| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
70.84 |
1.0252 |
0.2413 |
176 |
2 |
68.68 |
2015-09-26 |
| 2. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
67.88 |
1.0905 |
0.1606 |
210 |
2 |
60.99 |
2015-09-20 |
| 3. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
64.32 |
1.0292 |
0.1240 |
262 |
1 |
64.32 |
2012-03-07 |
| 4. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
63.78 |
1.0197 |
0.1222 |
226 |
1 |
63.78 |
2015-09-22 |
| 5. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
63.49 |
0.9622 |
0.1834 |
392 |
1 |
63.49 |
2015-09-22 |
| 6. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
63.09 |
1.0389 |
0.0951 |
318 |
1 |
63.09 |
2012-03-16 |
| 7. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
62.96 |
1.0352 |
0.0970 |
341 |
1 |
62.96 |
2012-03-16 |
| 8. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
62.66 |
0.9897 |
0.1325 |
274 |
1 |
62.66 |
2015-09-26 |
| 9. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
61.94 |
1.0095 |
0.1009 |
316 |
1 |
61.94 |
2012-03-16 |
| 10. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
61.62 |
1.0598 |
0.0402 |
196 |
1 |
61.62 |
2012-03-07 |
| 11. |
Dear Mr. Vernon, We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice... |
61.44 |
0.9575 |
0.1584 |
491 |
1 |
61.44 |
2015-09-26 |
| 12. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
61.12 |
0.9619 |
0.1397 |
393 |
1 |
61.12 |
2015-09-26 |
| 13. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
61.04 |
1.0389 |
0.0584 |
340 |
1 |
61.04 |
2012-03-16 |
| 14. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
60.96 |
1.0214 |
0.1149 |
281 |
1 |
60.96 |
2012-03-16 |
| 15. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
60.95 |
1.0565 |
0.0342 |
247 |
1 |
60.95 |
2012-03-07 |
| 16. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
60.83 |
1.0477 |
0.0460 |
360 |
1 |
60.83 |
2012-03-16 |
| 17. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
60.15 |
1.0515 |
0.0196 |
166 |
1 |
60.15 |
2012-03-16 |
| 18. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
59.66 |
0.8723 |
0.1939 |
185 |
1 |
59.66 |
2012-03-02 |
| 19. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
59.18 |
0.8852 |
0.1782 |
201 |
2 |
52.87 |
2012-03-16 |
| 20. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
59.09 |
1.0615 |
0.0231 |
305 |
1 |
59.09 |
2012-03-16 |
| 21. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
59.02 |
1.0083 |
0.0943 |
273 |
1 |
59.02 |
2012-03-07 |
| 22. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
58.72 |
0.9636 |
0.0891 |
254 |
2 |
57.23 |
2012-03-16 |
| 23. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
58.71 |
1.0218 |
0.0280 |
268 |
1 |
58.71 |
2012-03-07 |
| 24. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
58.46 |
0.9894 |
0.0632 |
323 |
1 |
58.46 |
2012-03-07 |
| 25. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
58.28 |
1.0125 |
0.0702 |
413 |
1 |
58.28 |
2012-03-16 |
| 26. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
58.22 |
0.9651 |
0.1145 |
389 |
1 |
58.22 |
2012-03-07 |
| 27. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
58.20 |
0.9532 |
0.0892 |
258 |
1 |
58.20 |
2012-03-16 |
| 28. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
58.08 |
1.0829 |
-0.0401 |
288 |
1 |
58.08 |
2012-03-02 |
| 29. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
58.00 |
1.0296 |
0.0165 |
437 |
1 |
58.00 |
2012-03-02 |
| 30. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
57.98 |
0.9964 |
0.0430 |
203 |
1 |
57.98 |
2012-03-02 |
| 31. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
57.97 |
1.0013 |
0.0373 |
273 |
2 |
57.80 |
2012-03-16 |
| 32. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
57.90 |
1.0189 |
0.0225 |
337 |
1 |
57.90 |
2012-03-16 |
| 33. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
57.50 |
1.0677 |
-0.0063 |
284 |
1 |
57.50 |
2015-09-22 |
| 34. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
57.15 |
0.9871 |
0.0596 |
227 |
1 |
57.15 |
2012-03-16 |
| 35. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
56.88 |
1.0390 |
-0.0231 |
205 |
2 |
51.31 |
2012-03-16 |
| 36. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
56.72 |
1.0385 |
-0.0235 |
230 |
1 |
56.72 |
2012-03-16 |
| 37. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
56.52 |
0.9865 |
0.0277 |
276 |
1 |
56.52 |
2012-03-16 |
| 38. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
56.52 |
0.9527 |
0.0602 |
251 |
1 |
56.52 |
2012-03-16 |
| 39. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
56.31 |
1.0214 |
-0.0176 |
166 |
1 |
56.31 |
2012-03-16 |
| 40. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
56.24 |
1.0375 |
0.0166 |
200 |
1 |
56.24 |
2012-03-16 |
| 41. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
56.17 |
0.9734 |
0.0329 |
289 |
1 |
56.17 |
2012-03-16 |
| 42. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
55.72 |
0.9233 |
0.0672 |
168 |
2 |
53.18 |
2012-03-07 |
| 43. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
55.57 |
0.9687 |
0.0318 |
371 |
1 |
55.57 |
2012-03-07 |
| 44. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
55.54 |
1.0073 |
-0.0043 |
369 |
1 |
55.54 |
2012-03-16 |
| 45. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
55.02 |
1.1323 |
-0.1130 |
341 |
1 |
55.02 |
2012-03-07 |
| 46. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
54.79 |
0.9097 |
0.0724 |
153 |
1 |
54.79 |
2012-03-02 |
| 47. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
54.59 |
1.0090 |
0.0127 |
282 |
1 |
54.59 |
2012-03-16 |
| 48. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
54.23 |
0.9368 |
0.0355 |
173 |
1 |
54.23 |
2012-03-16 |
| 49. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
54.23 |
0.9820 |
-0.0102 |
274 |
1 |
54.23 |
2012-03-02 |
| 50. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
54.17 |
0.9846 |
-0.0153 |
281 |
1 |
54.17 |
2012-03-02 |
| 51. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
54.15 |
1.0441 |
-0.0327 |
316 |
1 |
54.15 |
2015-09-22 |
| 52. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
53.85 |
0.9513 |
0.0170 |
354 |
1 |
53.85 |
2012-03-07 |
| 53. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
53.67 |
0.9593 |
0.0067 |
398 |
1 |
53.67 |
2012-03-16 |
| 54. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
53.58 |
0.9572 |
0.0454 |
376 |
1 |
53.58 |
2012-03-16 |
| 55. |
How many times have you seen the leader of a race have a mec... |
53.49 |
1.0155 |
-0.0563 |
232 |
1 |
53.49 |
2012-03-02 |
| 56. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
53.41 |
0.9157 |
0.0458 |
350 |
1 |
53.41 |
2012-03-07 |
| 57. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
53.22 |
0.9005 |
0.0511 |
212 |
2 |
50.33 |
2015-09-26 |
| 58. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
53.20 |
0.9710 |
-0.0246 |
173 |
1 |
53.20 |
2015-09-22 |
| 59. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
53.17 |
1.0799 |
-0.1312 |
243 |
1 |
53.17 |
2012-03-02 |
| 60. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
53.16 |
0.9814 |
0.0101 |
364 |
1 |
53.16 |
2012-03-16 |
| 61. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
53.08 |
1.0120 |
-0.0622 |
290 |
2 |
52.66 |
2012-03-16 |
| 62. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
53.05 |
1.0528 |
-0.1077 |
201 |
2 |
51.11 |
2012-03-16 |
| 63. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
53.05 |
0.9841 |
-0.0304 |
334 |
1 |
53.05 |
2012-03-16 |
| 64. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
53.02 |
0.9706 |
-0.0168 |
216 |
1 |
53.02 |
2012-03-02 |
| 65. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
52.82 |
1.0261 |
-0.0408 |
410 |
1 |
52.82 |
2012-03-16 |
| 66. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
52.53 |
0.9612 |
-0.0204 |
256 |
1 |
52.53 |
2012-03-16 |
| 67. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
52.50 |
0.9893 |
-0.0491 |
323 |
1 |
52.50 |
2012-03-02 |
| 68. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
52.45 |
1.0547 |
-0.0808 |
257 |
1 |
52.45 |
2012-03-16 |
| 69. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
51.75 |
0.9792 |
-0.0143 |
265 |
1 |
51.75 |
2012-03-16 |
| 70. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
51.73 |
1.0673 |
-0.0992 |
230 |
1 |
51.73 |
2012-03-02 |
| 71. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
51.70 |
0.9723 |
-0.0430 |
364 |
1 |
51.70 |
2012-03-16 |
| 72. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
51.43 |
0.9578 |
-0.0376 |
281 |
1 |
51.43 |
2012-03-02 |
| 73. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
51.43 |
0.8919 |
0.0271 |
205 |
1 |
51.43 |
2012-03-16 |
| 74. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
51.09 |
1.0555 |
-0.1394 |
363 |
1 |
51.09 |
2012-03-02 |
| 75. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
50.92 |
1.0567 |
-0.1447 |
303 |
1 |
50.92 |
2012-03-02 |
| 76. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
50.71 |
0.9234 |
-0.0105 |
346 |
1 |
50.71 |
2012-03-07 |
| 77. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
50.63 |
0.9910 |
-0.0830 |
295 |
1 |
50.63 |
2012-03-16 |
| 78. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
50.00 |
0.9351 |
-0.0460 |
190 |
1 |
50.00 |
2012-03-02 |
| 79. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
49.42 |
0.8722 |
0.0146 |
285 |
1 |
49.42 |
2012-03-07 |
| 80. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
49.41 |
0.8821 |
0.0017 |
176 |
1 |
49.41 |
2012-03-02 |
| 81. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
48.63 |
0.9372 |
-0.0634 |
320 |
1 |
48.63 |
2012-03-02 |
| 82. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
48.46 |
1.0574 |
-0.1627 |
205 |
1 |
48.46 |
2012-03-02 |
| 83. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
47.68 |
0.9965 |
-0.1435 |
277 |
1 |
47.68 |
2012-04-04 |
| 84. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
46.31 |
0.9293 |
-0.1008 |
355 |
1 |
46.31 |
2012-03-16 |
| 85. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
45.86 |
0.9176 |
-0.0594 |
365 |
1 |
45.86 |
2012-03-02 |
| 86. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
45.73 |
0.9936 |
-0.1770 |
311 |
1 |
45.73 |
2012-03-02 |
| 87. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
45.73 |
0.9485 |
-0.1289 |
291 |
1 |
45.73 |
2012-03-02 |
| 88. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
45.41 |
0.8907 |
-0.0664 |
351 |
1 |
45.41 |
2012-03-02 |
| 89. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
45.33 |
1.0387 |
-0.1963 |
239 |
1 |
45.33 |
2012-03-02 |
| 90. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
44.63 |
0.9684 |
-0.1684 |
388 |
1 |
44.63 |
2012-03-02 |
| 91. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
43.92 |
0.9212 |
-0.1338 |
323 |
1 |
43.92 |
2012-03-16 |
| 92. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
43.49 |
0.8793 |
-0.1010 |
157 |
1 |
43.49 |
2012-03-02 |