| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
How many times have you seen the leader of a race have a mec... |
47.58 |
1.0155 |
0.2466 |
232 |
2 |
40.95 |
2013-04-06 |
| 2. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
45.88 |
1.0389 |
0.1786 |
318 |
1 |
45.88 |
2013-03-14 |
| 3. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
45.71 |
1.0384 |
0.1626 |
183 |
2 |
43.75 |
2012-10-14 |
| 4. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
45.21 |
1.0797 |
0.1125 |
210 |
1 |
45.21 |
2012-09-09 |
| 5. |
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly... |
45.07 |
1.0314 |
0.1589 |
172 |
1 |
45.07 |
2012-09-08 |
| 6. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
44.66 |
1.0349 |
0.1470 |
234 |
1 |
44.66 |
2013-03-10 |
| 7. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
43.93 |
0.9873 |
0.1728 |
155 |
1 |
43.93 |
2012-09-23 |
| 8. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
43.82 |
1.0168 |
0.1454 |
271 |
1 |
43.82 |
2012-10-14 |
| 9. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
43.80 |
1.0829 |
0.0783 |
288 |
1 |
43.80 |
2012-09-08 |
| 10. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
43.43 |
1.0412 |
0.1083 |
225 |
1 |
43.43 |
2013-03-16 |
| 11. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
43.34 |
0.9260 |
0.2324 |
243 |
1 |
43.34 |
2012-10-21 |
| 12. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
43.30 |
0.8914 |
0.2556 |
366 |
4 |
39.22 |
2013-03-14 |
| 13. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
43.27 |
1.0795 |
0.0965 |
226 |
1 |
43.27 |
2013-03-09 |
| 14. |
The hectic speed, and the brevity of the lines in the thread... |
43.15 |
0.9131 |
0.2246 |
144 |
1 |
43.15 |
2012-09-06 |
| 15. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
42.92 |
0.9910 |
0.1475 |
295 |
1 |
42.92 |
2012-10-21 |
| 16. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
42.76 |
1.0669 |
0.0974 |
286 |
1 |
42.76 |
2012-09-15 |
| 17. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
42.61 |
1.0669 |
0.0942 |
213 |
3 |
33.40 |
2012-11-02 |
| 18. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
42.36 |
0.9908 |
0.1767 |
342 |
1 |
42.36 |
2013-03-10 |
| 19. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
42.23 |
0.9527 |
0.1654 |
251 |
1 |
42.23 |
2012-09-06 |
| 20. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
42.21 |
0.9792 |
0.1767 |
265 |
1 |
42.21 |
2012-09-14 |
| 21. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
42.13 |
0.9976 |
0.1379 |
174 |
1 |
42.13 |
2012-09-13 |
| 22. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
42.12 |
0.7850 |
0.3267 |
154 |
1 |
42.12 |
2012-09-04 |
| 23. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
41.98 |
0.9710 |
0.1338 |
173 |
2 |
41.27 |
2012-09-23 |
| 24. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
41.79 |
0.9966 |
0.1090 |
259 |
1 |
41.79 |
2012-09-09 |
| 25. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
41.76 |
1.0232 |
0.1177 |
236 |
1 |
41.76 |
2012-09-23 |
| 26. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
41.75 |
0.8900 |
0.2162 |
164 |
1 |
41.75 |
2012-09-06 |
| 27. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
41.58 |
0.9886 |
0.1143 |
220 |
1 |
41.58 |
2012-09-09 |
| 28. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
41.29 |
1.1296 |
-0.0079 |
252 |
1 |
41.29 |
2012-09-13 |
| 29. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
41.25 |
1.0063 |
0.0856 |
371 |
2 |
38.54 |
2012-09-12 |
| 30. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
41.00 |
0.9171 |
0.1683 |
165 |
1 |
41.00 |
2012-09-10 |
| 31. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
40.98 |
0.9763 |
0.1075 |
289 |
1 |
40.98 |
2012-09-04 |
| 32. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
40.86 |
1.0042 |
0.1187 |
352 |
1 |
40.86 |
2013-03-25 |
| 33. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
40.83 |
0.9871 |
0.1295 |
209 |
2 |
33.38 |
2012-09-05 |
| 34. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
40.82 |
1.0150 |
0.1141 |
325 |
1 |
40.82 |
2013-03-15 |
| 35. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
40.63 |
0.7877 |
0.2919 |
142 |
1 |
40.63 |
2012-09-19 |
| 36. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
40.39 |
0.9221 |
0.1451 |
244 |
1 |
40.39 |
2012-09-12 |
| 37. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
40.39 |
0.9461 |
0.1183 |
193 |
1 |
40.39 |
2013-03-15 |
| 38. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
40.33 |
0.9310 |
0.1313 |
188 |
2 |
39.76 |
2012-09-23 |
| 39. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
40.32 |
0.8145 |
0.2547 |
115 |
1 |
40.32 |
2012-09-13 |
| 40. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
40.24 |
1.0232 |
0.0872 |
350 |
1 |
40.24 |
2012-09-27 |
| 41. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
40.10 |
0.9023 |
0.2016 |
231 |
2 |
37.10 |
2013-03-16 |
| 42. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
39.90 |
0.8731 |
0.1892 |
199 |
1 |
39.90 |
2012-09-23 |
| 43. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
39.82 |
1.0666 |
-0.0129 |
297 |
1 |
39.82 |
2012-09-04 |
| 44. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
39.80 |
1.1215 |
-0.0449 |
200 |
1 |
39.80 |
2012-09-06 |
| 45. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
39.62 |
0.9893 |
0.0586 |
323 |
1 |
39.62 |
2012-09-06 |
| 46. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
39.47 |
0.8971 |
0.1519 |
266 |
1 |
39.47 |
2012-10-21 |
| 47. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
39.26 |
1.0331 |
0.0029 |
234 |
1 |
39.26 |
2013-02-03 |
| 48. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
39.24 |
1.0109 |
0.0274 |
276 |
1 |
39.24 |
2012-09-15 |
| 49. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
39.14 |
0.8559 |
0.1803 |
191 |
1 |
39.14 |
2012-09-09 |
| 50. |
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the ... |
39.11 |
1.0381 |
-0.0148 |
170 |
2 |
38.90 |
2013-03-11 |
| 51. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
38.93 |
0.8810 |
0.1490 |
282 |
1 |
38.93 |
2013-03-10 |
| 52. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
38.83 |
0.9084 |
0.1221 |
404 |
1 |
38.83 |
2012-09-11 |
| 53. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
38.81 |
0.8809 |
0.1431 |
127 |
1 |
38.81 |
2012-09-04 |
| 54. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
38.66 |
0.9485 |
0.0755 |
236 |
2 |
37.84 |
2012-09-19 |
| 55. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
38.65 |
0.9266 |
0.0970 |
278 |
1 |
38.65 |
2013-04-06 |
| 56. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
38.63 |
0.9202 |
0.1010 |
254 |
2 |
37.67 |
2012-09-14 |
| 57. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
38.50 |
0.9160 |
0.0984 |
112 |
1 |
38.50 |
2012-09-06 |
| 58. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
38.48 |
0.8096 |
0.2158 |
209 |
1 |
38.48 |
2012-09-09 |
| 59. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
37.74 |
0.9567 |
0.0410 |
273 |
1 |
37.74 |
2013-03-13 |
| 60. |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic ... |
37.71 |
0.8162 |
0.1859 |
149 |
1 |
37.71 |
2012-10-07 |
| 61. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
37.59 |
0.9916 |
0.0446 |
282 |
1 |
37.59 |
2012-09-13 |
| 62. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
37.58 |
1.0213 |
-0.0310 |
240 |
1 |
37.58 |
2013-03-13 |
| 63. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
37.21 |
1.0203 |
-0.0335 |
261 |
2 |
35.62 |
2012-10-07 |
| 64. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
36.93 |
0.9795 |
-0.0032 |
308 |
1 |
36.93 |
2012-09-15 |
| 65. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
36.84 |
0.9309 |
0.0406 |
284 |
1 |
36.84 |
2012-10-01 |
| 66. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
36.59 |
1.0574 |
-0.0626 |
205 |
1 |
36.59 |
2012-09-04 |
| 67. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
36.30 |
1.0254 |
-0.0258 |
217 |
1 |
36.30 |
2012-09-15 |
| 68. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
36.28 |
0.9682 |
-0.0112 |
143 |
1 |
36.28 |
2013-03-14 |
| 69. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
36.14 |
1.0529 |
-0.0981 |
351 |
1 |
36.14 |
2012-09-04 |
| 70. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
36.12 |
0.8777 |
0.0785 |
177 |
1 |
36.12 |
2012-09-08 |
| 71. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
36.01 |
0.8653 |
0.0973 |
255 |
1 |
36.01 |
2013-03-09 |
| 72. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
35.94 |
0.8629 |
0.0908 |
299 |
1 |
35.94 |
2013-04-06 |
| 73. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
35.76 |
0.8898 |
0.0502 |
158 |
1 |
35.76 |
2012-11-11 |
| 74. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
35.16 |
1.0131 |
-0.0884 |
225 |
1 |
35.16 |
2012-09-14 |
| 75. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
35.10 |
0.8602 |
0.0646 |
206 |
1 |
35.10 |
2012-09-04 |
| 76. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
35.08 |
1.0498 |
-0.1283 |
180 |
1 |
35.08 |
2012-09-04 |
| 77. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
35.05 |
1.0417 |
-0.1189 |
253 |
1 |
35.05 |
2012-09-23 |
| 78. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
34.98 |
0.9865 |
-0.0617 |
276 |
1 |
34.98 |
2012-09-29 |
| 79. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
34.98 |
0.9907 |
-0.0684 |
211 |
1 |
34.98 |
2012-10-21 |
| 80. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
34.93 |
0.9339 |
-0.0131 |
310 |
1 |
34.93 |
2012-09-04 |
| 81. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
34.91 |
0.8975 |
0.0249 |
268 |
1 |
34.91 |
2012-11-11 |
| 82. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
34.83 |
0.9597 |
-0.0360 |
347 |
1 |
34.83 |
2012-09-14 |
| 83. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
34.77 |
0.9578 |
-0.0398 |
281 |
1 |
34.77 |
2012-09-11 |
| 84. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
34.66 |
0.9045 |
0.0113 |
235 |
1 |
34.66 |
2012-09-04 |
| 85. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
34.58 |
0.8892 |
0.0303 |
207 |
1 |
34.58 |
2012-09-04 |
| 86. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
34.57 |
0.9811 |
-0.0656 |
272 |
1 |
34.57 |
2012-10-29 |
| 87. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
33.84 |
0.9871 |
-0.0713 |
227 |
1 |
33.84 |
2012-09-06 |
| 88. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
33.45 |
0.8821 |
0.0005 |
176 |
1 |
33.45 |
2012-09-11 |
| 89. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
33.41 |
0.9089 |
-0.0237 |
342 |
1 |
33.41 |
2013-01-20 |
| 90. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
33.21 |
1.0496 |
-0.1740 |
314 |
1 |
33.21 |
2012-09-05 |
| 91. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
33.10 |
0.9216 |
-0.0089 |
255 |
1 |
33.10 |
2012-09-14 |
| 92. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
32.88 |
0.8289 |
0.0455 |
304 |
2 |
32.38 |
2012-10-29 |
| 93. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
32.49 |
1.0138 |
-0.1573 |
231 |
1 |
32.49 |
2012-10-25 |
| 94. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
32.39 |
0.9912 |
-0.1100 |
237 |
1 |
32.39 |
2012-09-11 |
| 95. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
31.48 |
0.7981 |
0.0304 |
126 |
1 |
31.48 |
2012-09-15 |
| 96. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
31.36 |
0.8878 |
-0.0613 |
346 |
1 |
31.36 |
2013-03-07 |
| 97. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
30.97 |
0.8826 |
-0.0647 |
296 |
1 |
30.97 |
2012-09-13 |
| 98. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
30.65 |
0.9711 |
-0.1648 |
176 |
1 |
30.65 |
2012-11-02 |
| 99. |
Every time you practice a technique incorrectly, you're incr... |
30.27 |
0.8826 |
-0.0833 |
241 |
2 |
29.87 |
2012-11-02 |
| 100. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
29.40 |
1.0289 |
-0.2501 |
276 |
1 |
29.40 |
2012-09-05 |
| 101. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
28.95 |
0.8811 |
-0.1146 |
239 |
1 |
28.95 |
2012-10-26 |
| 102. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
28.51 |
0.9726 |
-0.2291 |
154 |
1 |
28.51 |
2012-11-11 |
| 103. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
27.63 |
0.8770 |
-0.1469 |
300 |
1 |
27.63 |
2012-09-30 |
| 104. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
27.59 |
0.8910 |
-0.1635 |
150 |
1 |
27.59 |
2012-12-02 |
| 105. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
26.61 |
0.7876 |
-0.0854 |
316 |
1 |
26.61 |
2012-09-11 |
| 106. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
26.50 |
0.8382 |
-0.1407 |
268 |
1 |
26.50 |
2012-11-04 |
| 107. |
The label doesn't mention that that rib-eye steak came from ... |
26.00 |
0.7731 |
-0.0880 |
145 |
1 |
26.00 |
2012-09-19 |
| 108. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
25.15 |
0.9665 |
-0.2567 |
326 |
1 |
25.15 |
2012-10-29 |
| 109. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
23.68 |
1.0403 |
-0.4046 |
193 |
1 |
23.68 |
2012-10-25 |
| 110. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
23.27 |
0.9572 |
-0.3486 |
201 |
1 |
23.27 |
2012-09-11 |
| 111. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
22.83 |
0.9019 |
-0.2982 |
204 |
1 |
22.83 |
2012-09-05 |