| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
80.50 |
1.0714 |
0.2641 |
129 |
1 |
80.50 |
2012-11-12 |
| 2. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
79.83 |
0.9873 |
0.3429 |
155 |
1 |
79.83 |
2012-11-12 |
| 3. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
79.63 |
0.9986 |
0.3261 |
162 |
1 |
79.63 |
2012-11-14 |
| 4. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
79.03 |
1.0788 |
0.2353 |
171 |
1 |
79.03 |
2012-11-14 |
| 5. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
73.24 |
1.0429 |
0.1777 |
259 |
1 |
73.24 |
2012-11-12 |
| 6. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
73.03 |
0.9820 |
0.2397 |
267 |
1 |
73.03 |
2012-11-12 |
| 7. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
72.96 |
0.9430 |
0.2712 |
227 |
2 |
69.36 |
2012-11-12 |
| 8. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
71.93 |
1.1081 |
0.1263 |
206 |
1 |
71.93 |
2012-11-12 |
| 9. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
71.87 |
1.0528 |
0.1415 |
201 |
2 |
63.70 |
2012-11-12 |
| 10. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
71.59 |
1.0403 |
0.1939 |
275 |
1 |
71.59 |
2012-11-12 |
| 11. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
71.49 |
1.0885 |
0.1073 |
315 |
2 |
68.63 |
2012-11-12 |
| 12. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
70.50 |
1.0598 |
0.1100 |
196 |
1 |
70.50 |
2012-11-12 |
| 13. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
68.61 |
1.0365 |
0.1372 |
162 |
1 |
68.61 |
2012-11-12 |
| 14. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
68.28 |
0.9772 |
0.1580 |
217 |
1 |
68.28 |
2012-11-14 |
| 15. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
68.12 |
1.1014 |
0.0721 |
273 |
2 |
61.58 |
2012-11-12 |
| 16. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
68.06 |
1.0595 |
0.0779 |
379 |
2 |
62.41 |
2012-11-12 |
| 17. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
67.92 |
1.0565 |
0.0730 |
247 |
1 |
67.92 |
2012-10-26 |
| 18. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
67.81 |
1.0387 |
0.1240 |
239 |
1 |
67.81 |
2012-11-12 |
| 19. |
Grits and fried chicken won't disappear, but perhaps future ... |
67.28 |
0.8884 |
0.2334 |
135 |
2 |
60.82 |
2012-11-13 |
| 20. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
66.92 |
1.0602 |
0.0593 |
389 |
1 |
66.92 |
2012-11-12 |
| 21. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
66.46 |
0.9509 |
0.1952 |
225 |
1 |
66.46 |
2012-11-14 |
| 22. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
66.31 |
1.0389 |
0.0681 |
318 |
1 |
66.31 |
2012-11-12 |
| 23. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
66.06 |
1.0004 |
0.0945 |
212 |
1 |
66.06 |
2012-11-12 |
| 24. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
65.77 |
1.0619 |
0.0380 |
354 |
1 |
65.77 |
2012-11-12 |
| 25. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
65.64 |
0.9576 |
0.1405 |
212 |
1 |
65.64 |
2012-11-12 |
| 26. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
65.57 |
1.0396 |
0.0461 |
149 |
1 |
65.57 |
2012-11-12 |
| 27. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
65.55 |
1.0361 |
0.0572 |
269 |
1 |
65.55 |
2012-11-13 |
| 28. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
65.33 |
1.0795 |
0.0396 |
226 |
1 |
65.33 |
2012-11-13 |
| 29. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
65.12 |
1.0972 |
0.0176 |
251 |
1 |
65.12 |
2012-11-12 |
| 30. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
65.04 |
1.0787 |
0.0036 |
237 |
1 |
65.04 |
2012-10-26 |
| 31. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
64.93 |
0.9965 |
0.0860 |
277 |
1 |
64.93 |
2012-11-12 |
| 32. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
64.85 |
1.0621 |
0.0379 |
263 |
2 |
61.97 |
2012-11-12 |
| 33. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
64.48 |
1.0261 |
0.0463 |
273 |
1 |
64.48 |
2012-11-12 |
| 34. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
64.43 |
0.9811 |
0.0952 |
272 |
1 |
64.43 |
2012-11-12 |
| 35. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
64.41 |
0.9843 |
0.0839 |
234 |
1 |
64.41 |
2012-11-12 |
| 36. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
64.05 |
0.9325 |
0.1278 |
156 |
1 |
64.05 |
2012-11-14 |
| 37. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
63.53 |
1.0941 |
-0.0046 |
256 |
1 |
63.53 |
2012-11-13 |
| 38. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
63.33 |
1.0214 |
0.0323 |
269 |
2 |
59.04 |
2012-11-10 |
| 39. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
63.11 |
0.8852 |
0.1686 |
201 |
2 |
57.99 |
2012-11-12 |
| 40. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
63.00 |
1.0441 |
0.0066 |
252 |
1 |
63.00 |
2012-10-26 |
| 41. |
Races are not won in the first corner; however, they are oft... |
62.94 |
0.9582 |
0.0917 |
259 |
1 |
62.94 |
2012-11-12 |
| 42. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
62.77 |
1.0615 |
0.0095 |
305 |
1 |
62.77 |
2012-11-12 |
| 43. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
62.74 |
0.8826 |
0.1641 |
296 |
2 |
60.67 |
2012-11-13 |
| 44. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
62.29 |
1.0316 |
0.0098 |
333 |
1 |
62.29 |
2012-11-12 |
| 45. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
61.58 |
1.0042 |
0.0631 |
352 |
1 |
61.58 |
2012-11-12 |
| 46. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
60.91 |
1.0666 |
-0.0520 |
297 |
1 |
60.91 |
2012-11-12 |
| 47. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
60.50 |
1.0719 |
-0.0370 |
360 |
1 |
60.50 |
2012-11-12 |
| 48. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
59.90 |
1.0445 |
-0.0462 |
373 |
1 |
59.90 |
2012-11-12 |
| 49. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
59.90 |
0.9857 |
0.0103 |
293 |
1 |
59.90 |
2012-11-12 |
| 50. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
59.49 |
1.0419 |
-0.0519 |
261 |
1 |
59.49 |
2012-10-26 |
| 51. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
59.21 |
1.0567 |
-0.0703 |
303 |
1 |
59.21 |
2012-11-12 |
| 52. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
58.80 |
0.9330 |
0.0524 |
360 |
1 |
58.80 |
2012-11-12 |
| 53. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
58.36 |
0.9597 |
0.0154 |
347 |
1 |
58.36 |
2012-11-12 |
| 54. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
58.35 |
1.0314 |
-0.0212 |
452 |
1 |
58.35 |
2012-11-13 |
| 55. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
57.83 |
1.0328 |
-0.0320 |
356 |
1 |
57.83 |
2012-10-26 |
| 56. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
57.71 |
1.0487 |
-0.0934 |
231 |
1 |
57.71 |
2012-10-26 |
| 57. |
Don't practice too much at first, or you're likely to develo... |
56.99 |
1.0141 |
-0.0257 |
381 |
1 |
56.99 |
2012-10-26 |
| 58. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
56.93 |
0.8914 |
0.0561 |
366 |
2 |
54.32 |
2012-11-10 |
| 59. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
56.76 |
0.9464 |
0.0032 |
323 |
1 |
56.76 |
2012-11-12 |
| 60. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
56.75 |
0.9722 |
-0.0262 |
283 |
1 |
56.75 |
2012-11-13 |
| 61. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
56.71 |
1.0774 |
-0.1047 |
304 |
1 |
56.71 |
2012-10-26 |
| 62. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
56.52 |
1.0496 |
-0.1102 |
314 |
1 |
56.52 |
2012-11-10 |
| 63. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
56.24 |
0.8961 |
0.0359 |
189 |
1 |
56.24 |
2012-10-26 |
| 64. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
56.06 |
1.0596 |
-0.1295 |
239 |
1 |
56.06 |
2012-10-26 |
| 65. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
55.98 |
1.0270 |
-0.0601 |
255 |
1 |
55.98 |
2012-10-26 |
| 66. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
55.90 |
0.8775 |
0.0552 |
443 |
1 |
55.90 |
2012-10-26 |
| 67. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
55.78 |
0.9216 |
0.0453 |
255 |
1 |
55.78 |
2012-11-12 |
| 68. |
Races are not won in the first corner; however, they are oft... |
55.60 |
1.0535 |
-0.0939 |
326 |
1 |
55.60 |
2012-10-26 |
| 69. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
55.50 |
1.0197 |
-0.0997 |
226 |
1 |
55.50 |
2012-10-26 |
| 70. |
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the ... |
55.19 |
1.0381 |
-0.1311 |
170 |
1 |
55.19 |
2012-11-10 |
| 71. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
55.01 |
0.9946 |
-0.0800 |
246 |
1 |
55.01 |
2012-10-26 |
| 72. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
54.96 |
0.9429 |
-0.0275 |
287 |
1 |
54.96 |
2012-11-12 |
| 73. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
54.93 |
1.0120 |
-0.0995 |
290 |
1 |
54.93 |
2012-10-26 |
| 74. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
54.83 |
0.9805 |
-0.0642 |
292 |
1 |
54.83 |
2012-10-26 |
| 75. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
54.81 |
0.9925 |
-0.0444 |
247 |
1 |
54.81 |
2012-11-12 |
| 76. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
54.62 |
0.9734 |
-0.0651 |
289 |
1 |
54.62 |
2012-10-26 |
| 77. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
54.54 |
1.0388 |
-0.1003 |
243 |
2 |
47.27 |
2012-10-26 |
| 78. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
54.40 |
0.9068 |
-0.0042 |
225 |
1 |
54.40 |
2012-11-10 |
| 79. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
54.28 |
0.9161 |
-0.0161 |
200 |
1 |
54.28 |
2012-11-13 |
| 80. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
54.26 |
1.0863 |
-0.1497 |
210 |
1 |
54.26 |
2012-11-13 |
| 81. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
54.08 |
0.9559 |
-0.0545 |
195 |
1 |
54.08 |
2012-11-10 |
| 82. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
53.86 |
0.9226 |
-0.0211 |
348 |
1 |
53.86 |
2012-11-13 |
| 83. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
53.71 |
0.9991 |
-0.1058 |
225 |
1 |
53.71 |
2012-10-26 |
| 84. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
53.64 |
1.0077 |
-0.0752 |
250 |
1 |
53.64 |
2012-10-26 |
| 85. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
53.41 |
0.9286 |
-0.0419 |
194 |
2 |
49.92 |
2012-11-12 |
| 86. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
53.31 |
1.0025 |
-0.1155 |
336 |
1 |
53.31 |
2012-11-10 |
| 87. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
53.25 |
0.9820 |
-0.0970 |
274 |
1 |
53.25 |
2012-11-10 |
| 88. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
53.23 |
0.9691 |
-0.0850 |
223 |
1 |
53.23 |
2012-10-26 |
| 89. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
53.18 |
0.9649 |
-0.0819 |
193 |
1 |
53.18 |
2012-11-12 |
| 90. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
52.81 |
0.9202 |
-0.0428 |
254 |
1 |
52.81 |
2012-10-26 |
| 91. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
52.77 |
1.0095 |
-0.1340 |
316 |
1 |
52.77 |
2012-10-26 |
| 92. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
52.76 |
0.8382 |
0.0395 |
268 |
1 |
52.76 |
2012-11-12 |
| 93. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
52.72 |
0.9916 |
-0.0729 |
282 |
1 |
52.72 |
2012-10-26 |
| 94. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
52.61 |
0.8353 |
0.0463 |
283 |
1 |
52.61 |
2012-11-10 |
| 95. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
52.38 |
0.9831 |
-0.1160 |
222 |
1 |
52.38 |
2012-10-26 |
| 96. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
52.32 |
1.0074 |
-0.1365 |
242 |
1 |
52.32 |
2012-11-12 |
| 97. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
52.05 |
0.8553 |
0.0045 |
174 |
1 |
52.05 |
2012-11-10 |
| 98. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
51.90 |
0.8722 |
-0.0068 |
285 |
1 |
51.90 |
2012-10-26 |
| 99. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
51.83 |
0.9365 |
-0.0739 |
248 |
1 |
51.83 |
2012-11-12 |
| 100. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
51.50 |
0.9936 |
-0.1383 |
311 |
1 |
51.50 |
2012-10-26 |
| 101. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
51.02 |
0.8791 |
-0.0326 |
190 |
1 |
51.02 |
2012-11-14 |
| 102. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
50.18 |
0.9910 |
-0.1556 |
295 |
1 |
50.18 |
2012-11-10 |
| 103. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
49.56 |
0.9546 |
-0.1006 |
198 |
1 |
49.56 |
2012-10-26 |
| 104. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
49.46 |
0.9278 |
-0.1041 |
295 |
1 |
49.46 |
2012-11-12 |
| 105. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
48.98 |
0.9233 |
-0.1186 |
168 |
1 |
48.98 |
2012-10-26 |
| 106. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
48.85 |
0.9074 |
-0.0902 |
396 |
1 |
48.85 |
2012-10-26 |
| 107. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
48.46 |
0.9485 |
-0.1417 |
291 |
1 |
48.46 |
2012-10-26 |
| 108. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
48.34 |
0.9461 |
-0.1444 |
276 |
1 |
48.34 |
2012-10-26 |
| 109. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
48.23 |
1.0829 |
-0.2812 |
288 |
1 |
48.23 |
2012-10-26 |
| 110. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
47.49 |
0.9699 |
-0.1829 |
269 |
1 |
47.49 |
2012-10-26 |
| 111. |
If you begin to repeat an error, or if your concentration or... |
46.70 |
0.9505 |
-0.1763 |
204 |
1 |
46.70 |
2012-11-10 |
| 112. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
44.65 |
1.0740 |
-0.2959 |
264 |
1 |
44.65 |
2012-11-12 |
| 113. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
44.62 |
0.9553 |
-0.2087 |
430 |
1 |
44.62 |
2012-11-10 |
| 114. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
42.61 |
0.9023 |
-0.1537 |
231 |
1 |
42.61 |
2012-10-26 |