| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
53.25 |
0.8809 |
0.4845 |
127 |
1 |
53.25 |
2009-03-28 |
| 2. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
52.64 |
0.9964 |
0.3555 |
203 |
1 |
52.64 |
2009-03-28 |
| 3. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
49.23 |
1.1016 |
0.1619 |
233 |
1 |
49.23 |
2009-03-28 |
| 4. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
49.07 |
0.9171 |
0.3425 |
165 |
1 |
49.07 |
2009-03-28 |
| 5. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
47.96 |
0.9910 |
0.2414 |
295 |
1 |
47.96 |
2009-03-28 |
| 6. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
47.58 |
1.0023 |
0.2164 |
211 |
1 |
47.58 |
2009-03-28 |
| 7. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
47.37 |
1.0167 |
0.2053 |
378 |
1 |
47.37 |
2009-03-28 |
| 8. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
46.29 |
0.9865 |
0.2018 |
276 |
1 |
46.29 |
2009-03-28 |
| 9. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
45.68 |
1.0799 |
0.0878 |
243 |
1 |
45.68 |
2009-03-26 |
| 10. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
44.19 |
1.0125 |
0.1179 |
224 |
1 |
44.19 |
2009-03-26 |
| 11. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
44.01 |
0.8900 |
0.2393 |
164 |
1 |
44.01 |
2009-03-26 |
| 12. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
43.68 |
0.9128 |
0.2122 |
133 |
3 |
39.21 |
2009-03-26 |
| 13. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
43.60 |
0.9633 |
0.1563 |
304 |
1 |
43.60 |
2009-03-28 |
| 14. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
43.12 |
1.0331 |
0.0697 |
234 |
1 |
43.12 |
2009-03-28 |
| 15. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
43.10 |
0.9820 |
0.1253 |
267 |
1 |
43.10 |
2009-03-26 |
| 16. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
42.95 |
0.9684 |
0.1349 |
388 |
1 |
42.95 |
2009-03-28 |
| 17. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
42.92 |
0.8910 |
0.2105 |
150 |
1 |
42.92 |
2009-03-26 |
| 18. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
42.56 |
1.0183 |
0.0666 |
191 |
2 |
41.10 |
2009-03-26 |
| 19. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
41.79 |
1.0201 |
0.0436 |
172 |
1 |
41.79 |
2009-03-26 |
| 20. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
41.66 |
1.0218 |
0.0424 |
268 |
1 |
41.66 |
2009-03-26 |
| 21. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
41.54 |
0.9263 |
0.1412 |
188 |
2 |
38.37 |
2009-03-28 |
| 22. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
41.32 |
0.9852 |
0.0734 |
264 |
2 |
39.00 |
2009-03-26 |
| 23. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
41.30 |
0.9866 |
0.0675 |
218 |
1 |
41.30 |
2009-03-26 |
| 24. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
40.88 |
0.9776 |
0.0695 |
308 |
1 |
40.88 |
2009-03-26 |
| 25. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
40.57 |
0.8533 |
0.1867 |
232 |
2 |
37.48 |
2009-03-28 |
| 26. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
40.12 |
0.9857 |
0.0405 |
293 |
1 |
40.12 |
2009-03-28 |
| 27. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
39.92 |
0.8353 |
0.1942 |
283 |
1 |
39.92 |
2009-03-26 |
| 28. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
39.68 |
0.9289 |
0.0846 |
204 |
1 |
39.68 |
2009-03-28 |
| 29. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
39.54 |
1.0063 |
0.0063 |
371 |
2 |
37.97 |
2009-03-28 |
| 30. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
39.30 |
0.8956 |
0.1130 |
217 |
1 |
39.30 |
2009-03-28 |
| 31. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
38.70 |
0.9886 |
0.0043 |
220 |
1 |
38.70 |
2009-03-23 |
| 32. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
38.61 |
1.0711 |
-0.0881 |
213 |
2 |
37.34 |
2009-03-28 |
| 33. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
38.38 |
0.9221 |
0.0585 |
244 |
1 |
38.38 |
2009-03-23 |
| 34. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
37.35 |
1.0389 |
-0.0811 |
340 |
1 |
37.35 |
2009-03-28 |
| 35. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
37.29 |
0.9649 |
-0.0121 |
193 |
1 |
37.29 |
2009-03-23 |
| 36. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
37.19 |
0.9500 |
0.0035 |
362 |
2 |
35.85 |
2009-03-26 |
| 37. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
36.92 |
0.9578 |
-0.0140 |
281 |
1 |
36.92 |
2009-03-26 |
| 38. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
36.49 |
1.0034 |
-0.0718 |
302 |
1 |
36.49 |
2009-03-26 |
| 39. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
36.40 |
0.9786 |
-0.0483 |
235 |
1 |
36.40 |
2009-03-26 |
| 40. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
36.27 |
1.0419 |
-0.1145 |
261 |
1 |
36.27 |
2009-03-26 |
| 41. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
36.09 |
1.0025 |
-0.0789 |
336 |
1 |
36.09 |
2009-03-28 |
| 42. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
35.25 |
0.9941 |
-0.0955 |
217 |
1 |
35.25 |
2009-03-26 |
| 43. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
35.20 |
0.9068 |
-0.0041 |
269 |
1 |
35.20 |
2009-03-23 |
| 44. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
35.15 |
1.0197 |
-0.1242 |
226 |
1 |
35.15 |
2009-03-26 |
| 45. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
34.98 |
0.9899 |
-0.1006 |
163 |
1 |
34.98 |
2009-03-26 |
| 46. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
34.78 |
0.9769 |
-0.0902 |
263 |
1 |
34.78 |
2009-03-26 |
| 47. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
34.58 |
0.8916 |
-0.0077 |
216 |
1 |
34.58 |
2009-03-23 |
| 48. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
34.29 |
1.0016 |
-0.1301 |
218 |
1 |
34.29 |
2009-03-26 |
| 49. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
34.29 |
0.9646 |
-0.0894 |
264 |
1 |
34.29 |
2009-03-28 |
| 50. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
33.72 |
0.9763 |
-0.1155 |
289 |
1 |
33.72 |
2009-03-23 |
| 51. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
33.69 |
0.9636 |
-0.1032 |
254 |
1 |
33.69 |
2009-03-26 |
| 52. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
33.50 |
0.9986 |
-0.1424 |
283 |
1 |
33.50 |
2009-03-23 |
| 53. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
33.28 |
0.8770 |
-0.0239 |
300 |
1 |
33.28 |
2009-03-28 |
| 54. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
33.00 |
0.9811 |
-0.1358 |
272 |
1 |
33.00 |
2009-03-23 |
| 55. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
32.62 |
1.0297 |
-0.1981 |
249 |
1 |
32.62 |
2009-03-23 |
| 56. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
31.99 |
1.0214 |
-0.2103 |
166 |
1 |
31.99 |
2009-03-23 |
| 57. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
31.70 |
0.8810 |
-0.0713 |
282 |
1 |
31.70 |
2009-03-23 |
| 58. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
31.64 |
0.8105 |
-0.0074 |
204 |
1 |
31.64 |
2009-03-23 |
| 59. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
31.49 |
0.9342 |
-0.1272 |
434 |
2 |
31.48 |
2009-03-26 |
| 60. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
30.99 |
0.9691 |
-0.1791 |
223 |
1 |
30.99 |
2009-03-23 |
| 61. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
30.35 |
1.0462 |
-0.2784 |
184 |
2 |
28.45 |
2009-03-28 |
| 62. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
30.08 |
1.0523 |
-0.2897 |
256 |
1 |
30.08 |
2009-03-28 |
| 63. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
29.77 |
1.0033 |
-0.2511 |
189 |
1 |
29.77 |
2009-03-26 |
| 64. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
28.43 |
0.9275 |
-0.2066 |
211 |
1 |
28.43 |
2009-03-23 |
| 65. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
25.92 |
0.8975 |
-0.2379 |
268 |
1 |
25.92 |
2009-03-28 |