| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
61.34 |
0.9350 |
0.3639 |
195 |
2 |
56.94 |
2012-08-27 |
| 2. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
59.46 |
1.0375 |
0.2664 |
200 |
1 |
59.46 |
2012-02-25 |
| 3. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
59.27 |
1.0788 |
0.1694 |
171 |
1 |
59.27 |
2012-02-28 |
| 4. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
58.90 |
1.1022 |
0.1788 |
259 |
1 |
58.90 |
2012-08-27 |
| 5. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
56.98 |
1.0596 |
0.1432 |
239 |
1 |
56.98 |
2012-02-29 |
| 6. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
56.42 |
1.0684 |
0.1543 |
253 |
2 |
55.82 |
2012-08-27 |
| 7. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
56.23 |
0.9307 |
0.2662 |
246 |
1 |
56.23 |
2012-02-28 |
| 8. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
55.30 |
1.1068 |
0.1025 |
393 |
1 |
55.30 |
2012-02-28 |
| 9. |
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly... |
54.30 |
1.0314 |
0.1132 |
172 |
1 |
54.30 |
2012-02-28 |
| 10. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
53.63 |
1.0459 |
0.1186 |
200 |
1 |
53.63 |
2012-02-25 |
| 11. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
53.20 |
1.0725 |
0.0774 |
233 |
1 |
53.20 |
2012-02-29 |
| 12. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
53.10 |
0.9697 |
0.1525 |
249 |
2 |
46.97 |
2012-03-01 |
| 13. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
52.98 |
0.9798 |
0.1339 |
199 |
1 |
52.98 |
2012-02-29 |
| 14. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
52.84 |
1.0403 |
0.1160 |
275 |
3 |
48.91 |
2012-02-29 |
| 15. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
52.35 |
1.0316 |
0.0781 |
333 |
1 |
52.35 |
2012-02-29 |
| 16. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
52.27 |
1.0677 |
0.0669 |
284 |
1 |
52.27 |
2012-08-27 |
| 17. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
51.93 |
0.9729 |
0.1243 |
255 |
1 |
51.93 |
2012-02-29 |
| 18. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
51.60 |
0.9925 |
0.1341 |
247 |
1 |
51.60 |
2012-03-02 |
| 19. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
51.60 |
1.0673 |
0.0643 |
230 |
1 |
51.60 |
2012-03-01 |
| 20. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
51.45 |
1.0429 |
0.0424 |
259 |
2 |
48.67 |
2012-02-29 |
| 21. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
51.25 |
0.9916 |
0.1334 |
282 |
1 |
51.25 |
2012-02-25 |
| 22. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
51.15 |
1.0334 |
0.0404 |
131 |
1 |
51.15 |
2012-02-29 |
| 23. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
50.97 |
1.0529 |
0.0234 |
351 |
1 |
50.97 |
2012-02-25 |
| 24. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
50.96 |
0.9559 |
0.1230 |
195 |
1 |
50.96 |
2012-02-27 |
| 25. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
50.94 |
1.0023 |
0.0716 |
211 |
1 |
50.94 |
2012-08-27 |
| 26. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
50.89 |
0.9593 |
0.1201 |
398 |
1 |
50.89 |
2012-02-28 |
| 27. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
50.65 |
0.8935 |
0.1858 |
328 |
1 |
50.65 |
2012-08-27 |
| 28. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
50.59 |
0.9873 |
0.0783 |
155 |
1 |
50.59 |
2012-02-28 |
| 29. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
50.48 |
0.9710 |
0.0885 |
173 |
1 |
50.48 |
2012-02-29 |
| 30. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
50.41 |
1.0621 |
0.0218 |
263 |
1 |
50.41 |
2012-02-28 |
| 31. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
49.96 |
0.9997 |
0.0588 |
382 |
1 |
49.96 |
2012-02-28 |
| 32. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
49.85 |
1.0213 |
0.0280 |
240 |
1 |
49.85 |
2012-03-01 |
| 33. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
49.78 |
1.0201 |
0.0313 |
303 |
2 |
48.69 |
2012-02-29 |
| 34. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
49.67 |
1.0320 |
0.0540 |
293 |
1 |
49.67 |
2012-02-29 |
| 35. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
49.61 |
1.0218 |
0.0227 |
268 |
2 |
44.20 |
2012-02-29 |
| 36. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
49.53 |
0.9266 |
0.1209 |
278 |
1 |
49.53 |
2012-02-25 |
| 37. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
49.43 |
0.9461 |
0.0936 |
193 |
2 |
46.65 |
2012-08-27 |
| 38. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
49.39 |
0.9938 |
0.0497 |
339 |
1 |
49.39 |
2012-02-25 |
| 39. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
49.22 |
1.0608 |
0.0115 |
258 |
1 |
49.22 |
2012-02-25 |
| 40. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
49.14 |
0.9897 |
0.0453 |
274 |
1 |
49.14 |
2012-02-29 |
| 41. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
49.01 |
1.0885 |
-0.0190 |
341 |
1 |
49.01 |
2012-08-27 |
| 42. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
48.95 |
1.0419 |
-0.0086 |
261 |
1 |
48.95 |
2012-02-28 |
| 43. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
48.67 |
1.0444 |
-0.0237 |
197 |
1 |
48.67 |
2012-02-25 |
| 44. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
48.59 |
0.9464 |
0.0843 |
323 |
1 |
48.59 |
2012-02-27 |
| 45. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
48.58 |
0.9364 |
0.1291 |
351 |
1 |
48.58 |
2012-08-27 |
| 46. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
48.36 |
0.9726 |
0.0417 |
154 |
2 |
48.06 |
2012-02-29 |
| 47. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
48.23 |
0.9430 |
0.0720 |
227 |
1 |
48.23 |
2012-02-29 |
| 48. |
Grits and fried chicken won't disappear, but perhaps future ... |
48.04 |
0.8884 |
0.1260 |
135 |
1 |
48.04 |
2012-08-27 |
| 49. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
47.96 |
0.9820 |
0.0329 |
267 |
1 |
47.96 |
2012-02-28 |
| 50. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
47.70 |
0.9500 |
0.0588 |
362 |
1 |
47.70 |
2012-02-29 |
| 51. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
47.45 |
1.0232 |
0.0136 |
236 |
1 |
47.45 |
2012-02-28 |
| 52. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
47.18 |
0.9884 |
0.0062 |
233 |
1 |
47.18 |
2012-02-29 |
| 53. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
47.06 |
1.0361 |
-0.0422 |
269 |
2 |
45.70 |
2012-02-28 |
| 54. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
47.01 |
1.0090 |
0.0266 |
282 |
1 |
47.01 |
2012-02-28 |
| 55. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
47.00 |
1.0385 |
-0.0487 |
230 |
1 |
47.00 |
2012-02-29 |
| 56. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
46.38 |
1.0270 |
-0.0127 |
255 |
2 |
42.57 |
2012-02-29 |
| 57. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
46.25 |
0.9636 |
0.0119 |
254 |
1 |
46.25 |
2012-02-28 |
| 58. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
46.21 |
0.9583 |
0.0601 |
341 |
2 |
42.36 |
2012-08-27 |
| 59. |
Races are not won in the first corner; however, they are oft... |
46.18 |
0.9582 |
0.0174 |
259 |
1 |
46.18 |
2012-02-25 |
| 60. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
45.93 |
1.0907 |
-0.1193 |
303 |
1 |
45.93 |
2012-02-28 |
| 61. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
45.90 |
1.0943 |
-0.0936 |
206 |
1 |
45.90 |
2012-02-29 |
| 62. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
45.88 |
0.8899 |
0.0889 |
293 |
1 |
45.88 |
2012-02-29 |
| 63. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
45.71 |
1.0390 |
-0.0788 |
205 |
3 |
44.37 |
2012-02-29 |
| 64. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
45.34 |
0.9612 |
-0.0051 |
256 |
1 |
45.34 |
2012-03-02 |
| 65. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
45.30 |
1.0398 |
-0.0950 |
110 |
1 |
45.30 |
2012-02-28 |
| 66. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
45.26 |
0.9653 |
-0.0026 |
394 |
1 |
45.26 |
2012-02-29 |
| 67. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
45.15 |
0.8915 |
0.0595 |
188 |
1 |
45.15 |
2012-02-28 |
| 68. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
44.97 |
1.0368 |
-0.0877 |
276 |
1 |
44.97 |
2012-02-29 |
| 69. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
44.61 |
0.9646 |
-0.0250 |
264 |
1 |
44.61 |
2012-02-25 |
| 70. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
44.52 |
0.9072 |
0.0297 |
237 |
1 |
44.52 |
2012-02-25 |
| 71. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
43.87 |
0.9216 |
0.0420 |
255 |
1 |
43.87 |
2012-02-25 |
| 72. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
43.53 |
0.9946 |
-0.0774 |
246 |
1 |
43.53 |
2012-02-28 |
| 73. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
43.52 |
0.9893 |
-0.0720 |
323 |
1 |
43.52 |
2012-02-29 |
| 74. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
43.48 |
0.9811 |
-0.0620 |
272 |
1 |
43.48 |
2012-08-27 |
| 75. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
43.33 |
1.0477 |
-0.1321 |
360 |
1 |
43.33 |
2012-02-25 |
| 76. |
At the very end of these food chains (which is to say, at th... |
43.31 |
0.8202 |
0.0898 |
178 |
1 |
43.31 |
2012-02-25 |
| 77. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
43.11 |
0.8890 |
0.0159 |
199 |
1 |
43.11 |
2012-03-02 |
| 78. |
The label doesn't mention that that rib-eye steak came from ... |
43.07 |
0.7731 |
0.1365 |
145 |
1 |
43.07 |
2012-02-25 |
| 79. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
43.00 |
0.9468 |
-0.0412 |
276 |
1 |
43.00 |
2012-03-01 |
| 80. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
42.77 |
0.9263 |
-0.0216 |
188 |
1 |
42.77 |
2012-02-28 |
| 81. |
Ultimately, this is not about solving your problems. It's ab... |
42.70 |
1.0604 |
-0.1274 |
260 |
1 |
42.70 |
2012-02-25 |
| 82. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
42.66 |
1.0399 |
-0.1359 |
294 |
1 |
42.66 |
2012-02-25 |
| 83. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
42.49 |
0.9461 |
-0.0511 |
276 |
1 |
42.49 |
2012-02-28 |
| 84. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
42.36 |
0.8919 |
-0.0012 |
205 |
1 |
42.36 |
2012-08-27 |
| 85. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
42.14 |
0.8996 |
-0.0174 |
192 |
2 |
38.28 |
2012-08-27 |
| 86. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
42.12 |
0.9429 |
-0.0543 |
287 |
1 |
42.12 |
2012-02-25 |
| 87. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
41.92 |
0.9670 |
-0.0419 |
307 |
2 |
39.60 |
2012-02-29 |
| 88. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
41.80 |
0.8353 |
0.0527 |
283 |
1 |
41.80 |
2012-02-29 |
| 89. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
41.78 |
0.8520 |
0.0289 |
202 |
1 |
41.78 |
2012-08-27 |
| 90. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
41.61 |
0.9509 |
-0.0361 |
225 |
1 |
41.61 |
2012-02-28 |
| 91. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
41.58 |
1.0696 |
-0.1973 |
226 |
1 |
41.58 |
2012-02-29 |
| 92. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
41.57 |
0.8753 |
0.0094 |
427 |
1 |
41.57 |
2012-03-01 |
| 93. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
41.52 |
0.9665 |
-0.0427 |
326 |
1 |
41.52 |
2012-02-28 |
| 94. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
41.39 |
0.8096 |
0.0700 |
209 |
1 |
41.39 |
2012-03-02 |
| 95. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
41.31 |
1.0125 |
-0.1448 |
224 |
1 |
41.31 |
2012-02-28 |
| 96. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
40.84 |
0.9221 |
-0.0637 |
244 |
1 |
40.84 |
2012-02-28 |
| 97. |
While it may hold true that the final few seconds of a bike ... |
40.64 |
0.8341 |
0.0301 |
224 |
2 |
35.92 |
2012-02-28 |
| 98. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
40.41 |
1.0183 |
-0.1732 |
191 |
1 |
40.41 |
2012-02-28 |
| 99. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
40.35 |
0.9780 |
-0.1275 |
337 |
2 |
38.84 |
2012-03-03 |
| 100. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
40.10 |
0.9023 |
-0.0154 |
231 |
1 |
40.10 |
2012-02-29 |
| 101. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
40.00 |
1.0666 |
-0.2245 |
297 |
1 |
40.00 |
2012-02-25 |
| 102. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
39.73 |
0.9168 |
-0.0793 |
240 |
1 |
39.73 |
2012-09-16 |
| 103. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
39.43 |
0.9162 |
-0.0860 |
165 |
1 |
39.43 |
2012-02-28 |
| 104. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
39.21 |
0.8670 |
-0.0365 |
318 |
1 |
39.21 |
2012-02-27 |
| 105. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
38.83 |
1.0292 |
-0.2135 |
262 |
1 |
38.83 |
2012-02-25 |
| 106. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
38.68 |
1.0993 |
-0.2876 |
265 |
1 |
38.68 |
2012-02-28 |
| 107. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
38.63 |
0.8961 |
-0.0868 |
189 |
1 |
38.63 |
2012-02-28 |
| 108. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
38.34 |
0.9668 |
-0.1177 |
383 |
1 |
38.34 |
2012-02-28 |
| 109. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
38.11 |
0.9886 |
-0.1845 |
220 |
1 |
38.11 |
2012-02-29 |
| 110. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
29.24 |
0.8553 |
-0.2484 |
174 |
1 |
29.24 |
2012-02-25 |