| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
70.59 |
1.0767 |
0.2448 |
212 |
1 |
70.59 |
2012-04-15 |
| 2. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
69.71 |
1.1114 |
0.1930 |
247 |
1 |
69.71 |
2012-04-15 |
| 3. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
68.34 |
1.0907 |
0.1931 |
303 |
1 |
68.34 |
2012-04-15 |
| 4. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
66.60 |
0.9986 |
0.2447 |
162 |
1 |
66.60 |
2012-04-15 |
| 5. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
65.69 |
1.0613 |
0.1746 |
456 |
1 |
65.69 |
2012-04-18 |
| 6. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
65.67 |
1.1068 |
0.1641 |
393 |
1 |
65.67 |
2012-04-17 |
| 7. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
65.63 |
1.0205 |
0.2028 |
179 |
1 |
65.63 |
2012-04-18 |
| 8. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
64.57 |
0.9936 |
0.2158 |
311 |
2 |
57.50 |
2012-04-18 |
| 9. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
63.75 |
0.9772 |
0.2135 |
217 |
1 |
63.75 |
2012-04-15 |
| 10. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
63.24 |
1.0714 |
0.1043 |
129 |
1 |
63.24 |
2012-04-17 |
| 11. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
62.99 |
1.0795 |
0.1308 |
226 |
1 |
62.99 |
2012-04-18 |
| 12. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
62.46 |
1.1215 |
0.0723 |
200 |
1 |
62.46 |
2012-04-17 |
| 13. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
62.11 |
1.0388 |
0.1560 |
243 |
2 |
52.68 |
2012-04-18 |
| 14. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
61.95 |
1.0725 |
0.1134 |
233 |
1 |
61.95 |
2012-04-18 |
| 15. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
61.93 |
1.0719 |
0.1155 |
360 |
1 |
61.93 |
2012-04-15 |
| 16. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
61.90 |
1.0669 |
0.1246 |
286 |
2 |
59.42 |
2012-04-18 |
| 17. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
61.50 |
0.9776 |
0.1742 |
308 |
2 |
53.92 |
2012-04-18 |
| 18. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
61.49 |
1.0109 |
0.1413 |
276 |
1 |
61.49 |
2012-04-17 |
| 19. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
61.18 |
0.9464 |
0.2043 |
323 |
1 |
61.18 |
2012-04-15 |
| 20. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
60.84 |
0.9303 |
0.2025 |
176 |
1 |
60.84 |
2012-04-17 |
| 21. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
60.82 |
1.0459 |
0.1240 |
200 |
1 |
60.82 |
2012-04-15 |
| 22. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
60.48 |
1.0023 |
0.1281 |
211 |
1 |
60.48 |
2012-04-18 |
| 23. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
60.32 |
1.0740 |
0.0936 |
264 |
1 |
60.32 |
2012-04-18 |
| 24. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
60.27 |
0.9310 |
0.1934 |
188 |
1 |
60.27 |
2012-04-15 |
| 25. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
60.06 |
1.0257 |
0.1050 |
401 |
2 |
54.30 |
2012-04-18 |
| 26. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
59.76 |
0.9212 |
0.2013 |
231 |
1 |
59.76 |
2012-04-15 |
| 27. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
59.72 |
1.0619 |
0.0596 |
354 |
1 |
59.72 |
2012-04-17 |
| 28. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
59.43 |
1.0077 |
0.1460 |
250 |
1 |
59.43 |
2012-04-15 |
| 29. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
59.17 |
1.0042 |
0.1448 |
352 |
1 |
59.17 |
2012-04-15 |
| 30. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
59.03 |
1.0426 |
0.0615 |
323 |
1 |
59.03 |
2012-04-17 |
| 31. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
58.35 |
1.0083 |
0.1278 |
273 |
1 |
58.35 |
2012-04-18 |
| 32. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
58.27 |
1.0211 |
0.1001 |
213 |
1 |
58.27 |
2012-04-17 |
| 33. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
58.11 |
1.0917 |
0.0192 |
243 |
1 |
58.11 |
2012-04-14 |
| 34. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
58.08 |
1.0993 |
-0.0145 |
265 |
1 |
58.08 |
2012-04-23 |
| 35. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
57.61 |
1.0799 |
-0.0056 |
243 |
1 |
57.61 |
2012-04-14 |
| 36. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
57.39 |
0.9706 |
0.1075 |
216 |
2 |
55.66 |
2012-04-17 |
| 37. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
57.37 |
1.0630 |
0.0436 |
397 |
1 |
57.37 |
2012-04-15 |
| 38. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
57.37 |
1.0292 |
0.0429 |
262 |
1 |
57.37 |
2012-04-18 |
| 39. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
57.14 |
1.0314 |
0.0769 |
452 |
1 |
57.14 |
2012-04-17 |
| 40. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
57.10 |
0.9675 |
0.1103 |
383 |
1 |
57.10 |
2012-04-17 |
| 41. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
57.03 |
0.9724 |
0.0982 |
237 |
1 |
57.03 |
2012-04-17 |
| 42. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
56.98 |
1.0346 |
0.0734 |
244 |
2 |
55.66 |
2012-04-23 |
| 43. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
56.88 |
0.9907 |
0.1073 |
397 |
1 |
56.88 |
2012-04-18 |
| 44. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
56.87 |
1.0232 |
0.0866 |
350 |
1 |
56.87 |
2012-04-18 |
| 45. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
56.84 |
0.9754 |
0.0941 |
362 |
1 |
56.84 |
2012-04-18 |
| 46. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
56.24 |
0.9342 |
0.1213 |
434 |
2 |
55.28 |
2012-04-18 |
| 47. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
55.89 |
0.9668 |
0.1212 |
383 |
1 |
55.89 |
2012-04-15 |
| 48. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
55.47 |
1.0189 |
0.0218 |
337 |
1 |
55.47 |
2012-04-17 |
| 49. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
55.10 |
0.9731 |
0.0448 |
129 |
1 |
55.10 |
2012-04-15 |
| 50. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
54.91 |
1.0521 |
-0.0301 |
171 |
1 |
54.91 |
2012-04-15 |
| 51. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
54.78 |
0.9572 |
0.1103 |
376 |
1 |
54.78 |
2012-04-15 |
| 52. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
54.77 |
0.9946 |
0.0294 |
246 |
1 |
54.77 |
2012-04-15 |
| 53. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
54.77 |
0.9376 |
0.0920 |
367 |
2 |
52.88 |
2012-04-17 |
| 54. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
54.74 |
1.0138 |
0.0094 |
231 |
1 |
54.74 |
2012-04-15 |
| 55. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
54.22 |
0.9691 |
0.0442 |
223 |
2 |
50.25 |
2012-04-18 |
| 56. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
54.10 |
1.0944 |
-0.0381 |
308 |
1 |
54.10 |
2012-04-14 |
| 57. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
53.79 |
1.0168 |
-0.0098 |
271 |
2 |
51.22 |
2012-04-17 |
| 58. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
53.69 |
1.0334 |
-0.0362 |
131 |
1 |
53.69 |
2012-04-15 |
| 59. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
53.26 |
0.9622 |
0.0398 |
392 |
1 |
53.26 |
2012-04-18 |
| 60. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
53.23 |
1.0090 |
0.0298 |
282 |
2 |
50.57 |
2012-04-18 |
| 61. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
53.18 |
1.0131 |
-0.0229 |
225 |
1 |
53.18 |
2012-04-18 |
| 62. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
53.01 |
0.9045 |
0.0867 |
235 |
1 |
53.01 |
2012-04-15 |
| 63. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
52.95 |
0.9532 |
0.0352 |
258 |
1 |
52.95 |
2012-04-17 |
| 64. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
52.87 |
0.9893 |
-0.0010 |
323 |
1 |
52.87 |
2012-04-14 |
| 65. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
51.72 |
0.9212 |
0.0485 |
323 |
1 |
51.72 |
2012-04-14 |
| 66. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
51.68 |
0.8295 |
0.1380 |
209 |
2 |
47.55 |
2012-04-18 |
| 67. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
51.68 |
0.9801 |
0.0279 |
428 |
1 |
51.68 |
2012-04-15 |
| 68. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
51.67 |
0.9601 |
0.0101 |
308 |
1 |
51.67 |
2012-04-18 |
| 69. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
51.61 |
1.0254 |
-0.0203 |
217 |
1 |
51.61 |
2012-04-18 |
| 70. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
51.54 |
0.9247 |
0.0430 |
253 |
2 |
44.12 |
2012-04-18 |
| 71. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
51.42 |
1.0004 |
-0.0458 |
212 |
1 |
51.42 |
2012-04-15 |
| 72. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
51.02 |
0.9884 |
-0.0360 |
233 |
1 |
51.02 |
2012-04-14 |
| 73. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
51.01 |
0.9871 |
0.0021 |
209 |
1 |
51.01 |
2012-04-18 |
| 74. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
50.92 |
0.9429 |
0.0097 |
287 |
1 |
50.92 |
2012-04-18 |
| 75. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
50.85 |
1.0863 |
-0.1015 |
210 |
1 |
50.85 |
2012-04-18 |
| 76. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
50.84 |
1.0390 |
-0.0930 |
205 |
1 |
50.84 |
2012-04-14 |
| 77. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
50.83 |
0.9234 |
0.0316 |
346 |
1 |
50.83 |
2012-04-14 |
| 78. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
50.69 |
0.9925 |
-0.0089 |
247 |
1 |
50.69 |
2012-04-17 |
| 79. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
50.51 |
0.9907 |
-0.0488 |
211 |
1 |
50.51 |
2012-04-18 |
| 80. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
50.31 |
0.9309 |
0.0069 |
284 |
1 |
50.31 |
2012-04-17 |
| 81. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
50.23 |
1.0883 |
-0.1180 |
303 |
1 |
50.23 |
2012-04-17 |
| 82. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They ... |
50.12 |
0.9774 |
-0.0422 |
196 |
1 |
50.12 |
2012-04-15 |
| 83. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
50.09 |
0.9790 |
-0.0028 |
311 |
1 |
50.09 |
2012-04-15 |
| 84. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
50.02 |
1.0240 |
-0.0924 |
256 |
1 |
50.02 |
2012-04-18 |
| 85. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
49.92 |
0.9128 |
0.0610 |
369 |
1 |
49.92 |
2012-04-15 |
| 86. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
49.88 |
1.0183 |
-0.0923 |
191 |
2 |
49.36 |
2012-04-17 |
| 87. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
49.77 |
0.9109 |
0.0212 |
401 |
1 |
49.77 |
2012-04-14 |
| 88. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
49.74 |
0.8947 |
0.0391 |
366 |
1 |
49.74 |
2012-04-18 |
| 89. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
49.73 |
0.9699 |
-0.0418 |
269 |
1 |
49.73 |
2012-04-14 |
| 90. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
49.62 |
0.8935 |
0.0429 |
328 |
1 |
49.62 |
2012-04-17 |
| 91. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
49.57 |
0.9897 |
-0.0663 |
274 |
1 |
49.57 |
2012-04-14 |
| 92. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
48.97 |
0.8918 |
0.0210 |
100 |
1 |
48.97 |
2012-04-14 |
| 93. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
48.93 |
1.0320 |
-0.0811 |
293 |
1 |
48.93 |
2012-04-14 |
| 94. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
48.90 |
0.9612 |
-0.0482 |
256 |
1 |
48.90 |
2012-04-14 |
| 95. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
48.70 |
1.0787 |
-0.1708 |
237 |
1 |
48.70 |
2012-04-18 |
| 96. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
48.44 |
1.0523 |
-0.1523 |
256 |
1 |
48.44 |
2012-04-14 |
| 97. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
48.42 |
1.0151 |
-0.1197 |
152 |
1 |
48.42 |
2012-04-14 |
| 98. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
48.23 |
0.8907 |
0.0224 |
351 |
1 |
48.23 |
2012-04-18 |
| 99. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
48.22 |
1.0403 |
-0.1251 |
193 |
1 |
48.22 |
2012-04-15 |
| 100. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
47.93 |
1.0025 |
-0.1069 |
336 |
1 |
47.93 |
2012-04-14 |
| 101. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
47.81 |
1.1162 |
-0.1828 |
189 |
1 |
47.81 |
2012-04-18 |
| 102. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
47.66 |
0.9846 |
-0.0962 |
281 |
1 |
47.66 |
2012-04-18 |
| 103. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
47.59 |
1.0316 |
-0.1396 |
333 |
1 |
47.59 |
2012-04-14 |
| 104. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
47.47 |
0.9330 |
-0.0404 |
360 |
1 |
47.47 |
2012-04-14 |
| 105. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
47.36 |
1.0352 |
-0.1482 |
341 |
1 |
47.36 |
2012-04-18 |
| 106. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
47.35 |
0.9097 |
0.0156 |
464 |
1 |
47.35 |
2012-04-18 |
| 107. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
47.27 |
0.9786 |
-0.0969 |
235 |
1 |
47.27 |
2012-04-18 |
| 108. |
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the ... |
46.90 |
1.0381 |
-0.1728 |
170 |
1 |
46.90 |
2012-04-14 |
| 109. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
46.72 |
0.9942 |
-0.1137 |
483 |
1 |
46.72 |
2012-04-18 |
| 110. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
46.71 |
0.9064 |
-0.0256 |
399 |
1 |
46.71 |
2012-04-17 |
| 111. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
46.47 |
0.8845 |
-0.0171 |
273 |
1 |
46.47 |
2012-04-18 |
| 112. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
46.22 |
1.0574 |
-0.1672 |
205 |
1 |
46.22 |
2012-04-14 |
| 113. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
46.15 |
1.0173 |
-0.1121 |
268 |
1 |
46.15 |
2012-04-18 |
| 114. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
45.67 |
1.0621 |
-0.1908 |
263 |
1 |
45.67 |
2012-04-14 |
| 115. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
45.58 |
0.9684 |
-0.1155 |
388 |
1 |
45.58 |
2012-04-18 |
| 116. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
45.33 |
0.9376 |
-0.0568 |
360 |
1 |
45.33 |
2012-04-18 |
| 117. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
45.33 |
0.8956 |
-0.0456 |
322 |
1 |
45.33 |
2012-04-15 |
| 118. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
45.29 |
0.8382 |
0.0070 |
268 |
1 |
45.29 |
2012-04-14 |
| 119. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
45.26 |
0.9855 |
-0.1081 |
258 |
1 |
45.26 |
2012-04-17 |
| 120. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
45.00 |
0.9631 |
-0.0726 |
345 |
1 |
45.00 |
2012-04-14 |
| 121. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
44.76 |
0.9430 |
-0.1055 |
297 |
1 |
44.76 |
2012-04-18 |
| 122. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
44.52 |
0.7877 |
0.0470 |
142 |
1 |
44.52 |
2012-04-15 |
| 123. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
44.17 |
0.8933 |
-0.0634 |
363 |
1 |
44.17 |
2012-04-14 |
| 124. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
44.00 |
0.9965 |
-0.1811 |
168 |
1 |
44.00 |
2012-04-17 |
| 125. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
43.53 |
0.8022 |
0.0122 |
215 |
2 |
42.47 |
2012-04-14 |
| 126. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
43.04 |
0.9619 |
-0.1546 |
393 |
1 |
43.04 |
2012-04-18 |
| 127. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
42.85 |
0.9509 |
-0.1140 |
225 |
1 |
42.85 |
2012-04-17 |
| 128. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
42.34 |
0.9084 |
-0.1155 |
404 |
1 |
42.34 |
2012-04-14 |
| 129. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
42.27 |
0.9583 |
-0.1271 |
341 |
1 |
42.27 |
2012-04-14 |
| 130. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
42.10 |
1.0403 |
-0.2161 |
275 |
1 |
42.10 |
2012-04-18 |
| 131. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
39.63 |
1.0387 |
-0.2689 |
239 |
1 |
39.63 |
2012-04-17 |
| 132. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
39.31 |
0.9756 |
-0.2455 |
229 |
1 |
39.31 |
2012-04-18 |
| 133. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
37.64 |
0.8878 |
-0.1882 |
346 |
1 |
37.64 |
2012-04-14 |
| 134. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
37.20 |
0.8725 |
-0.1789 |
163 |
1 |
37.20 |
2012-04-15 |
| 135. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
35.81 |
0.8467 |
-0.1573 |
343 |
1 |
35.81 |
2012-04-14 |