| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
85.32 |
1.0387 |
0.3418 |
239 |
1 |
85.32 |
2012-05-11 |
| 2. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
84.78 |
0.9758 |
0.3646 |
314 |
1 |
84.78 |
2012-03-18 |
| 3. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
82.96 |
0.9925 |
0.3551 |
247 |
1 |
82.96 |
2012-03-18 |
| 4. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
82.86 |
1.0787 |
0.2289 |
237 |
1 |
82.86 |
2012-05-11 |
| 5. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
81.54 |
1.0767 |
0.2090 |
212 |
1 |
81.54 |
2012-05-11 |
| 6. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
81.39 |
0.9946 |
0.2911 |
246 |
1 |
81.39 |
2012-04-24 |
| 7. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
79.79 |
1.0799 |
0.1765 |
243 |
1 |
79.79 |
2012-03-18 |
| 8. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
79.25 |
1.0168 |
0.2367 |
271 |
1 |
79.25 |
2012-03-18 |
| 9. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
78.68 |
1.0668 |
0.1780 |
350 |
1 |
78.68 |
2012-03-18 |
| 10. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
78.34 |
1.0667 |
0.2095 |
406 |
1 |
78.34 |
2012-04-24 |
| 11. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
77.82 |
0.9884 |
0.2400 |
233 |
1 |
77.82 |
2012-03-29 |
| 12. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
77.65 |
1.0516 |
0.1738 |
281 |
1 |
77.65 |
2012-03-18 |
| 13. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
77.16 |
0.9084 |
0.3116 |
300 |
1 |
77.16 |
2012-05-11 |
| 14. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
75.47 |
0.9631 |
0.2794 |
345 |
1 |
75.47 |
2012-03-18 |
| 15. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
75.24 |
0.9698 |
0.2507 |
397 |
1 |
75.24 |
2012-03-18 |
| 16. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
74.15 |
1.0515 |
0.1165 |
250 |
1 |
74.15 |
2012-03-28 |
| 17. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
73.30 |
1.0485 |
0.1422 |
153 |
1 |
73.30 |
2012-05-11 |
| 18. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
72.21 |
1.1018 |
0.0306 |
220 |
1 |
72.21 |
2012-03-18 |
| 19. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
72.20 |
0.9266 |
0.2123 |
267 |
1 |
72.20 |
2012-03-18 |
| 20. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
72.10 |
0.9776 |
0.1602 |
308 |
1 |
72.10 |
2012-03-28 |
| 21. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
71.27 |
0.9846 |
0.1379 |
281 |
1 |
71.27 |
2012-03-18 |
| 22. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
71.17 |
1.0454 |
0.0742 |
255 |
1 |
71.17 |
2012-04-26 |
| 23. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
71.14 |
1.0941 |
0.0593 |
256 |
2 |
70.95 |
2012-03-18 |
| 24. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
70.62 |
0.9340 |
0.1792 |
296 |
1 |
70.62 |
2012-05-11 |
| 25. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
70.51 |
0.9468 |
0.1654 |
276 |
2 |
52.86 |
2012-05-11 |
| 26. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
70.33 |
1.0719 |
0.0651 |
360 |
1 |
70.33 |
2012-05-11 |
| 27. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
69.98 |
1.0288 |
0.1073 |
300 |
1 |
69.98 |
2012-05-11 |
| 28. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
69.75 |
0.9912 |
0.1356 |
237 |
1 |
69.75 |
2012-03-29 |
| 29. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
69.37 |
1.0062 |
0.0875 |
288 |
1 |
69.37 |
2012-03-28 |
| 30. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
69.36 |
0.9500 |
0.1458 |
362 |
2 |
62.12 |
2012-05-05 |
| 31. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
69.07 |
0.9233 |
0.1574 |
168 |
3 |
57.66 |
2012-03-28 |
| 32. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
68.91 |
0.9865 |
0.1013 |
276 |
1 |
68.91 |
2012-03-18 |
| 33. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
68.56 |
0.9293 |
0.1529 |
355 |
1 |
68.56 |
2012-04-24 |
| 34. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
68.25 |
1.0613 |
0.0157 |
266 |
1 |
68.25 |
2012-03-18 |
| 35. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
67.29 |
0.9005 |
0.1588 |
212 |
2 |
54.14 |
2012-03-19 |
| 36. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
67.29 |
0.8753 |
0.1949 |
427 |
1 |
67.29 |
2012-05-11 |
| 37. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
67.16 |
0.9965 |
0.0627 |
277 |
1 |
67.16 |
2012-05-05 |
| 38. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
64.68 |
1.1296 |
-0.0815 |
252 |
1 |
64.68 |
2012-04-01 |
| 39. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
64.52 |
0.9910 |
0.0275 |
295 |
1 |
64.52 |
2012-03-18 |
| 40. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
64.38 |
1.0725 |
-0.0327 |
233 |
1 |
64.38 |
2012-03-18 |
| 41. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
64.32 |
0.9965 |
0.0121 |
168 |
1 |
64.32 |
2012-03-18 |
| 42. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
64.14 |
0.7876 |
0.2254 |
316 |
1 |
64.14 |
2012-03-18 |
| 43. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
63.84 |
0.9567 |
0.0492 |
273 |
1 |
63.84 |
2012-05-11 |
| 44. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
59.52 |
0.9651 |
0.0074 |
389 |
1 |
59.52 |
2012-03-18 |
| 45. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
58.84 |
0.9820 |
-0.0565 |
274 |
1 |
58.84 |
2012-05-11 |
| 46. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
57.62 |
0.9699 |
-0.0643 |
269 |
1 |
57.62 |
2012-05-11 |
| 47. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
56.46 |
1.0205 |
-0.1397 |
179 |
1 |
56.46 |
2012-04-24 |
| 48. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
55.81 |
0.9886 |
-0.1087 |
220 |
1 |
55.81 |
2012-03-28 |
| 49. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
55.55 |
0.9546 |
-0.0501 |
198 |
1 |
55.55 |
2012-05-11 |
| 50. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
54.93 |
1.0252 |
-0.1683 |
176 |
1 |
54.93 |
2012-03-18 |
| 51. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
53.46 |
1.0125 |
-0.1752 |
224 |
1 |
53.46 |
2012-03-28 |
| 52. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
53.22 |
1.0074 |
-0.1698 |
242 |
1 |
53.22 |
2012-04-24 |
| 53. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
51.91 |
1.0214 |
-0.2076 |
269 |
1 |
51.91 |
2012-04-02 |
| 54. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
51.46 |
0.9127 |
-0.1076 |
252 |
1 |
51.46 |
2012-03-28 |
| 55. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
50.94 |
1.0375 |
-0.1919 |
200 |
1 |
50.94 |
2012-03-28 |
| 56. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
48.45 |
1.0297 |
-0.2708 |
249 |
1 |
48.45 |
2012-02-15 |
| 57. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
48.38 |
0.8933 |
-0.1279 |
363 |
1 |
48.38 |
2012-04-24 |
| 58. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
48.25 |
0.9396 |
-0.1861 |
119 |
1 |
48.25 |
2012-02-15 |
| 59. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
47.84 |
1.0714 |
-0.3304 |
129 |
1 |
47.84 |
2012-03-28 |
| 60. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
46.92 |
1.0403 |
-0.2648 |
275 |
1 |
46.92 |
2012-02-20 |
| 61. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
46.31 |
1.0521 |
-0.3316 |
171 |
1 |
46.31 |
2012-02-15 |
| 62. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
45.47 |
0.9088 |
-0.1911 |
348 |
1 |
45.47 |
2012-02-15 |
| 63. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
44.12 |
0.9226 |
-0.2278 |
177 |
1 |
44.12 |
2012-02-15 |
| 64. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
43.91 |
1.0398 |
-0.3633 |
110 |
1 |
43.91 |
2012-02-15 |
| 65. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
43.35 |
0.9461 |
-0.2716 |
193 |
1 |
43.35 |
2012-02-15 |
| 66. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
43.10 |
1.0389 |
-0.3619 |
340 |
1 |
43.10 |
2012-04-02 |
| 67. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
43.09 |
1.0292 |
-0.3563 |
262 |
1 |
43.09 |
2012-02-20 |
| 68. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
42.88 |
1.0390 |
-0.3715 |
205 |
1 |
42.88 |
2012-02-20 |
| 69. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
42.85 |
0.8919 |
-0.2225 |
205 |
1 |
42.85 |
2012-04-27 |
| 70. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
41.80 |
0.9257 |
-0.2666 |
317 |
1 |
41.80 |
2012-02-20 |
| 71. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
38.99 |
0.9162 |
-0.3074 |
165 |
1 |
38.99 |
2012-02-15 |
| 72. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
35.52 |
0.8153 |
-0.2572 |
200 |
1 |
35.52 |
2012-02-15 |
| 73. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
35.36 |
1.0444 |
-0.4998 |
197 |
1 |
35.36 |
2012-02-15 |