.55 |
0.9672 |
0.0322 |
396 |
1 |
58.55 |
2008-11-02 |
| 55. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
58.50 |
1.0390 |
-0.0507 |
205 |
1 |
58.50 |
2008-11-02 |
| 56. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
58.36 |
0.9125 |
0.0790 |
308 |
1 |
58.36 |
2008-11-05 |
| 57. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
58.10 |
0.9653 |
0.0282 |
394 |
1 |
58.10 |
2008-11-05 |
| 58. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
58.00 |
1.0095 |
-0.0271 |
316 |
1 |
58.00 |
2008-11-02 |
| 59. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
57.80 |
0.9865 |
-0.0054 |
276 |
1 |
57.80 |
2008-11-05 |
| 60. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
57.29 |
0.9805 |
-0.0046 |
292 |
1 |
57.29 |
2008-11-02 |
| 61. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
57.27 |
0.9997 |
-0.0252 |
382 |
1 |
57.27 |
2008-11-05 |
| 62. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
57.21 |
1.0167 |
-0.0400 |
378 |
1 |
57.21 |
2008-11-05 |
| 63. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
57.21 |
1.0496 |
-0.0804 |
314 |
1 |
57.21 |
2008-11-02 |
| 64. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
56.96 |
0.9398 |
0.0351 |
419 |
1 |
56.96 |
2008-11-02 |
| 65. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
56.84 |
0.9863 |
-0.0184 |
339 |
1 |
56.84 |
2008-11-02 |
| 66. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
56.79 |
1.0029 |
-0.0466 |
209 |
2 |
51.41 |
2008-11-05 |
| 67. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
56.61 |
0.9072 |
0.0507 |
237 |
1 |
56.61 |
2008-11-02 |
| 68. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
56.49 |
0.9964 |
-0.0388 |
203 |
3 |
49.58 |
2008-11-02 |
| 69. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
56.27 |
0.9309 |
0.0210 |
284 |
1 |
56.27 |
2008-11-05 |
| 70. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
56.00 |
1.0515 |
-0.1043 |
250 |
1 |
56.00 |
2008-11-01 |
| 71. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
55.95 |
0.9213 |
0.0275 |
295 |
1 |
55.95 |
2008-11-03 |
| 72. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
55.94 |
0.9841 |
-0.0322 |
334 |
1 |
55.94 |
2008-11-05 |
| 73. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
55.59 |
1.0567 |
-0.1140 |
303 |
2 |
49.89 |
2008-11-05 |
| 74. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
55.41 |
0.8933 |
0.0521 |
363 |
1 |
55.41 |
2008-11-05 |
| 75. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
55.05 |
0.9485 |
-0.0140 |
236 |
1 |
55.05 |
2008-11-05 |
| 76. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
54.67 |
0.9567 |
-0.0306 |
273 |
1 |
54.67 |
2008-11-05 |
| 77. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
54.63 |
0.9279 |
0.0042 |
317 |
1 |
54.63 |
2008-11-02 |
| 78. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
54.48 |
0.9293 |
-0.0055 |
355 |
1 |
54.48 |
2008-11-02 |
| 79. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
54.17 |
1.0528 |
-0.1401 |
201 |
1 |
54.17 |
2008-11-02 |
| 80. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
54.15 |
1.0337 |
-0.1170 |
214 |
1 |
54.15 |
2008-11-02 |
| 81. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
54.05 |
0.9612 |
-0.0456 |
256 |
1 |
54.05 |
2008-11-08 |
| 82. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
53.76 |
0.9430 |
-0.0397 |
211 |
1 |
53.76 |
2008-11-05 |
| 83. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
53.60 |
0.8595 |
0.0502 |
242 |
1 |
53.60 |
2008-11-05 |
| 84. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
53.58 |
1.0429 |
-0.1368 |
259 |
1 |
53.58 |
2008-11-05 |
| 85. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
53.34 |
1.0711 |
-0.1728 |
213 |
1 |
53.34 |
2008-11-02 |
| 86. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
53.19 |
0.9275 |
-0.0300 |
211 |
1 |
53.19 |
2008-11-02 |
| 87. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
53.00 |
0.8810 |
0.0174 |
282 |
1 |
53.00 |
2008-11-02 |
| 88. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
52.99 |
0.9769 |
-0.0816 |
263 |
1 |
52.99 |
2008-11-02 |
| 89. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
52.70 |
0.8722 |
0.0231 |
285 |
2 |
52.31 |
2008-11-05 |
| 90. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
52.67 |
1.0214 |
-0.1349 |
166 |
2 |
52.13 |
2008-11-05 |
| 91. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
52.59 |
0.9991 |
-0.1081 |
225 |
1 |
52.59 |
2008-11-01 |
| 92. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
52.51 |
0.8919 |
-0.0044 |
205 |
1 |
52.51 |
2008-11-02 |
| 93. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
52.39 |
0.9266 |
-0.0394 |
267 |
1 |
52.39 |
2008-11-02 |
| 94. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
52.17 |
1.0613 |
-0.1771 |
266 |
1 |
52.17 |
2008-11-02 |
| 95. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
52.10 |
0.9846 |
-0.1036 |
281 |
2 |
50.71 |
2008-11-02 |
| 96. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
52.07 |
0.8553 |
0.0212 |
174 |
1 |
52.07 |
2008-11-02 |
| 97. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
51.08 |
1.0534 |
-0.1866 |
357 |
1 |
51.08 |
2008-11-02 |
| 98. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
50.78 |
1.0120 |
-0.1534 |
290 |
1 |
50.78 |
2008-11-05 |
| 99. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
50.04 |
0.9540 |
-0.1091 |
285 |
1 |
50.04 |
2008-11-02 |
| 100. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
49.85 |
0.9330 |
-0.0829 |
360 |
2 |
48.24 |
2008-11-05 |
| 101. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
49.34 |
0.8961 |
-0.0648 |
189 |
1 |
49.34 |
2008-11-05 |
| 102. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
49.33 |
1.0261 |
-0.1935 |
273 |
1 |
49.33 |
2008-11-05 |
| 103. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
48.90 |
0.9226 |
-0.0892 |
348 |
1 |
48.90 |
2008-11-02 |
| 104. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
48.35 |
0.8770 |
-0.0561 |
300 |
1 |
48.35 |
2008-11-02 |
| 105. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
46.27 |
0.9097 |
-0.0861 |
464 |
1 |
46.27 |
2008-11-05 |
| 106. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
45.99 |
0.8916 |
-0.1141 |
216 |
1 |
45.99 |
2008-11-05 |
| 107. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
44.25 |
0.9843 |
-0.2420 |
234 |
1 |
44.25 |
2008-11-02 |
| 108. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
43.79 |
0.8353 |
-0.0884 |
283 |
1 |
43.79 |
2008-11-02 |
| 109. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
43.25 |
1.0498 |
-0.3245 |
180 |
1 |
43.25 |
2008-11-01 |
| 110. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
42.03 |
0.8878 |
-0.1789 |
346 |
1 |
42.03 |
2008-11-02 |
| 111. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
41.75 |
0.9168 |
-0.2112 |
240 |
1 |
41.75 |
2008-11-02 |
| 112. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
39.98 |
0.9045 |
-0.2303 |
235 |
1 |
39.98 |
2008-11-03 |