Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
62.14 |
0.9986 |
0.2777 |
162 |
1 |
62.14 |
2011-02-27 |
2. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
58.24 |
0.9697 |
0.2348 |
266 |
2 |
55.56 |
2011-02-28 |
3. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
57.99 |
1.0498 |
0.1401 |
180 |
1 |
57.99 |
2011-02-28 |
4. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
57.72 |
1.0523 |
0.1325 |
256 |
1 |
57.72 |
2011-02-28 |
5. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
56.86 |
1.0125 |
0.1564 |
224 |
2 |
54.50 |
2011-02-27 |
6. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
56.37 |
1.0799 |
0.0774 |
243 |
2 |
52.97 |
2011-02-27 |
7. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
56.24 |
1.1114 |
0.0442 |
247 |
2 |
53.23 |
2011-02-28 |
8. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
55.62 |
0.9340 |
0.2112 |
296 |
2 |
51.97 |
2011-02-27 |
9. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
55.28 |
1.0029 |
0.1290 |
209 |
2 |
51.29 |
2011-02-27 |
10. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
55.27 |
0.9084 |
0.2315 |
300 |
2 |
50.74 |
2011-02-28 |
11. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
55.27 |
0.9899 |
0.1435 |
163 |
1 |
55.27 |
2011-02-28 |
12. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
55.18 |
1.0352 |
0.1036 |
341 |
1 |
55.18 |
2011-02-27 |
13. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
54.97 |
0.9330 |
0.2054 |
360 |
2 |
48.07 |
2011-02-27 |
14. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
54.72 |
1.0621 |
0.0839 |
263 |
1 |
54.72 |
2011-02-28 |
15. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
53.77 |
1.0214 |
0.0801 |
166 |
2 |
48.74 |
2011-02-28 |
16. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
53.18 |
0.9171 |
0.1778 |
165 |
1 |
53.18 |
2011-02-28 |
17. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
52.89 |
1.0602 |
0.0323 |
389 |
1 |
52.89 |
2011-02-27 |
18. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
52.82 |
1.0907 |
-0.0009 |
303 |
1 |
52.82 |
2011-02-27 |
19. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
52.57 |
1.0201 |
0.0622 |
303 |
1 |
52.57 |
2011-02-27 |
20. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
52.42 |
1.0252 |
0.0470 |
176 |
1 |
52.42 |
2011-02-28 |
21. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
52.09 |
1.0214 |
0.0488 |
269 |
1 |
52.09 |
2011-02-27 |
22. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
51.89 |
1.0725 |
0.0210 |
233 |
1 |
51.89 |
2011-02-28 |
23. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
51.87 |
0.9293 |
0.1388 |
355 |
1 |
51.87 |
2011-02-28 |
24. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
51.64 |
0.9633 |
0.1014 |
304 |
2 |
50.32 |
2011-02-28 |
25. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
51.52 |
1.0740 |
0.0243 |
264 |
1 |
51.52 |
2011-02-27 |
26. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
51.10 |
0.9754 |
0.0819 |
362 |
1 |
51.10 |
2011-02-27 |
27. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
51.08 |
0.9072 |
0.1419 |
237 |
3 |
46.42 |
2011-02-27 |
28. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
51.07 |
1.1081 |
-0.0229 |
206 |
1 |
51.07 |
2011-02-27 |
29. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
50.86 |
0.9976 |
0.0689 |
174 |
1 |
50.86 |
2011-02-28 |
30. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
50.77 |
1.0197 |
0.0218 |
226 |
1 |
50.77 |
2011-02-27 |
31. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
50.77 |
1.0389 |
0.0072 |
318 |
1 |
50.77 |
2011-02-27 |
32. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
50.60 |
1.0388 |
0.0336 |
243 |
1 |
50.60 |
2011-02-27 |
33. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
50.42 |
1.0033 |
0.0271 |
189 |
1 |
50.42 |
2011-02-26 |
34. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
50.42 |
0.9578 |
0.0788 |
281 |
1 |
50.42 |
2011-02-26 |
35. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
50.32 |
1.0596 |
-0.0267 |
239 |
1 |
50.32 |
2011-02-27 |
36. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
49.98 |
1.0668 |
-0.0364 |
350 |
1 |
49.98 |
2011-02-27 |
37. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
49.88 |
0.9567 |
0.0689 |
273 |
2 |
43.94 |
2011-02-27 |
38. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
49.85 |
0.8890 |
0.1326 |
199 |
1 |
49.85 |
2011-02-27 |
39. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
49.65 |
1.0284 |
0.0360 |
282 |
1 |
49.65 |
2011-02-28 |
40. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
49.64 |
0.9527 |
0.0680 |
251 |
1 |
49.64 |
2011-02-26 |
41. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
49.41 |
0.9339 |
0.0807 |
310 |
1 |
49.41 |
2011-02-26 |
42. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
49.37 |
0.9820 |
0.0360 |
267 |
1 |
49.37 |
2011-02-27 |
43. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
49.12 |
0.9303 |
0.0734 |
176 |
1 |
49.12 |
2011-02-27 |
44. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
49.06 |
0.9266 |
0.0840 |
278 |
1 |
49.06 |
2011-02-27 |
45. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
48.93 |
1.0062 |
-0.0001 |
288 |
1 |
48.93 |
2011-02-27 |
46. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
48.86 |
1.0083 |
0.0404 |
273 |
1 |
48.86 |
2011-02-28 |
47. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
48.84 |
1.0483 |
-0.0471 |
227 |
2 |
48.80 |
2011-02-28 |
48. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
48.84 |
0.9865 |
0.0188 |
276 |
1 |
48.84 |
2011-02-26 |
49. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
48.66 |
0.9504 |
0.0446 |
263 |
1 |
48.66 |
2011-02-27 |
50. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
48.51 |
1.1296 |
-0.1032 |
252 |
1 |
48.51 |
2011-02-26 |
51. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
48.11 |
1.0788 |
-0.0954 |
171 |
1 |
48.11 |
2011-02-28 |
52. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
47.93 |
1.0941 |
-0.0777 |
256 |
1 |
47.93 |
2011-02-27 |
53. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
47.92 |
0.9936 |
-0.0089 |
311 |
1 |
47.92 |
2011-02-27 |
54. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
47.87 |
0.9164 |
0.0724 |
305 |
1 |
47.87 |
2011-02-28 |
55. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
47.49 |
0.9622 |
0.0203 |
392 |
1 |
47.49 |
2011-02-28 |
56. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
47.46 |
0.9886 |
-0.0107 |
220 |
1 |
47.46 |
2011-02-27 |
57. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
46.95 |
0.9846 |
-0.0209 |
281 |
1 |
46.95 |
2011-02-28 |
58. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
46.70 |
0.9266 |
0.0331 |
267 |
1 |
46.70 |
2011-02-26 |
59. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
46.55 |
0.9239 |
0.0392 |
193 |
2 |
46.08 |
2011-02-27 |
60. |
While it may hold true that the final few seconds of a bike ... |
46.42 |
0.8341 |
0.1282 |
224 |
2 |
45.22 |
2011-02-28 |
61. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
46.41 |
0.9636 |
-0.0101 |
254 |
1 |
46.41 |
2011-02-28 |
62. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
46.06 |
1.0165 |
-0.0663 |
392 |
1 |
46.06 |
2011-02-28 |
63. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
46.02 |
0.9514 |
-0.0056 |
237 |
1 |
46.02 |
2011-02-26 |
64. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
46.01 |
0.9583 |
0.0307 |
341 |
1 |
46.01 |
2011-02-28 |
65. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
45.58 |
0.9740 |
-0.0418 |
209 |
1 |
45.58 |
2011-02-26 |
66. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
45.47 |
1.0004 |
-0.0725 |
212 |
1 |
45.47 |
2011-02-27 |
67. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
45.15 |
0.8787 |
0.0533 |
202 |
1 |
45.15 |
2011-02-27 |
68. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
45.02 |
0.9873 |
-0.0654 |
155 |
1 |
45.02 |
2011-02-26 |
69. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
44.96 |
0.8914 |
0.0328 |
366 |
1 |
44.96 |
2011-02-28 |
70. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
44.94 |
0.9763 |
-0.0538 |
289 |
1 |
44.94 |
2011-02-27 |
71. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
44.91 |
1.0150 |
-0.0437 |
325 |
1 |
44.91 |
2011-02-27 |
72. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
44.72 |
0.9570 |
-0.0369 |
287 |
1 |
44.72 |
2011-02-26 |
73. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
44.68 |
1.0077 |
-0.0488 |
250 |
1 |
44.68 |
2011-02-28 |
74. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
44.55 |
0.9946 |
-0.0800 |
246 |
1 |
44.55 |
2011-02-27 |
75. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
44.45 |
1.0090 |
-0.0524 |
282 |
1 |
44.45 |
2011-02-27 |
76. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
44.43 |
0.8096 |
0.1106 |
209 |
1 |
44.43 |
2011-02-26 |
77. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
44.39 |
1.0462 |
-0.1408 |
184 |
1 |
44.39 |
2011-02-27 |
78. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
44.29 |
0.8731 |
0.0433 |
199 |
1 |
44.29 |
2011-02-26 |
79. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
44.16 |
0.9811 |
-0.0717 |
272 |
1 |
44.16 |
2011-02-28 |
80. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
44.12 |
0.9986 |
-0.0921 |
283 |
1 |
44.12 |
2011-02-26 |
81. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
44.03 |
0.9005 |
0.0020 |
212 |
1 |
44.03 |
2011-02-27 |
82. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
43.36 |
1.0167 |
-0.1198 |
378 |
1 |
43.36 |
2011-02-26 |
83. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
42.56 |
0.9905 |
-0.1093 |
377 |
1 |
42.56 |
2011-02-27 |
84. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
42.40 |
0.9213 |
-0.0507 |
295 |
1 |
42.40 |
2011-02-27 |
85. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
42.29 |
0.9468 |
-0.0795 |
276 |
1 |
42.29 |
2011-02-26 |
86. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
42.05 |
0.9461 |
-0.0835 |
276 |
1 |
42.05 |
2011-02-26 |
87. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
41.93 |
0.9371 |
-0.0379 |
318 |
1 |
41.93 |
2011-02-26 |
88. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
41.84 |
1.0060 |
-0.1523 |
171 |
1 |
41.84 |
2011-02-27 |
89. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
41.48 |
0.9916 |
-0.0981 |
282 |
1 |
41.48 |
2011-02-26 |
90. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
41.48 |
0.9216 |
-0.0318 |
255 |
1 |
41.48 |
2011-02-26 |
91. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
41.07 |
0.9795 |
-0.1371 |
308 |
1 |
41.07 |
2011-02-27 |
92. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
39.82 |
1.0463 |
-0.2346 |
182 |
1 |
39.82 |
2011-02-27 |
93. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
39.16 |
1.0183 |
-0.2213 |
191 |
1 |
39.16 |
2011-02-27 |
94. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
38.72 |
0.9049 |
-0.1061 |
351 |
1 |
38.72 |
2011-02-26 |
95. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
38.52 |
0.9731 |
-0.1963 |
129 |
1 |
38.52 |
2011-02-26 |
96. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
38.18 |
0.9509 |
-0.1303 |
225 |
1 |
38.18 |
2011-02-26 |
97. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
37.16 |
0.7708 |
-0.0044 |
207 |
1 |
37.16 |
2011-02-26 |
98. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
35.36 |
0.9904 |
-0.2263 |
203 |
1 |
35.36 |
2011-02-26 |
99. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
34.27 |
0.9756 |
-0.2761 |
229 |
1 |
34.27 |
2011-02-27 |