| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
67.23 |
0.9938 |
0.2443 |
339 |
1 |
67.23 |
2009-08-23 |
| 2. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
66.31 |
1.0214 |
0.1934 |
166 |
2 |
60.15 |
2009-08-23 |
| 3. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
64.85 |
1.0396 |
0.1463 |
149 |
1 |
64.85 |
2009-08-24 |
| 4. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
64.08 |
1.0417 |
0.1345 |
253 |
2 |
60.92 |
2009-08-21 |
| 5. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
64.03 |
1.0138 |
0.1636 |
231 |
1 |
64.03 |
2009-08-21 |
| 6. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
63.76 |
1.0521 |
0.1159 |
171 |
1 |
63.76 |
2009-08-21 |
| 7. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
63.67 |
1.0023 |
0.1669 |
211 |
2 |
61.57 |
2009-08-21 |
| 8. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
62.50 |
1.0885 |
0.0642 |
315 |
2 |
59.45 |
2009-08-23 |
| 9. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
61.38 |
0.9726 |
0.1495 |
154 |
2 |
59.24 |
2009-08-24 |
| 10. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
61.31 |
0.9946 |
0.1324 |
246 |
1 |
61.31 |
2009-08-21 |
| 11. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
61.22 |
1.0419 |
0.0837 |
261 |
1 |
61.22 |
2009-08-21 |
| 12. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
61.03 |
1.0197 |
0.0994 |
226 |
2 |
60.05 |
2009-08-21 |
| 13. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
61.00 |
0.9805 |
0.1456 |
292 |
1 |
61.00 |
2009-08-21 |
| 14. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
59.66 |
1.0483 |
0.0453 |
227 |
1 |
59.66 |
2009-08-21 |
| 15. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
59.61 |
1.0534 |
0.0444 |
357 |
1 |
59.61 |
2009-08-20 |
| 16. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
59.59 |
0.9464 |
0.1540 |
323 |
2 |
56.09 |
2009-08-24 |
| 17. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
59.56 |
0.9672 |
0.1340 |
396 |
1 |
59.56 |
2009-08-21 |
| 18. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
59.49 |
1.0167 |
0.0835 |
378 |
2 |
57.54 |
2009-08-24 |
| 19. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
59.41 |
0.9089 |
0.1869 |
342 |
1 |
59.41 |
2009-08-23 |
| 20. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
59.41 |
0.9426 |
0.1524 |
317 |
1 |
59.41 |
2009-08-24 |
| 21. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
58.71 |
1.0555 |
0.0248 |
363 |
1 |
58.71 |
2009-08-21 |
| 22. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
58.56 |
0.9429 |
0.1345 |
287 |
1 |
58.56 |
2009-08-21 |
| 23. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
58.41 |
0.9866 |
0.0830 |
218 |
1 |
58.41 |
2009-08-23 |
| 24. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
58.38 |
0.9278 |
0.1476 |
295 |
3 |
57.71 |
2009-08-24 |
| 25. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
58.34 |
1.0154 |
0.1064 |
351 |
1 |
58.34 |
2009-08-23 |
| 26. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
58.29 |
1.0025 |
0.0685 |
256 |
2 |
52.98 |
2009-08-21 |
| 27. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
58.22 |
1.0251 |
0.0425 |
261 |
1 |
58.22 |
2009-08-21 |
| 28. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
57.34 |
1.0529 |
0.0004 |
351 |
1 |
57.34 |
2009-08-21 |
| 29. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
57.33 |
1.0340 |
0.0244 |
406 |
1 |
57.33 |
2009-08-21 |
| 30. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
56.98 |
0.9286 |
0.1171 |
194 |
1 |
56.98 |
2009-08-24 |
| 31. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
56.85 |
1.0218 |
0.0196 |
268 |
1 |
56.85 |
2009-08-21 |
| 32. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
56.82 |
1.0189 |
0.0281 |
337 |
1 |
56.82 |
2009-08-24 |
| 33. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
56.34 |
1.0349 |
-0.0008 |
234 |
1 |
56.34 |
2009-08-21 |
| 34. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
56.30 |
1.0343 |
0.0372 |
242 |
1 |
56.30 |
2009-08-20 |
| 35. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
55.99 |
0.9567 |
0.0714 |
273 |
2 |
54.31 |
2009-08-21 |
| 36. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
55.93 |
1.0993 |
-0.0742 |
265 |
3 |
53.12 |
2009-08-24 |
| 37. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
55.78 |
1.0463 |
-0.0265 |
182 |
1 |
55.78 |
2009-08-21 |
| 38. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
55.76 |
0.9871 |
0.0731 |
209 |
1 |
55.76 |
2009-08-21 |
| 39. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
55.76 |
1.0714 |
-0.0563 |
129 |
1 |
55.76 |
2009-08-21 |
| 40. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
55.62 |
0.9986 |
0.0234 |
283 |
1 |
55.62 |
2009-08-23 |
| 41. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
55.62 |
1.0016 |
0.0152 |
218 |
1 |
55.62 |
2009-08-21 |
| 42. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
55.34 |
0.9578 |
0.0579 |
281 |
1 |
55.34 |
2009-08-21 |
| 43. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
55.30 |
0.9646 |
0.0500 |
264 |
1 |
55.30 |
2009-08-21 |
| 44. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
55.21 |
1.0528 |
-0.0440 |
201 |
1 |
55.21 |
2009-08-21 |
| 45. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
55.16 |
1.0073 |
0.0136 |
369 |
2 |
55.11 |
2009-08-23 |
| 46. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
55.15 |
1.0768 |
-0.0240 |
295 |
1 |
55.15 |
2009-08-23 |
| 47. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
55.14 |
0.9768 |
0.0383 |
387 |
2 |
51.99 |
2009-08-21 |
| 48. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
55.11 |
0.9376 |
0.0797 |
367 |
1 |
55.11 |
2009-08-21 |
| 49. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
54.97 |
0.9724 |
0.0405 |
237 |
2 |
54.09 |
2009-08-21 |
| 50. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
54.84 |
0.9527 |
0.0541 |
251 |
1 |
54.84 |
2009-08-21 |
| 51. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
54.76 |
1.0441 |
-0.0372 |
252 |
1 |
54.76 |
2009-08-21 |
| 52. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
54.46 |
1.0797 |
-0.0854 |
210 |
1 |
54.46 |
2009-08-21 |
| 53. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
54.29 |
0.9814 |
0.0547 |
364 |
2 |
52.95 |
2009-08-23 |
| 54. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
54.26 |
1.0314 |
0.0039 |
452 |
1 |
54.26 |
2009-08-21 |
| 55. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
54.15 |
1.0060 |
-0.0166 |
171 |
1 |
54.15 |
2009-08-21 |
| 56. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
54.11 |
1.0099 |
-0.0195 |
207 |
1 |
54.11 |
2009-08-24 |
| 57. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
54.10 |
1.0515 |
-0.0602 |
250 |
1 |
54.10 |
2009-08-21 |
| 58. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
54.02 |
0.8971 |
0.0999 |
266 |
1 |
54.02 |
2009-08-21 |
| 59. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
53.99 |
0.9614 |
0.0327 |
292 |
1 |
53.99 |
2009-08-21 |
| 60. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
53.97 |
1.0165 |
-0.0219 |
392 |
1 |
53.97 |
2009-08-21 |
| 61. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
53.77 |
1.0201 |
-0.0291 |
375 |
2 |
50.21 |
2009-08-24 |
| 62. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
53.65 |
0.9863 |
0.0029 |
339 |
1 |
53.65 |
2009-08-21 |
| 63. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
53.47 |
0.9965 |
-0.0145 |
277 |
1 |
53.47 |
2009-08-23 |
| 64. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
53.46 |
1.0385 |
-0.0590 |
230 |
1 |
53.46 |
2009-08-21 |
| 65. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
53.28 |
0.9886 |
-0.0082 |
220 |
1 |
53.28 |
2009-08-21 |
| 66. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
53.23 |
0.9756 |
0.0001 |
229 |
2 |
51.00 |
2009-08-21 |
| 67. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
53.16 |
1.0263 |
-0.0514 |
267 |
1 |
53.16 |
2009-08-23 |
| 68. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
53.12 |
0.9234 |
0.0569 |
346 |
1 |
53.12 |
2009-08-21 |
| 69. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
53.11 |
0.9936 |
-0.0192 |
311 |
1 |
53.11 |
2009-08-20 |
| 70. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
53.03 |
0.9351 |
0.0327 |
190 |
1 |
53.03 |
2009-08-21 |
| 71. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
52.99 |
0.9339 |
0.0371 |
310 |
1 |
52.99 |
2009-08-23 |
| 72. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
52.81 |
0.8793 |
0.0915 |
157 |
1 |
52.81 |
2009-08-21 |
| 73. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
52.71 |
0.8811 |
0.0908 |
239 |
1 |
52.71 |
2009-08-24 |
| 74. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
52.69 |
0.9597 |
0.0113 |
347 |
1 |
52.69 |
2009-08-21 |
| 75. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
52.64 |
0.9540 |
0.0102 |
285 |
1 |
52.64 |
2009-08-21 |
| 76. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
52.59 |
0.9899 |
-0.0295 |
163 |
1 |
52.59 |
2009-08-23 |
| 77. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
52.47 |
1.1014 |
-0.1008 |
273 |
1 |
52.47 |
2009-08-20 |
| 78. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
52.46 |
0.9758 |
-0.0124 |
314 |
1 |
52.46 |
2009-08-20 |
| 79. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
52.45 |
0.9710 |
-0.0150 |
173 |
1 |
52.45 |
2009-08-21 |
| 80. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
52.34 |
0.9005 |
0.0584 |
212 |
1 |
52.34 |
2009-08-21 |
| 81. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
52.24 |
0.8961 |
0.0591 |
189 |
2 |
46.02 |
2009-08-21 |
| 82. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
52.07 |
0.8826 |
0.0742 |
296 |
2 |
48.51 |
2009-08-24 |
| 83. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
51.79 |
0.8792 |
0.0803 |
296 |
1 |
51.79 |
2009-08-21 |
| 84. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
51.40 |
0.9500 |
-0.0049 |
362 |
1 |
51.40 |
2009-08-21 |
| 85. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
51.17 |
0.8919 |
0.0451 |
205 |
2 |
46.47 |
2009-08-23 |
| 86. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
51.10 |
1.0289 |
-0.0871 |
276 |
1 |
51.10 |
2009-08-21 |
| 87. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
51.02 |
0.9734 |
-0.0378 |
289 |
1 |
51.02 |
2009-08-24 |
| 88. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
50.89 |
0.9266 |
0.0087 |
278 |
1 |
50.89 |
2009-08-21 |
| 89. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
50.83 |
0.8878 |
0.0443 |
346 |
1 |
50.83 |
2009-08-21 |
| 90. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
50.69 |
1.0252 |
-0.1020 |
176 |
1 |
50.69 |
2009-08-24 |
| 91. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
50.34 |
0.9964 |
-0.0731 |
203 |
1 |
50.34 |
2009-08-21 |
| 92. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
50.32 |
0.9411 |
-0.0174 |
318 |
1 |
50.32 |
2009-08-23 |
| 93. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
50.10 |
1.0034 |
-0.0861 |
302 |
1 |
50.10 |
2009-08-21 |
| 94. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
49.68 |
0.9084 |
0.0044 |
300 |
1 |
49.68 |
2009-08-21 |
| 95. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
49.37 |
0.9275 |
-0.0256 |
211 |
1 |
49.37 |
2009-08-21 |
| 96. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
49.25 |
0.9922 |
-0.0481 |
341 |
1 |
49.25 |
2009-08-23 |
| 97. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
49.00 |
0.9233 |
-0.0333 |
168 |
1 |
49.00 |
2009-08-21 |
| 98. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
48.08 |
0.9148 |
-0.0322 |
317 |
1 |
48.08 |
2009-08-21 |
| 99. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
47.82 |
1.0062 |
-0.1298 |
288 |
1 |
47.82 |
2009-08-21 |
| 100. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
47.72 |
0.9843 |
-0.1148 |
234 |
2 |
47.02 |
2009-08-24 |
| 101. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
47.72 |
0.9430 |
-0.0758 |
211 |
1 |
47.72 |
2009-08-21 |
| 102. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
47.56 |
0.8852 |
-0.0116 |
201 |
2 |
46.37 |
2009-08-23 |
| 103. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
47.37 |
0.9786 |
-0.1158 |
193 |
1 |
47.37 |
2009-08-20 |
| 104. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
47.17 |
0.9213 |
-0.0565 |
295 |
1 |
47.17 |
2009-08-21 |
| 105. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
47.00 |
1.0297 |
-0.1698 |
249 |
1 |
47.00 |
2009-08-23 |
| 106. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
46.98 |
0.9168 |
-0.0547 |
240 |
1 |
46.98 |
2009-08-21 |
| 107. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
46.37 |
0.8935 |
-0.0344 |
328 |
1 |
46.37 |
2009-08-20 |
| 108. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
46.24 |
1.0445 |
-0.1966 |
373 |
1 |
46.24 |
2009-08-21 |
| 109. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
45.88 |
1.0183 |
-0.1836 |
191 |
1 |
45.88 |
2009-08-21 |
| 110. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
45.83 |
0.8770 |
-0.0344 |
300 |
1 |
45.83 |
2009-08-20 |
| 111. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
45.67 |
0.9084 |
-0.0679 |
404 |
1 |
45.67 |
2009-08-21 |
| 112. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
45.32 |
0.9846 |
-0.1558 |
281 |
1 |
45.32 |
2009-08-21 |
| 113. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
45.23 |
0.9943 |
-0.1629 |
373 |
1 |
45.23 |
2009-08-21 |
| 114. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
44.90 |
0.8595 |
-0.0356 |
242 |
1 |
44.90 |
2009-08-24 |
| 115. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
43.53 |
0.8382 |
-0.0411 |
268 |
1 |
43.53 |
2009-08-20 |
| 116. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
43.10 |
0.9570 |
-0.1667 |
287 |
1 |
43.10 |
2009-08-21 |
| 117. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
42.95 |
0.9109 |
-0.1225 |
401 |
1 |
42.95 |
2009-08-21 |
| 118. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
41.14 |
0.7876 |
-0.0329 |
316 |
2 |
39.65 |
2009-08-21 |
| 119. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
40.11 |
0.9612 |
-0.2282 |
256 |
1 |
40.11 |
2009-08-21 |