| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
This country is hard on people. Hard and crazy. Got the devi... |
43.91 |
0.9028 |
0.5598 |
111 |
2 |
39.58 |
2012-11-28 |
| 2. |
It was evident that he came from the world where men could s... |
41.13 |
0.9320 |
0.4330 |
84 |
1 |
41.13 |
2012-09-29 |
| 3. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
40.65 |
1.0151 |
0.3306 |
152 |
1 |
40.65 |
2012-11-07 |
| 4. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
40.26 |
1.0711 |
0.2653 |
213 |
1 |
40.26 |
2013-01-18 |
| 5. |
Races are not won in the first corner; however, they are oft... |
39.83 |
0.8554 |
0.4959 |
192 |
1 |
39.83 |
2013-01-18 |
| 6. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
39.80 |
1.0797 |
0.2410 |
210 |
1 |
39.80 |
2012-11-07 |
| 7. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
39.27 |
0.9396 |
0.3659 |
119 |
2 |
33.91 |
2012-10-09 |
| 8. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
39.10 |
0.8809 |
0.4197 |
127 |
2 |
34.29 |
2012-11-29 |
| 9. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
38.49 |
0.9325 |
0.3428 |
156 |
2 |
34.53 |
2012-10-01 |
| 10. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
37.94 |
0.8360 |
0.4276 |
170 |
2 |
33.15 |
2012-11-05 |
| 11. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
36.42 |
1.0799 |
0.1286 |
243 |
1 |
36.42 |
2012-10-02 |
| 12. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
36.38 |
1.1114 |
0.0968 |
247 |
2 |
34.26 |
2012-11-30 |
| 13. |
If the driver would only slow down, the car would actually g... |
36.24 |
0.8842 |
0.3184 |
135 |
1 |
36.24 |
2013-01-18 |
| 14. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
35.91 |
0.9907 |
0.2032 |
211 |
1 |
35.91 |
2012-10-25 |
| 15. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
35.81 |
0.9773 |
0.2066 |
123 |
2 |
34.52 |
2012-11-12 |
| 16. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
35.40 |
0.8971 |
0.2862 |
266 |
2 |
30.71 |
2012-11-07 |
| 17. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
35.35 |
0.9097 |
0.2666 |
153 |
2 |
32.24 |
2012-10-02 |
| 18. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
35.11 |
1.0463 |
0.1173 |
182 |
1 |
35.11 |
2012-11-29 |
| 19. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
34.85 |
1.0331 |
0.1242 |
234 |
1 |
34.85 |
2012-10-01 |
| 20. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
34.82 |
0.8852 |
0.2746 |
158 |
1 |
34.82 |
2012-09-17 |
| 21. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
34.64 |
1.1016 |
0.0507 |
233 |
1 |
34.64 |
2012-10-24 |
| 22. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
34.55 |
0.9938 |
0.1562 |
339 |
1 |
34.55 |
2012-10-09 |
| 23. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
34.53 |
1.0314 |
0.1566 |
452 |
1 |
34.53 |
2013-01-18 |
| 24. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
34.38 |
0.9287 |
0.2083 |
108 |
1 |
34.38 |
2012-09-24 |
| 25. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
33.97 |
1.0337 |
0.0955 |
214 |
2 |
33.10 |
2012-10-07 |
| 26. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
33.95 |
0.9303 |
0.1921 |
176 |
1 |
33.95 |
2012-09-28 |
| 27. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
33.71 |
0.9820 |
0.1423 |
267 |
1 |
33.71 |
2012-11-28 |
| 28. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
33.53 |
1.0173 |
0.1420 |
268 |
1 |
33.53 |
2012-12-28 |
| 29. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
33.46 |
0.8777 |
0.2373 |
177 |
2 |
31.66 |
2013-01-18 |
| 30. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
33.43 |
1.0120 |
0.0990 |
290 |
1 |
33.43 |
2012-11-30 |
| 31. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
33.36 |
0.9466 |
0.1586 |
107 |
1 |
33.36 |
2012-09-15 |
| 32. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
32.99 |
0.8826 |
0.2161 |
296 |
1 |
32.99 |
2013-01-18 |
| 33. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
32.87 |
0.8615 |
0.2317 |
110 |
1 |
32.87 |
2012-10-02 |
| 34. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
32.87 |
0.8533 |
0.2409 |
232 |
1 |
32.87 |
2012-11-07 |
| 35. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
32.86 |
1.0515 |
0.0332 |
166 |
1 |
32.86 |
2012-09-11 |
| 36. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
32.83 |
1.0598 |
0.0257 |
196 |
1 |
32.83 |
2012-12-28 |
| 37. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
32.74 |
1.0099 |
0.0755 |
207 |
1 |
32.74 |
2012-10-25 |
| 38. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
32.69 |
0.9350 |
0.1526 |
195 |
1 |
32.69 |
2012-09-28 |
| 39. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
32.53 |
0.9567 |
0.1250 |
273 |
1 |
32.53 |
2012-11-07 |
| 40. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
32.48 |
1.0095 |
0.0689 |
316 |
1 |
32.48 |
2012-10-16 |
| 41. |
Some drivers actually perform best when there is a little ex... |
32.37 |
0.9632 |
0.1111 |
240 |
1 |
32.37 |
2012-10-09 |
| 42. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
32.28 |
1.0168 |
0.0580 |
271 |
2 |
32.27 |
2012-11-07 |
| 43. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
32.13 |
0.9572 |
0.1096 |
201 |
1 |
32.13 |
2012-10-01 |
| 44. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
31.92 |
0.8118 |
0.2547 |
109 |
1 |
31.92 |
2012-10-16 |
| 45. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
31.89 |
0.9353 |
0.1203 |
177 |
4 |
29.90 |
2012-10-02 |
| 46. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
31.84 |
0.9068 |
0.1544 |
269 |
1 |
31.84 |
2012-10-01 |
| 47. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
31.63 |
1.0004 |
0.0447 |
212 |
1 |
31.63 |
2012-10-02 |
| 48. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
31.53 |
0.9688 |
0.0783 |
217 |
1 |
31.53 |
2012-10-25 |
| 49. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
31.43 |
0.8660 |
0.1790 |
193 |
1 |
31.43 |
2012-09-15 |
| 50. |
Be careful you don't get too caught up in what the competiti... |
31.41 |
0.8447 |
0.1926 |
134 |
1 |
31.41 |
2012-09-25 |
| 51. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
31.41 |
0.8541 |
0.1982 |
260 |
1 |
31.41 |
2012-10-01 |
| 52. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
31.32 |
0.8672 |
0.1752 |
128 |
1 |
31.32 |
2012-09-15 |
| 53. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
31.25 |
1.0183 |
0.0146 |
191 |
1 |
31.25 |
2012-10-24 |
| 54. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
31.22 |
0.9529 |
0.1250 |
269 |
1 |
31.22 |
2012-11-07 |
| 55. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
31.06 |
0.9897 |
0.0400 |
274 |
1 |
31.06 |
2012-10-01 |
| 56. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
31.00 |
1.0917 |
-0.0382 |
243 |
1 |
31.00 |
2013-02-07 |
| 57. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
30.83 |
0.9844 |
0.0505 |
229 |
1 |
30.83 |
2012-09-11 |
| 58. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
30.83 |
0.9758 |
0.0492 |
314 |
1 |
30.83 |
2012-10-07 |
| 59. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
30.61 |
1.0334 |
-0.0230 |
131 |
1 |
30.61 |
2012-10-01 |
| 60. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
30.60 |
0.8619 |
0.1534 |
119 |
1 |
30.60 |
2012-09-10 |
| 61. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
30.59 |
0.9726 |
0.0367 |
154 |
1 |
30.59 |
2012-09-17 |
| 62. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
30.16 |
0.9339 |
0.0664 |
310 |
2 |
29.83 |
2012-11-30 |
| 63. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
30.06 |
0.9559 |
0.0449 |
195 |
1 |
30.06 |
2012-09-17 |
| 64. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
30.06 |
0.9161 |
0.0800 |
200 |
2 |
28.69 |
2012-09-15 |
| 65. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They ... |
29.84 |
0.9774 |
0.0125 |
196 |
1 |
29.84 |
2012-09-16 |
| 66. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
29.82 |
1.0565 |
-0.0691 |
247 |
1 |
29.82 |
2012-09-28 |
| 67. |
Never give up. Most races are decided in the last 10 percent... |
29.66 |
0.8713 |
0.1100 |
73 |
3 |
27.79 |
2012-09-11 |
| 68. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
29.62 |
1.0375 |
-0.0080 |
200 |
1 |
29.62 |
2012-10-16 |
| 69. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
29.61 |
1.0132 |
-0.0386 |
143 |
1 |
29.61 |
2012-09-17 |
| 70. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
29.47 |
0.9772 |
-0.0020 |
217 |
3 |
27.27 |
2012-11-28 |
| 71. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
29.39 |
0.9532 |
0.0214 |
258 |
1 |
29.39 |
2012-10-02 |
| 72. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
29.25 |
1.0521 |
-0.0861 |
171 |
3 |
27.37 |
2012-10-02 |
| 73. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
29.17 |
0.8791 |
0.0886 |
190 |
1 |
29.17 |
2012-10-02 |
| 74. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
29.02 |
0.8188 |
0.1465 |
183 |
1 |
29.02 |
2012-09-14 |
| 75. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
28.80 |
0.9430 |
0.0058 |
211 |
1 |
28.80 |
2012-11-28 |
| 76. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
28.77 |
1.0444 |
-0.0959 |
197 |
1 |
28.77 |
2012-09-10 |
| 77. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
28.76 |
0.8077 |
0.1448 |
167 |
1 |
28.76 |
2012-10-24 |
| 78. |
Pulp: 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. 2. A magaz... |
28.74 |
0.9155 |
0.0877 |
168 |
1 |
28.74 |
2012-10-09 |
| 79. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
28.74 |
0.9207 |
0.0358 |
174 |
1 |
28.74 |
2012-11-30 |
| 80. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
28.56 |
0.8898 |
0.0538 |
158 |
1 |
28.56 |
2012-09-11 |
| 81. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
28.55 |
0.8773 |
0.0739 |
205 |
1 |
28.55 |
2012-09-22 |
| 82. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
28.55 |
1.0679 |
-0.1003 |
177 |
1 |
28.55 |
2012-09-10 |
| 83. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
28.50 |
0.9286 |
0.0163 |
194 |
4 |
27.68 |
2012-10-16 |
| 84. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
28.39 |
0.9936 |
-0.0312 |
227 |
1 |
28.39 |
2012-10-25 |
| 85. |
When the green lights came on, pedestrians skirted or jumped... |
28.38 |
0.8297 |
0.1026 |
103 |
2 |
27.37 |
2012-09-14 |
| 86. |
If you begin to repeat an error, or if your concentration or... |
28.24 |
0.9505 |
-0.0136 |
204 |
1 |
28.24 |
2012-09-15 |
| 87. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
28.10 |
0.9340 |
-0.0022 |
296 |
1 |
28.10 |
2012-09-15 |
| 88. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
28.03 |
0.7981 |
0.1306 |
126 |
1 |
28.03 |
2012-11-05 |
| 89. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
27.63 |
0.8037 |
0.1163 |
148 |
1 |
27.63 |
2012-09-15 |
| 90. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
27.24 |
0.9820 |
-0.0785 |
274 |
1 |
27.24 |
2012-09-15 |
| 91. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
27.23 |
0.9289 |
-0.0280 |
204 |
1 |
27.23 |
2012-10-16 |
| 92. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
27.22 |
0.9763 |
-0.0741 |
289 |
1 |
27.22 |
2012-09-19 |
| 93. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
27.12 |
0.9171 |
-0.0168 |
165 |
2 |
27.11 |
2012-09-28 |
| 94. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
27.06 |
0.8022 |
0.0981 |
215 |
1 |
27.06 |
2012-11-05 |
| 95. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
26.93 |
0.9275 |
-0.0374 |
211 |
1 |
26.93 |
2012-09-28 |
| 96. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
26.92 |
0.8551 |
0.0383 |
171 |
1 |
26.92 |
2012-09-15 |
| 97. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
26.47 |
0.7839 |
0.0989 |
257 |
1 |
26.47 |
2012-09-15 |
| 98. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
26.38 |
0.8854 |
-0.0111 |
116 |
1 |
26.38 |
2012-09-10 |
| 99. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
26.24 |
0.9612 |
-0.0910 |
256 |
1 |
26.24 |
2012-09-17 |
| 100. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
26.21 |
0.7801 |
0.0850 |
116 |
2 |
26.12 |
2012-10-02 |
| 101. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
26.19 |
0.8295 |
0.0406 |
209 |
1 |
26.19 |
2012-10-16 |
| 102. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
26.19 |
0.9910 |
-0.1206 |
295 |
1 |
26.19 |
2012-09-11 |
| 103. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
25.94 |
0.9047 |
-0.0519 |
118 |
1 |
25.94 |
2012-09-17 |
| 104. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
25.86 |
0.7877 |
0.0741 |
142 |
1 |
25.86 |
2012-09-28 |
| 105. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
25.80 |
0.9365 |
-0.0799 |
248 |
1 |
25.80 |
2012-10-11 |
| 106. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
25.61 |
1.0441 |
-0.1942 |
252 |
1 |
25.61 |
2012-09-26 |
| 107. |
For all its apparent strength, the Aztec Empire had vulnerab... |
25.60 |
0.7988 |
0.0580 |
219 |
1 |
25.60 |
2012-09-15 |
| 108. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
25.57 |
0.8951 |
-0.0452 |
193 |
1 |
25.57 |
2012-09-11 |
| 109. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
25.40 |
0.8916 |
-0.0495 |
216 |
1 |
25.40 |
2012-09-15 |
| 110. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
25.33 |
0.8559 |
-0.0156 |
191 |
1 |
25.33 |
2012-09-15 |
| 111. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
25.31 |
0.9168 |
-0.0766 |
240 |
1 |
25.31 |
2012-09-17 |
| 112. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
25.29 |
1.0487 |
-0.2157 |
231 |
1 |
25.29 |
2012-09-11 |
| 113. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
25.15 |
0.9164 |
-0.0789 |
121 |
1 |
25.15 |
2012-10-01 |
| 114. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
25.12 |
0.9162 |
-0.0836 |
165 |
1 |
25.12 |
2012-09-15 |
| 115. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
24.98 |
0.8731 |
-0.0386 |
199 |
1 |
24.98 |
2012-09-11 |
| 116. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
24.93 |
0.9202 |
-0.0945 |
254 |
1 |
24.93 |
2012-11-27 |
| 117. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
24.89 |
0.9852 |
-0.1605 |
264 |
1 |
24.89 |
2012-10-09 |
| 118. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
24.71 |
1.0201 |
-0.2081 |
172 |
1 |
24.71 |
2012-09-15 |
| 119. |
By the early 1990s the first Internet language (HTTP) was wr... |
24.40 |
0.7104 |
0.1006 |
131 |
1 |
24.40 |
2012-09-29 |
| 120. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
24.39 |
0.8788 |
-0.0739 |
134 |
1 |
24.39 |
2012-09-28 |
| 121. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
24.38 |
1.0214 |
-0.2194 |
166 |
1 |
24.38 |
2012-09-26 |
| 122. |
The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kiddin... |
23.63 |
0.9063 |
-0.1161 |
239 |
1 |
23.63 |
2012-09-15 |
| 123. |
The hectic speed, and the brevity of the lines in the thread... |
23.12 |
0.9131 |
-0.1529 |
144 |
1 |
23.12 |
2012-09-10 |
| 124. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
22.94 |
0.8323 |
-0.0725 |
203 |
1 |
22.94 |
2012-09-15 |
| 125. |
Problems are mind-made and need time to survive. They cannot... |
22.94 |
0.8342 |
-0.0699 |
97 |
1 |
22.94 |
2012-09-19 |
| 126. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
22.86 |
0.9941 |
-0.2402 |
217 |
1 |
22.86 |
2012-09-15 |
| 127. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
22.83 |
0.7389 |
0.0181 |
145 |
1 |
22.83 |
2012-09-29 |
| 128. |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic ... |
22.77 |
0.8162 |
-0.0576 |
149 |
1 |
22.77 |
2012-09-15 |
| 129. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
22.68 |
0.8918 |
-0.1432 |
100 |
1 |
22.68 |
2012-10-01 |
| 130. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
22.48 |
0.9831 |
-0.2430 |
222 |
1 |
22.48 |
2012-09-18 |
| 131. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
22.28 |
1.0083 |
-0.2272 |
273 |
1 |
22.28 |
2012-09-11 |
| 132. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
20.82 |
1.0033 |
-0.3226 |
189 |
1 |
20.82 |
2012-09-15 |
| 133. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
20.60 |
0.9072 |
-0.2291 |
237 |
1 |
20.60 |
2012-09-14 |
| 134. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
20.22 |
0.8553 |
-0.1929 |
174 |
1 |
20.22 |
2012-09-10 |
| 135. |
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly... |
19.80 |
1.0314 |
-0.3817 |
172 |
1 |
19.80 |
2012-09-15 |
| 136. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
19.54 |
1.1215 |
-0.4532 |
200 |
1 |
19.54 |
2012-09-15 |
| 137. |
The time has come for man to plant the seed of his highest h... |
19.36 |
0.8953 |
-0.2555 |
193 |
1 |
19.36 |
2012-09-10 |