| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
72.42 |
1.1162 |
0.2697 |
189 |
1 |
72.42 |
2010-10-28 |
| 2. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
64.47 |
1.1114 |
0.0817 |
247 |
1 |
64.47 |
2010-10-30 |
| 3. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
63.80 |
0.9866 |
0.1930 |
218 |
1 |
63.80 |
2010-10-23 |
| 4. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
63.48 |
0.9233 |
0.2457 |
168 |
2 |
58.19 |
2010-10-30 |
| 5. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
61.69 |
1.0412 |
0.1019 |
225 |
1 |
61.69 |
2010-10-30 |
| 6. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
61.36 |
1.0677 |
0.1002 |
284 |
1 |
61.36 |
2010-10-27 |
| 7. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
61.04 |
0.9763 |
0.1547 |
289 |
1 |
61.04 |
2010-10-26 |
| 8. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
60.52 |
1.0613 |
0.0614 |
266 |
2 |
58.96 |
2010-10-27 |
| 9. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
60.31 |
1.0211 |
0.1275 |
213 |
3 |
59.33 |
2010-10-27 |
| 10. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
59.41 |
1.0417 |
0.0568 |
253 |
1 |
59.41 |
2010-10-23 |
| 11. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
59.38 |
1.0774 |
0.0524 |
304 |
1 |
59.38 |
2010-10-26 |
| 12. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
59.31 |
1.0391 |
0.0661 |
358 |
1 |
59.31 |
2010-10-26 |
| 13. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
59.26 |
0.9904 |
0.1484 |
203 |
2 |
53.64 |
2010-10-30 |
| 14. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
59.13 |
0.9893 |
0.1065 |
323 |
1 |
59.13 |
2010-10-23 |
| 15. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
58.11 |
1.0331 |
0.0413 |
234 |
1 |
58.11 |
2010-10-26 |
| 16. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
58.10 |
1.0012 |
0.0785 |
260 |
1 |
58.10 |
2010-10-28 |
| 17. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
57.62 |
0.9922 |
0.1163 |
341 |
1 |
57.62 |
2010-10-25 |
| 18. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
57.29 |
0.9916 |
0.1122 |
282 |
1 |
57.29 |
2010-10-28 |
| 19. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
57.27 |
0.9084 |
0.1543 |
300 |
1 |
57.27 |
2010-10-23 |
| 20. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
57.26 |
0.8947 |
0.1709 |
366 |
1 |
57.26 |
2010-10-28 |
| 21. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
57.23 |
1.0062 |
0.0539 |
288 |
1 |
57.23 |
2010-10-25 |
| 22. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
56.94 |
0.9691 |
0.0851 |
223 |
1 |
56.94 |
2010-10-30 |
| 23. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
56.90 |
0.9986 |
0.0504 |
162 |
1 |
56.90 |
2010-10-23 |
| 24. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
56.54 |
1.0109 |
0.0371 |
276 |
1 |
56.54 |
2010-10-25 |
| 25. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
56.45 |
0.9342 |
0.1148 |
434 |
1 |
56.45 |
2010-10-28 |
| 26. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
56.35 |
0.9513 |
0.0961 |
354 |
2 |
49.72 |
2010-10-30 |
| 27. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
56.27 |
1.0013 |
0.0399 |
273 |
2 |
55.25 |
2010-10-26 |
| 28. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
56.11 |
1.0385 |
-0.0012 |
230 |
1 |
56.11 |
2010-10-23 |
| 29. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
55.88 |
0.9688 |
0.0658 |
217 |
1 |
55.88 |
2010-10-23 |
| 30. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
55.78 |
1.0797 |
-0.0524 |
210 |
1 |
55.78 |
2010-10-23 |
| 31. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
55.74 |
0.9426 |
0.0927 |
317 |
1 |
55.74 |
2010-10-26 |
| 32. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
55.32 |
0.9925 |
0.0685 |
247 |
2 |
53.42 |
2010-10-23 |
| 33. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
55.26 |
1.0531 |
0.0082 |
272 |
1 |
55.26 |
2010-10-23 |
| 34. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
55.18 |
1.0232 |
0.0444 |
350 |
1 |
55.18 |
2010-10-28 |
| 35. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
55.12 |
0.9884 |
0.0364 |
262 |
1 |
55.12 |
2010-10-24 |
| 36. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
54.95 |
0.9851 |
0.0345 |
317 |
2 |
53.18 |
2010-10-25 |
| 37. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
54.87 |
1.0257 |
-0.0034 |
401 |
1 |
54.87 |
2010-10-26 |
| 38. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
54.77 |
1.0252 |
-0.0177 |
176 |
1 |
54.77 |
2010-10-30 |
| 39. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
54.33 |
0.8935 |
0.1219 |
328 |
1 |
54.33 |
2010-10-23 |
| 40. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
54.17 |
1.0477 |
-0.0426 |
360 |
1 |
54.17 |
2010-10-23 |
| 41. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
53.91 |
1.0346 |
0.0053 |
244 |
1 |
53.91 |
2010-10-23 |
| 42. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
53.42 |
0.9532 |
0.0342 |
258 |
1 |
53.42 |
2010-10-24 |
| 43. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
53.37 |
0.8573 |
0.1340 |
270 |
1 |
53.37 |
2010-10-26 |
| 44. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
53.08 |
0.9843 |
-0.0070 |
234 |
1 |
53.08 |
2010-10-23 |
| 45. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
52.82 |
0.9943 |
-0.0137 |
373 |
1 |
52.82 |
2010-10-26 |
| 46. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
52.81 |
0.8753 |
0.1111 |
427 |
1 |
52.81 |
2010-10-26 |
| 47. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
52.56 |
0.8595 |
0.1148 |
242 |
2 |
47.43 |
2010-10-28 |
| 48. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
52.48 |
0.9234 |
0.0530 |
346 |
1 |
52.48 |
2010-10-26 |
| 49. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
52.33 |
1.0768 |
-0.0685 |
295 |
1 |
52.33 |
2010-10-23 |
| 50. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
52.24 |
1.0138 |
-0.0477 |
231 |
1 |
52.24 |
2010-10-27 |
| 51. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
51.92 |
0.9905 |
-0.0222 |
377 |
1 |
51.92 |
2010-10-30 |
| 52. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
51.91 |
1.0944 |
-0.0892 |
308 |
1 |
51.91 |
2010-10-23 |
| 53. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
51.86 |
0.9485 |
0.0133 |
291 |
1 |
51.86 |
2010-10-30 |
| 54. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
51.84 |
0.9871 |
-0.0059 |
227 |
2 |
50.09 |
2010-10-25 |
| 55. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
51.70 |
0.8916 |
0.0651 |
216 |
1 |
51.70 |
2010-10-25 |
| 56. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
51.14 |
0.9941 |
-0.0506 |
217 |
1 |
51.14 |
2010-10-23 |
| 57. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
51.10 |
1.0168 |
-0.0702 |
271 |
1 |
51.10 |
2010-10-23 |
| 58. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
50.79 |
1.0403 |
-0.0610 |
275 |
1 |
50.79 |
2010-10-23 |
| 59. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
50.70 |
1.0132 |
-0.0842 |
143 |
1 |
50.70 |
2010-10-23 |
| 60. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
50.60 |
0.8770 |
0.0620 |
300 |
1 |
50.60 |
2010-10-27 |
| 61. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
50.57 |
0.9673 |
0.0072 |
232 |
1 |
50.57 |
2010-10-23 |
| 62. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
49.89 |
0.9636 |
-0.0412 |
254 |
1 |
49.89 |
2010-10-23 |
| 63. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
49.85 |
0.9168 |
0.0062 |
240 |
1 |
49.85 |
2010-10-25 |
| 64. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
49.19 |
0.8811 |
0.0329 |
239 |
1 |
49.19 |
2010-10-25 |
| 65. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
49.19 |
0.9653 |
-0.0476 |
394 |
1 |
49.19 |
2010-10-27 |
| 66. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
48.95 |
0.9649 |
-0.0611 |
193 |
2 |
48.66 |
2010-10-25 |
| 67. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
48.92 |
1.0403 |
-0.1210 |
193 |
1 |
48.92 |
2010-10-23 |
| 68. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
48.87 |
1.0365 |
-0.1032 |
162 |
1 |
48.87 |
2010-10-30 |
| 69. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
48.44 |
1.0498 |
-0.1593 |
180 |
1 |
48.44 |
2010-10-23 |
| 70. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
48.42 |
0.8915 |
0.0023 |
188 |
1 |
48.42 |
2010-10-23 |
| 71. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
48.34 |
0.9567 |
-0.0635 |
273 |
1 |
48.34 |
2010-10-23 |
| 72. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
48.15 |
0.8826 |
0.0087 |
296 |
1 |
48.15 |
2010-10-30 |
| 73. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
48.01 |
0.9279 |
-0.0342 |
317 |
2 |
47.70 |
2010-10-23 |
| 74. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
47.78 |
0.8971 |
-0.0089 |
266 |
1 |
47.78 |
2010-10-23 |
| 75. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
47.64 |
0.8958 |
-0.0109 |
322 |
1 |
47.64 |
2010-10-25 |
| 76. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
47.45 |
0.9340 |
-0.0575 |
296 |
1 |
47.45 |
2010-10-23 |
| 77. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
47.34 |
0.9841 |
-0.1056 |
334 |
1 |
47.34 |
2010-10-23 |
| 78. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
46.36 |
0.9411 |
-0.0840 |
318 |
1 |
46.36 |
2010-10-25 |
| 79. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
46.22 |
1.0004 |
-0.1528 |
212 |
1 |
46.22 |
2010-10-23 |
| 80. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
46.07 |
0.8467 |
0.0284 |
343 |
1 |
46.07 |
2010-10-23 |
| 81. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
45.19 |
0.9202 |
-0.0865 |
254 |
1 |
45.19 |
2010-10-23 |
| 82. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
44.31 |
0.8602 |
-0.0445 |
206 |
1 |
44.31 |
2010-10-30 |
| 83. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
43.00 |
0.9529 |
-0.1190 |
269 |
1 |
43.00 |
2010-10-23 |
| 84. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
41.34 |
0.9289 |
-0.1690 |
204 |
1 |
41.34 |
2010-10-23 |
| 85. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
40.39 |
1.0528 |
-0.3134 |
201 |
1 |
40.39 |
2010-10-30 |
| 86. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
39.06 |
1.0120 |
-0.2934 |
290 |
1 |
39.06 |
2010-10-23 |