| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
99.82 |
1.0555 |
0.3031 |
323 |
1 |
99.82 |
2012-10-24 |
| 2. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
97.37 |
1.1162 |
0.2205 |
189 |
1 |
97.37 |
2012-10-25 |
| 3. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
95.90 |
1.0390 |
0.2329 |
205 |
1 |
95.90 |
2012-10-18 |
| 4. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
94.86 |
1.0567 |
0.2060 |
303 |
2 |
85.78 |
2012-10-18 |
| 5. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
93.51 |
1.0613 |
0.1879 |
456 |
1 |
93.51 |
2012-10-08 |
| 6. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
92.20 |
1.0799 |
0.1422 |
243 |
1 |
92.20 |
2012-10-17 |
| 7. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
91.71 |
1.0463 |
0.1685 |
182 |
1 |
91.71 |
2012-10-17 |
| 8. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
90.40 |
1.0398 |
0.1512 |
110 |
1 |
90.40 |
2012-10-24 |
| 9. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
89.53 |
1.0547 |
0.1702 |
257 |
1 |
89.53 |
2012-10-19 |
| 10. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
87.36 |
1.1068 |
0.0946 |
393 |
1 |
87.36 |
2012-10-24 |
| 11. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
86.92 |
1.0004 |
0.1485 |
212 |
1 |
86.92 |
2012-10-24 |
| 12. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
86.67 |
1.0885 |
0.0665 |
315 |
2 |
85.61 |
2012-10-24 |
| 13. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
86.26 |
0.9884 |
0.1573 |
233 |
1 |
86.26 |
2012-10-24 |
| 14. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
85.98 |
1.0099 |
0.1293 |
207 |
1 |
85.98 |
2012-11-30 |
| 15. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
85.84 |
1.0109 |
0.1302 |
276 |
2 |
80.27 |
2012-10-25 |
| 16. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
85.63 |
0.9342 |
0.2072 |
434 |
1 |
85.63 |
2012-10-19 |
| 17. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
85.60 |
0.9965 |
0.1361 |
168 |
1 |
85.60 |
2012-10-17 |
| 18. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
85.03 |
1.0714 |
0.0491 |
129 |
1 |
85.03 |
2012-10-19 |
| 19. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
84.64 |
1.0711 |
0.0480 |
213 |
1 |
84.64 |
2012-11-01 |
| 20. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
84.41 |
1.0389 |
0.0849 |
340 |
1 |
84.41 |
2012-10-17 |
| 21. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
83.82 |
1.0767 |
0.0344 |
212 |
1 |
83.82 |
2012-10-23 |
| 22. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
83.73 |
1.0138 |
0.0979 |
231 |
1 |
83.73 |
2012-10-10 |
| 23. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
83.57 |
1.1014 |
0.0463 |
273 |
1 |
83.57 |
2012-10-23 |
| 24. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
83.52 |
0.9786 |
0.1302 |
235 |
2 |
77.88 |
2012-11-01 |
| 25. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
83.26 |
1.0788 |
0.0214 |
171 |
2 |
82.77 |
2012-10-19 |
| 26. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
82.47 |
1.0621 |
0.0525 |
263 |
1 |
82.47 |
2012-10-10 |
| 27. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
80.98 |
1.0574 |
0.0459 |
205 |
1 |
80.98 |
2012-10-17 |
| 28. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
80.91 |
1.0379 |
0.0711 |
245 |
1 |
80.91 |
2012-10-10 |
| 29. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
80.74 |
1.1114 |
-0.0423 |
247 |
1 |
80.74 |
2012-10-18 |
| 30. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
80.70 |
1.0218 |
0.0467 |
268 |
1 |
80.70 |
2012-10-25 |
| 31. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
80.68 |
0.9908 |
0.1265 |
342 |
1 |
80.68 |
2012-10-19 |
| 32. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
80.61 |
1.0213 |
0.0459 |
240 |
1 |
80.61 |
2012-11-26 |
| 33. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
80.44 |
0.9911 |
0.0732 |
212 |
1 |
80.44 |
2012-10-10 |
| 34. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
80.25 |
1.0917 |
-0.0029 |
243 |
1 |
80.25 |
2012-10-19 |
| 35. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
80.06 |
0.9691 |
0.0932 |
223 |
1 |
80.06 |
2012-10-18 |
| 36. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
79.72 |
1.0454 |
0.0097 |
255 |
1 |
79.72 |
2012-10-10 |
| 37. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
79.41 |
0.9965 |
0.0583 |
277 |
2 |
73.24 |
2012-11-26 |
| 38. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
79.39 |
0.9567 |
0.0973 |
273 |
1 |
79.39 |
2012-11-07 |
| 39. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
79.04 |
0.9430 |
0.0990 |
211 |
1 |
79.04 |
2012-11-07 |
| 40. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
78.97 |
1.0232 |
0.0606 |
236 |
1 |
78.97 |
2012-10-18 |
| 41. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
78.94 |
0.9943 |
0.0565 |
373 |
1 |
78.94 |
2012-10-17 |
| 42. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
78.92 |
0.9430 |
0.1011 |
227 |
1 |
78.92 |
2012-11-07 |
| 43. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
78.80 |
0.9687 |
0.0821 |
371 |
1 |
78.80 |
2012-10-24 |
| 44. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
78.66 |
0.9731 |
0.0583 |
129 |
1 |
78.66 |
2012-10-24 |
| 45. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
78.21 |
0.9710 |
0.0606 |
173 |
1 |
78.21 |
2012-10-18 |
| 46. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
78.17 |
0.9986 |
0.0395 |
283 |
1 |
78.17 |
2012-10-12 |
| 47. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
78.06 |
0.9649 |
0.0702 |
193 |
2 |
68.85 |
2012-10-17 |
| 48. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
77.99 |
0.9811 |
0.0567 |
272 |
1 |
77.99 |
2012-10-12 |
| 49. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
77.02 |
1.0662 |
-0.0061 |
407 |
1 |
77.02 |
2012-11-29 |
| 50. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
76.93 |
1.0214 |
-0.0021 |
269 |
1 |
76.93 |
2012-10-17 |
| 51. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
76.59 |
0.9365 |
0.0813 |
248 |
1 |
76.59 |
2012-10-17 |
| 52. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
75.65 |
1.0361 |
-0.0317 |
269 |
1 |
75.65 |
2012-11-29 |
| 53. |
Ultimately, this is not about solving your problems. It's ab... |
75.58 |
1.0604 |
-0.0245 |
260 |
1 |
75.58 |
2012-10-10 |
| 54. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
75.08 |
0.9814 |
0.0541 |
364 |
1 |
75.08 |
2012-10-17 |
| 55. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
74.97 |
1.0201 |
-0.0250 |
303 |
1 |
74.97 |
2012-10-17 |
| 56. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
74.96 |
1.0477 |
-0.0511 |
360 |
1 |
74.96 |
2012-10-08 |
| 57. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
74.90 |
0.8958 |
0.1026 |
322 |
1 |
74.90 |
2012-10-19 |
| 58. |
Sometimes you concentrate more on racing the cars around you... |
74.76 |
1.0968 |
-0.0676 |
365 |
1 |
74.76 |
2012-10-12 |
| 59. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
74.26 |
1.0263 |
-0.0426 |
267 |
1 |
74.26 |
2012-10-10 |
| 60. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
74.05 |
1.0211 |
-0.0085 |
213 |
1 |
74.05 |
2012-10-17 |
| 61. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
73.83 |
0.9758 |
0.0041 |
314 |
1 |
73.83 |
2012-10-19 |
| 62. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
73.73 |
1.0441 |
-0.0249 |
316 |
1 |
73.73 |
2012-10-24 |
| 63. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
73.68 |
0.9904 |
0.0271 |
203 |
1 |
73.68 |
2012-10-23 |
| 64. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
73.66 |
0.9855 |
0.0250 |
258 |
1 |
73.66 |
2012-10-17 |
| 65. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
73.52 |
1.0615 |
-0.0611 |
305 |
1 |
73.52 |
2012-10-17 |
| 66. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
73.44 |
0.9857 |
-0.0129 |
293 |
1 |
73.44 |
2012-10-08 |
| 67. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
73.43 |
1.0763 |
-0.0608 |
367 |
1 |
73.43 |
2012-10-08 |
| 68. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
73.38 |
1.0257 |
-0.0462 |
401 |
1 |
73.38 |
2012-10-24 |
| 69. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
73.24 |
1.0349 |
-0.0648 |
234 |
1 |
73.24 |
2012-10-18 |
| 70. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
73.22 |
1.0337 |
-0.0635 |
214 |
1 |
73.22 |
2012-10-23 |
| 71. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
72.84 |
1.0261 |
-0.0206 |
410 |
1 |
72.84 |
2012-10-24 |
| 72. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
72.28 |
0.9168 |
0.0431 |
240 |
1 |
72.28 |
2012-10-17 |
| 73. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
71.93 |
1.0232 |
-0.0238 |
350 |
1 |
71.93 |
2012-10-08 |
| 74. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
71.74 |
0.9289 |
0.0198 |
204 |
1 |
71.74 |
2012-10-17 |
| 75. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
71.46 |
0.9601 |
-0.0080 |
308 |
1 |
71.46 |
2012-10-18 |
| 76. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
71.45 |
0.9893 |
-0.0422 |
323 |
1 |
71.45 |
2012-10-25 |
| 77. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
71.28 |
1.0358 |
-0.0490 |
349 |
2 |
66.10 |
2012-10-24 |
| 78. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
71.19 |
0.9964 |
-0.0528 |
203 |
1 |
71.19 |
2012-11-07 |
| 79. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
71.17 |
0.9780 |
-0.0337 |
337 |
1 |
71.17 |
2012-10-10 |
| 80. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
71.12 |
0.9546 |
0.0192 |
198 |
1 |
71.12 |
2012-11-30 |
| 81. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
71.09 |
0.9844 |
-0.0370 |
293 |
1 |
71.09 |
2012-10-24 |
| 82. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
71.05 |
0.9411 |
0.0015 |
318 |
1 |
71.05 |
2012-10-19 |
| 83. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
70.88 |
0.9293 |
0.0114 |
355 |
1 |
70.88 |
2012-10-17 |
| 84. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
70.79 |
1.0613 |
-0.1221 |
266 |
1 |
70.79 |
2012-11-26 |
| 85. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
70.69 |
0.9125 |
0.0263 |
308 |
1 |
70.69 |
2012-10-18 |
| 86. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
69.78 |
0.9776 |
-0.0526 |
308 |
1 |
69.78 |
2012-10-23 |
| 87. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
69.77 |
1.0029 |
-0.0849 |
209 |
1 |
69.77 |
2012-10-19 |
| 88. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
69.52 |
1.0254 |
-0.0637 |
217 |
1 |
69.52 |
2012-10-18 |
| 89. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
68.98 |
0.9899 |
-0.0808 |
163 |
1 |
68.98 |
2012-10-08 |
| 90. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
68.84 |
1.0203 |
-0.1049 |
261 |
1 |
68.84 |
2012-10-18 |
| 91. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
68.83 |
1.0284 |
-0.0731 |
282 |
1 |
68.83 |
2012-10-17 |
| 92. |
Don't practice too much at first, or you're likely to develo... |
68.81 |
1.0141 |
-0.0621 |
381 |
1 |
68.81 |
2012-10-19 |
| 93. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
68.81 |
0.9912 |
-0.0527 |
237 |
1 |
68.81 |
2012-10-10 |
| 94. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
68.70 |
0.9693 |
-0.0377 |
360 |
1 |
68.70 |
2012-10-24 |
| 95. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
68.54 |
0.9670 |
-0.0168 |
307 |
1 |
68.54 |
2012-10-17 |
| 96. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
68.26 |
1.0073 |
-0.0948 |
369 |
1 |
68.26 |
2012-10-18 |
| 97. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
66.43 |
0.9372 |
-0.0529 |
320 |
1 |
66.43 |
2012-10-10 |
| 98. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
66.40 |
0.9871 |
-0.0716 |
209 |
1 |
66.40 |
2012-10-10 |
| 99. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
66.26 |
0.9622 |
-0.0783 |
392 |
1 |
66.26 |
2012-10-20 |
| 100. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
66.24 |
1.0031 |
-0.0926 |
304 |
1 |
66.24 |
2012-10-25 |
| 101. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
66.22 |
0.9513 |
-0.0707 |
354 |
1 |
66.22 |
2012-10-10 |
| 102. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
66.00 |
0.8553 |
0.0136 |
174 |
1 |
66.00 |
2012-10-08 |
| 103. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
65.88 |
0.8826 |
-0.0087 |
296 |
1 |
65.88 |
2012-10-24 |
| 104. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
65.80 |
0.9508 |
-0.0460 |
384 |
1 |
65.80 |
2012-10-24 |
| 105. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
65.64 |
1.0173 |
-0.1043 |
268 |
1 |
65.64 |
2012-10-18 |
| 106. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
65.64 |
0.9485 |
-0.0777 |
236 |
1 |
65.64 |
2012-11-01 |
| 107. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
65.04 |
0.9583 |
-0.0538 |
341 |
1 |
65.04 |
2012-10-17 |
| 108. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
64.48 |
1.0214 |
-0.1256 |
281 |
1 |
64.48 |
2012-10-18 |
| 109. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
64.32 |
0.8919 |
-0.0420 |
205 |
1 |
64.32 |
2012-10-25 |
| 110. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
64.26 |
0.9801 |
-0.0868 |
428 |
1 |
64.26 |
2012-10-16 |
| 111. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
64.03 |
1.0053 |
-0.1598 |
232 |
1 |
64.03 |
2012-11-27 |
| 112. |
Finally, gentlemen, there are people with an hereditary anim... |
63.32 |
0.9383 |
-0.0788 |
471 |
1 |
63.32 |
2012-10-12 |
| 113. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
63.01 |
0.9514 |
-0.1175 |
237 |
1 |
63.01 |
2012-10-24 |
| 114. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
62.99 |
1.0444 |
-0.2175 |
197 |
1 |
62.99 |
2012-10-08 |
| 115. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
61.75 |
0.8981 |
-0.0768 |
393 |
1 |
61.75 |
2012-10-08 |
| 116. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
61.62 |
1.0523 |
-0.2415 |
256 |
1 |
61.62 |
2012-10-17 |
| 117. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
61.42 |
0.9646 |
-0.1531 |
264 |
1 |
61.42 |
2012-10-10 |
| 118. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
60.83 |
0.9109 |
-0.1035 |
401 |
1 |
60.83 |
2012-10-08 |
| 119. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
58.92 |
1.0177 |
-0.2007 |
392 |
1 |
58.92 |
2012-10-16 |
| 120. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
58.28 |
0.9176 |
-0.1137 |
267 |
1 |
58.28 |
2012-10-18 |
| 121. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
57.08 |
0.9790 |
-0.1843 |
311 |
1 |
57.08 |
2012-10-24 |
| 122. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
56.05 |
0.9286 |
-0.1895 |
194 |
1 |
56.05 |
2012-10-17 |
| 123. |
Pulp: 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. 2. A magaz... |
55.60 |
0.9155 |
-0.1322 |
168 |
1 |
55.60 |
2012-10-08 |
| 124. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
54.90 |
0.9673 |
-0.2035 |
232 |
1 |
54.90 |
2012-10-24 |
| 125. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
54.55 |
0.9176 |
-0.1588 |
365 |
1 |
54.55 |
2012-10-08 |
| 126. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
52.85 |
0.7805 |
-0.0879 |
154 |
1 |
52.85 |
2012-11-01 |