| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
59.73 |
0.9286 |
0.5502 |
194 |
1 |
59.73 |
2009-01-08 |
| 2. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
59.69 |
1.0619 |
0.4205 |
354 |
1 |
59.69 |
2009-01-09 |
| 3. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
56.87 |
1.0528 |
0.3505 |
201 |
2 |
47.98 |
2009-01-08 |
| 4. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
55.50 |
1.0261 |
0.3461 |
273 |
1 |
55.50 |
2009-01-08 |
| 5. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
52.71 |
0.9991 |
0.3057 |
225 |
1 |
52.71 |
2009-01-09 |
| 6. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
52.58 |
0.9278 |
0.3760 |
295 |
1 |
52.58 |
2009-01-09 |
| 7. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
52.50 |
1.0340 |
0.2703 |
406 |
1 |
52.50 |
2009-01-08 |
| 8. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
51.71 |
0.9468 |
0.3320 |
276 |
1 |
51.71 |
2009-01-09 |
| 9. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
50.49 |
0.9897 |
0.2569 |
274 |
1 |
50.49 |
2009-01-10 |
| 10. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
50.40 |
0.9780 |
0.2696 |
337 |
1 |
50.40 |
2009-01-09 |
| 11. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
50.27 |
0.9820 |
0.2642 |
267 |
2 |
44.04 |
2009-01-09 |
| 12. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
49.24 |
1.0567 |
0.1615 |
303 |
2 |
42.82 |
2009-01-08 |
| 13. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
48.91 |
0.9226 |
0.2931 |
348 |
1 |
48.91 |
2009-01-09 |
| 14. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
48.81 |
0.9411 |
0.2666 |
318 |
2 |
40.75 |
2009-01-10 |
| 15. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
48.39 |
0.8553 |
0.3360 |
174 |
1 |
48.39 |
2009-01-09 |
| 16. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
47.88 |
0.9635 |
0.2255 |
389 |
1 |
47.88 |
2009-01-08 |
| 17. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
47.62 |
0.9740 |
0.1990 |
209 |
2 |
46.17 |
2009-01-10 |
| 18. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
47.28 |
0.9084 |
0.2620 |
300 |
1 |
47.28 |
2009-01-08 |
| 19. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
46.37 |
0.9330 |
0.2195 |
360 |
1 |
46.37 |
2009-01-09 |
| 20. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
44.65 |
0.9540 |
0.1471 |
285 |
1 |
44.65 |
2009-01-09 |
| 21. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
42.93 |
1.0385 |
0.0196 |
230 |
1 |
42.93 |
2009-01-08 |
| 22. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
41.09 |
0.9965 |
0.0126 |
168 |
1 |
41.09 |
2009-01-08 |
| 23. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
40.91 |
1.0120 |
-0.0034 |
290 |
1 |
40.91 |
2008-09-12 |
| 24. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
39.28 |
0.9893 |
-0.0205 |
323 |
1 |
39.28 |
2008-09-12 |
| 25. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
38.37 |
1.0993 |
-0.1554 |
265 |
1 |
38.37 |
2008-09-12 |
| 26. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
37.94 |
1.0331 |
-0.1001 |
234 |
1 |
37.94 |
2008-09-10 |
| 27. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
37.59 |
1.0696 |
-0.1466 |
226 |
1 |
37.59 |
2008-09-12 |
| 28. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
37.50 |
0.9578 |
-0.0341 |
281 |
1 |
37.50 |
2008-09-12 |
| 29. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
36.99 |
0.8653 |
0.0575 |
255 |
1 |
36.99 |
2008-10-17 |
| 30. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
36.89 |
0.9005 |
0.0070 |
212 |
1 |
36.89 |
2008-10-17 |
| 31. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
36.89 |
0.8910 |
0.0197 |
150 |
1 |
36.89 |
2008-09-12 |
| 32. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
36.78 |
0.9572 |
-0.0521 |
201 |
2 |
34.91 |
2008-09-10 |
| 33. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
36.75 |
0.9776 |
-0.0719 |
308 |
2 |
35.63 |
2008-09-04 |
| 34. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
36.69 |
1.0201 |
-0.1229 |
172 |
1 |
36.69 |
2008-09-02 |
| 35. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
36.67 |
1.0214 |
-0.1233 |
166 |
1 |
36.67 |
2008-10-17 |
| 36. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
36.65 |
0.9941 |
-0.0935 |
217 |
1 |
36.65 |
2008-09-02 |
| 37. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
36.33 |
1.0796 |
-0.1894 |
129 |
1 |
36.33 |
2008-10-17 |
| 38. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
36.27 |
0.9614 |
-0.0649 |
292 |
1 |
36.27 |
2009-01-08 |
| 39. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
36.09 |
0.9576 |
-0.0640 |
212 |
1 |
36.09 |
2009-01-08 |
| 40. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
35.28 |
0.8821 |
-0.0138 |
176 |
2 |
34.99 |
2008-09-04 |
| 41. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
35.24 |
1.0486 |
-0.1800 |
289 |
2 |
35.18 |
2008-10-17 |
| 42. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
35.04 |
0.8975 |
-0.0342 |
268 |
1 |
35.04 |
2008-10-17 |
| 43. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
34.86 |
0.9846 |
-0.1274 |
281 |
1 |
34.86 |
2008-09-10 |
| 44. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
34.29 |
0.8602 |
-0.0184 |
206 |
1 |
34.29 |
2008-09-04 |
| 45. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
33.59 |
0.9843 |
-0.1628 |
234 |
1 |
33.59 |
2008-09-04 |
| 46. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
33.56 |
0.9729 |
-0.1469 |
255 |
1 |
33.56 |
2008-10-17 |
| 47. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
32.78 |
0.8951 |
-0.0866 |
193 |
1 |
32.78 |
2008-09-18 |
| 48. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
32.68 |
0.9866 |
-0.1865 |
218 |
1 |
32.68 |
2008-09-02 |
| 49. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
32.02 |
0.9710 |
-0.1902 |
173 |
1 |
32.02 |
2008-09-04 |
| 50. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
31.77 |
0.9339 |
-0.1544 |
310 |
1 |
31.77 |
2008-09-02 |
| 51. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
31.54 |
1.0025 |
-0.2273 |
256 |
1 |
31.54 |
2008-09-04 |
| 52. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
31.33 |
0.9351 |
-0.1706 |
190 |
2 |
29.91 |
2008-09-18 |
| 53. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
29.77 |
0.7876 |
-0.0539 |
316 |
1 |
29.77 |
2008-10-17 |
| 54. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
29.63 |
0.8961 |
-0.1719 |
189 |
1 |
29.63 |
2008-09-02 |
| 55. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
29.42 |
1.0487 |
-0.3314 |
231 |
1 |
29.42 |
2008-09-10 |
| 56. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
29.27 |
0.9128 |
-0.1887 |
133 |
1 |
29.27 |
2008-09-02 |
| 57. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
28.74 |
0.9852 |
-0.2796 |
264 |
1 |
28.74 |
2008-09-02 |
| 58. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
26.99 |
0.8996 |
-0.2435 |
192 |
1 |
26.99 |
2008-09-10 |
| 59. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
26.49 |
0.8919 |
-0.2445 |
205 |
1 |
26.49 |
2008-09-10 |
| 60. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
26.45 |
0.8941 |
-0.2440 |
216 |
1 |
26.45 |
2008-10-17 |