| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
60.86 |
0.9325 |
0.5376 |
156 |
1 |
60.86 |
2010-01-29 |
| 2. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
55.89 |
0.8910 |
0.4658 |
150 |
1 |
55.89 |
2010-01-23 |
| 3. |
As civilizations grew, humans spread out across the face of ... |
51.11 |
0.9418 |
0.3019 |
188 |
1 |
51.11 |
2010-01-22 |
| 4. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
50.25 |
1.0529 |
0.1641 |
351 |
1 |
50.25 |
2010-07-20 |
| 5. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
49.76 |
0.9221 |
0.2815 |
244 |
1 |
49.76 |
2010-01-26 |
| 6. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
49.69 |
1.0711 |
0.1272 |
213 |
2 |
46.55 |
2010-06-29 |
| 7. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
48.72 |
1.0251 |
0.1523 |
261 |
1 |
48.72 |
2010-01-29 |
| 8. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
48.18 |
0.9278 |
0.2413 |
295 |
1 |
48.18 |
2010-01-29 |
| 9. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
47.69 |
0.9946 |
0.1596 |
246 |
1 |
47.69 |
2010-02-10 |
| 10. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
47.05 |
0.9710 |
0.1612 |
173 |
1 |
47.05 |
2010-01-23 |
| 11. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
46.77 |
0.9340 |
0.1977 |
296 |
1 |
46.77 |
2010-08-01 |
| 12. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
46.30 |
1.0483 |
0.0691 |
227 |
2 |
41.67 |
2010-01-30 |
| 13. |
The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kiddin... |
45.87 |
0.9063 |
0.2116 |
239 |
1 |
45.87 |
2010-01-26 |
| 14. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
45.87 |
1.0487 |
0.0562 |
231 |
1 |
45.87 |
2010-01-24 |
| 15. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
45.26 |
0.9430 |
0.1446 |
211 |
1 |
45.26 |
2010-01-30 |
| 16. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
45.24 |
1.0462 |
0.0421 |
184 |
1 |
45.24 |
2010-02-06 |
| 17. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
45.07 |
0.9866 |
0.1000 |
218 |
1 |
45.07 |
2010-08-04 |
| 18. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
44.96 |
1.0787 |
0.0076 |
237 |
1 |
44.96 |
2010-02-12 |
| 19. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
44.82 |
1.0034 |
0.0793 |
302 |
1 |
44.82 |
2010-02-06 |
| 20. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
44.71 |
1.0390 |
0.0387 |
205 |
2 |
39.68 |
2010-02-10 |
| 21. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
44.65 |
1.0004 |
0.0735 |
212 |
1 |
44.65 |
2010-01-19 |
| 22. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
44.57 |
1.0797 |
-0.0073 |
210 |
1 |
44.57 |
2010-08-10 |
| 23. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
44.04 |
1.0669 |
0.0305 |
286 |
1 |
44.04 |
2010-01-22 |
| 24. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
43.99 |
0.8956 |
0.1708 |
217 |
1 |
43.99 |
2010-02-28 |
| 25. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
43.92 |
0.9936 |
0.0682 |
311 |
1 |
43.92 |
2010-08-01 |
| 26. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
43.87 |
0.8773 |
0.1871 |
205 |
1 |
43.87 |
2010-01-26 |
| 27. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
43.68 |
1.0125 |
0.0415 |
224 |
1 |
43.68 |
2010-02-11 |
| 28. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
43.59 |
0.8915 |
0.1615 |
188 |
1 |
43.59 |
2010-01-28 |
| 29. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
43.47 |
1.0013 |
0.0489 |
273 |
1 |
43.47 |
2010-02-10 |
| 30. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
43.44 |
1.0799 |
-0.0332 |
243 |
2 |
42.20 |
2010-01-19 |
| 31. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
43.27 |
1.0270 |
0.0552 |
255 |
2 |
40.82 |
2010-02-09 |
| 32. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
42.93 |
0.9976 |
0.0605 |
174 |
2 |
39.58 |
2010-02-08 |
| 33. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
42.92 |
1.0261 |
0.0097 |
273 |
1 |
42.92 |
2010-02-28 |
| 34. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
42.87 |
1.0232 |
0.0591 |
350 |
3 |
40.34 |
2010-01-30 |
| 35. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
42.82 |
1.0292 |
0.0047 |
262 |
1 |
42.82 |
2010-01-28 |
| 36. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
42.68 |
0.9991 |
0.0332 |
225 |
1 |
42.68 |
2010-02-08 |
| 37. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
42.64 |
1.0201 |
0.0111 |
303 |
1 |
42.64 |
2010-02-11 |
| 38. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
42.63 |
1.0062 |
0.0244 |
288 |
1 |
42.63 |
2010-02-05 |
| 39. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
42.54 |
0.9886 |
0.0423 |
220 |
1 |
42.54 |
2010-01-22 |
| 40. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
42.54 |
1.0515 |
-0.0250 |
250 |
1 |
42.54 |
2010-01-26 |
| 41. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
42.44 |
1.0528 |
-0.0319 |
201 |
1 |
42.44 |
2010-01-30 |
| 42. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
42.43 |
0.9514 |
0.0746 |
237 |
1 |
42.43 |
2010-02-12 |
| 43. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
42.02 |
0.9711 |
0.0433 |
176 |
1 |
42.02 |
2010-01-30 |
| 44. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
42.00 |
0.9798 |
0.0296 |
199 |
2 |
41.67 |
2010-01-23 |
| 45. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
41.98 |
1.0389 |
-0.0219 |
340 |
1 |
41.98 |
2010-01-17 |
| 46. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
41.87 |
1.1016 |
-0.0895 |
233 |
1 |
41.87 |
2010-02-08 |
| 47. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
41.78 |
0.9682 |
0.0396 |
143 |
1 |
41.78 |
2010-01-29 |
| 48. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
41.72 |
0.9724 |
0.0395 |
237 |
1 |
41.72 |
2010-02-05 |
| 49. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
41.58 |
0.9910 |
0.0158 |
295 |
1 |
41.58 |
2010-02-05 |
| 50. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
41.46 |
1.0740 |
-0.0338 |
264 |
1 |
41.46 |
2010-01-25 |
| 51. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
41.43 |
0.9723 |
0.0326 |
364 |
1 |
41.43 |
2010-02-08 |
| 52. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
41.32 |
1.0213 |
-0.0260 |
240 |
1 |
41.32 |
2010-01-24 |
| 53. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
41.24 |
0.9670 |
0.0716 |
307 |
1 |
41.24 |
2010-02-06 |
| 54. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
41.07 |
0.9964 |
-0.0039 |
203 |
1 |
41.07 |
2010-01-26 |
| 55. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
41.05 |
1.0385 |
-0.0484 |
230 |
1 |
41.05 |
2010-01-26 |
| 56. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
40.98 |
0.9430 |
0.0501 |
297 |
1 |
40.98 |
2010-01-25 |
| 57. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
40.97 |
0.8731 |
0.1238 |
199 |
1 |
40.97 |
2010-01-23 |
| 58. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
40.66 |
0.9965 |
-0.0190 |
168 |
1 |
40.66 |
2010-01-26 |
| 59. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
40.58 |
1.0197 |
-0.0422 |
226 |
1 |
40.58 |
2010-01-14 |
| 60. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
40.39 |
1.0419 |
-0.0662 |
261 |
1 |
40.39 |
2010-01-19 |
| 61. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
40.35 |
0.9786 |
-0.0044 |
235 |
1 |
40.35 |
2010-02-09 |
| 62. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
40.26 |
0.8900 |
0.0837 |
164 |
1 |
40.26 |
2010-01-14 |
| 63. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
40.21 |
1.0506 |
-0.0505 |
277 |
3 |
37.98 |
2010-02-09 |
| 64. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
40.10 |
0.9763 |
-0.0082 |
289 |
1 |
40.10 |
2010-01-23 |
| 65. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
39.97 |
0.9532 |
0.0109 |
258 |
1 |
39.97 |
2010-02-10 |
| 66. |
Grits and fried chicken won't disappear, but perhaps future ... |
39.70 |
0.8884 |
0.0710 |
135 |
1 |
39.70 |
2010-08-23 |
| 67. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
39.63 |
0.9567 |
0.0426 |
184 |
1 |
39.63 |
2010-01-29 |
| 68. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
39.40 |
1.0117 |
-0.0154 |
297 |
2 |
36.47 |
2010-08-10 |
| 69. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
39.04 |
1.0016 |
-0.0635 |
218 |
2 |
37.08 |
2010-02-12 |
| 70. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
39.02 |
0.9916 |
-0.0068 |
282 |
1 |
39.02 |
2010-01-29 |
| 71. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
38.83 |
0.9072 |
0.0286 |
237 |
1 |
38.83 |
2010-01-25 |
| 72. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
38.33 |
0.8811 |
0.0488 |
239 |
2 |
37.26 |
2010-01-17 |
| 73. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
38.26 |
1.0714 |
-0.1567 |
129 |
1 |
38.26 |
2010-01-30 |
| 74. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
38.14 |
0.9527 |
-0.0321 |
251 |
1 |
38.14 |
2010-08-04 |
| 75. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
37.96 |
0.9045 |
0.0120 |
235 |
1 |
37.96 |
2010-01-24 |
| 76. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
37.74 |
0.9468 |
-0.0364 |
276 |
2 |
35.25 |
2010-01-28 |
| 77. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
37.62 |
0.9795 |
-0.0716 |
308 |
1 |
37.62 |
2010-01-19 |
| 78. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
37.29 |
0.9697 |
-0.0697 |
249 |
1 |
37.29 |
2010-01-28 |
| 79. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
36.99 |
1.0083 |
-0.0717 |
273 |
1 |
36.99 |
2010-07-04 |
| 80. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
36.72 |
1.0131 |
-0.1311 |
225 |
1 |
36.72 |
2010-01-19 |
| 81. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
36.64 |
0.9908 |
-0.0610 |
342 |
1 |
36.64 |
2010-01-26 |
| 82. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
36.47 |
1.0796 |
-0.2046 |
129 |
1 |
36.47 |
2010-02-23 |
| 83. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
36.39 |
0.9768 |
-0.0964 |
387 |
1 |
36.39 |
2010-01-28 |
| 84. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
36.06 |
0.8878 |
-0.0183 |
346 |
1 |
36.06 |
2010-02-23 |
| 85. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
35.94 |
1.0150 |
-0.0992 |
325 |
1 |
35.94 |
2010-07-15 |
| 86. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
35.91 |
0.8852 |
-0.0170 |
201 |
1 |
35.91 |
2010-01-25 |
| 87. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
35.57 |
1.0516 |
-0.1943 |
281 |
1 |
35.57 |
2010-01-23 |
| 88. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
35.22 |
0.9485 |
-0.0969 |
291 |
1 |
35.22 |
2010-01-23 |
| 89. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
34.85 |
0.9212 |
-0.0778 |
323 |
1 |
34.85 |
2010-01-14 |
| 90. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
34.64 |
0.9665 |
-0.0822 |
326 |
1 |
34.64 |
2010-02-07 |
| 91. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
34.33 |
0.9429 |
-0.1142 |
287 |
1 |
34.33 |
2010-01-19 |
| 92. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
34.23 |
0.8382 |
-0.0128 |
268 |
1 |
34.23 |
2010-07-15 |
| 93. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
33.99 |
0.9572 |
-0.0950 |
376 |
1 |
33.99 |
2010-02-07 |
| 94. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
33.98 |
0.9068 |
-0.0850 |
269 |
1 |
33.98 |
2010-01-26 |
| 95. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
33.42 |
0.8353 |
-0.0227 |
283 |
1 |
33.42 |
2010-02-07 |
| 96. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
33.31 |
0.8971 |
-0.0894 |
266 |
1 |
33.31 |
2010-01-17 |
| 97. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
33.25 |
0.9855 |
-0.1512 |
258 |
1 |
33.25 |
2010-07-31 |
| 98. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
33.19 |
0.9633 |
-0.1616 |
304 |
1 |
33.19 |
2010-02-11 |
| 99. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
33.03 |
0.9168 |
-0.1199 |
240 |
1 |
33.03 |
2010-02-09 |
| 100. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
32.57 |
0.9672 |
-0.1764 |
396 |
1 |
32.57 |
2010-07-11 |
| 101. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
31.55 |
0.8105 |
-0.0555 |
204 |
1 |
31.55 |
2010-02-06 |
| 102. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
30.57 |
1.0252 |
-0.2963 |
176 |
1 |
30.57 |
2010-01-23 |
| 103. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
29.40 |
0.9769 |
-0.2723 |
263 |
1 |
29.40 |
2010-07-15 |
| 104. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
28.72 |
0.9216 |
-0.1926 |
255 |
1 |
28.72 |
2010-07-04 |