| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
63.89 |
1.0608 |
0.2299 |
258 |
1 |
63.89 |
2010-05-28 |
| 2. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
62.99 |
0.9865 |
0.2541 |
276 |
1 |
62.99 |
2010-06-02 |
| 3. |
When the green lights came on, pedestrians skirted or jumped... |
62.29 |
0.8297 |
0.3845 |
103 |
1 |
62.29 |
2010-08-14 |
| 4. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
62.02 |
0.8666 |
0.3565 |
150 |
1 |
62.02 |
2010-08-14 |
| 5. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
60.42 |
0.8311 |
0.3516 |
124 |
2 |
51.09 |
2010-08-14 |
| 6. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
60.00 |
1.0941 |
0.1172 |
256 |
1 |
60.00 |
2010-05-27 |
| 7. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
58.95 |
1.0429 |
0.1148 |
259 |
1 |
58.95 |
2012-09-27 |
| 8. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
58.47 |
0.9893 |
0.1604 |
323 |
1 |
58.47 |
2010-10-08 |
| 9. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
58.29 |
0.9411 |
0.2058 |
318 |
1 |
58.29 |
2010-05-28 |
| 10. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
57.84 |
1.0023 |
0.1329 |
211 |
2 |
57.71 |
2010-08-13 |
| 11. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
57.62 |
0.8867 |
0.2520 |
163 |
1 |
57.62 |
2010-08-14 |
| 12. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
57.43 |
1.0419 |
0.0870 |
261 |
1 |
57.43 |
2010-11-09 |
| 13. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
57.41 |
1.0073 |
0.1289 |
369 |
1 |
57.41 |
2010-11-09 |
| 14. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
57.31 |
1.0296 |
0.1032 |
437 |
1 |
57.31 |
2010-11-05 |
| 15. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
57.20 |
0.9758 |
0.1492 |
314 |
1 |
57.20 |
2010-05-27 |
| 16. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
57.18 |
0.9965 |
0.1226 |
168 |
1 |
57.18 |
2010-10-08 |
| 17. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
56.09 |
1.0944 |
0.0526 |
308 |
1 |
56.09 |
2010-05-27 |
| 18. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
55.94 |
1.0993 |
-0.0021 |
265 |
1 |
55.94 |
2010-10-08 |
| 19. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
55.62 |
1.0034 |
0.0882 |
302 |
1 |
55.62 |
2010-08-13 |
| 20. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
54.75 |
0.8845 |
0.1917 |
273 |
1 |
54.75 |
2010-05-28 |
| 21. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
54.58 |
1.0138 |
0.0581 |
231 |
1 |
54.58 |
2010-10-08 |
| 22. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
54.27 |
1.0426 |
0.0228 |
323 |
1 |
54.27 |
2010-05-27 |
| 23. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
54.15 |
0.9786 |
0.0845 |
235 |
2 |
50.29 |
2010-05-28 |
| 24. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
54.15 |
0.9540 |
0.1078 |
285 |
1 |
54.15 |
2010-05-27 |
| 25. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
54.13 |
0.8811 |
0.1871 |
239 |
1 |
54.13 |
2010-05-27 |
| 26. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
53.94 |
1.0799 |
-0.0239 |
243 |
1 |
53.94 |
2010-08-13 |
| 27. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
53.70 |
1.0016 |
0.0485 |
218 |
1 |
53.70 |
2010-08-23 |
| 28. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
53.37 |
1.0063 |
0.0424 |
371 |
1 |
53.37 |
2010-05-27 |
| 29. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
52.77 |
0.9852 |
0.0512 |
264 |
1 |
52.77 |
2010-05-27 |
| 30. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
52.64 |
0.9068 |
0.1254 |
225 |
1 |
52.64 |
2010-05-27 |
| 31. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
52.63 |
0.9871 |
0.0825 |
209 |
1 |
52.63 |
2010-08-14 |
| 32. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
52.56 |
0.9614 |
0.0737 |
292 |
1 |
52.56 |
2010-11-09 |
| 33. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
52.30 |
1.0403 |
0.0266 |
275 |
1 |
52.30 |
2010-08-13 |
| 34. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
52.22 |
1.0349 |
-0.0102 |
234 |
1 |
52.22 |
2010-05-27 |
| 35. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
52.03 |
1.1016 |
-0.0800 |
233 |
1 |
52.03 |
2010-08-13 |
| 36. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
51.59 |
0.9763 |
0.0362 |
289 |
1 |
51.59 |
2010-06-02 |
| 37. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
51.36 |
1.0763 |
-0.0266 |
367 |
1 |
51.36 |
2010-06-02 |
| 38. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
51.20 |
0.8154 |
0.1917 |
193 |
1 |
51.20 |
2010-05-28 |
| 39. |
Wood and other fibrous material is mixed with liquid and mas... |
50.92 |
0.8906 |
0.1135 |
238 |
1 |
50.92 |
2010-08-13 |
| 40. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
50.90 |
0.9769 |
0.0201 |
263 |
1 |
50.90 |
2010-05-27 |
| 41. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
50.78 |
0.9097 |
0.0875 |
153 |
1 |
50.78 |
2010-05-28 |
| 42. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
50.32 |
0.8791 |
0.1080 |
190 |
1 |
50.32 |
2010-05-28 |
| 43. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
49.62 |
1.0004 |
-0.0327 |
212 |
1 |
49.62 |
2010-11-09 |
| 44. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
49.58 |
1.0577 |
-0.0884 |
247 |
1 |
49.58 |
2010-10-08 |
| 45. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
48.89 |
0.8947 |
0.0691 |
366 |
1 |
48.89 |
2010-05-27 |
| 46. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
48.79 |
0.9943 |
-0.0337 |
373 |
1 |
48.79 |
2010-08-13 |
| 47. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
48.66 |
0.8787 |
0.0807 |
202 |
1 |
48.66 |
2010-08-13 |
| 48. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
48.48 |
0.9353 |
0.0118 |
177 |
1 |
48.48 |
2010-08-14 |
| 49. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
48.00 |
0.9814 |
-0.0005 |
364 |
1 |
48.00 |
2010-08-23 |
| 50. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
47.50 |
0.8353 |
0.1037 |
283 |
1 |
47.50 |
2012-09-27 |
| 51. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
47.37 |
0.9649 |
-0.0370 |
193 |
1 |
47.37 |
2010-05-27 |
| 52. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
47.09 |
1.0463 |
-0.1274 |
182 |
1 |
47.09 |
2010-08-23 |
| 53. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
46.99 |
0.9212 |
0.0043 |
231 |
1 |
46.99 |
2010-05-27 |
| 54. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
46.74 |
1.0168 |
-0.0992 |
271 |
1 |
46.74 |
2010-11-09 |
| 55. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
46.63 |
0.9857 |
-0.0724 |
293 |
1 |
46.63 |
2010-05-27 |
| 56. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
46.46 |
0.9631 |
-0.0011 |
345 |
1 |
46.46 |
2010-05-27 |
| 57. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
46.30 |
0.9514 |
-0.0435 |
237 |
1 |
46.30 |
2010-05-28 |
| 58. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
45.85 |
1.0621 |
-0.1441 |
263 |
1 |
45.85 |
2010-05-27 |
| 59. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
45.79 |
0.9187 |
-0.0306 |
118 |
1 |
45.79 |
2010-08-14 |
| 60. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
44.03 |
0.8700 |
-0.0077 |
127 |
1 |
44.03 |
2010-08-14 |
| 61. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
44.00 |
0.9342 |
-0.0688 |
434 |
1 |
44.00 |
2010-05-27 |
| 62. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
43.70 |
0.8105 |
0.0411 |
204 |
1 |
43.70 |
2010-05-27 |
| 63. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
43.62 |
0.9597 |
-0.1013 |
347 |
1 |
43.62 |
2010-05-27 |
| 64. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
43.49 |
0.9529 |
-0.0607 |
269 |
1 |
43.49 |
2010-05-28 |
| 65. |
The label doesn't mention that that rib-eye steak came from ... |
43.30 |
0.7731 |
0.0770 |
145 |
1 |
43.30 |
2010-08-14 |
| 66. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
42.43 |
0.9309 |
-0.1020 |
284 |
1 |
42.43 |
2010-05-27 |
| 67. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
42.28 |
0.9461 |
-0.1183 |
276 |
1 |
42.28 |
2010-11-09 |
| 68. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
39.62 |
1.0331 |
-0.2604 |
234 |
1 |
39.62 |
2010-05-28 |
| 69. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
33.25 |
0.8910 |
-0.2411 |
150 |
1 |
33.25 |
2010-08-14 |
| 70. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
33.23 |
1.0768 |
-0.3889 |
295 |
1 |
33.23 |
2010-11-09 |
| 71. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
30.60 |
0.9908 |
-0.3496 |
342 |
1 |
30.60 |
2010-08-14 |
| 72. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
26.68 |
1.0151 |
-0.5056 |
152 |
1 |
26.68 |
2010-08-13 |
| 73. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
25.04 |
0.8958 |
-0.4062 |
322 |
1 |
25.04 |
2010-08-13 |