| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
73.22 |
0.9844 |
0.4102 |
293 |
2 |
54.67 |
2012-02-28 |
| 2. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
71.63 |
1.0498 |
0.3044 |
180 |
2 |
62.55 |
2012-02-28 |
| 3. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
67.86 |
1.0340 |
0.2583 |
406 |
1 |
67.86 |
2012-02-24 |
| 4. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
67.79 |
1.0943 |
0.2238 |
206 |
1 |
67.79 |
2012-02-16 |
| 5. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
67.26 |
1.0203 |
0.2585 |
261 |
1 |
67.26 |
2012-08-23 |
| 6. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
67.24 |
1.0025 |
0.2737 |
336 |
2 |
57.81 |
2012-02-29 |
| 7. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
66.70 |
1.0885 |
0.2111 |
341 |
1 |
66.70 |
2012-02-28 |
| 8. |
I often see racers, particularly at the back of the pack in ... |
66.07 |
0.9653 |
0.2861 |
349 |
1 |
66.07 |
2012-02-24 |
| 9. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
66.05 |
0.9207 |
0.3336 |
174 |
1 |
66.05 |
2012-08-23 |
| 10. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
64.36 |
1.0774 |
0.1717 |
304 |
1 |
64.36 |
2012-02-28 |
| 11. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
63.90 |
0.9857 |
0.2242 |
293 |
1 |
63.90 |
2012-02-12 |
| 12. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
63.70 |
0.9682 |
0.2374 |
143 |
1 |
63.70 |
2012-02-17 |
| 13. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
63.63 |
0.9865 |
0.2204 |
276 |
1 |
63.63 |
2012-02-28 |
| 14. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
63.17 |
1.0993 |
0.0957 |
265 |
1 |
63.17 |
2012-02-28 |
| 15. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
62.97 |
0.9851 |
0.2106 |
317 |
1 |
62.97 |
2012-02-28 |
| 16. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
62.78 |
0.9461 |
0.2429 |
276 |
1 |
62.78 |
2012-08-23 |
| 17. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
62.26 |
1.0077 |
0.2127 |
250 |
1 |
62.26 |
2012-02-17 |
| 18. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
61.98 |
1.0669 |
0.1405 |
213 |
1 |
61.98 |
2011-03-16 |
| 19. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
61.68 |
1.0053 |
0.1613 |
232 |
1 |
61.68 |
2012-02-28 |
| 20. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
61.18 |
0.9068 |
0.2548 |
269 |
1 |
61.18 |
2010-05-12 |
| 21. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
60.92 |
0.9376 |
0.2520 |
360 |
1 |
60.92 |
2012-02-28 |
| 22. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
60.22 |
0.9922 |
0.1893 |
341 |
1 |
60.22 |
2013-01-22 |
| 23. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
59.83 |
1.0031 |
0.1633 |
304 |
1 |
59.83 |
2012-02-24 |
| 24. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
59.81 |
0.9907 |
0.1406 |
211 |
1 |
59.81 |
2012-02-28 |
| 25. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
59.47 |
1.0521 |
0.0687 |
171 |
2 |
52.07 |
2012-08-23 |
| 26. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
59.08 |
1.0211 |
0.1281 |
213 |
1 |
59.08 |
2011-04-27 |
| 27. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
58.32 |
1.0486 |
0.0562 |
289 |
2 |
53.74 |
2011-03-16 |
| 28. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
58.30 |
1.0201 |
0.0876 |
375 |
1 |
58.30 |
2011-04-27 |
| 29. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
57.87 |
1.0567 |
0.0398 |
303 |
1 |
57.87 |
2010-05-10 |
| 30. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
57.34 |
1.0574 |
0.0560 |
205 |
1 |
57.34 |
2012-02-28 |
| 31. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
57.30 |
1.0396 |
0.0378 |
149 |
2 |
56.21 |
2011-01-26 |
| 32. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
56.89 |
0.9773 |
0.0909 |
123 |
1 |
56.89 |
2010-05-20 |
| 33. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
56.72 |
1.0426 |
0.0301 |
323 |
2 |
53.61 |
2010-06-04 |
| 34. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
56.41 |
0.8956 |
0.1765 |
322 |
1 |
56.41 |
2012-02-28 |
| 35. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
55.66 |
1.0462 |
0.0010 |
184 |
1 |
55.66 |
2010-05-12 |
| 36. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
55.45 |
0.9074 |
0.1481 |
396 |
1 |
55.45 |
2011-05-18 |
| 37. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
55.12 |
0.9234 |
0.1245 |
346 |
1 |
55.12 |
2012-02-24 |
| 38. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
53.96 |
0.9726 |
0.0409 |
154 |
1 |
53.96 |
2012-02-28 |
| 39. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
53.90 |
0.9597 |
0.0637 |
347 |
1 |
53.90 |
2011-03-16 |
| 40. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
53.72 |
0.9213 |
0.0955 |
295 |
1 |
53.72 |
2011-05-18 |
| 41. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
53.72 |
0.9871 |
0.0652 |
209 |
1 |
53.72 |
2012-02-17 |
| 42. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
53.57 |
1.0419 |
-0.0291 |
261 |
1 |
53.57 |
2011-05-18 |
| 43. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
53.53 |
1.0251 |
-0.0148 |
261 |
1 |
53.53 |
2010-04-17 |
| 44. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
53.53 |
0.9731 |
0.0265 |
129 |
1 |
53.53 |
2010-06-10 |
| 45. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
53.48 |
1.0463 |
-0.0396 |
182 |
1 |
53.48 |
2010-04-18 |
| 46. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
52.98 |
0.9908 |
0.0572 |
342 |
1 |
52.98 |
2011-09-15 |
| 47. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
52.93 |
1.0485 |
-0.0133 |
153 |
1 |
52.93 |
2010-06-10 |
| 48. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
52.81 |
0.8845 |
0.1141 |
273 |
1 |
52.81 |
2011-05-18 |
| 49. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
52.79 |
0.9084 |
0.0915 |
300 |
2 |
49.74 |
2011-09-15 |
| 50. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
52.73 |
1.0218 |
-0.0277 |
268 |
1 |
52.73 |
2012-02-28 |
| 51. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
52.66 |
0.8996 |
0.0906 |
192 |
1 |
52.66 |
2012-08-23 |
| 52. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
52.30 |
1.0885 |
-0.0964 |
315 |
3 |
49.97 |
2011-01-26 |
| 53. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
52.17 |
1.0063 |
-0.0199 |
371 |
1 |
52.17 |
2010-05-20 |
| 54. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
52.07 |
0.9202 |
0.0639 |
254 |
1 |
52.07 |
2011-06-13 |
| 55. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
51.85 |
0.8614 |
0.1162 |
172 |
1 |
51.85 |
2010-04-17 |
| 56. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
51.84 |
1.0711 |
-0.0963 |
213 |
2 |
51.75 |
2011-02-14 |
| 57. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
51.43 |
1.0696 |
-0.1009 |
226 |
1 |
51.43 |
2010-05-10 |
| 58. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
50.88 |
0.9899 |
-0.0332 |
163 |
2 |
44.26 |
2010-05-20 |
| 59. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
50.46 |
0.9233 |
0.0219 |
168 |
1 |
50.46 |
2010-05-18 |
| 60. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
50.39 |
0.9831 |
-0.0228 |
469 |
1 |
50.39 |
2010-06-04 |
| 61. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
50.36 |
0.9820 |
-0.0308 |
274 |
2 |
47.42 |
2010-05-10 |
| 62. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
50.25 |
1.0528 |
-0.1080 |
201 |
1 |
50.25 |
2010-06-04 |
| 63. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
49.98 |
0.9622 |
-0.0114 |
392 |
1 |
49.98 |
2010-04-17 |
| 64. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
49.62 |
1.0487 |
-0.1164 |
231 |
1 |
49.62 |
2011-04-27 |
| 65. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
49.60 |
1.0109 |
-0.0410 |
400 |
1 |
49.60 |
2010-05-12 |
| 66. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
49.56 |
1.0555 |
-0.1177 |
363 |
1 |
49.56 |
2010-04-16 |
| 67. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
49.50 |
0.9148 |
0.0219 |
317 |
1 |
49.50 |
2011-04-26 |
| 68. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
49.43 |
0.9540 |
-0.0223 |
285 |
1 |
49.43 |
2010-04-17 |
| 69. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
49.41 |
0.9820 |
-0.0455 |
267 |
1 |
49.41 |
2010-05-12 |
| 70. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
48.90 |
1.0441 |
-0.1191 |
252 |
1 |
48.90 |
2010-04-19 |
| 71. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
48.85 |
1.0714 |
-0.1580 |
129 |
1 |
48.85 |
2010-04-18 |
| 72. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
48.65 |
1.0023 |
-0.0855 |
211 |
1 |
48.65 |
2010-04-16 |
| 73. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
48.39 |
1.0669 |
-0.1208 |
286 |
1 |
48.39 |
2010-04-17 |
| 74. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
48.29 |
0.9157 |
0.0008 |
350 |
1 |
48.29 |
2010-05-07 |
| 75. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
47.71 |
1.0154 |
-0.0646 |
351 |
1 |
47.71 |
2010-04-16 |
| 76. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
47.35 |
0.9557 |
-0.0554 |
331 |
1 |
47.35 |
2010-04-15 |
| 77. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
46.65 |
0.8961 |
-0.0188 |
189 |
1 |
46.65 |
2011-01-26 |
| 78. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
46.60 |
0.8951 |
-0.0133 |
193 |
1 |
46.60 |
2011-04-26 |
| 79. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
46.53 |
0.8670 |
0.0164 |
318 |
1 |
46.53 |
2010-05-16 |
| 80. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
46.32 |
0.9125 |
-0.0365 |
308 |
1 |
46.32 |
2011-02-14 |
| 81. |
Pulp: 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. 2. A magaz... |
46.30 |
0.9155 |
0.0074 |
168 |
1 |
46.30 |
2012-08-23 |
| 82. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
46.20 |
1.0352 |
-0.1600 |
341 |
1 |
46.20 |
2010-04-15 |
| 83. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
46.08 |
0.9365 |
-0.0654 |
248 |
1 |
46.08 |
2010-04-15 |
| 84. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
46.05 |
0.9468 |
-0.0776 |
276 |
2 |
46.02 |
2010-06-10 |
| 85. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
45.86 |
0.8602 |
0.0030 |
206 |
1 |
45.86 |
2010-04-15 |
| 86. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
45.67 |
1.0334 |
-0.1782 |
131 |
1 |
45.67 |
2010-05-10 |
| 87. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
45.56 |
0.8941 |
-0.0330 |
216 |
2 |
45.26 |
2010-05-18 |
| 88. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
45.40 |
1.0232 |
-0.1208 |
350 |
1 |
45.40 |
2010-05-14 |
| 89. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
45.25 |
1.0004 |
-0.1529 |
212 |
1 |
45.25 |
2010-04-16 |
| 90. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
45.09 |
0.8723 |
-0.0259 |
185 |
1 |
45.09 |
2011-02-14 |
| 91. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
45.00 |
1.0388 |
-0.1582 |
243 |
1 |
45.00 |
2010-04-17 |
| 92. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
44.42 |
0.9754 |
-0.1316 |
362 |
1 |
44.42 |
2010-04-19 |
| 93. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
43.85 |
0.8105 |
0.0118 |
204 |
1 |
43.85 |
2011-05-18 |
| 94. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
43.82 |
0.9711 |
-0.1464 |
176 |
1 |
43.82 |
2010-04-17 |
| 95. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
43.72 |
1.0399 |
-0.2101 |
294 |
1 |
43.72 |
2010-04-16 |
| 96. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
43.72 |
0.9247 |
-0.0956 |
253 |
1 |
43.72 |
2010-06-01 |
| 97. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
43.37 |
0.9884 |
-0.1711 |
233 |
1 |
43.37 |
2010-05-10 |
| 98. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
43.19 |
0.9672 |
-0.1462 |
396 |
1 |
43.19 |
2010-05-18 |
| 99. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
43.03 |
0.9871 |
-0.1532 |
227 |
1 |
43.03 |
2011-01-26 |
| 100. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
42.97 |
0.8770 |
-0.0637 |
300 |
1 |
42.97 |
2011-04-26 |
| 101. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
42.50 |
0.8533 |
-0.0514 |
232 |
1 |
42.50 |
2010-05-14 |
| 102. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
42.49 |
0.8793 |
-0.0776 |
157 |
2 |
42.00 |
2010-05-10 |
| 103. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
42.33 |
1.0150 |
-0.1681 |
325 |
1 |
42.33 |
2010-04-16 |
| 104. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
41.76 |
0.9289 |
-0.1445 |
204 |
1 |
41.76 |
2010-04-18 |
| 105. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
41.43 |
0.9514 |
-0.1705 |
237 |
1 |
41.43 |
2010-05-20 |
| 106. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
40.54 |
0.9687 |
-0.2003 |
371 |
1 |
40.54 |
2010-04-15 |
| 107. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
40.24 |
1.0033 |
-0.2524 |
189 |
1 |
40.24 |
2010-04-17 |
| 108. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
37.33 |
0.9910 |
-0.2869 |
295 |
1 |
37.33 |
2010-04-15 |
| 109. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
36.42 |
0.8077 |
-0.1257 |
167 |
1 |
36.42 |
2010-05-10 |
| 110. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
35.84 |
0.9966 |
-0.3236 |
259 |
1 |
35.84 |
2010-05-16 |
| 111. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
27.16 |
0.9164 |
-0.4040 |
305 |
1 |
27.16 |
2010-04-15 |