Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
61.72 |
1.0286 |
0.2211 |
176 |
1 |
61.72 |
2011-01-25 |
2. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
60.61 |
1.0156 |
0.2152 |
204 |
1 |
60.61 |
2011-01-22 |
3. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
58.95 |
1.0113 |
0.2085 |
236 |
2 |
55.51 |
2011-01-25 |
4. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
57.73 |
0.9747 |
0.2017 |
237 |
1 |
57.73 |
2011-01-25 |
5. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
57.45 |
0.9813 |
0.2097 |
247 |
2 |
50.22 |
2011-01-25 |
6. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
57.34 |
1.0517 |
0.1115 |
227 |
1 |
57.34 |
2011-01-25 |
7. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
57.23 |
1.0244 |
0.1341 |
166 |
1 |
57.23 |
2011-01-25 |
8. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
55.98 |
1.0391 |
0.0999 |
269 |
1 |
55.98 |
2011-01-25 |
9. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
55.97 |
1.0918 |
0.0498 |
315 |
1 |
55.97 |
2011-01-22 |
10. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
54.47 |
1.0046 |
0.0978 |
218 |
1 |
54.47 |
2011-01-22 |
11. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
53.22 |
0.9846 |
0.0964 |
274 |
1 |
53.22 |
2011-01-22 |
12. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
52.96 |
0.9955 |
0.0996 |
237 |
1 |
52.96 |
2011-01-25 |
13. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
52.40 |
0.9908 |
0.0932 |
269 |
2 |
41.33 |
2011-01-26 |
14. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
52.37 |
0.9604 |
0.1032 |
281 |
1 |
52.37 |
2011-01-22 |
15. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
52.33 |
0.9769 |
0.0820 |
209 |
2 |
50.42 |
2011-01-22 |
16. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
51.90 |
0.9392 |
0.1165 |
248 |
1 |
51.90 |
2011-01-24 |
17. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
50.82 |
0.9667 |
0.0653 |
254 |
1 |
50.82 |
2011-01-22 |
18. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
50.72 |
1.0473 |
-0.0156 |
252 |
1 |
50.72 |
2011-01-25 |
19. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
50.71 |
1.0462 |
-0.0174 |
259 |
1 |
50.71 |
2011-01-22 |
20. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
50.47 |
1.0091 |
0.0157 |
288 |
1 |
50.47 |
2011-01-22 |
21. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
50.39 |
1.0195 |
0.0079 |
392 |
2 |
47.99 |
2011-01-25 |
22. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
50.36 |
0.9871 |
0.0464 |
227 |
1 |
50.36 |
2011-01-24 |
23. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
50.32 |
1.0889 |
-0.0447 |
273 |
1 |
50.32 |
2011-01-22 |
24. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
50.04 |
0.9487 |
0.0666 |
276 |
1 |
50.04 |
2011-01-22 |
25. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
49.75 |
0.9507 |
0.0902 |
326 |
1 |
49.75 |
2011-01-22 |
26. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
49.43 |
1.0958 |
-0.0730 |
206 |
1 |
49.43 |
2011-01-22 |
27. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
49.35 |
1.0831 |
-0.0860 |
210 |
1 |
49.35 |
2011-01-22 |
28. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
49.10 |
1.0620 |
-0.0417 |
264 |
1 |
49.10 |
2011-01-22 |
29. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
49.06 |
0.9945 |
0.0264 |
250 |
1 |
49.06 |
2011-01-22 |
30. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
48.74 |
0.9294 |
0.0599 |
267 |
1 |
48.74 |
2011-01-22 |
31. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
48.59 |
1.0358 |
-0.0421 |
193 |
1 |
48.59 |
2011-01-25 |
32. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
48.57 |
1.0042 |
-0.0191 |
273 |
1 |
48.57 |
2011-01-22 |
33. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
48.42 |
0.8751 |
0.1035 |
185 |
1 |
48.42 |
2011-01-26 |
34. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
48.40 |
0.9641 |
0.0215 |
292 |
1 |
48.40 |
2011-01-25 |
35. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
48.27 |
0.9948 |
0.0145 |
352 |
1 |
48.27 |
2011-01-25 |
36. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
48.02 |
0.9922 |
-0.0131 |
323 |
1 |
48.02 |
2011-01-22 |
37. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
47.98 |
1.0560 |
-0.0863 |
171 |
1 |
47.98 |
2011-01-25 |
38. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
47.89 |
0.9340 |
0.0363 |
284 |
1 |
47.89 |
2011-01-25 |
39. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
47.88 |
1.0151 |
-0.0439 |
290 |
1 |
47.88 |
2011-01-24 |
40. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
47.85 |
0.9262 |
0.0509 |
193 |
1 |
47.85 |
2011-01-22 |
41. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
47.83 |
0.9712 |
0.0020 |
388 |
1 |
47.83 |
2011-01-25 |
42. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
47.54 |
1.0449 |
-0.0796 |
225 |
1 |
47.54 |
2011-01-22 |
43. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
47.02 |
0.9525 |
0.0304 |
345 |
1 |
47.02 |
2011-01-25 |
44. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
46.62 |
0.9582 |
-0.0061 |
331 |
1 |
46.62 |
2011-01-22 |
45. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
46.30 |
0.9090 |
0.0279 |
225 |
1 |
46.30 |
2011-01-22 |
46. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
46.23 |
0.9424 |
0.0049 |
419 |
1 |
46.23 |
2011-01-22 |
47. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
46.11 |
1.0142 |
-0.0524 |
282 |
1 |
46.11 |
2011-01-25 |
48. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
46.08 |
1.0494 |
-0.1201 |
184 |
1 |
46.08 |
2011-01-24 |
49. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
45.99 |
0.9764 |
-0.0216 |
258 |
1 |
45.99 |
2011-01-25 |
50. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
45.25 |
1.0596 |
-0.1233 |
253 |
1 |
45.25 |
2011-01-26 |
51. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
44.65 |
0.9002 |
0.0315 |
369 |
1 |
44.65 |
2011-01-25 |
52. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
44.05 |
1.0059 |
-0.1109 |
336 |
1 |
44.05 |
2011-01-22 |
53. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
43.56 |
0.8947 |
-0.0129 |
205 |
1 |
43.56 |
2011-01-25 |
54. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
43.01 |
0.8646 |
0.0105 |
299 |
1 |
43.01 |
2011-01-25 |
55. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
43.00 |
0.9640 |
-0.0921 |
256 |
1 |
43.00 |
2011-01-24 |
56. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
42.67 |
0.9732 |
-0.1045 |
216 |
1 |
42.67 |
2011-01-24 |
57. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
42.23 |
0.9996 |
-0.1481 |
168 |
1 |
42.23 |
2011-01-22 |
58. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
41.13 |
1.0201 |
-0.1611 |
200 |
1 |
41.13 |
2011-01-22 |
59. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
40.69 |
1.0421 |
-0.2155 |
318 |
1 |
40.69 |
2011-01-25 |
60. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
40.29 |
0.8832 |
-0.0672 |
282 |
1 |
40.29 |
2011-01-22 |
61. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
39.48 |
0.8133 |
-0.0184 |
204 |
1 |
39.48 |
2011-01-22 |
62. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
38.76 |
1.0112 |
-0.2086 |
213 |
1 |
38.76 |
2011-01-25 |
63. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
29.06 |
0.9716 |
-0.3867 |
143 |
1 |
29.06 |
2011-01-22 |