| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
89.57 |
0.9612 |
0.2573 |
256 |
1 |
89.57 |
2008-12-09 |
| 2. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
89.51 |
1.0567 |
0.1616 |
303 |
1 |
89.51 |
2008-12-09 |
| 3. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
89.43 |
0.9866 |
0.2263 |
218 |
1 |
89.43 |
2008-11-19 |
| 4. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
88.46 |
1.0619 |
0.1450 |
354 |
1 |
88.46 |
2008-11-19 |
| 5. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
86.62 |
1.0714 |
0.0977 |
129 |
1 |
86.62 |
2008-11-21 |
| 6. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
85.89 |
1.0528 |
0.1101 |
201 |
1 |
85.89 |
2008-11-21 |
| 7. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
85.41 |
1.0613 |
0.1009 |
266 |
1 |
85.41 |
2008-11-20 |
| 8. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
84.47 |
1.0352 |
0.1158 |
341 |
1 |
84.47 |
2008-11-21 |
| 9. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
83.57 |
1.0696 |
0.0629 |
226 |
1 |
83.57 |
2008-11-20 |
| 10. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
83.51 |
0.9593 |
0.1806 |
398 |
1 |
83.51 |
2008-11-20 |
| 11. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
82.27 |
1.0252 |
0.0865 |
176 |
1 |
82.27 |
2008-11-21 |
| 12. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
82.15 |
0.9857 |
0.1298 |
293 |
1 |
82.15 |
2008-11-20 |
| 13. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
80.89 |
1.0555 |
0.0451 |
363 |
1 |
80.89 |
2008-11-21 |
| 14. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
80.40 |
0.9578 |
0.1342 |
281 |
1 |
80.40 |
2008-11-21 |
| 15. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
79.84 |
1.0197 |
0.0622 |
226 |
3 |
74.66 |
2008-12-09 |
| 16. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
79.80 |
1.0445 |
0.0406 |
373 |
2 |
66.44 |
2008-11-20 |
| 17. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
79.50 |
0.9485 |
0.1333 |
236 |
1 |
79.50 |
2008-11-20 |
| 18. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
79.15 |
0.8602 |
0.2129 |
206 |
2 |
69.83 |
2008-11-20 |
| 19. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
77.96 |
0.9212 |
0.1410 |
323 |
1 |
77.96 |
2008-11-20 |
| 20. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
77.89 |
0.9576 |
0.1050 |
212 |
1 |
77.89 |
2008-11-20 |
| 21. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
77.70 |
0.9763 |
0.0785 |
289 |
1 |
77.70 |
2008-11-20 |
| 22. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
77.34 |
0.9464 |
0.1091 |
323 |
1 |
77.34 |
2008-11-20 |
| 23. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
77.16 |
0.9786 |
0.0641 |
193 |
1 |
77.16 |
2008-11-20 |
| 24. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
76.51 |
0.9553 |
0.0909 |
430 |
1 |
76.51 |
2008-11-20 |
| 25. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
76.28 |
1.0296 |
0.0126 |
437 |
1 |
76.28 |
2008-11-20 |
| 26. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
76.25 |
0.9513 |
0.0879 |
354 |
2 |
73.75 |
2008-11-20 |
| 27. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
76.25 |
0.9691 |
0.0658 |
223 |
2 |
71.49 |
2008-11-21 |
| 28. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
75.97 |
0.9672 |
0.0709 |
396 |
2 |
69.87 |
2008-11-20 |
| 29. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
75.77 |
1.0165 |
0.0162 |
392 |
1 |
75.77 |
2008-11-21 |
| 30. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
75.74 |
1.0213 |
0.0039 |
240 |
1 |
75.74 |
2008-11-19 |
| 31. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
75.70 |
0.9048 |
0.1276 |
271 |
1 |
75.70 |
2008-11-20 |
| 32. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
75.50 |
1.0352 |
-0.0070 |
341 |
1 |
75.50 |
2008-11-20 |
| 33. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
75.42 |
1.0426 |
-0.0193 |
323 |
1 |
75.42 |
2008-11-20 |
| 34. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
75.24 |
0.9884 |
0.0374 |
262 |
2 |
52.48 |
2008-11-21 |
| 35. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
74.87 |
0.9805 |
0.0405 |
292 |
1 |
74.87 |
2008-11-19 |
| 36. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
74.41 |
0.9072 |
0.1012 |
237 |
1 |
74.41 |
2008-11-20 |
| 37. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
73.91 |
0.8916 |
0.1119 |
216 |
1 |
73.91 |
2008-12-09 |
| 38. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
73.82 |
1.0201 |
-0.0177 |
303 |
1 |
73.82 |
2008-12-09 |
| 39. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
73.78 |
0.9289 |
0.0702 |
204 |
1 |
73.78 |
2008-11-21 |
| 40. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
73.61 |
1.0523 |
-0.0575 |
256 |
1 |
73.61 |
2008-11-19 |
| 41. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
73.25 |
0.9088 |
0.0906 |
348 |
1 |
73.25 |
2008-12-09 |
| 42. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
73.13 |
1.0023 |
-0.0117 |
211 |
1 |
73.13 |
2008-11-21 |
| 43. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
72.96 |
1.0183 |
-0.0337 |
191 |
1 |
72.96 |
2008-11-20 |
| 44. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
72.61 |
1.0120 |
-0.0274 |
290 |
1 |
72.61 |
2008-11-20 |
| 45. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
72.45 |
1.0398 |
-0.0671 |
110 |
2 |
71.33 |
2008-11-21 |
| 46. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
72.10 |
1.0016 |
-0.0278 |
218 |
1 |
72.10 |
2008-11-19 |
| 47. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
71.80 |
1.0013 |
-0.0280 |
273 |
1 |
71.80 |
2008-11-21 |
| 48. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
71.22 |
0.9886 |
-0.0198 |
220 |
1 |
71.22 |
2008-11-20 |
| 49. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
71.10 |
0.8919 |
0.0710 |
205 |
1 |
71.10 |
2008-11-20 |
| 50. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
70.98 |
1.0337 |
-0.0713 |
214 |
1 |
70.98 |
2008-11-20 |
| 51. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
70.76 |
1.0498 |
-0.0947 |
180 |
1 |
70.76 |
2008-11-24 |
| 52. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
70.66 |
0.9632 |
0.0018 |
392 |
1 |
70.66 |
2008-11-19 |
| 53. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
69.87 |
0.9109 |
0.0394 |
401 |
1 |
69.87 |
2008-11-20 |
| 54. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
69.04 |
0.8533 |
0.0841 |
232 |
1 |
69.04 |
2008-12-09 |
| 55. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
68.71 |
0.9570 |
-0.0236 |
287 |
1 |
68.71 |
2008-11-20 |
| 56. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
68.24 |
1.0263 |
-0.1018 |
267 |
1 |
68.24 |
2008-11-20 |
| 57. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
68.20 |
0.9005 |
0.0227 |
212 |
1 |
68.20 |
2008-11-20 |
| 58. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
67.46 |
0.9125 |
0.0039 |
308 |
1 |
67.46 |
2008-11-20 |
| 59. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
67.35 |
0.9684 |
-0.0527 |
388 |
1 |
67.35 |
2008-11-20 |
| 60. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
67.01 |
0.9811 |
-0.0700 |
272 |
1 |
67.01 |
2008-11-21 |
| 61. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
64.92 |
0.8956 |
-0.0114 |
322 |
1 |
64.92 |
2008-11-21 |
| 62. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
64.32 |
0.9619 |
-0.0853 |
393 |
1 |
64.32 |
2008-11-24 |
| 63. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
63.80 |
0.8810 |
-0.0160 |
282 |
1 |
63.80 |
2008-11-21 |
| 64. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
62.43 |
0.9398 |
-0.0851 |
419 |
1 |
62.43 |
2008-11-19 |
| 65. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
61.88 |
0.9365 |
-0.0973 |
248 |
1 |
61.88 |
2008-11-20 |
| 66. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
61.39 |
0.8105 |
0.0163 |
204 |
1 |
61.39 |
2008-11-20 |
| 67. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
61.27 |
0.9168 |
-0.0860 |
240 |
1 |
61.27 |
2008-11-24 |
| 68. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
60.50 |
0.7876 |
0.0339 |
316 |
1 |
60.50 |
2008-11-21 |
| 69. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
60.42 |
0.9635 |
-0.1403 |
389 |
1 |
60.42 |
2008-11-20 |
| 70. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
59.68 |
0.9084 |
-0.0990 |
300 |
1 |
59.68 |
2008-11-20 |
| 71. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
59.15 |
0.8442 |
-0.0399 |
265 |
1 |
59.15 |
2008-12-09 |
| 72. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
57.58 |
0.9293 |
-0.1498 |
355 |
1 |
57.58 |
2008-11-20 |
| 73. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
56.18 |
0.9251 |
-0.1606 |
177 |
1 |
56.18 |
2008-11-19 |
| 74. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
38.64 |
0.9148 |
-0.3951 |
317 |
1 |
38.64 |
2008-11-19 |
| 75. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
36.65 |
0.9202 |
-0.4299 |
254 |
1 |
36.65 |
2008-12-09 |